View Full Version : Imprezas are getting cheap
djshaggeh
06-01-09, 10:26 PM
Just checking out autotrader as one of the mechanics said they were getting cheap.
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/SUBARU+IMPREZA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294966910-4294966911/advert.action?R=200901326301379&distance=340&postcode=hp13+6aq&channel=CARS&make=SUBARU&model=IMPREZA&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1992&vehicleRegLetter=K
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/SUBARU+IMPREZA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294966910-4294966911/advert.action?R=200851112413719&distance=147&postcode=hp13+6aq&channel=CARS&make=SUBARU&model=IMPREZA&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1996&vehicleRegLetter=N
Loving the second, import one.
Theyve always been cheap? You can get a K/L reg standard turbo for £1200 now.
A turbo wagon wll only fetch ITRO £900 aswell!
EDIT: Turbo 2000 is a UK model, non import, thus lower spec lol
there only cheap untill they break lol
there only cheap untill they break lol
Thats true lol the parts fetch good money on eBay (I sold a pair of STi vents for £120, only paid £20 for them lol)
coombsey
06-01-09, 10:29 PM
i was going to have a wrx wagon until i had insurance quote £3300
i was going to have a wrx wagon until i had insurance quote £3300
At 23? How you manage that? £750 F/C for me, non clean license, 3 claims now (as opposed to 4)
I'm sure early classics were below a grand a while ago (4dr's)
I sold Colin McRae (iirc) Recaros, mesh head rest type from a classic wagon for 280 after I paid 60 lol
Plenty about if you know where to look, cadburys internals aren't my choice though lol
General Baxter
06-01-09, 10:34 PM
and you wont be cool, unless your banging it off the limiter from cold at 4am in the morning ;)
Jap 4WD has been cheap for a while tbh. And as said, when you buy it, its a £2k car; when it breaks its a £28k rally car lol
I'm waiting for decent GTOs to become cheapy cheapy :D
I'm waiting for decent GTOs to become cheapy cheapy :D
Theres a canny looking one around here in a local garage dude, was 1100 pounds, nice wheels too. Looked like O.Z magnesium type lol
djshaggeh
06-01-09, 10:40 PM
i was going to have a wrx wagon until i had insurance quote £3300
Yeh cheapest quote for me was £3100 :(
coombsey
06-01-09, 10:41 PM
Quote DateVehicleCover TypeDriversNCBBest PriceOptions08 Nov 2008 22:46SUBARU IMPREZA WRX 1994ccThird Party Fire & TheftProposer only4 years£3,074.79
3000 not 3300
on scoobs:
the cheap uns are cheap fer a reason. i looked at an sti l reg for 1100, it was fooked, and had a non sti lump in it. make a good track car tho. the ones to buy are still 2.5k.
a mate of mine did a std 2.0 non turbo estate. bought fer £300 as a cat d, it had fsh and 45k miles. he got a rolled sti fer £700, and combined the 2, and the std 2.0 is in my uncles split screen camper!
on gto's,
the import ones are less power than the uk's, but theres only 2000 uks registered. they like to eat headgaskets, turbos, and pistons. the other issue is bits are non existant, or very expensive. hope this helps
16v Nova Kev
06-01-09, 10:58 PM
the first link to lomond car sales is 5 mins away from me (useless info)
Sloth pics of the split bus please mate! There's a one around here that runs a Scooby motor so they say too. My mates early bay had an Alfa T Spark in it once over lol
ill try, but its in the garage as a shell atm, mid resto! tsr do the conversion kits bud.
Wicked. Love the old Type 2's! Any pics always appreciated
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the import ones are less power than the uk's, but theres only 2000 uks registered. they like to eat headgaskets, turbos, and pistons. the other issue is bits are non existant, or very expensive. hope this helps
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Aye, I know all about GTO's, I've been trying to put myself off wanting one for about 5 years, but its not worked yet lol
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Jbelknap7.jpg
nom nom nom :D
yea one of my mates brothers has one (GTO) its mint and rapid.
ive only been 160 in it but it would still go i think hes spent a total of 5k on the engine.
You open the bonnet and all you can see is chrome aswell.
djshaggeh
06-01-09, 11:20 PM
That does look quite mean to be fair I was kinda thinking more asian persuation styling.
