hi guys, newbie here from cheshire, im making the move to a impreza from years of type r ownership, i went to look at this car on saturday an im going back for another look with the intent to buy.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-Subaru-Im...item19c08ad4c2

the car is in realy good condition hardly any wear on seats/interior. no stone chips anywhere seems to have been well looked after.


what do you guys think?? any comment would be appricated.

cheers

 

If you can stretch your budget I would go for a STI.

 

Looks sweet mate,, welcome to scoobynet bud......

 

No mention of a remap to support those mods, but perhaps an oversight by the dealer?

 

ive looked into the sti but the running costs insurance etc is a bit too high.. i asked the dealer if it had been mapped an he said he didnt know. so im guessing it hasnt unless when i look through the history i find a recipt. would it need mapping with just being de-catted an a filter??

 

As said before,if you can stretch to an sti i would,you will only regret it afterwards

 

is there any way of telling if its been mapped apart from getting it on a rolling road?

 

Tryn contact the previous keeper via V5 logbook details see if they can help

 

looks nice but for that money i would look at a sti.

if you get the wrx and then remap it ,you still got to tell insurance company and i bet in the end would have been cheaper to get the sti.

 

Everyone keeps saying its hceaper to do it on an STI but sometimes it isnt, mine is still cheaper with ALL my mods declared than a standard STI, thats how big the difference is sometimes.

 

looks good, try offering him 5250 to begin with,

 

It's not that it's cheaper to do it to an STI but the end result is better. The STI is a far superior car buddy.
You'll only wish you got an STI.
Stronger internals, better seats, DCCD, etc etc.

 

Ive had both WRX and now got STi and STi is worth the extra plus if you want high 300+ bhp 6 speed box if safer and that alone is 2k. Its also got better suspension and brakes and if you think you will end up doing this to a WRX just go the STi route.

 

DCCD is only on JDM STI i believe. But even so, STI is still a far superior car.

 

I have DCCD on my 05 type uk

 

ive looked at some sti`s but for the same shape there around 7-8k way outa my budget unfortunatly.

do the imprezas need a re-map if you put a filter on an remove the cats??

 

looks a nice motor mate......welcome to the club

 

looks good dude that is some real low mileage.

as far as i know the car should be fine with out the map but will run 10x better with it mate but i would ditch the filter and put a air box back on with a good element

 

Dont buy a WRX peasents model if ur gonna get a scooby get an STI and preferably a 2 door haha

 

i rang for a insurace quote on a 2 door sti when i was 19 an the bloke on the phone actually laughed!!
how come the general opinion is to keep with the original air box with a decent pannel filter??? loads of people have recomended that???

 

its to do witht the way the car run's i read something about it on here ages ago someone will correct me i would think lol

but iv also read alot on here about why not to use a bov to which there is a 50/50 split weather to have one or not im going to try one on mine and see what difference there is if any

 

oh and good on ya for getting the impreza dude u will love it weather its a wrx or sti they are both cool cars

 

If you can't stretch to an 05 STI then why not get a slightly older model STI.
A couple of months will go by (along with a couple of STI's) and you'll wish you got one.

 

how old are you now? if the main reason is insurance then you may just have to wait and settle for the WRX for now, but even that you're going to love after the type R and although they may not have as much potential as an STi, they still have more to be squeezed out of them.

 

Looks a nice cargood mileage and a good price.
I had a WRX for nearly 4 years,i did end up spending a fortune on it,but i never regretted not getting an STi.

 

Is an STI really that much more to insure than a modded WRX ???

 

for 5-6k id be looking at a bug eye sti. an although there are awsome cars there just not my cup of tea. why is there such a divide on bov`s? i thought they were a must on turbo charged cars??

 

ive had some insurance quotes on sti`s an a wrx a theres around £350 a year difference

 

They are a must if your idea of a car show is mcdonalds car park on a Friday evening.

 

macdonalds hahhahahah, is it just personal preference or is the divide over whether they make a difference to performance??