lem6

after ages of waiting i'm now 25 and really want a bugeye sti uk..just wondering what sort of service intervals/cost/fuel costs would be like? my friend has a wrx bugeye which seems quite economical just wondered if the sti was much worse?cheers.

bob r

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Sweepickit

you will soon be on the Christmas card list of your local petrol station! for a performance vehicle the running cocts are not too huge, but compared to normal non-performance cars running costs are not economical!

Woody1

Got one myself. Parts are damn expensive (discs, pads alround £1300 I believe). Shop around, don't use Subaru OE parts (except for oil filter maybe). I bought EBC discs and Ferodo DS2500 pads and no worse or better than OE stuff. Servicing also expensive. If you can get a local garage with good knowledge of the car and reputation, use them. This will halve your servicing costs straight away.

Service intervals are every 10k although I change my oil every 5k. This will cost about £120 at Subaru, about half that at a local garage.

Petrol, I average 230 miles to about £42 of Optimax. It's very easy to reduce this !!!

That said, I love mine to bits. I could save aload of money and buy a little deisel, but only got one life, so making the most of it !!!!

MaDaSS

Confuscious say, "man who ask how much, cannot afford!" LOL
Or however you spell it! Lolz0rs.
Subarus as standard are ok to run and very reliable.
Modified ones are expensive as you have to cover your investment using the best stuff available to keep it all working well.
Best oils, pads, etc, etc.
But economical they are not!

lem6

more economical than an evo.....?

New_scooby_04

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What he said.

Cheap to buy considering the performance potential, but NOT, I REPEAT, NOT, cheap to run. Scrimp on the maintenence and consumables and it will cost you dearly!

ns04

lem6

i know servicing isn't going to be too bad as i live really close to scoobybits and scoobyclinic..would love the sti or may just go for wrx prodrive???

Chris L

£1300 for discs and pads? Christ Woody - have you been fitting gold plated ones?

GreigRFC

I'm too scared to work out how much i spend a month on fuel!!!

MaDaSS

I had a mate who spent 150 a WEEK on fuel
LOL.
I never took the pi$$ of course!

GreigRFC

Thats why i dont dare work it out. I would probably **** myself if i did!

GazTheHat

Fuel alone is about 240 (standard) for £42 V-Power. After Stage 1 the fuelling was about the same.

Although on a spirited drive i used 1/4 tank of fuel in 10 miles!

Haven't gone through enough tanks yet to find out what Stage 2 drinks, but it's not worth thinking about.

See if you can afford the insurance and fuel first, then get onto servicing and running costs.

Blueblaster

Fuel economy was the final straw for me. Before you buy try this. Work out how much more you would have spent this year running a car that returns 20mpg compared to the car you have now. Do the same with your insurance and, if appropriate, road tax. Now go to your bank and remove all that money in cash. Now look at your bank balance. If you don't have enough to cover the remaining running costs plus other unforseen life expenses then don't even think about buying it. There is a big difference between saying you don't give a toss about fuel economy and actually handing over a fifty pound note for a tank of petrol and a packet of chewing gum every 200ish miles.

People who say you only live once and should buy the Scoob either have plenty of money or no money at all. Either way, it is a cliche that is used far too liberally.

92typeRA

£30 a week for me mind you i do work backshift and dont get out much and work is 5 min away

but when you do put the foot down just have a wee look a ya petrol gauge

scoobynutta555

60 quid for front discs and pads from Ebay (GGR), thats what I paid anyway.

I regularly get over 300 per tank on my classic.

Blueblaster

And how big is the tank?

scoobynutta555

Dunno, however big a one MY00 is.

GazTheHat

Put is this way, he has no back seats

speedymonkey

Very true, im one of the poor ones
But after having a scoob for 5 months, i would find it to hard to drive a 'sensible' car again, there just so much fun
I dont do many miles really, and i spend loads on V-power, i feel sorry for people who get around as it must be hell for them
But, i dont want to get to 80 and think, god i wish i'd have had a nicer car when i was younger

nickyrhodes

Mee too, on a motorway cruise i can get 350 out of a tank of super. In town i usually get 200-250... But i am heavy right footed

fattb

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What sort of miles can i expect from a good set of tyres/pads/discs on an STI PPP avg driving just a ball park idea out of interest

Also what the servicing costs at a typical stealer (been used to giving Audi £600 every 15k am i in for a shock ?

lem6

only do 6k ish a year and insurance £900 comp.have revo'd golf gti turbo at mo and that's not great on juice.

GazTheHat

Just had the OEM pads replaced on my STi at 20k.

Tyres, depends on make, but the front outers wear quick. I bought the car with 9k and they were already below. Guess the previous owner didn't rotate them.

Discs were just skimmed at 20k also.

15k Interim service (oil basically) was £120
20k Service (fluids, oil, etc) was £250-ish.

So better priced than Audi it seems.

I don't think the STi is expensive to run, but then mine is still in warranty. The only gripe with most seems to be fuel and running. But we all know how much fuel costs, you can find the rough MPG and you know your annual mileage.

So it's not hard to work out if you can afford to run it.

Hope that lot helps.

lem6

thanks for replies people, think i'm just gonna buy one and see how it goes hope the missus doesn't complain too much about fuel costs.

Blueblaster

Dear God! I am really not sure why you bothered asking. Everyone has said they are a giant money pit and you are just going to go out and buy one without looking carefully at the numbers. Money is obviously an issue otherwise you wouldn't have asked the question so your decision really is stupid. Never mind, you can join the ever growing list of Scoobynet members who have no savings, no pension and live off their overdraft and credit cards. I really hope I am wrong but your posts definitely give that impression.

fattb

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Cool sounds good, i just wish i hadn't bought my Golf GTI 3 months ago, I could of gone for a 2.5 STI PPP, hey you live and learn,

As for petrol i will be doing 15-20k a year so it will cost a lot but TBH the Golf is only getting 25 ish, maybe its because you have to thrash the damm thing to get it to go quickly

lem6

no blue blaster i dont live on an overdraft,credit card,etc,however i do have a mortgage and real world expenses...i'm guessing you still live with your mum.?

Blueblaster

Well that's a nice grown up reply. How can I possibly post anything that will compete with that kind of intellect?