hi
I do not own a scoob at the moment but seriously looking to get a turbo 2000 on a 98/99 plate could anybody give me any good tips on buying one also i am concerned about mpg. If i got a standard turbo and ran it on motorway to work and back taking it steady ie 70/80 mph (40 mile trip) what sort of fuel return would i expect to get ?
any help would be much appreciated

 

Expect 27-30 mpg on a long run if ur carefull.
Try for a 99 spec onwards as they have the updated front end and interior - also easier to tune than a pre 99
Don't ask about servicing costs

 

I've got a 98 Uk Turbo and with various driving, some M'way, some urban and also a trip up to York last weekend which was a 350 mile round trip so far I've got between 300 and 320 miles to every full tank.
Also, some late 98 models come with the facelift interior the same as the 99/00 models.
Good luck finding the right car for you.

 

my 98 terzo is basically the same as a turbo 2000 but Ive got PPP fitted, used the car for the first time on the motorway over the weekend and a 400 miles trip returned 31mpg and I wasnt hanging about the majority of the time.

 

I travel about 60 miles everyday and never managed more than 250 miles with a full tank

 

Should get about 28ish on a motorway run , have a look here http://www.sidc.co.uk/faq.htm for some good background info

Dave

 

i did 300 mile the other day on a tank and 1 quarter. depends how u drive it

 

My99-normally get about 200-220 miles out of a tank of super plus unleaded. All though my other half borrowed it not long ago and got 106 to a third of a tank!!

 

I just drove from London to Birmingham for the motorshow yesterday and got 26mpg on the round trip of 221 miles, and thats with a MY99 turbo with 340hp.

Its very tough to drive a standard one off boost on the motorway because with the little td04 turbo, at 70mph, you're right in the boost range which is a royal pain in the backside.

When it was standard I used to get 200miles from a tank, that included driving to work on the M25/A1 and then driving back home through countryside like an animal every night.

So in summary, you'll get between 200 and 300 i reckon, but once you own one and you've played with it a bit, the car wont be the thing reducing your economy, it'll be your right foot!

To be honest, if you're worried about running costs at all (ie enough to ask the question), then dont buy an impreza, its not worth it! You have to service every 6months, the smallest interim can be as much as £150 and the largest one 90k i believe will come in at £700, insurance will kill you and you'll be paranoid about parking it.

On the other hand if you want a car to DRIVE and dont care about the cost then go for it and dont look back, simple as that

 

Mine's a late 98 and has the best interior (buckets), in leather too, which is rare.
99 on has the 4-pots, so get them or upgrade a 98.
Fuel consumption - it costs me about £42 to fill right up from empty, and i can get anywhere between 200 and 250 when doing short journeys, to work etc (6 mile trip in rush hour ), but on a motorway run can get 300 at a steady 90ish.
Don't worry about the fuel consumption though, it's more fun when you get 200 to a tank than 300

 

I have the small Turbo'd 98 model and at 80mph it sits just below 3k RPM.
I live in a bit of countryside and I work about 8 miles from work, 30mph roads for half, deristricted for the rest.
Car is a daily driver and we normally do 300-400 miles a week due to family living a bit further away but we are consistently getting 300 miles out of a tank of petrol. That includes giving it a bit of stick on the deristricted roads, sliproads and generally taking it up to the speed limits just about as fast as possible - for the grin factor !
I wouldnt say we drive it conservatively, although I wont boot it until warm and I dont break the speed limits by too much if I can help it.

Using Optimax at the moment, completely standard car, 52k miles on the clock.

People seem to slate the fuel economy on the cars but to be honest its nothing to worry about when you take the performance into consideration - if you wanted high mpg you'd have gone for a diesel anyway right?

 

I have a MY99 Turbo 2000, dark blue with 45k on the clock, 280bhp, for sale at £9k - PM me if interested...