my mate bought a year old impreza for 14.5 grand in the trade
he did not have it long when he spun it and went over a grass
verge and into some old dears garden demolishing her fence and
ripping off most of the suspension,the car was repaired by QBS
who are the repair arm of evans halshaw,it was not a nice repair
and tbh it looked like a cowboy outfit had repaired it.
that car should have been writen off as it cost loads more than what
it initialy was going to come to.
its value was such that the insures decided to repair but kept finding things bent.
some cat c's and d's and q plates are works of art the way they have
been repaired by a proper bodyshop,others including cars that are
hpi clear can be badly repaired,if you don't know
cars take someone who does and don't assume if its hpi clear
its straight,if your car is nice someone who reads about the way it
was done will not be put off.
18 ish years ago there was no such thing as a cat a,b,c,d etc
or a v car register,so how many old rs's are hiding history
loads i bet
i'm sure i saw a car like the one you have, on ebay a couple of years
ago