Ill start;

Car 1999 turbo 2000, £1500, loads of history, loads of money spent, drove really tight etc etc,

Heater matrix went, £75
New Japspeed rad, £150
2nd hand PPP ecu £200
2nd hand PPP Y pipe £40
2nd hand OE airbox £20 got rid of cone
2nd hand OE dump valve £20, got rid of HKS

All running really sweet
Treat it to a service kit £140
Treat it to a wheel refurb, blast and powder coat £280
set of 4 new Toyo T1R's £340
New Godspeed 4 pot calipers, discs and pads £300

Now goes and stops, brilliantly

Nice new refurbed wheels start to crack !! ( poss due to powder coating)
Cheap used set to keep me on road £80
Used set have hairline cracks !!
New set of 17" Revolutions in gold £640

Now sorted and wallet relaxing, just clutch to do...

New clutch, exedy OE £220
While doing clutch dropped gearbox oil and found some bits of teeth on magnetic sump plug

Gearbox currently away at http://www.gears.tv/ having a rebuild.
Expecting £650 / £700 bill

So £3200 + stuff i have forgot on a £1500 car.

Im sure there are plenty more people who have spent / had more problems than me.
No such thing as a cheap scooby. lol
Cheers
Mart.

 

i have spent a small fortune and still more to come.
The secret is dont keep reciepts.
Have a read about it in the projects threads.
There are some project builds in there that have cost a lot more than mine.

 

I dont want to count.

2 gearboxes, 4 or 5 different sets of wheels, radiator header swapped the header tank at least twice, etc etc etc.

I've spent more a hell of a lot more than I paid for it, but, I've had it 9 years.

 

Just think what you would have spent on parts for a cheap French or Italian car for the same money

 

I deal day in day out with people who loose 12k a year in depreciation on new cars, all cars will cost you money but I would rather spend the cash on my classic as listen to the money falling out of my car sat on the drive

 

That REALLY doesn't need thought about!

 

Keep on with the classic . It's not about what u spend . Well ok there is a limit but if u love the car then I would spend £1000 on keeping it on the road.
But some Subaru are cash pits, & are just not worth doing . It's a hard one do u get a new car & things can go with that one. Or keep the car you no . I had a heater matrix gone on me £75 but to take the dash out cost a lot more.
So what do u think u will do keep it or get a new car .

 

P.s I would like the look of your car if its a true classic . . If that helps . Lol .
The classic look better then the Subaru & Cosworth one they did .

 

I bought a 'cheap' type r about 6 years ago, was a bit slow on the test drive but seemed ok. Started it cold the next day and it shook like a washing machine with three feet! Turned out it was down on compression, nicely warmed up by the seller for me when I went to buy it.

As a cheap fix it ended up with 2.5 with P1 heads, TD05 20G, lateral injectors, paddle clutch, lightened flywheel, 3" system, k&n induction, power FC ecu and commander, walbro, parallel fuel mod, front mount intercooler and remap at surrey RR by jgm.

 

I've had mine on the road around a year and a half after importing it from Japan around 7 years ago and already have a large folder of receipts, I really don't want to add it all up but for sure what I have spent would of bought me a very nice bug or early blob STI but I cant really see myself parting with mine anytime soon, there'll be another £500 spent on it in the next few weeks.

 

Got a classic with 110k on clock 3 years ago for 1000,only had to replace tyes and give it a good few services it now has 124k and has been faultless minus the arches

 

To much to think about,god knows how much labour I've saved changing diff prop gearbox engine on a car I've had about a month, atleast when it's built up there shouldn't be anything wrong with it for a while.... He hopes

 

had mine nearly 4 years and paid 2k for car and 8.5k on car.

still needs wheel refurb and full respray

 

4K Classic, spent 15k+!!!! But i love it... rebuilt everything!!

 

After reading all the messages I think we all have spent £ on the car we love so much.(Subaru )
But would u have any other car , i no I would not .
Are we all mad .
P.s whos wife knows how much we really spent on the cars . I no mine don't . Lol. She would go made . When I got my larst mod done i told her it was going in for a sev. Lol.

 

BTW i had terrible experience with Gears.tv (bought rebuilt and uprated p1 box with dif....in 5 k miles i managed to demolish 2nd gear and rear dif bearing,they dudnt repay anyhing :/)

 

Yes its a keeper.
I don't begrudge paying for any of the parts iv'e bought so far (exept the powder coated wheels, another story), all the bits i have replaced are either just worn out or old age.
Hopefully when the gear box is back in my car it should be trouble free for a lot of miles.
Fingers crossed

 

Nice one, a proper enthusiast.

I don't think it will be long before the classic scoobys (good ones) start to go up in value.
With the amount of money needed to keep them in good order, i think will start to push up the prices.

Think about it, who's going to sell there scooby for peanuts after spending twice its value on its up keep, i know i wont, and the demand is always there from buyers... Supply and demand

 

Yep I think they will go up in price. They are the better looking car .
And like you say the cash you put into the classic is alot to keep it running 100%.
And I no I love my car , I will get some other wheels for mine . But will keep the ones on it now as when looking into my car it's got the standed wheels when it came from Japan. And they are cleen.