in a way i wish id stuck with my 1.6 MONDEO LX,as owning my first impreza has been the most worringing ordeal ive been through.I was aware they are expensive to run but after reading half the threads about all the things that go wrong im starting to think ive made a big mistake and plus mines an old girl on a 94 plate so im just waiting for something to blow now!!!!!!

 

Chill out and enjoy it!

 

People will always post if something fails but if everything is fine then nothing is posted hence why there SEEM to be so many threads about problems compared to ones that say everything is fine.

Relax and enjoy the car

 

And if you look on Mondeonet (if such a thing exists ) you would read the same sort of thing and never buy one

 

maybe ya right,i was ok until i came on here and heard all the bad stuff but i suppose it gives me an idea of what to look out for the only thing that i need to do is cam cover seals and a cam belt and tensioner.

 

Enjoy it mate! 99% of people on here try and put off new scooby owners esp if they drive old classics!

 

yeah it seems that way mate,mine is a 94 wrx wagon.

 

ive had 7 impreza's since 1994. Ive also has audi quattros and some big jap sports cars in this time.

I've had 2 problems with the imprezas in that time, one turbo went with only 3000 on the clock (bad turbo). And ive had an ignition coil go on the 94 car. Not too shabby would you say.

The Audi, bag of ****e that was, an S3 as well!!!!

 

its nice to hear some positive feed backs to be honest,im not expecting a 13 year old car not to have problems but as i said before everything ive read so far has scared the **** out of me as im super skint but you guys have eased the worry,cheers

 

its the same with mondeos go on the MEG forum if you've get a V6 the water pump will fail and the head gaskets are made from rizla paper, the suspension fails and all of them have duff air con!

 

i only used the mondeo as an example as my one has done 186000 miles and its never had a cam belt or anything changed its even got the same clutch from new,i love the scoob and im hopeing she will serve me good as the mongrapo has ,im just glad a few of you have more positive things to say

 

a freind bought my MY98 uk scooby turbo, i sold it with 18000 on the clock, he through another 100,000 on it in 3 years. Only needed new brake disks and pads whilst he had it. And he used it hard!!!!

 

I've had an MY97 to 92,000 miles and my current MY00 is on 76,000 miles, no problems with either, except a new clutch at 53,000 on the older one. Keep it as standard as possible and it will be bulletproof!

 

For 1 that fails, there's 10000+ that don't!

 

Thanks for all your views im starting to feel alot better, i didnt have any plans to modify it but it got the better of me when the o/e exhaust rusted through so ive replaced it with a ninja exhaust cat back and it has a bailey bov apart from that its standerd.

 

Plus you are reading stuff on one website from people over the entire UK so everything seems far worse than it actually is.

 

No need to worry, once they fixed the big end failures of the eariler cars in the MY95 and onwards, problems are usually few and far between.....

 

what about 93 94 cars then? or are they all in the same failure list mines an import to.

 

How did they fix it from MY95....

Personally i hear more of MY99/00 cars with big ebd problems. The earlier cars appear a bit tougher (taking into account age etc).

Tony.

 

Thing is they're not cheap to run, but find a car with similar performance that is?

I just don't get it, if you buy a decent BMW / Merc / Audi / VW running costs are all high, be it fuel parts etc?

What do people think when they buy these cars?

 

Hi,

I thought exactly the same, but after driving around (and still am at present) a 3 litre 4x4, a scooby probably isn't that much different on fuel !
As for the bad threads on here, how boring would it be if everyone wrote:
"car was good today, no problems..."

 

YOu'll find (which was said to me by a wise man) All the bad things that will go wrong will go within a year of owning one.

So it will be a year of fun but short of cash!

Its the best car ive ever been in or drove!

Mines a MY95 import and the gearbox went after alot of missuse!
No I look after her and give her the care and attention she needs to be a well oiled octane luvin tarmac chewin beast

 

I didnt want to cause any bad feeling or a thread that goes bad! like i said i know they drink fuel and are expensive if they go wrong but i was just saying that all i ever hear on here is that the car itself always gos wrong.Lets just forget i asked,enjoyed your views

 

Had mine a week............bottom end went. 3 K rebuild and all is well, oh joy!

 

Welcome to Scoobyship Spank.

All I`ve got to say is, Japanese kow how to make things. Owned Imprezas for 6 years and all I`ve replaced is a bulb in the rear reg plate, oh and tyres.
Don`t worry!!!!
Anthony

All based on personal experience mind you.

 

Try owning an Mr2 Turbo!! Now there is a bucket of bolts!

 

Just set a couple of grand aside for the rebuild and rag the **** of it!!!!!