High mileage STI's ...
21 February 2006, 10:27 PM
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High mileage STI's ...
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-SUBARU-IM...QQcmdZViewItem
What are the problems with purchasing such a vehicle? Seems like a bargain if high milers are OK ...
Apologies in advance to all the "old timers" who may well point me to previous posts on this subject!!
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2003-SUBARU-IM...QQcmdZViewItem
What are the problems with purchasing such a vehicle? Seems like a bargain if high milers are OK ...
Apologies in advance to all the "old timers" who may well point me to previous posts on this subject!!
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22 February 2006, 10:16 AM
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Personally i dont think mileage is much of a factor with modern day engines nowadays... If its been properly serviced (FSH) on schedule then it should be ok if there are no apparent faults upon a test drive....
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p.s. may have extended warrenty or 3rd party warrenty.....?
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p.s. may have extended warrenty or 3rd party warrenty.....?
22 February 2006, 11:25 AM
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Most of those miles will have been done by joyriders then!
Personally, I wouldn't buy a performance car with those miles on it. It may well sail past the 150k mark in which case you'll have 37k miles with it, but it may need a rebuild before then. I seem to recall David from API engines (who knows his Scooby engines) commenting on here that if you get x milage out of an engine before a rebuild you shouldn't consider yourself hard done by. I don't recall what that figure was, but I don't think it was greater than 150k miles.
I'd imagine that a good few of the consumables will need replacing if they've not already been done, eg. turbo, clutch etc...
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Most of those miles will have been done by joyriders then!
Personally, I wouldn't buy a performance car with those miles on it. It may well sail past the 150k mark in which case you'll have 37k miles with it, but it may need a rebuild before then. I seem to recall David from API engines (who knows his Scooby engines) commenting on here that if you get x milage out of an engine before a rebuild you shouldn't consider yourself hard done by. I don't recall what that figure was, but I don't think it was greater than 150k miles.
I'd imagine that a good few of the consumables will need replacing if they've not already been done, eg. turbo, clutch etc...
Ns04
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