I had a old WRX (import) for about 3 months and it cost me fortune driving from Swansea to Cardiff everyday.. (80 mile round trip). So I bought a very sensible Renault Laguna oil burner...

Good news is, I'm no w100% workie from home... so the love boat is going and a Scoobie shall return....

I have a choice between a WRX and a WRX-ra, both about £4k, and I am a skin-flint.

Is the RA worth the extra without air-con etc????

 

Ive had wrx's in the past but i recon the ra I have now is a much better car unless you do a lot of motorway miles.You get much better acceleration with the close ratio box but you're limited to a top speed of 120ish. My ra has a/c and e/w fitted from factory so you can get the same extras as a wrx if you look around.

I hope you're not considering the ra for sale in a garage in Skewen, I've viewed a few of his cars in the past and they have been sh#te, proper 'arfur daley' type owner as well.

Have a look at type-ra.co.uk for more info on ra's

 

You busted me, I was going to go up this weekend and see whats there, he says he's getting a couple of RA and STI, dang. I was looking forward to getting one soon.

 

There's loads of early cars for sale atm mate, your spoiled for choice and you can be really cheeky with the price as well. A garage in Nelson has good quality imports. A friend of mine bought a very clean v2 Sti from them about a year ago, he said at the time they were the best imports he could find in the area so its worth a phone. I cant remember what their name is but they advertise in the adtrader i think.