Richard Ramshaw

I've previously advertised my Impreza Turbo at £18,000 with no luck so I've just slashed the price to £16,995 for no other reason than to make a quick sale. This is a genuine bargain - showroom condition, x reg Impreza 2.0 GT Turbo 4 Door with 1100 miles on the clock, Royal Metallic Silver. UK standard spec (Dutch imported)and I've had a Tracker and Thatcham Class 2 Immobiliser fitted. Full details at

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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Richard

How much did it cost u to import?

john banks

Alliance Car Imports may still have some on immediate delivery (new 4dr silver turbo) WITH AIRCON for £17495. Cost of Tracker + Cat 1 £520 makes it exactly the same price as yours if you do not have aircon. And it is NEW.

If you dropped by another £2k people might be interested. With so many companies selling imports on short delivery now, it might be more sensible to ask for the price you actually paid or lower?

joni

Alliances last MY00 I believe has gone and for nearly £500 more than it was a while back.I know because I gotit!I was let down by another agent and in the mad search (with great help from the folks on the board)I discovered that prices for nearly new actualy seem to be going up not down. Could this be anything to do with an ugly replacement?? Stick with your price and see what happens.....

XRS

Jon,

You've got it then, well done!

What colour/spec?

Has it been out yet?

Should I be watching my rear-view mirrors for fast-approaching projectiles?

C4N

XRS

joni

XRS
Yup, Watch out for a silver one in a couple of weeks,although I suspect it will be only a little dot in your rear view mirror at least for a while!
J

john banks

Joni, I pick mine up from Alliance on Saturday. (will our cars be brothers? sisters? ignore me I am silly!) I too was let down by another importer who I hung on with for three months. Only ordered this one from Alliance 2 weeks ago - been delayed mainly because of DVLA - they actually got the car the next day!
Did you pay 18K - sneaky devils for putting the prices up?

joni

John,
Apparently they had a block of six cancelled orders and sold the lot bar mine in a week. Laws of supply and demand..... put the price up! Dealer in Maidstone, can't remember the name had two decent late low mileage jobs in the week. Come Saturday, gone. Long live "Impreza classic". as no doubt they will be called before long.Hope you enjoy my sister...that can't be right!

carl

Richard,

How comes you fitted a "Thatcham Cat 2 Immobilizer"? The standard Subaru immobilizer (which Dutch imports have, too) is rated as Cat 2. Do you mean a "Cat 1 Alarm/Immobilizer"?

Richard Ramshaw

Because our insurance company (Direct Line)told us that it was not Cat 2 Certified and that we had to get a Cat 2 immobiliser fitted (despite me arguing!) but they refused to insure us unless we had it fitted.
So yes, ours has 2 immobilisers.

XRS

Excuse my ignorance, but which offers the higher security leve, Cat 1 or Cat 2?

chiark

The Subaru key transponder immobiliser is *not* thatcham 2 approved according to Thatcham. See the full list on

Richard Ramshaw

Yes it is!! And believe me I would love to keep it - especially having seen the new one that's come out. Urgh.

lordlucan

Still too expensive.....
Try 15g and you should be able to sell.

Jase
MY00 Dutch import £14500 with st2s and alarm.

Richard Ramshaw

No way. That's less than it cost me.

carl

Yes, but it's got 1100 miles more than a new one, and the new owner will be the second owner.

Really, it's not on trying to get 'new car' price for a second-hand car. All cars depreciate the second you drive them out of the showroom.

Lordlucan -- that's a good price. I paid around 16,500 including travelling, alarm, aircon but I don't have ST2s. I think the Euro has weakened since I got mine though (December).

Carl
(also a Dutch import owner)

[This message has been edited by carl (edited 12 October 2000).]

lordlucan

Cheers Carl my sentiments exactly, yep I got the x rate at the high, 3.78, no air con though...

Jase

Floyd

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Richard

You've not been on here long have you? I don't think there will be much sympathy for you from here as most people have taken a bath on values due to imports etc.

Insurance is high for non-UK cars and dealers don't want to know either. Your £17K is unrealistic, I could have imported one for £15K if I'd wanted to.

Floyd

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Gav

You're right of course, I have got a UK model, it took a year to order and I paid full whack. This was at Sept '99 when things were different and I was unsure about importing myself.

Mind you, the stories about warranty problems with imports and the insurance scares written on this BBS(you must be a special case)have eased my pain a little.

On the import front, I did consider an import at £15K on the idea that I could keep it a year and then sell for not much less and keep residuals to a minimum - not, unfortunately, to make a profit. I don't think things are quite so straight forward now though.

F

gavwright

Floyd - Insurance for a EUROPEAN IMPORT is exactly the same as for a UK car. Or am I a special case? I suspect not....

BTW everybody - Peugeot imports (as oppose to Subaru) do not have this potential 'problem' of EU-sourced versus UK-sourced. Unfortunately, within a day of importing my Pug 306 Rallye I needed a new engine (no bull! I couldn't believe it, either!) - Peugeot UK gave me a new engine under warranty. IMHO, Subaru UK stink, wrt customer service.

Ah - sorry, one last thing. So why didn't you want to import @£15k? What did you buy instead? A nearly-new 2nd-hand UK machine @£15k (fat chance)? An older/higher-mileage 2nd-hand UK machine @£15k? Or one of those Jap imports that aren't touched by Man nor Beast (Subaru UK-wise) @£15k? Or perhaps a new machine @ substantially more than £15k. Just curious, as to what people really are buying.

If a new machine @ substantially more than £15k - my sympathies are with you! But then again - you wouldn't sell, would you?

Cheers,

Gav

banshi

Floyd

You're not alone, bought a "pre owned" about then. Poss paid a little over the odds because of so called scarcity, but nice ones were racing out of the showrooms.

Recon it's dropped 6 or 7k now, but when I'm behind the wheel i'ts still worth it

Plus, talking to a Service Manager he says whilst Euro Law compels him to service imports they're always at the back of the queue.

IM are slow to provide parts if he quotes the VIN No (which he does) and "why should he chase it up when there are valued loyal customers awaiting attention.

So everythings not rosey in the import garden, but at least ther's cash in the bank.

B