My boss has a scooby sport powered vw camper - unfortunatly I dont have pics as he only ever drives his gash drug dealer edition disco. Ill see if I can get a pic of the pic!
p.s. Do you play tf2 rj?
p.s. Do you play tf2 rj?
Awhatnow? lol
djshaggeh
06-01-09, 11:24 PM
Nevermind! :)
14nv of pure power
07-01-09, 12:19 AM
dont rate the subaru impretza much all the ones i have drove were pritty poo even the tuned up ones personly not a huge fan i think they look better than they go.
Welsh Dan
07-01-09, 08:08 AM
I bloke I used to work with had a Mitsi 3000, it was a really nice car until something major broke, I think he sold it because the repair would cost more than it was worth.
I bloke I used to work with had a Mitsi 3000, it was a really nice car until something major broke, I think he sold it because the repair would cost more than it was worth.
Thats because they're cheap as chips to buy lol
I wouldn't fancy attempting the cambelt on one though!
meritlover
07-01-09, 09:18 AM
PFFT thats nothing, try getting the VG30DETT engine and box in and out on ;)
I've been eyeing a Sub for the Hills, a bit of Closed road staging and misbehaving. STi RA Editions can be bought for like €1200 on Jap plates straight off the Docks so it is tempting, but as previously said, reliability issues do arise, in which case buying 2 may be the best option.
paddy138
07-01-09, 10:21 AM
how much prodrive ones fetching these days, lots of imprezas going cheap over here cause of the recession, only thing is they have all been rallied around country roads and hard to get a good one,
I've been eyeing a Sub for the Hills, a bit of Closed road staging and misbehaving. STi RA Editions can be bought for like €1200 on Jap plates straight off the Docks so it is tempting, but as previously said, reliability issues do arise, in which case buying 2 may be the best option.
Is the STi RA the lightweight classic version Dod? We can't buy straight from the docks here :( I used to work down there doing ro-ro stuff with POV imports etc and they won't sell from there. Your docks are much better lol
Speaking of bargains, a lad from ROI is flying over on Friday for my mates Honda ATR, buying it for 3700 pounds, says the same over there would be 7K pounds! I know he has to pay 700 euros a year tax though. Killer.
Yeah Liam, the light wieght ones. Strictly speaking you cant really buy them off the docks, strictly speaking that is. Nothing illegal, but you need to know someone that knows someone to do it.
Liam, chat?
That's because they are sh1t. lol
No, that's unfair, but they are a bit too common for my liking. If you want a car of that type I'd say an Evo is always a better option.
^ Yeah, Evo all the way for me too. They hold their money better though, even the Proton based 1-3 lol
The Evos are by all means the more superior car but Scoobs are cheap Power which is the only thing thats attracting me to them. I was nearly killed in one before so I never likes them but for the money, I'd have one. Also, the sound is lovely.
Theres an awesome old Legacy around here with the B4? engine, quad cam TT job, the burble from it is epic. Never heard it being abused but as said you gotta love that boxer sound :)
DaveyLC
07-01-09, 12:08 PM
Just checking out autotrader as one of the mechanics said they were getting cheap.
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/SUBARU+IMPREZA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294966910-4294966911/advert.action?R=200901326301379&distance=340&postcode=hp13+6aq&channel=CARS&make=SUBARU&model=IMPREZA&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1992&vehicleRegLetter=K
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/SUBARU+IMPREZA/Ne-2-4-5-6-7-8-27-44-49-53-61-64-67-103-133-146-236,N-240-4294966910-4294966911/advert.action?R=200851112413719&distance=147&postcode=hp13+6aq&channel=CARS&make=SUBARU&model=IMPREZA&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=&vehicleYearOfManufacture=1996&vehicleRegLetter=N
Loving the second, import one.
The Phase1 cars are **** though.. Wouldnt waste my money.
I've got a soft spot for Impreza's though and I wouldnt mind getting another one.. Problem is most of them are either way over priced or ragged to hell and back and pattern part prices are ridiculous mainly because the basic engine and chassis has remained the same until recently so there is still a 'new car premium' on all of the parts due to them being the same accross the different model years.
For example, you go and buy some track rod ends for a 1992 cavalier they are peanuts.. But you want track rod ends for a 1992 Impreza you'll be paying the same price as the guy who wants them for his 2005 impreza.
