Advice please on the WRX
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cheesesliceking said:
WeirdNeville said:
Getting 26-28 Mpg across a tank in mixed driving in my 2005 2.0 WRX PPP
Absolutely fine as a daily driver, it's trying NOT to drive it everywhere thats the problem!
There was another thread in the last few weeks with a load of good advice on Newage WRX's.
Check that cambelt has been done inside of 50k miles or 5 years and tha it has Full service history and receipts.
I got my Wagon from a dealer for £5,500 with 52k miles, FSH, leather and the Prodrive pack earlier this year ,saloons tend to be a bit cheaper.
I'd have said the opposite with the Wagon being cheaper? Certainly was when i was looking for my saloon. Unless you specifically mean with PPP?Absolutely fine as a daily driver, it's trying NOT to drive it everywhere thats the problem!
There was another thread in the last few weeks with a load of good advice on Newage WRX's.
Check that cambelt has been done inside of 50k miles or 5 years and tha it has Full service history and receipts.
I got my Wagon from a dealer for £5,500 with 52k miles, FSH, leather and the Prodrive pack earlier this year ,saloons tend to be a bit cheaper.
PsBuckshot>The cambelt is involved. Get a specialist to do it and expect to pay £500 ish for a proper job with tensioners.
WeirdNeville said:
o, I meant Wagons... Perhaps I'm mistaken. More saloons about, more choice and less practical, but, more sporty and more desireable perhaps.
PsBuckshot>The cambelt is involved. Get a specialist to do it and expect to pay £500 ish for a proper job with tensioners.
Maybe so, i could be wrong but when i was looking for a 02 bugeye with the updated bits, all the equivalent wagons were cheaper, not hugely, but I remember thinking at the time it might be cheaper/more sensible to get the wagon, but then screw sensible, i have a Lolvo for that! :O)PsBuckshot>The cambelt is involved. Get a specialist to do it and expect to pay £500 ish for a proper job with tensioners.
+1 for the cambelt, one of the tensioners is quite expensive can't remember which one but i do remember thinking "ouch"
PSBuckshot said:
Evil.soup said:
Christ who sold it to you, Mike Brewer??
Jokes aside, it will almost certainly be a great daily and looks like a good example, apart from the daft stickers that is!
Is the dealer taking them off for you?
Nope! Jokes aside, it will almost certainly be a great daily and looks like a good example, apart from the daft stickers that is!
Is the dealer taking them off for you?
They don't look bad in the flesh but there are too many for my taste.
Any guides on changing the cam belt or best to let a garage do it?
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/parts_info.asp?id=...
Hope that helps,
Ian
Cambelt was changed at 40k miles, 60k on clock now.
Guess how much my insurance is?
Called admiral and they were being really
ish with me because I'm young.
I paid it off in one go and I'll be collecting the car on friday but go on..have a guess. It was £1280ish before I spoke on the phone to buy it.
Guess how much my insurance is?
Called admiral and they were being really
ish with me because I'm young. I paid it off in one go and I'll be collecting the car on friday but go on..have a guess. It was £1280ish before I spoke on the phone to buy it.
WeirdNeville said:
If they treated you like they treated me then they added 50% to their online quote come the time you actually needed to buy it, so £1,600 ish.
That's what I'd expect for a 21 y/o in an Impreza Turbo, anyway.
Basically what you said. That's what I'd expect for a 21 y/o in an Impreza Turbo, anyway.
£1750, the online quote was b
ks. The guy I was speaking to kept saying it has to change because I'm young....then why quote that much online?Keith Michaels, A-Plan or Direct Line. These are the cheapest i know of for Impreza, modified or standard, and i've had my Impreza insured under each one of these at some stage. They are all very close on quotes for me anyway between £500-£600 fully comp.
The other option, and what i have right now is a fully comp traders policy. Not cheap initially but i've got several cars on the one policy with no effective limits on the numbers of cars i can add, and customer cars are covered fully comp too as is my trailer. When you break it down to the numbers of cars i have insured it works out much cheaper than a private individual or multi-car policy.
I've got my policy via The Insurance Factory (Broker) and Tradewise is the underwriter.
The other option, and what i have right now is a fully comp traders policy. Not cheap initially but i've got several cars on the one policy with no effective limits on the numbers of cars i can add, and customer cars are covered fully comp too as is my trailer. When you break it down to the numbers of cars i have insured it works out much cheaper than a private individual or multi-car policy.
I've got my policy via The Insurance Factory (Broker) and Tradewise is the underwriter.
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