my son wants to buy a subaru
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Edited by Hemingway on Sunday 29th January 18:44
Hemingway said:
Great video, needs a "NSFW" tag though.
Hemingway said:
NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbNuyubhz0&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHbNuyubhz0&fea...
Edited by Hemingway on Sunday 29th January 18:44
Any one want to buy a scooby?
omgus said:
My Scooby cost me £10k in maintenance, services and a couple of mods over 4 years, plus £4k in insurance, and as a modified STI never bettered 30 mpg, averaged 20mpg over 30k miles and I once managed 6.5mpg over a tank.
My sums were very generous for a fast impreza that is used every day. They are superb cars, but they can have immense running costs.
In contrast my impreza has only cost me insurance (£2200) m.o.t's (£80) tax (£620) set of discs and pads (£250 fitted) rocker cover gasket (£60 fitted) 4 tyres (£340 fitted) and oil, fluids and filters (£400 fitted) and fuel at 25mpg in the last 30months.My sums were very generous for a fast impreza that is used every day. They are superb cars, but they can have immense running costs.
Pretty much all standard maintenance stuff that would be required for any car.
Oh and i spent £200 getting the wheels refurbed as I'm fussy.
I think servicing and maintenance costs aren't too bad considering the performance of the car.
If he gets a bugeye for say £3k, he can change the oil and brake pads himself. The only pricy job is the cambelt/tensioners for about £400 fitted.
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
If he gets a bugeye for say £3k, he can change the oil and brake pads himself. The only pricy job is the cambelt/tensioners for about £400 fitted.
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
CaptainSlow said:
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
Depreciation yes but none of those other costs would necessarily increase.Edited to add that actually many classic imprezas are actually pretty much depreciation free if kept in good order.
Edited by rb5er on Monday 30th January 11:13
rb5er said:
CaptainSlow said:
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
Depreciation yes but none of those other costs would necessarily increase.I think if you're going to dip your toe into the realm of Subaru for the first time perhaps do it by buying something within your cash in the bank capability and without any outside financial assistance. You may buy one and hate it. Then you're stuck with a car you don't want, are up to your ears in debt for something you regret ever buying, and are most definitely on the slippery road to 5h1t Street for the next 5yrs and very probably longer!!
As has been said....Get an older car, keep it for a year or so, save up during that time for something newer if you haven't caught the mod bug and if you still have a job at the end of it, then maybe go for it when you're financially more secure, if there's such a thing these days.
I don;t think there is anything wrong with getting a loan to buy a car, most of the worlds population do it, only under the right circumstances and for the right reasons.
However, experience and age tells me that if you want to keep your bird and make a life with her you'll walk away from this silly idea!!
There are a lot of people saying the same thing here. They are all Subaru owners, have experience, seen it, done it and got the beanie.
They can't all be wrong.
As has been said....Get an older car, keep it for a year or so, save up during that time for something newer if you haven't caught the mod bug and if you still have a job at the end of it, then maybe go for it when you're financially more secure, if there's such a thing these days.
I don;t think there is anything wrong with getting a loan to buy a car, most of the worlds population do it, only under the right circumstances and for the right reasons.
However, experience and age tells me that if you want to keep your bird and make a life with her you'll walk away from this silly idea!!
There are a lot of people saying the same thing here. They are all Subaru owners, have experience, seen it, done it and got the beanie.
They can't all be wrong.
rb5er said:
CaptainSlow said:
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
Depreciation yes but none of those other costs would necessarily increase.VED...£7k car likely to be post 2006 so cost goes up
Insurance...I don't know...would make sense that is costs more to insure a more expensive car.
In this case i think the cost of running the car is immaterial. Equally it's a subject that's been done to death so many times on PH, and isn't the most important thing here.
Getting a loan over 5 years to pay for the purchase and insuring of a this car when you're not in the right circumstances is all that matters here. If he does this my guess is he will regret it, even if he loves the car.
A day will come when he sits down and works out how long he's got left to pay, how much he still owes, and how he's going to keep paying for it if he loses his job or when his GF starts badgering him to sell it so they can get their own roof to live under.
He needs to work out priorities which clearly he hasn't given any thought to, but then he's only a youngster and i don't remember making too many sensible decisions at his age, but then things were very different back then. It's a whole different world now.
Getting a loan over 5 years to pay for the purchase and insuring of a this car when you're not in the right circumstances is all that matters here. If he does this my guess is he will regret it, even if he loves the car.
A day will come when he sits down and works out how long he's got left to pay, how much he still owes, and how he's going to keep paying for it if he loses his job or when his GF starts badgering him to sell it so they can get their own roof to live under.
He needs to work out priorities which clearly he hasn't given any thought to, but then he's only a youngster and i don't remember making too many sensible decisions at his age, but then things were very different back then. It's a whole different world now.
WeirdNeville said:
rb5er said:
CaptainSlow said:
There's no point spending £7k on one imo. This will just increase insurance, servicing, depreciation and ved costs.
Depreciation yes but none of those other costs would necessarily increase.CaptainSlow said:
Servicing - more likely to do your own spannering on an older car...newer car would need a service history to maintain value.
VED...£7k car likely to be post 2006 so cost goes up
Insurance...I don't know...would make sense that is costs more to insure a more expensive car.
Servicing is the same cost on any turbocharged impreza.VED...£7k car likely to be post 2006 so cost goes up
Insurance...I don't know...would make sense that is costs more to insure a more expensive car.
Ved, not any different between a £2k 2000 turbo and a £7k type-r or p1.
Insurance differences are negligable.
We dont know what impreza he is considering.
Just to add my 2p's worth:
I have had my modded bug for almost a year, the ins costs compared to other sports cars i have owned are rediculous!
The "image" that imprezas have is completely unfair in my opinion, but will put your son in a high attention group from the police and chavs in corsas.
He is going to get bummed by his ins company (if he can even get a quote).
It will cripple him in fuel costs, rubber costs and the constant desire to up the power.
But, having said that, i love mine. Il be sad to see it go in a few months.
I have had my modded bug for almost a year, the ins costs compared to other sports cars i have owned are rediculous!
The "image" that imprezas have is completely unfair in my opinion, but will put your son in a high attention group from the police and chavs in corsas.
He is going to get bummed by his ins company (if he can even get a quote).
It will cripple him in fuel costs, rubber costs and the constant desire to up the power.
But, having said that, i love mine. Il be sad to see it go in a few months.
doogz said:
R300will said:
It doesn't matter really you will need to do some very nunnish driving to get the subaru to touch 30mpg and like it not that does make it a bit expensive to run. Also if you can resist the temptation to give that turbocharged engine a rev then you are a better man than me.
Strange, how you say that, yet your GF's Audi, which is apparently more powerful does 37mpg?
Perhaps his son has seen sense.
Maybe his dad brought him here to have a look at everyone's comments just to make him realise what he wanted to undertake was not only financially ruinous but personally life destroying, and on a more organic level it was basically.....
.......FECKIN STUPID!!
Maybe his dad brought him here to have a look at everyone's comments just to make him realise what he wanted to undertake was not only financially ruinous but personally life destroying, and on a more organic level it was basically.....
.......FECKIN STUPID!!
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