DaveyLC
07-01-09, 12:11 PM
The Evos are by all means the more superior car but Scoobs are cheap Power which is the only thing thats attracting me to them. I was nearly killed in one before so I never likes them but for the money, I'd have one. Also, the sound is lovely.
Depends what floats your boat.. The Scooby is more of a drivers car.
Theres an awesome old Legacy around here with the B4? engine, quad cam TT job, the burble from it is epic. Never heard it being abused but as said you gotta love that boxer sound :)
Its actually the ridiculously un-equal length manifold on the turbo models that gives the burble.. the N/A ones just sound like VW Campervans.
paddy138
07-01-09, 12:43 PM
evos love spinnin big ends, all of them do and when you go to rebuild them it has to be done professionally to get all the measurements because there are 5 sizes of big end bearings and chassis number wont show the right ones
MyNovaSr
07-01-09, 12:43 PM
Its actually the ridiculously un-equal length manifold on the turbo models that gives the burble..
So will this method make a Nova "burble"? :cool:
DaveyLC
07-01-09, 12:46 PM
So will this method make a Nova "burble"? :cool:
If you put about an extra 14 inches of header pipe on cylinders 1 + 3 I'm sure it will lol
MyNovaSr
07-01-09, 01:01 PM
If you put about an extra 14 inches of header pipe on cylinders 1 + 3 I'm sure it will lol
Now then, That has to be worth a try lol
Mythbusters to the rescue :p
loggyboy
07-01-09, 01:02 PM
No matter how cheap, i wouldnt want to own any car that requires complicated surgery to replace 4 spark plugs.
DaveyLC
07-01-09, 01:51 PM
No matter how cheap, i wouldnt want to own any car that requires complicated surgery to replace 4 spark plugs.
You've clearly never done a set of plugs on an Impreza then :thumb:
Piece of piss once you get the right length 3/8" extension bar.
Infact the only job that is a REAL bitch on that engine is the exahust manifold but thats ok because engine out is only a 1.5 -2 hour job (on a drive way) thanks to the the bell housing being half way into the engine bay and the brilliant positioning of the downpipe :D
Makes doing a Nova lump feel like a hassle :D
http://www.dohc.co.uk/temp/scooby/engine_out.jpg
lol First time I did the spark plugs on the GT4 it took an entire afternoon and 2 bottles of coolant (most of the first one went on the floor lol)
The second time it took about 30 minutes from start to finish and no coolant! Tipped CC ftw lol
meh scoobies are ****. alfa 33 FTB
(for the burble)
Scoobys are an awesome buy atm. A s**t load of car for the money.
270bhp, 4wd, hand built blueprinted forged engine etc Sti for about £2500?
BARGAIN
And yeah some you see are a bit chavved up, but its an image/stereotype you are used to if you drive a nova! lol
The equivalent-ish Evo (IV), costs pretty much twice that
Shaun_O'Donnell
07-01-09, 04:11 PM
What I found with mine was it was an easy car to drive fast and subsequently was first caught speeding the 2nd day I had it. It gives so much confidence to the driver due to the grip and roadholding, that you soon go faster and faster to get the same rush the longer you own it. When I first stepped into mine the 280bhp seemed phenomenal, 7 months later it was re-mapped for more power. I drove mine hard, but sensibly (warm up, cool down etc etc) and had no issues.
Would get one again, but my driving licence has now become even more valuable to me......
DaveyLC
07-01-09, 04:16 PM
What I found with mine was it was an easy car to drive fast and subsequently was first caught speeding the 2nd day I had it.
I find the opposite, never been caught speeding in a fast motor.. Been caught in slow ones; when you have a slow car you just want to keep it going as fast as possible because when you slow down it takes decades to build that speed back up lol
Shaun_O'Donnell
07-01-09, 04:21 PM
I was on the way home after getting familiar with the car on good roads. On the motorway stuck behind a queue of overtaking traffic doing 70mph, as soon as it cleared wound it right up only to see a car keeping up with me, hmm, need to go a wee bit faster I thought. Yup un-marked Traffic car. They were very fair with me I must admit. First and last set of points on my licence.
This is the problem I have. I want to step into the car and thrash the life of it, park it up and leave it til the next time and I dont think it'd last too long though.
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