Dan-

hey there! as i own a 2010 wrx-s my son now decided he wants to own a scooby :P he's been looking at the above a 2005 sti type uk model but is unsure on what to look out for on them, its covered 47k and has had a cambelt done is there anything i need to tell him to check before he buys it?

any tips would be appreciated

Many thanks Dan

craigyp

iTrader: (5)

To be fair mate there the best of the uk blobs having the dccd, wide track and up dated interior and avcs
My advice is as long as it's got it sh and cambelt done and he likes it, go for it!!
I love mine still after 3yrs
What price is it at??

Dan-

Hey there thanks for that Ill.let him know and I think it is priced high but I think its because its the model to have its up for £9000 I only paid £13k for mine on a 10 plate with 5k miles

What do you think on price ?

craigyp

iTrader: (5)

Abut high I only paid 9k for mine two years ago with 29kmiles and fsh and with ppp,,,,,
So in this climate get it knocked down
He could have mine for that and it's running over 400bhp!! ;-)

Dan-

thats what i thought but he tell me its got a few gadgets like tracker, keycode immobiliser, turbo timer, apparently pumping out 330bhp but yet to see the results as the car itself looks standard apart from a prodrive exhaust but I'm sure they all have that,

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

Tracker is standard, keypad is standard. Turbo timer is pointless IMO. 330bhp is achievable with a simple remap. I used to own one and they are great cars but £9k is top end prices for one of these. If you have a link for the advert put it up here and people can advise you on it.

Aaron

Dan-

hey there, it doesn't actually have a online advert, its just a small dealer down the road to me, its identical to this 1

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3885917.htm

Thanks

Billy 3

Thats why it's over priced,as it's a dealer.I paid 8K for a similar spec
car Sti uk PPP etc with 32K FSSH back i Feb private.They are a gret car.
Good luck.

Dan-

around bedfordshire there really isn't a lot of these cars about so would any of you pay that for it? it is in perfect condition no dents or anything i took a trip to see it this afternoon its got 4 new bridgestone potenza re070 tyres that appear to cost quite abit :S and a sti front lip spoiler

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

What about the one for sale on here from Staffs?

Dan-

able to link me up please? i had a search and couldn't find any 05 sti sorry

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

https://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444...fications.html

Dan-

fantastic thank you

mike74

Have you checked out Hurst Cars if in you're in Bedfordshire? (google it, I cant do links!)

Run buy a guy called Max, he doesn't actually have any premises but he usually has a good stock of decent low mile/fsh Imprezas,

Me and a few others on here have bought from him, probably not the cheapest around, but I found him to be knowledgable and honest.

Dan-

hey there, i have been on the phone quite a few times with them good guys but i always miss out, 3 weeks ago there was a JDM import 05 plate scooby for 10k with 20k miles

Dan-

turns out he just missed out on that subaru but another 1 has popped up on a 53 plate type uk in black not his favourite colour but has the ppp fitted, just lacks the dccd and wide track but how important are them 2 things to the handling etc

Thanks Dan

Truss

iTrader: (2)

I went for a 2004 sti myself having tried 2 dccd equipped cars.
This may go against the grain and may be down to what setup the sellers were using but I found that my non dccd car drove as you'd expect, like its on rails!
I like the no messing around, get in and go of it and think id end up messing the car up with the various settings.

daz1968

iTrader: (13)

Earlier cars are still good, but the improvements from my05 include widetrack, larger hubs, improved interior, suspension changes and probably a lot more, but a mint my03 is a better buy than a rough my05. I went my05 but in jdm. But whichever you buy don't think you will be disappointed

Dan-

thanks guys, the thing thats tempting him with the black one is ppp, just gotta get over the fact its black but hey gotta take what you can,

Truss

iTrader: (2)

PPP is nothing to rave about, he could do better getting a similar exhaust, remap, fuel pump etc from the traders on here.
i certainly wouldnt pay a premium for the ppp over a non ppp car.

Dan-

ah thanks for that info, something else to bare in mind then

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

How much is the 03 one? You need to prepare to travel for the right car and not just buy one because it's convenient I did a 9 hour round trip for the last one for the sake of your time for one day and worse case a tank of fuel if it's not what you're after it has to be worth it. How much is he looking to spend and has he cash or looking for finance?

Aaron

Dan-

the 53 is up for 6495 but he said hell take 6k cash, 70k miles, he will be willing to travel but its getting there and being disappointed which puts him off abit, he's got 10k and it will be cash, I've mentioned the hawk eye model but he's very keen on the blob eye

Dan-

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

If I had 10k in my pocket, I'd be looking at this(if insurance isn't a problem)

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3952035.htm.

Dan-

that nice but his insurance won't allow all that :P theres quoting him £1700 at 21 with exhaust, remap

Ginola

iTrader: (25)

05's still suffer from the familiar newage problem of sh1te shocks, bought mine about a year ago with 33k on the clock and replaced all the standard suspension for coilovers, the only real route to take on these at this age as you cant by kyb shocks from anyone other than directly from Subaru :S One year earlier (non widetrack) and the shocks are different. Its a good knock down point with a stealer if the suspension has not already been replaced., the bill with Subaru for having a pair of rear shocks fitted (they nearly always go first) is rather expensive as you can imagine.

At the price stated above the history needs to be 100% on everything and car should be completely immaculate with good tyres brakes etc. and plenty of road rent and MOT.

Good luck and happy hunting let us see some pics of what ever he buys in the end

2005 owner

Ginola

wrx9181

iTrader: (2)

10 k good luck guys

Dan-

thanks for that ginola! he mentioned to me about the rear shocks and has had them done today, i will be popping over tomorrow to see if they are subaru ones, think they should be red right?

Dan-

wow that is one lovely subaru, if only his insurance wasn't so high on a highly tuned impreza