thewrxbug

hi i am looking at a new age 2001 y reg m/black wrx 50k some history 3 owners standard car. i can buy for £8700 . i no its cheap
any help on buying tips welcome

thewrxbug

no tips then guys
is there nothing that can go wrong ?

teknobod

Seems a lot of owners for a 3-4 year old car and how come only some history at 50k.

Try to find out if the history is from a dealer and try to chase up the complete history at the dealers.

Andy

thewrxbug

well the owner says he brought the 11mths ago with fssh 35k he says he had the cambelt done at 45k at local garage no stamp or reciept 1st owner garage demonstator 2nd owner private

teknobod

If you can find out where the last service was done and confirm his story it sounds reasonable but a car with an incomplete history is always going to arouse suspicions (well it would with me anyway) especially on a performance car and be worth less come sale time too.

Andy

thewrxbug

ty m8

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

I think I'd insist a Subaru garage or specialist looked at it. And make sure the HPI check is clear: that price seems to good to be true, which usually means it is.


M

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

Two rules when buying a performance car:

1) Only get one with a full service history.
2) Only get one with a full service history.

I'd walk away! 8.5k may be cheap, but its a false economy for a car that might go pop! This sounds like a car that people have bought but not been able to afford to maintain properly...or at the very least it hasn't been in the hands of enthusiasts...there are plenty out there that have!

Best.

thewrxbug

i looked at the car 2nite the 1st prob woz the remote alarm key ring woz broke so we had to put the code in twice is this normal . and also in the boot under the spare left side there seems to be 3 small filled holes they look factory marks but i am not shore it could be the work of a slide hammer has anyone seen the marks in there car also a very slight miss fire on take off it only happend once . can buy for £8200 as he gets his new car friday he says ..WOT DO YOU THINK GUYS..

TURBO RAY

have you hpi the car yourself dont take his word or paper work for it do it yourself and has he said why the fob not working

thewrxbug

HE says the fob just stopped working. i will hpi the car. but hpi cheaks dont work if the cars been damaged and not claimed on i had this with a astra i bought yrs back
and its hard to see if this cars been done up the *** lol

TURBO RAY

is he saying if it has or not

thewrxbug

he has not had a hpi done himself but says the garage told him it woz all ok

thewrxbug

any1 got a new age 2001 wrx