baz16v

i am thinking about buying an impreza but had a few questions i hope you would be able to answer about them

was going to be about a 95/ 96 turbo

are they really expencive cars to run
whats the most likley things to go wrong if any

any models reccomended

cheers

Falkirk.scoob

ave got a 95 wrx running approx 300bhp and gettin about 200 to a full tank £50ish.before mods a was gettin 300. imo imports are better more powerfull and generally lower milage. had a 94 uk couple of years back wrx beats it hands down

StiX

iTrader: (4)

Depends on how much wonga you have. Whatever you have I would take off a years insurance and tax.

You'll get a 94/95 for £5k, a 96 for £5.5-6k.

i.e. I got a loan for £6k, bought a car for £5.1k then insured, taxed it and serviced it. Therefore for a year (apart from another service) hopefully all I have to do is put in lots of Optimax.

I bought an immaculate M-Reg WRX with sensible mods (colour coding, full zorst, panel filter, tracker, Cat1 alarm etc.) for £5k running 280bhp.

If you are under 30 you are going to pay quite a bit for insurance though, and maybe better off getting a UK model.

I am paying £750 for a MY95 WRX but I am 35 with 7 yrs no claims.

Petrol will cost you a fortune - I get between 15 and 25mpg and you should really be putting in Optimax whether UK or Import (but especially import) which is 89 p/litre for me.

Servicing isn't too bad apart from the 90k one which will cost you £600ish. Interim service (6 monthly) will cost you about £70, and yearly about £150.

Parts etc. aren't too bad. Clutch is worst but you can get a standard replacement fitted for about £300.

Not much goes wrong if you treat them with respect - warm up and cool down properly, use the right fuel etc.

Hope that helps