Hi all. Please excuse the rudeness of asking for advice before I've even got a Subaru, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. I've narrowed my search for a classic Impreza down to 2 cars, both the same price. One is a 1998 and one a 1999. Both turbo wagons. One, the silver one has had an engine rebuild following a cam belt tensioner failure. The advert sounds like the engine should be spot on, but the car doesn't have an MOT. Advert https://www.gumtree.com/p/subaru/subaru-impreza-uk2000-wagon/1150807363. The blue car here https://www.gumtree.com/p/subaru/subaru-impreza-v4-uk2000-wagon/1151459710 does have an MOT and has the front end I like, and is a better colour. BUT, on a video I was sent off it starting from cold, I can hear a knock. I don't know if it's the knock of death, but is it worth taking the chance? I'll try to put a link of the video below.
Either way, in going to have to travel many hundreds of miles to either put an MOT on the silver car, or to take a chance on the blue.
Any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated.
Video https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10208372733381139&id=683241794