ST 205 GT-FOUR advice needed. please help.
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I owned a GT4 once... and I miss it. Of all the cars I have driven and owned over the years the GT4 was the only perfect car for me. I drive mainly in London and it is the best car for our roads, i.e. speed bumps, dug up roads, rain, speed cameras, etc. It was fast enough, handled well enough and utterly reliable. The 16" wheels with 45 tyres are exactly what I need for how screwed up our roads are right now... I am looking to buy one again after all these years and need some advice as there seem to be endless variants on sale on ebay, autotrader and, of course pistonheads. Please advise me on the following.
There are lots of cars out there with rear wings that i don't like. How much will it cost to remove them and fit the WRC wing? Where can I get one of those wings? How much will it cost? If I get it painted in the same colour as the car will it look like it was always on there to begin with or will it look bolted on and painted to a close enough colour? Will there be holes left on the boot if the car used to have a 3 point connected wing on the back? Same for side skirts - are they easy to have removed? Also how easy and expensive will it be for me to source the dark grey 16" tri-spokes that came with the first ST205s as stndard? So many of the cars out there have been hit with the ugly stick, especially the jap imports... just sad for me to see such a well balanced car modded into ugliness. Also, should I be worried about rust as many of these cars are over 10 years old? Speaking of which - what exactly should I be worried about on these? Is it worth paying the RAC or AA for a test (it's 150 quid i think) as I don't know anything about cars except how to drive them. Currently I think I am willing to spend up to 4500 on it, but I want a low mileage car, so should I believe some of these jap imports that claim to have 30-40k mileages on them even though they LOOK to me like they are in bad condition? What should I be willing to pay a premium for and what makes no difference at all. A standard 240bhp GT4 will do me fine, but I keep seeing WRC versions from japan advertised with 255bhp. Is it worth getting these cars? What exactly is different on the WRC cars? Is it just increased turbo boost? Currently I think I don't want a car with higher boost as it probably means the car has been "worn" more. Am I right in this assumption?
Any help answering these question will be much appreciated. I am in the rare condition of knowing exactly what it is that I want, but I'm a bit scared of buying such a comparatively old car, particularly if it's modded, imported, etc. Should I be?
Thanks in advance
There are lots of cars out there with rear wings that i don't like. How much will it cost to remove them and fit the WRC wing? Where can I get one of those wings? How much will it cost? If I get it painted in the same colour as the car will it look like it was always on there to begin with or will it look bolted on and painted to a close enough colour? Will there be holes left on the boot if the car used to have a 3 point connected wing on the back? Same for side skirts - are they easy to have removed? Also how easy and expensive will it be for me to source the dark grey 16" tri-spokes that came with the first ST205s as stndard? So many of the cars out there have been hit with the ugly stick, especially the jap imports... just sad for me to see such a well balanced car modded into ugliness. Also, should I be worried about rust as many of these cars are over 10 years old? Speaking of which - what exactly should I be worried about on these? Is it worth paying the RAC or AA for a test (it's 150 quid i think) as I don't know anything about cars except how to drive them. Currently I think I am willing to spend up to 4500 on it, but I want a low mileage car, so should I believe some of these jap imports that claim to have 30-40k mileages on them even though they LOOK to me like they are in bad condition? What should I be willing to pay a premium for and what makes no difference at all. A standard 240bhp GT4 will do me fine, but I keep seeing WRC versions from japan advertised with 255bhp. Is it worth getting these cars? What exactly is different on the WRC cars? Is it just increased turbo boost? Currently I think I don't want a car with higher boost as it probably means the car has been "worn" more. Am I right in this assumption?
Any help answering these question will be much appreciated. I am in the rare condition of knowing exactly what it is that I want, but I'm a bit scared of buying such a comparatively old car, particularly if it's modded, imported, etc. Should I be?
Thanks in advance
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