micronet are advertising alleged WR1's for this price - having ordered at £30K, if this is true I'm a bit pi##ed off frankly. If they are getting genuine WR1's from dealers for this, the dealers are making nothing out of them... any ideas ?

 

You sure it's not the Euro STi in the same colour?

 

if you look on the site microshowroom.com - its not a euro bluey but WR1 spec.....18", 320 etc......

 

tried cant find the URL !!

 

sorry, think its www.micronetshowroom.com

 

http://www.micronetshowroom.com/cate...ZA&UID=777141+

 

so are all of us who have ordered through dealers being ripped off by almost 2.5K ?

 

If this is true then my future STi purchase planned for next year will go in the bin and I will get a WR1 for like 2k more.

 

if your going to go down that road get a new sti from motorpoint for £20,995....

 

Don't bother. They are from Cyprus and the UK dealers won't touch them. If you want a part you will have to fly over to Cyprus

 

Until they deliver one I would take this with a pinch of salt

 

And your are suprised by this why??????????????????????????????

 

What cracks me up is Subaru UK have always sold their cars with a 3yr pan-european warranty. AFAIK any Euro Dealer was always happy to repair or service a UK car, yet buying a car abroad and bring it over here, suddenly turns it into a big pile of sh!te that no UK Dealer will touch

It's about time the UK Dealer/IM got fined for this nonsense.

Stefan

 

I thought they all came from Japan

 

Just to clarify - it's illegal for IM or any subaru dealer to deny warranty or service for an EU import scoob..

Cyprus aint in the EU so if you have no leg to stand on if it's a Cypriot import..

Micronet state quite clearly on their website that they are all UK sourced cars..

p.s. seen as you can get a Mondeo Ghia x diesel over the web for 17k when dealers charge 21K shows you how much dealers make..

 

i thought cyprus wa becoming part of the eu with malta in may?

so any car bought after that date will have a 3 year pan euro warranty

 

if and when.. yes indeed

 

what the score if you cancel an order through a dealer ? do they chase you to go ahead with your order or are they happy for you to walk away ?

 

I would imagine there would be a lot of crying,tearing out of hair & gnashing of teeth.

And lost commission all round.

Mark.

 

Just been onto the the micronet website filled in the details & i will wait with baited breath for someone to contact me
I will have one for that price all day long

ps anyone want to buy my MY04 sti only 1700k on the clock haha

 

Only a few days to go!

 

I'm suprised no one's mentioned that a Spec C Ltd. is only £28k

yeah, yeah, warranty, blah, blah

 

Bit of an interesting one this....and I am sure IM will have something to say about it....the WR1 is a UK car....orders have to be submitted by individuals/companies purchasing from a UK franchised dealer (IMHO) via IM...cover has to be issued, a covernote received and the car is then registered in the individuals/companies name prior to all engine modifications being carried out....the car is then delivered....

...personally I cannot see how this would work for micronet....I might be wrong, but I don't think the dealers are earning THAT much out of the cars to make it worth selling onto a Third Party??? Not exactly good business sense IMO....also why on earth would a dealer sell a limited edition car onto third party competition at what looks to me like a loss??? In fact why wouldn't the dealer sell the car to a customer at that price in the first place.....well probably because it is a limited run and most have already sold their allocation at the OTR price of £29,995.00.

If the car is from Cyprus, then it will be more than likely 265 ps ... will not have the Prodrive Performance mods tho could possibly have the wheels, lights, mesh etc....tho probably not the springs and certainly not the limited no???!!!

If the car is from anywhere else in Europe, then it will be more than likely 265 ps ... will not have the Prodrive Performance mods tho could possibly have the wheels, lights, mesh etc....tho probably not the springs and certainly not the limited no???!!!

As I said above...me smells a rat....tho of course I might be wrong......

 

Micronet advertise the new Clio V6 255 at a little over £22K, when I enquired about this car, they told me that Renault UK were not prepared to sell the car at that price. I'd be very surprised if the situation with the WR1 is any different!

 

When I'm in for my test drive next week, I'll take a copy of the ad and ask if they'll price match

Stefan

 

I saw this on micronet about 4 weeks ago. I emailed their boss as a few other brokers were unable to supply a WR1. He confirmed that the cars were UK dealer supplied and that they were able to supply.

Depends how much you trust them, I suppose. In the end I bought an Evo instead!

There are a few supermarkets advertising STIs at £21k - these are frequently imports from Malta - so no Subaru UK warranty. Best were the brokers at a touch under £23k for a UK dealer supplied STI.

 

Regarding Malta & Cyprus, they are joining the EU in May so the pan-european warranty will have to be covered by IM. I wonder if places like Motorpoint will be uping their prices, if not then they now start to look good value.

 

Cyprus will be part of the EU on the 1st may,so if you buy from motorpoint you will be covered.

 

So a WR1 is a UK car only with all the trimmings?

If micronet advertises a car as a WR1 then surely it has to be a 'UK car with all the trimmings' else they'd be misrepresenting under the trade descriptions act? In other words it's either a WR1 or is isn't. If it isn't then they can't advertise as such, am I right?

 

true!

cant see them on producing them in the uk, but i suppose if they are to celebrated victory in the rally etc, then i mite well be. but the company advertising as wr1`s would be silly as it can cost lost of money in the court room.