angel1368

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Hi all im Leon and im currently selling my vectra sri 1.8vvt 07 plate and really think my next car will be an impreza, ill have a budget of around 4000 and really like the blobeye either black or blue, any advice would be greatly recieved many thanks

Donnie Brasco 46

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For that money you'll be looking at a WRX blobeye with prob 60k+ miles. IMO best to try and get a clean unmodified example - maybe a ppp (prodrive pack) which ups bhp to 262 which is the same as a standard sti.

However if you could bung an extra grand at it (I know it's a 25% jump) you could get a good clean low mileage one or maybe even a hawkeye one if you're lucky. Go on Autotrader and see what's about.

History is a must but generally good, reliable and fast cars. Also a tracker on it would be handy as most insurers won't cover for theft without one...

Good luck and let us know how you get on

angel1368

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hi donnie thank you so much for getting back to me, my mate has a black 54 plate wrx (not ppp) with 43k on full history and wants the 4 grand, i carry my two kids around mainly so dont drive like a nut so would you say the wrx without pp is any good? im new to scoobs so very nieve lol

harrisard

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I use to have a 53 blob wrx and it was great loved it!!

angel1368

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just been out in the sellers car and wow im in love, im going to bite the bullet and get it, whats the juice like on them? i know not great lol

scoobygaz1

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You should see around 20-25 mpg tacking it steady.

angel1368

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well thats reasonable id say for some a fast car, he says running about 250 bhp with exhaust and filters etc

scoobygaz1

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Give it some and you`ll be lucky to see 15 mpg mind

angel1368

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thats worrying lol this is going to be my daily driver

waldmanbrown

Not great but you dont buy these for economy. Went on a long run down to the west country the other day and saw 320 miles out of a tank, However normal pottering around will return a 100 miles less than that but who cares

angel1368

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i think a fiat punto or silimial may be bought as a daily and keep the wrx for fun

Donnie Brasco 46

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I do 20k a year just gettin to/from work, so have a crappy Nissan primera to do that in and use the Impreza for weekend fun.

I avg 26-30mpg in my impreza and I don't hang about either when the traffic or the roads allow. If you live in a area where traffic crawls a lot then mpg will be a lot less but since I'm in Herts that's not too much of a problem for me.

Good luck if you do get it

harrisard

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Make sure it's been mapped for the mods!!!

oldman-wrx

prev car was a 52 plate wrx blobeye with 250 bhp and used it as my daily drive. loved it

depends on your milage if a lot then your idea of a cheap runaround makes sence

you will love the burble note from the exhaust and as you have found out plendy of poke in the wrx

plus your street cred with your kids goes of the scale LOL

rossyboy

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You'd have to be going some to average just 20 mpg. I used to get 25-28 from my 05 WRX.

LeeMac

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mines available in the for sale section

https://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444...l-in-blue.html

might be up that way next week

your mates 43k one sounds ok tho if you dont want the extras