Newbie Hi and questions..

[dissecta]

Hallo,

Newbie to the SIDC forums (though not a newbie sub ownership I've had classic 'preza turbo for the last 6 years).

Couple of quick questions: Anyone on here bought their car fom motorpoint in glasgow (currently advertising STI's for 20999) and can you fit a WRX low level spoiler to an STI (I'm speak softley and carry a big stick kinda guy)?

Cheer in advance

[jamie_wood]

Hi there Matey

Welcome to the Club and/or forum

Regarding the spoiler, as far as I know they will fit no problem.

Motorpoint, dont know.

[dissecta]

Hi,

Cheers - had a feeling the spolier would.

[john_robertson]

IIRC the cars from Motorpoint are imported from Cyprus so they are slightly different spec to the UK cars, for one they will not be fitted with the RAC Trackstar. I'm sure there are some other differences also but can't remember them just now.

Also regarding the spoiler, the STi has eight bolts fixing the spoiler in place and the WRX low level is fixed with 6 IIRC so there is a good chance you will have two holes in the middle of your boot lid.

John.

[st3ph3n]

I bought my regular WRX from Motorpoint in December (an MY05 at that) and the service has been nothing short of excellent. In terms of differences in the models the WRX was UK spec with the exception of no alarm. Needless to say I had the car fitted with a Cat1 and a tracker before it left the motorpoint compound.

Motorpoint themselves were great to deal with. A complete no hassle approach to selling a car. The salesman was friendly and let me take as much time as I wanted viewing the car without bothering me. Once I went back in to talk figures it was very straight forward. I'd been in before early last year so I knew the deal with the trade-ins being poor, and their finance not being so great. I got a trade in value off the guy for my car which he explained was basically what it would likely fetch at auction, which is where they would send it. I did sell my car to a mate as planned so that wasn't a problem. Their finance offers weren't pushed on me as being the best thing since sliced bread, and I'd already sorted myself out with a loan anyway.

You know the price they're offering is the price they'll take. They'll not haggle like dealers will, and they can't really offer you anything good like mats because they just don't sell them.

My car is a Maltese import, and within about 3 or 4 weeks of buying it I received a maltese warranty book (all in English), complete with my details, and a letter from Subaru Malta thanking me for buying the car and explaining the warranty was pan-european. Also included was the original sales invoice proving the car was european, which I faxed off to International Motors (Subaru UK) to sort out Warranty cover in the UK.

So to round up - I would have no problems dealing with them again, and I recommended them to a mate who is now the proud owner of a Blue '05 WRX (will be at the trackday, but not on track).

My rudimentary maths on the cost of an import STI + OTR fees + alarm + tracker + the cost of 3 years servicing which is currently free on the UK cars = still £3-4K cheaper than UK spec.

Tough choice AYE, RIGHT!

I saved almost 3 grand on my WRX, although free servicing wasn't on offer at that time.

Spoiler - believe you will need to fill in some holes which may involve a respray of the boot at worst. Saw someone from another board saying they had to do that after fitting a different spoiler to an STI (not a WRX one though).