jadson

Hi guys, I'm a newbie here looking to buy a 2006 Impreza WRX and the car I'm looking at is
2006 SUBARU IMPREZA 2.5 WRX TYPE UK 4DR SL LEATHER & SUNROOF

Spoke to the seller, and they said it'll need the 3year/30k service.

Can someone please tell me what is involved. Is this a major service and will cambelt need to be changed?

Also, roughly what price am I looking at to do the service at a Subaru main dealer?

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Prices vary between dealers so one may be much cheaper than another one, cambelt is 5 years/60k i think, but this will probably require a minimum of spark plugs, coolant and an oil change.

Tony

Camoscooby

iTrader: (5)

Transcript from Monty Python's 'The Haggling Scene'

(Brian runs up to Harry the beard seller's stall and hurriedly grabs an
artificial beard.)
Brian: How much? Quick!
Harry: What?
Brian: It's for the wife.
Harry: Oh. Twenty shekels.
Brian: Right.
Harry: What?
Brian: (putting down 20 shekels) There you are.
Harry: Wait a moment.
Brian: What?
Harry: We're supposed to haggle.
Brian: No, no, I've got to ...
Harry: What do you mean, no?
Brian: I haven't time, I've got to get ...
Harry: Give it back then.
Brian: No, no, I paid you.
Harry: Burt!
(Burt appears. He is very big.)
Burt: Yeah?
Harry: This bloke won't haggle.
Burt: (looking around) Where are the guards?
Brian: Oh, all right ... I mean do we have to ...
Harry: Now I want twenty for that ...
Brian: I gave you twenty.
Harry: Now are you telling me that's not worth twenty shekels?
Brian: No.
Harry: Feel the quality, that's none of yer goat.
Brian: Oh ... I'll give you nineteen then.
Harry: No, no. Do it properly.
Brian: What?
Harry: Haggle properly. This isn't worth nineteen.
Brian: You just said it was worth twenty.
Harry: Burt!!
Brian: I'll give you ten.
Harry: That's more like it.
(outraged) Ten!? Are you trying to insult me? Me? With a poor dying
grandmother...Ten!?!
Brian: Eleven.
Harry: Now you're getting it. Eleven!?! Did I hear you right? Eleven? This
cost me twelve. You want to ruin me?
Brian: Seventeen.
Harry: Seventeen!
Brian: Eighteen?
Harry: No, no, no. You go to fourteen now.
Brian: Fourteen.
Harry: Fourteen, are you joking?
Brian: That's what you told me to say.
(Harry registers total despair.)
Tell me what to say. Please.
Harry: Offer me fourteen.
Brian: I'll give you fourteen.
Harry: (to onlookers) He's offering me fourteen for this!
Brian: Fifteen.
Harry: Seventeen. My last word. I won't take a penny less, or strike me
dead.
Brian: Sixteen.
Harry: Done. (He grasps Brian's hand and shakes it.) Nice to do business
with you. Tell you what, I'll throw in this as well. (He gives
Brian a gourd.)
Brian: I don't want it, but thanks.
Harry: Burt!
Burt: (reappearing rapidly) Yes?
Brian: All right! All right!! Thank you.
Harry: Where's the sixteen then?
Brian: I already gave you twenty.
Harry: Oh yes ... that's four I owe you then. (starts looking for change)
Brian: It's all right, it doesn't matter.
Harry: Hang on.
(Pause as Harry can't find change. Brian sees a pair of prowling Romans.)
Brian: It's all right, that's four for the gourd -- that's fine!
Harry: Four for the gourd. Four!!!! Look at it, that's worth ten if it's
worth a shekel.
Brian: You just gave it to me for nothing.
Harry: Yes, but it's *worth* ten.
Brian: All right, all right.
Harry: No, no, no. It's not worth ten. You're supposed to argue. "What?
Ten for that, you must be mad!"
(Brian pays ten, runs off with the gourd, and fixes the beard on his face.)
Ah, well there's one born every minute.


H-A-G-G-L-E like you have never H-A-G-G-L-E-D before and negotiate ! I would try and blag the cost of the service to be taken off the sale price but my legendary cheapness is known far and wide

MrNoisy

iTrader: (28)

Think Tony's right re the cambelt. Mine had been done when I bought the car at 48,000 miles.
I think the oil change will be engine and gearbox (and obviously..filter ) for 30k. They will probably also change fuel filter, air filter (if it's a standard paper item) and possibly brake fluid too? It depends which one it is.

For a breakdown of items that normally need doing the GRD site is pretty comprehensive - see :: GRD - Greenwood Racing Developments ::

G

P.S. What is that thing sticking out of the heater vent on the centre console???

s70rjw

iTrader: (2)

30k 3 yr service is all fluids except brake fluid, which is done at 20k / 2 yrs.
Thats engine oil, gearbox, diff, air filter, fuel filter, plugs.
Reckon on about £350 to £400 at a specialist, including top quality oil.
Cambelt is due at 50k or 5 years