classic impreza buying guide

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Hi everybody

I'm looking at buying a classic impreza for my next car does anyone know of a buying guide about.
Any common faults. I'm looking at cars between the 98 to 2000 ages

I've seen a couple I fancy one is a low milage 2000 turbo but it has some rust on the passenger A pillar randomly and the other is a catalunya with higher mileage but looks pretty good.
is the catalunya anything special or just a badge exercise?

What are they like to live with I know the fuel consumption isn't great but you don't buy one of these with that in mind

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Thanks for the info guys, I'll have a look at scoobynet later

I've set myself a 2 grand budget with the option of going a wee bit higher for the right car, a lot of Uk turbo 2000s fall into that price range and as daft as it sounds I prefer the smaller turbo 2000 rear spoiler over the WRXs one also the WRXs I have seen advertised were either rough barried or both. Oh and a final thing I live in the north of Scotland so there isn't much in the way of choice

I have driven a WRX before but that was a few years ago and it wasn't for very long so couldn't form a proper opinion on it.

I'm away at work for the next 2 1/2 weeks so I won't be viewing any until I get back

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rossub said:

The age these are at now, if you plan on driving it in winters you will kill it with rust very quickly.

Rear arches rust from the inside out. They can look ok at first sight, but be utterly rotten on close inspection.

In my opinion, the UK models are really dull compared to the imports. Those that are new to Imprezas usually seem to be blinkered to this and will not entertain anything other than a UK model. Their loss.

So the arches rust the same as bmws do.
Is there any reason that they are more dull? As said the UK models are in my price range at the moment

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Thanks for the information

Our of curiosity would it be worth spending the extra and getting a blob eye?