Alex555

Just got my first scooby, totaly amazed at what you get for you money!
280 screaming donkeys, 4wd, mint import and even the insurance is sod all?
I have a 97 wrx in white, 67,000 miles from new, totaly standard and mint for less that 2.5k.... am I missing something here? Mum told me that if something looks to good to be true, watch out!

What is the down side to owning a scooby? just bought the serivce bits, oil and both filters for 27 quid so it aint that.........

Steve001

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<cough> the number of visits to the petrol station<cough> LOL but its worth every penny

and...........................................no thats just about it

stistussy

oil and both filters for £27??are they second hand??how much oil did you buy?? was it 3in 1??

jods

jonny_693

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You will find out sooner or later.

Only kidding, enjoy it mate. (whilst it works)

Jamo

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I think you will find you have less donkeys than that too

welcome to the performance bargain of the decade, and scoobynet

jonny_693

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MY97 WRX saloon is 280 ps or 276 BHP

Jamo

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sidc faq?

jonny_693

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Yup, mine is anyway going by the applied model number.

TonyBurns

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If you have your own ramp then servicing wont cost you that much, but it has to be done very regular, and there are more things to service (diffs, gearbox etc) so that increases the cost, then add on the super unleaded fuel and maybe some octane booster, cambelts are not cheap, parts in general will cost more than you think, 27 quid, if the filter is incorrect or you do something wrong when servicing and the car doesnt like it, thats just as much as the car cost you!
These cars can be very fickle things, and they cost a fair bit more to run than your average hot hatch

Tony

widdows

im guessing if you have bought oil and all filters for £27 you will soon be finding out what the catch is, seriously dont put cheap *** oil in it! I also wouldnt recommend cheap filters aswell.

im sure other more knowledgable people will back me up on this

rev.chris

just coz its £27 doesn't meen its cheap cr*p, he prob just got a god deal, mobil 1 oil is a great oil an is recomened for a scooby, u can buy 6 litres of that an a filter for £31.65

try this place,
Car Oil & Filter service packs

the catch is that u got to change ur oil every 3000 miles, an it drinks fuel like mad, but if ur worried about mpg ur not gonna buy a scooby, its worth every penny,

happy motoring m8

TonyBurns

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Mobil 1 is ok, not exactly great but ok (motul is much much nicer ), service intervals are 7.5k or 6 months and if the wrong filters are used you can have issues there
Scoobs can be fickle, as i stated before

Tony

Alex555

The oil and filter I bought are what my local scooby specialist recommends and the air filter is a genuine Subaru part, as i said, £27 the lot!
I was advised by my local scooby specialist that the service period is 7.5k miles but 5k would be far better if you are driving it hard, is there any good reason to suggest i should change at 3k, this is a standard car!
It was also mentioned that I might not have as much horsepower as I thought, I believe it is 276bhp, am I wrong?
Many thanks

WRX_SWRT

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Mobile 1?

imho was **** in my scoob spoke to my mates at the local scoob dealer and there was an email there from im bout using fully synthetic mobile 1 saying don`t and to advise customers the same and engine probs would not be honered under warrenty with the mobile one fully synthetic

Grieg

jonny_693

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Correct. I change my oil at 7.5k but I use fully synthetic. I would half that interval with semi synthetic. Mobil 1 isnt very popular on here, I use Millers CFS or Silokolene Pro S. I wouldnt loose any sleep over it though the most important thing is that you got the got the correct grade, I.e
10w 40/50/60.

STiFreak

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Why do you think Scooby drivers wave and smile at one another when we pass on the road? Smug in the knowledge that we are driving something that could give much more expensive cars a kicking. Bit like a secret club when you were a kid.

SunnySideUp

Sounds about right to me ....

Oil Filter, Subaru, £5

Oil Comma 10W-40 Semi, £13

Air Filter, Blueprint, £5

Actually, that's £23 ......£27 does seem rather expensive on second thoughts

austinwrx

cars do loose power with age. whatever the brochure said in 1997- you haven't got that now.

anyway- yes for £2.5K lots and lots of fun. if you can manage the fuel costs, tax and ins- yr laughing.

EddScott

When I changed places for my servicing the new garage made a point of saying the oil filter wasn't genuine. He advised never to use anything else other than genuine parts.

SunnySideUp

Oil Filter .... yes. no point when Subaru only costs £5.

Air Filter .... I 'think' there was a big difference in price so probably worth not using Subaru parts - 'Blueprint' are respected in the trade.