radius

Hi there folks..Im in a real dilemma..seen a mint crystal grey hawkeye..not everyone's colour choice i know, but i love it. Thing is I have been back to the garage 6 times now, can;t make my mind up keep on worrying about running costs, parts etc?? is the sti really that bad cost wise...Please help me to make my mind up...Had a 04 plate civic type r previously.... After driving the Sti nothing else seems to matter!!!! Thankks for any help guys!

TonyBurns

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Buy it
They can be expensive to run, keep with a warranty (i dont think the extended one is that expensive ) and you should be ok

Tony

Jamo

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as above get it bought

dunx

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How many miles per annum do you do ?

I get 23 mpg average, over 6500 miles, that's fine by me.

HTH

dunx

radius

Cheers Tony...thought people would say to buy it. Garage said they would put additional subaru warranty on it for a year after orig one expires this nov. Peace of mind I suppose. Never realised driving one could be so addictive. Thought the civ type r used to be good for drivin...not even close to the scoob.....!

radius

do @8000 a year so suppose 23ish aint that bad considering what is under the bonnet..

555 SCOOBY

Enjoy Life go for it

battlescoob

your only here once get it bought

radius

funny thing that battle scoob...my thoughts exactly.... Might go and make the dealer's weekend by poppin in tomoz with a deposit.....

jayb1970

Go on get it, you know it makes sense

Mikkel

Best colour mate

To be honest the only expensive part of running the car is the ridiculous road tax of £400. Servicing is not as bad as you may think and the only other expensive bit is trying to not keep buying upgrades

Shailan

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I also had a civic type r before my 05 plate scooby wrx PPP. The overall sevicing costs for the scooby are actually cheaper than the CTR.

example - minor service 70k -oil, oil filter, check up and top ups
subaru dealer = £150, subaru4you = £120
honda dealer = £250+

I covered 90k miles on the CTR in 3 years and have now covered 70K miles in the scooby, cannot fault it, much better all round drive than the CTR. The CTR was a great car, loved it, but got tired of all the wheel spin and high revs with very short gear ratio's. What I really like about the scooby is the fact it gets its power down and plenty of mid range power.

I have upgraded the WRX PPP further, sports cat, up pipe, fuel pump, mapped by Jolly green monster - power is now just short of 290bhp and a very surprising 320lbs, even Simon was shocked

Anyway back to the real question - I cannot imagine the scooby STI being more expensive than the CTR to run, inclduing fuel costs.

If the STI puts a bigger smile on your face - GO FOR IT! I DID!

radius

cheers shailan....good info there mate. spose true what you say about costs etc...maybe i just need the bottle to go for it....always in the back of my mind though about the nickability of them....mine would only b on drive..but tracker and alarm on...spose if they want it bad enuf they will get it eh....

GREGGYG

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Other than its yearly service, the Subaru is very unlikely to go wrong, unlike a BMW or Merc which you'll usually have some of sort of problem with, normally annoying oil leaks or electrical problems. Crystal grey is nice!

GazTheHat

Cherr-ching.

Harryr34

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I came from a type r aswell You will not notice much difference in fuel economy between the two, but i must admit buying parts for the car is an addiction lol

hoskib

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if you've got the money, why not?

they're not the car to skint yourself buying one as running it you'll soon come unstuck.
but i've never personally found them massively expensive to run, sure you won't get great MPG but what car that's fun is good on fuel?
servicing (and that's main dealer) i've never found outrageous and the newage with longer intervals is even better than my old classic.
parts if you shop around aren't bad either.

have i convinced you yet?

in short, they're far from the financial burden that alot of non-owners make out

*disclaimer* until you start modding

radius

Well folks.....the news you all want to hear.....
Deposit given to the dealer 1 hour ago.....
saw the car again...who needs a woman....!!!! lol
only kiddin...heres to many hours of drivin pleausure..thanks for all the advice folks...u finally made up my mind!!!
will b askin for any info if i need it again...ta again!

trophy hunter

nice one radius, same as mine only had 8 weeks, love it.