Hi all, first post, new member.

Just checking in as I'm currently on the hunt for a dream car of mine - a Blobeye STi.

I've only just started properly hunting for the one, but have lusted over them for quite a few years, so have a good idea of what I want.

Looking for a JDM spec car, in white or blue, DCCD & widetrack preferable but not essential, under 100k miles. budget £10k.

Went to view one yesterday in Burton, white with gold wheels, imported last summer. There were some good points to it, but just a few too many things putting me off I think.

Bad bits:

• Knocking from the rear suspension (quite common I understand, new suspension to be included with sale, but unsure of condition).
• A few cosmetic niggles - finish on the rear quarter window was not great and missing a wind deflector from one side.
• It needed a good clean and polish, so not sure how well it would shine up.
• Front lights needed restored - again this seems to be quite common.
• Interior plastics a little tatty in places.
• Needed a service and the MOT is up in the summer.
• Owned for a few months by a 19 year old who fitted an exhaust, BOV and then sold it back to the dealer.

Good points:

• The engine and gearbox appeared to be strong from admittedly a short test drive.
• No visible corrosion, the underside looked pretty clean.
• Nice sounding exhaust, bit of a naff sounding BOV, but original included.
• Still has a Japanese head unit, which I kind of like for the JDMness 😛, even though I can't understand it!
• Low mileage - 62k miles / 101km.

So overall I didn't really love it and I think it's perhaps a bit expensive for the condition. I guess the mileage is the biggest factor pushing up the price. It's up for £10,250 but I'm sure he'd let it go for £10k.

The next one on my list to view is a blue one for sale by Pole Position in Wolverhampton. I'd hoped to view at the weekend but it didn't work out. Being a Subaru specialist I expect it will be presented well for sale. It's also been serviced & under-sealed which is nice. This is good and bad of course, the shine can be deceiving and in a way I liked the "honest" presentation of the white one. However, it needed too much doing to have it in the condition I want it.

The blue one however is quite a bit higher mileage - 99k miles. I know one should buy on condition and not mileage, but it is still somewhat of a negative in my mind.

I've also contacted the guys at Torque-GT to see about importing one myself and will be keeping an eye on the Japanese auctions.

Quite a lengthy post, but good to get my thoughts out on paper and will update as the hunt continues. Any thoughts and comments welcome!

(also posted over on Subaru Owners Forum, but it seems this is the more active forum)