Chip

Popped into my local dealer this week where he had a brand new unregistered MY00 scoob.
Said I could drive it away for three grand plus my car which is March 99 UK turbo with aircon ,gold alloys.Colour is DBM. The new car was in green.
I thought this was an excellent deal or am I wrong and should I wait for the new model.

Chip.

IntegraR

Im not sure Im understanding this. You want to pay the dealer £3000 to give you a car that is essentially exactly the same as what you have, only younger?
Why dont you take the £3000, give your car a full service, and add a few mods, and perhaps pay a chunk on insurance.
Does the 1 year age difference really make that much of a diff? are the two models different in spec?
If your car is running well, I dont think it would be a good idea to pay that money just to have one a year younger car, Id suggest you wait a bit, and change to something that is different all together, like the new one.

SteveB

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Doesn't seem a bad deal to me.

£3000 for nearly 2 years(22mnths to be exact) motoring is good going. You'd have to put air-con in again I suppose, which would up the changeover. Do they need your current wheels for this deal ?

Last of the proper cars !!

I'd say go for it.

Steve.

pslewis

Take the Gold Wheels off yours and the £3000 will probably drop to £2000

Green isn't the colour though really now is it??? DBM is so much better

I wonder how many of those 'Pinks' are left??

Pete

SteveB

iTrader: (1)

Get away from the DBM -

Always looks dirty.
Must be a bugger to get it smear free.
The white/grey undercoat really highlight those stone chips.
Scratches really stand out.
There's more but I can't think of them.!

Red is the colour.

Steve.

Ian E

iTrader: (1)

Go for it - sounds a good deal. How many miles has your car done?

Everybodys got DBM these days (including me!). Not seen many late model green ones so at least its a bit different.

Cheers,

Ian.

P.S. Gold alloys look good on green cars

Chip

Integra, I take it you failed your maths O level then.
My car has 18000 miles on it. The wheels are standard, just painted gold. Main reasons I was thinking of changing were; Warranty,New car will have new tyres, mine is due service.
My only worry is depreciation. Still thinking about it as I still dont really like the new WRX.

Chip.

boomer

Sounds like a bargain - you probably lost three grand just driving your current car off the forecourt when you bought it!!!

Two extra years warranty, new tyres, ten months extra road tax - its win-win.

Check that your insurance is still the same, and go for it!

mb

SteveB

iTrader: (1)

Only joking about the DBM...

Don't worry about your warranty. Mine passed the 3 years last August and I extended for another 2 years for £388.

Steve.

boomer

Chip,

From

RON

Chip
I faced exactly thie dilema just last week, only thing is my car is my00 and they wanted my car plus 5 yes 5 grand to swap, if I could have done it for three I would noe be driving a new car.
And for what it's worth my car is DBM and as steve knows it looks damn fine when freshly polished, so long as you use the wonder stuff from Mr Underwood.
Mind you it did look a bit dirty after Exmoor dinnit Steve?
Ron

SteveB

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Must admit, a freshly polished/cleaned DBM does look good...

Nearly as good as a red....

Steve.

RON

You wouldn't be biased would you steve?
Ron

Mick

iTrader: (1)

DBM is a good colour. I have to agree with.. Steve

Mick

pslewis

DBM is THE colour

That 'mettallic Pink' is NOT!!!

Thats not what youve got is it Steve, Honey??



Pete

spudgun

i've got red mica and i turned down an rb5 to have it! thats how much i love the colour. in certain light its got copper in it, in other light it looks cherry red. i have to say i personally thought dbm looked really dull. would dbm owners have bought this colour if sonic blue was available?

Gary Foster

DBM is the best colour when it's clean (which last's about oooh 4 miles ?), shame they are common as muck now

I have Silver, blinkin great, I can get away with just washing the wheels and it looks clean again bit depressing if you wax it though as it doesn't make any difference whatsoever Still...

tommy m

CHIP, they sound like a fair dealer,if you don't do the deal,let me know their number i'll see what deal i can get .ps whites the top colour,everybody thinks im police lets me by!

russell hayward

for only 3k you should bite their hands off.

TAZ 2414

The I think they called it for some reason
Redish Blue is the best colour!

Followed with the Dark Green Metallic which I plumbed for....

The DBM is dull but probably looks good on a sunny day once polished!

£3K sounds a good deal but then if they cannot sell it due to everyone buying the new shape in a few months they will have to reduce the price to nearly secondhand price which is what you are getting it for.
It is good but only as good as it should be!

But £3000 gets a nice set of 17inch wheels and tyres and a second hand Prodrive ECU..
and enough change for a service.

I know where I'd be going!

Adan

Since this thread has been thoroughly hijacked into a colour debate, here's my 2 penneth

There is only one colour of impreza to have and that is the lighter blue (sometimes called sonic blue or new 555 mica blue but you all know the colour I mean). As spudgun pointed out it became unavailable in the UK for the classic shape impreza a while back. Yet it made a comeback in the form of the P1. IM presumably trying to cash in on this exclusivity.

Yet when I bought my MY00 last May sonic blue was still available at a premium from the Netherlands. A premium of approximately £6000 less than the UK price that is.

...Flame proof coat on ..... scuttles to bomb shelter.....