teemsta

Hi,

I am looking at an 05 WRX 2.0 Impreza Turbo with 25k on the clock. Its up for £9k. This will be my first Subaru and although the car is very clean bodywork wise, with good wheels tyres and brakes, I am unsure of a couple of things:

1) Car appears to have prodrive pack fitted (I think). It has blue Prodrive branded tubing under the hood and a stainless prodrive backbox. Thing is, it has no installation cert. Is this ok?
2) Car has 4 owners!! Guy tells me this is normal on this car, can someone clarify? IMO, 3 years old with 25k this seems waaaay high!
3) More corrosion than I expected, around wheel hubs and suspension. Normal?

Driven it and it pulls fine, clutch is ok and steering is all good. Only other thing would be is it priced right?

Cheers in advance!

mrsounds

iTrader: (6)

not to sure about the rest but its easy to stick a prodrive backbox on and y pipe and sell it as a ppp you can phone the prodrive head office up with chassis number and they will tell you if the ppp is fitted, just beware as it may be priced as a PPP but is not

also mileage seems average to me! owners a bit high but maybe good reasons forsale baby... moving... higher petrol costs!

worth doing a hpi tho as that could be another reason for 4 owners? outstanding finance?

Aztec Performance Ltd

iTrader: (234)

Have you thought about buying an STi?

Better engine, turbo, brakes, gearbox, etc etc

teemsta

Cheers mate, good advice. I made a note of the chassis number so I will do this tomorrow.

To be honest the main thing is the owners, if its regular on these models then fair enough. just wanna be sure....

zs_phil

iTrader: (1)

this guy speaks sense ,should be able to get a 2003/4 sti for that price ,i bought a wrx but wish i had bought an sti then i might still be in scooby ownership

mrsounds

iTrader: (6)

not sure if it is lol as mine is 2001 and im the 3rd owner but i can understand why there might be more owners lol also like BOB'S said you looked at the STI versions for that money?

SunnySideUp

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teemsta

Thanks everyone, I think I am going to leave this one based on what's been said. If you wanna check it out, its at the car people by in Manchester, on this link:

The Car People | New, nearly new & used cars - Find a car with The Car People

I wouldn't normally dream of going to this type of dealership, but the finance rate was really good plus they offered the best by a long way so far on part ex

I did think about an STI and have seen a couple in my bracket, but (and please prove me wrong) I thought that a WRX would be more economical, easier maintenance and not that different performance wise. Bear in mind this is my first, so go easy if Im way off! Other thing was STI pushes the road tax into £400 a year.

SunnySideUp

In the real world there is no difference ..... on a track, maybe. But most of us drive a daily trudge where an electric milk float would keep up!

hughes741

ive got a wrx due to insurance reasons my mate has an import sti and its safe to say its deffinately not in the same league. still a good car though

mrsounds

iTrader: (6)

if it is the wrx that your after for insurence say? there are a few diff ones around that year like the uk300 which has a few limited editon bits and bobs on and i think they do a wrx SL which has full leather seats and sunroof.

hughes741

only if it is an 06 onwards im paying the £400 for my 06 wrx