Advice Required Please Regarding Sale

[spot2]

It is with great regret that I am being forced to wave goodbye to 6 years of Scoob ownership and sell my beloved 54plate WRX Impreza.

After breaking up with my partner last spring I simply can not afford to run the car on a daily basis and I am not in a financial position to get a 'runaround' and keep it as a weekend toy.

I have done everything possible to try and keep 'her' (the car that is) but it is imposing too big a burden on my already stretched budget. I have stopped smoking and have only had a skinful once this year and have even downsized my house but all to no avail. So I MUST sell but do I sell 'as is' or do I return to fairly close to standard. (I have retained most of the original parts)

My car has been mildly but thoughtfully modded and is now producing 303bhp and 318lb/ft torque.

I have included the current spec.

-STI winglets and foglight covers

-Tein Superstreet coilovers

-Tein strut brace (performance bar)

-Whiteline topmounts (flipped through 180 degrees)

-Whiteline droplinks, antilift kit and front (22mm) and rear (24MM) ARBs

-Hayward & Scott up-pipe (heat wrapped), Afterburner downpipe, Afterburner decat centre with a custom Hayward & Scott 6"x4" backbox

-Zero sports air intake pipe with a Green panel filter

-Andy forrest remap (two to date)

-17x7.5 Compomotive TH3's with 10mm Eibach hubcentric spacers

-STI 8 rep scoop

-Detangoed

-Rays wheel nuts

-Walbro 255l fuel pump

-AP six-pot calipers with Godspeed 330mm discs

-uprated rear discs/pads with stainless steel lines allround

-radiator shroud

-Forge radiator hoses

- STI Topmount intercooler and undertray

- STI 'pink' 550cc injectors

The car has 11 months tax and just had a £645 cambelt service and 'very fast road' (Duncans words)geometry settings and 4-wheel laser alignment done at Hypertech. It has currently circa 44K on the clock.

On similar previous posts several members have advised not to sell but I really must. Any comments regarding 'modded' or not would be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance

A heartbroken Graham

P.S Any pointers on pricing would be great too.

Edited April 20, 2010 by spot2

[scooby222]

first off im gutted for you mate and i know youl regret it,but i can tell youve no choice

id advertise it at a good price as is and see what takers you get as its a great spec car - maybe try 9.5k?. if youve no joy and you can bear to take bits off then id certainly sell the wheels,teins and ap's separately - should raise 2-3k secondhand

good luck anyway and hope to see you back again

[C_WRX]

Sorry to hear the dilema in the first place, you've done what you can to hold on but guess there comes a point when it makes no more sense.

The cars spec is nice, below average miles, and sounds like you look after it.

However, fear that you'd may be get more back taking most of the mods off - but of course factor in paying for standards going back on and a possible remap.

Perhaps get in touch with e.g. Gav from Grieves and ask advice on prices - may be they'd even welcome a quality WRX??

I think there's a 2004 WRX for sale on snet at the moment too, check out that spec and price as comparison.

If you've some time (and don't reply to that so potential buyers don't take the "p" with cheeky offers) then as noted may be ask top price for it, it is a good car afterall, and only a turbo change away from another 30bhp (ish). If no luck then you've at least tried. Going by recent posts on here there's a few upgrading standard blobs !!

[spot2]

first off im gutted for you mate and i know youl regret it,but i can tell youve no choice

id advertise it at a good price as is and see what takers you get as its a great spec car - maybe try 9.5k?. if youve no joy and you can bear to take bits off then id certainly sell the wheels,teins and ap's separately - should raise 2-3k secondhand

good luck anyway and hope to see you back again

Thanks for the kind words 222. It genuinely means alot.

I appreciate it is 'only' a car but I think we all feel our Scoobs are soooo much more than that.

Indeed, this site is much more to me than merely a collection of likeminded individuals sharing a passion.

I may have the smallest 'post' count in SIDC history (in my 4+ years of

paid membership) but can always rely on honest, articulate responses when I do. So thanks again.