Both of our cars are Type UK's and both are serviced in the dealer they came from in Cardiff. It's not a slur on the local based dealer, it's just that we can typically co-incide the service with a trip back through the twisties[tm] [] We've become good friends with the dealer in Cardiff, and their after sales support and servicing are beyond question.
A WR1 is one of the most highly tuned UK spec cars out there, running on mostly standard UK Spec STi internals. It's not a version I'd be willing to let a trainee cut their teeth on.