Subaru Forester-S turbo
Subaru Forester-S turbo
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BrettMRC

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5,960 posts

188 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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I recently sold my ML320 as I was hoping to replace it with an ML55, but the market seems to have gone a bit crazy on those of late. So while I'm waiting to see what happens there, I needed a replacement dog/tip car.

Enter the Forester! It has about 77k on the clock, a slush box and about 2 straight panels... picked it up from a nice rally enthusiast in Leeds and drove her back to South Somerset without issue.

Still, no major rust that I can see which is a plus point - everything seems to work too!

Jobs are as follows:

  • Tint rear windows (for the dogs!)
  • Cam belt and water pump replacement
  • Plugs, fluids and filters
  • Replace rear shocks
  • Reprogramme spare alarm fob
  • Maybe give it a really good detail to see if the remaining panels are as good as they might be
Some pics, first two are from the trip home:










Edited by BrettMRC on Wednesday 3rd July 15:30


Edited by BrettMRC on Wednesday 3rd July 15:30

RC1807

13,631 posts

196 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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"rally enthusiast" + "slushbox" = does not compute wobble

Dare I ask if these are in shed money territory? I'm guessing not?....


BrettMRC

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5,960 posts

188 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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RC1807 said:
"rally enthusiast" + "slushbox" = does not compute wobble

Dare I ask if these are in shed money territory? I'm guessing not?....
The back of his warehouse had a few impreza rally cars ;-)

I paid under shed money! biggrin

andy118run

959 posts

234 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Nice. I'd love one of these for shed money. Have a real soft spot for any Subaru, more so if they have a turbo. Hard to find anything like this around shed money.

DanielSan

19,984 posts

195 months

Wednesday 3rd July 2019
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Get a back box on it, you know you want to.

BrettMRC

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5,960 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th December 2019
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Sold it for a bargin price this morning as need the space for a new toy arriving next week! biggrin

Even selling it for under £500 didn't stop the buyer from trying a few little tricks, including:

  • It has no coolant! (Yes it does, look there are the hot and cold markers at the bottom of the tank)
  • It doesn't kick down properly (Erm, yes it does - you are just driving it like an arse up and down my single track lane)
  • Come on, knock some more money off. (No, either pay me the money or I'm scrapping it on principle)

I hate selling cars cheap, you ALWAYS get chancers.