scoobyseller555

Your Impreza was a prime example,it had £000's spent on recon had a full history,you had a full years warranty(£440) and in the year you had it had 2 shocks replaced(£600+). Its a minefield out there,low miles,low owners and high price normally gets a good car,a good price is just a bonus.Buy on condition and get a check done independently if you can,ANY dealership will do this for you for a fee(proven check) and can sell you a SUBARU backed warranty once the check has been carried out(time and mileage restrictive) Gav

Well theres £440 on a twelve month warranty blown straight away.Its never scare tactics,its relevent to probably 80% Plus used Impreza's out there that are 3 years or older,AND,being in the trade previously in a prestige franchise for many years you are,and should be only to familiar with recon costs to dealer standard!!!Just because a car has a full franchised SERVICE HISTORY i don't understand your point,if the car is out of warranty the customer could be moving on for other mechanical reasons that they have been advised of but not bothered fixing,so a full and concise service history is irrelevent. Each to your own,but i have seen so many times people buying what they think to be a 'cheap' car only to find that they have to pay a fortune to bring it upto standard,and to refer back to the shocks being replaced on your car-SO WHAT???i know cars that have had 6 sets of shocks in a year so just because they have been replaced means nothing. BACK ON TOPIC. at the moment there is very little between a dealer supplied car and a private purchase price wise,with everything that comes with buying from a franchised dealership you know you have total piece of mind and a car that will require no spend for at least a year. Gav

FACT,thats why i picked up on it

exactly the same passwords required. Gav

Talking from experience FACT The salesman at Ian Grieves in Falkirk,well i would have been one of them. FACT I have sold over 250 STI's in the past 6years FACT And the recon costs including the warranty thats supplied for 12 months and the service schedules being brought into line can EASILY reach £2000 FACT So how much warranty did you get with your private purchase that was out of manufacturers warranty???you havn't needed shocks at the cost of these fitted,you havn't had any problems with leaking brembo calipers,common fault on sti's.your car was serviced bang upto date on both age and mileage,hpi checked,mileage verified,30 day exchange policy,Breakdown recovery for 12 months..............................................bla bla bla NO I DIDN'T THINK SO??? FACT I also don't think that you would have been told that 'if you buy an STI privately you will definately have to spend £2000 on it' but i bet if we had taken your car and put it through our workshop or any Subaru workshop for that matter we would have been able to spend money on it to bring it upto our standard. FACT In essence i think i may be better versed on the pro's and cons of buying and selling Impreza's than most,and you have been very very very lucky to have escaped buying an STI privately and having no spend on it in a years running. FACT

who was it you dealt with at Falkirk,said white demo resides here in the ownership of ed209. Gav

Barry you now have a link through WWW.SUBARU.CO.UK that you can log into and do what you need to do. Gav

LOL he won't be that impressed if i drive,20's plenty!!! Gav

yep you have a test drive with me 2morrow,as posted before and as i have said to you this afternoon,it depends totally what you want from the car. See you 2morrow. Gav

............................AM OUT HERE,but dont have anything under £10k,i do have ed209's old WRX SL Wagon and a Crystal Grey Wagon both hawkeyes. Gav

yep guilty,guilty and guilty. reading 19.2MPG in the X5 the now,i have been told it can do 137mph AE86 was an amazing japanese work of art,bought it from Struans in perth in 88 C'reg in Bright Red. Yep that was my EVO,even if i say so myself,the best looking evo6 i have ever seen,i sold it in 2001 to Sports Car Services,it was one of Tosh's m8's that had it from Kinross think his surname was Scott. Gav

This was a dealer specific so called ltd edition by Town & County(perth and aberdeen) consisted of the following Morette headlight conversion Sport special wing and boot badges(lifted from the parts bin of the classic sport special) Copy STI 'style' rear spoiler Subaru 10 spoke split rims(not prodrive) Momo gearknob This is from memory,and its not as good as it used to be. Gav

hi and welcome. Another car i have sold twice,used to have the plate W100SUB on it,anything you want to know give me a pm. Gav

As an oldy as well:- there has been many but the best by far(37 since 89) 1.Ford Escort RS2000 Signal Yellow with Black Vinyl Roof 2.Toyota Corolla Twin Cam AE86 3.BMW E30 M3 left hooker UK car and one of the last registered in Britain on a 'K' reg 4.Ford Escort Cosworth's x2 both 'P' reg,1 Aubergine and 1 Auralis Blue with Rondells 5.Subaru Impreza,Prodrive everything cost 32k back in 98,my second impreza. 6.Mitsi EVO 5 bought new followed by EVO6 in Icelle blue with 19''BBS CH's(pictures still on Strathy Cruise from the 90's) 7.and now as a family wagon but with the most awesome twin turbo push up the backside BMW X5 Xdrive35d,amazing performance from a heavyweight(and worse economy than an STI) Gav

thats the extra 25bhp i was telling you about!!! LOL Gav

OMG Russ is that really you?? You awright m8,long time no speak!!! Gav

Once again Brian,it was a pleasure to deal with you and get you back to the fold but thanks for the kind words,and hopefully now you will be able to get the car closer to the house. . Welcome back and let the modding begin!! Gav

only an issue if the fuel remap hasn't been carried out,or if you have a parallel import as no notification of the remap would be given. Gav

Can't believe this Noel,gutted for you.Surely someone must have seen or heard something since the whole car has been done?That doesn't look like a quick job!! Hope the feckers slipped on the ice on the way home and are tucked up in intensive care now,tit$. Gav

it should have the 5 poke flat faced lip'd spoke 16's,these are 96/97 MY alloys. Gav

has the car the 'soft' dash as it has 96-97 model year alloys on it,interestingly i bought my green impreza turbo new from George Loban at Hawco back in 97,the only 2 cars he had at the time was a green mica and a reddish blue,back in the days of an 18 month wait,wonder if this was the car that was in the showroom with mine. Gav

only if its a uk car,give Charlie a phone 2morrow he might be able to help,01324 605100. Gav

Its like saying that speed cameras reduce speeding and accidents,why not tax dithering idiots for going slow?? At the end of the day its some 'THINK' tank that sits round a table,wastes millions of tax payers money to think up the best way to get more revenue out of our nation,so we can p*** it away in keeping junkies in methadone,alcoholics in drink,imigrants in houses and criminals in open prisons coming out twice a week to do your grannys garden. My old man needs a hip replacement,he's waited 2 years on a waiting list and he's paid 40% tax all his days,suppose the only consilation is that he can spout loads of CO2 out of the back of his Subaru and have the benefit of having disabled road tax and paying nothing for the priviledge.

I bet Gordon Brown doesn't drive around in a Toyota IQ!! Gav

This has p***ed me off that much that i am going to leave all the lights on in the garage tonight LOL,stick yer global warming!!!and while we are on the subject,CO2 and road tax,PI$H,what happens if you have an sti that does 5000 miles a year or a t**t in a 'GREEN' car that does 30000miles a year,which one produces a greater carbon footprint....exactly.....TO$$ERS. As i step carefully down from my soapbox....you've got to watch at my age you know!! Gav