daz_vx220

Hi guys, over the last 10 years ive had 8 or 9 impreza's, ive always changed my car regular as i get bored. Im about ready to keep one now and need a bit of advice on my choice.

Budget really is around £7500 depending on how much a get for my civic type R (current daily) and im looking at either blobeye or hawkeye sti.
I had a 350bhp sti8 years back and loved, also had a spec D hawkeye sti which i didnt like so much.

For my budget ive been looking at 06 plate hawkeye sti's with 70k ish or 04/05 sti's with slightly less miles. The tax on the 2.5 impreza's isnt ideal and is there an issue with engine failure/head gasket probelms?

Any advice to help me with this choice will be greatly appreciated.

tony de wonderful

What's wrong with the type R? An EP3?

daz_vx220

To be honest nothing mate, its the fn2 newer shape. Fantastic all rounder with decent boot and great interior/build quality but it just isnt fast enough and you really need to thrash it to get anywhere 8500rpm

scoobyboy1

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You can get some Hawk STi on cheaper tax(55 plate 06 plate)

Budget would get a nice blob widetrack!!!

thenewgalaxy

A nice Blob would be a good place to start, a widetrack with PPP probably within your budget. These are great cars if they have been maintained and looked after well, and for a modest budget can be modded into absolute beasts.

If you get an early Hawk budget for a forged rebuild, it'll need it. Also a risk on the MY07 cars but they are less prone to it (though it will still eventually happen).

Don't listen too much to negative press on the Hawkeye cars, while I think they are the weakest of the STis to have hit our shores, with a 400bhp forged build and a decent suspension setup these cars are magnificent.