New addition to the fleet - umm some turbo power
Discussion
Since selling my Jeep I've been in dire need of a proper 4 seater. By chance and good fortune I've managed to pick this up:
Not quite a minter, but very very tidy.
It's also quite ironic as I've always loved Impreza since watching McRae sliding them about on many a forest stage. I also drove my first one at the tender age of 17 back in 1997, that also happened to be green
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Not quite a minter, but very very tidy.
It's also quite ironic as I've always loved Impreza since watching McRae sliding them about on many a forest stage. I also drove my first one at the tender age of 17 back in 1997, that also happened to be green
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norman156 said:
Looks like a nice example, well done for finding one without half of Halfords bolted to it! Found myself looking at older Turbo 2000s in the classifieds last night, they seem to be incredibly cheap at the moment
Yep really are good value for the performance and maybe just maybe a future modern classic due to their rally pedigree.norman156 said:
Looks like a nice example, well done for finding one without half of Halfords bolted to it! Found myself looking at older Turbo 2000s in the classifieds last night, they seem to be incredibly cheap at the moment
They are cheap to buy but running them can be an expensive process especially at this age.I know, I've got an RB5!
300bhp/ton said:
Yep really are good value for the performance and maybe just maybe a future modern classic due to their rally pedigree.
The Turbo 2000's I don't think will be a classic, tidy ones will always have something special about them but I think only the special editions will reach classic status. They are a complete bargain at the moment though. So much car for the money.
For a car to become a classic, it must first become cheap....
I can see them being like Pug 205s value-wise in the future. They'll never be worth north of £10k in todays money, but they wont always be at £1-2k either.
There are however a number of things that are killing these quicker than 205s - running costs, rust, headgaskets, bottom ends and (currently) chavs.
I can see them being like Pug 205s value-wise in the future. They'll never be worth north of £10k in todays money, but they wont always be at £1-2k either.
There are however a number of things that are killing these quicker than 205s - running costs, rust, headgaskets, bottom ends and (currently) chavs.
Think mk1 / mk2 Escort when they were between 10 and 20 years old? Dirt cheap and still pretty common.
These need to go through the same culling period (which they are in now) when it is often cheaper to throw away when broken and buy another, before rarity and nostalgia effects start to kick in.
Non-special editions may never command really big money, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if, even inflation adjusted, in another 10-15 years they'll make today's prices will look silly cheap..
That looks very straight and unmolested btw, nice one
These need to go through the same culling period (which they are in now) when it is often cheaper to throw away when broken and buy another, before rarity and nostalgia effects start to kick in.
Non-special editions may never command really big money, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if, even inflation adjusted, in another 10-15 years they'll make today's prices will look silly cheap..
That looks very straight and unmolested btw, nice one
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