Most folk here might say Focus as they have big blinkers BUT... i have the chance to swap my focus for a 2003 Jap STI, 34k miles, standard bar coilovers and 18s. See it in the for sale section.

I got the focus cheap and £500 on top might buy the car.

What do y'all reckon?

 

I'd keep the focus personally and im a jap car nut.

 

I think you'd be mad not to swap for the Impreza. Looks fantastic!

 

Wold it help if i said my frs was 7.5k so the scoob might cost me 8k + service etc i've done on the focus?

I'm not 100% on value of these thats why its so hard. I've been told 10-11k is not unreasonable!

On the flip side i love my focus to bits and have no reason to swap other than financial benefit"

 

looking at the scoob id go for it,

 

financially yes... but thats the only reason. I want a FRS

 

As much as I like the FRS, after a drive in the Impreza, I'm sure that'd be enough to change most people's minds.

 

Actually ive just seen the scooby your on about, id swap within a heartbeat, i thought it was going to be some basic spec jdm scooby, but that one looks porn.

 

i would keep the frs

 

Chop,
HAVE A DRIVE FIRST!

You have to ask yourself why the Scooby owner would do a deal if the STi is such a better car than the FRS . You might find it is, but I would want a test drive to do a back to back comparison, and see what YOU think.

 

I find myself very drawn to it too and love the wheels and in that colour.

 

Mike

Are they "boring"?? tbh this is an everyday car and it only has to be quickish and cool which i'll let the scooby be economical ish, practical and reliable. I have the cossie to bve thirsty, smelly, useless etc
The guy says his wife doesnt like it and wants a smaller hot hatch. She drives it most.

He may well see this post and reply!

I'm tempted.

 

Chop , depending on how long you plan to run the cars then the FRS may well hold it's value a lot better

 

I'd take the Subaru as overall it's probably an eaiser car to live with - and possibly if there's any additional family members to consider.

I'm not sure I agree about it having financial benefits as they are depreciating pretty heavily at the moment whereas the FRS seems pretty stable.

I own a Scoob and I love to drive it - hated the image etc that surrounded them and said I'd never own one years ago. What a difference driving them makes to that opinion tho.

Go for it, I doubt you'd ever look back.

JK

 

I agree with mondeo man

 

shite dont say that! when i saw you'd posted i expecte a positive!

 

Chop ive told you already your next car is an evo

 

 

if thatw as the case i should have bought the evo from my sis and had that and made money on the frs instead of spending more here

 

No, but depending on the suspension set-up, you may find it tedious (wearing) to drive as an everyday car. All I would ever say about getting ANY new car that you have no experience of, is to drive it to see if it is for you. As to the fuel economy, Jen's has a 60 litre tank and we only ever see 280miles out of that if we're lucky / VERY sensible . Hers is only a PPP'd UK300 as well .

 

Personaly id have the scooby as it looks dam nice and will be far from boring to drive.

 

Its gonna save you a fortune in road tax over the FRS, that goes up to over 400 quid next year!

 

does the Scooby come with the rally jacket option

Keep the FRS imho, its a more mature car. Unless you want to be down with the kids in McDonalds talking about the Saxo's they all used to own before they became rally drivers then the Scoobys the car for you

 

No it won't. My Rangey which is the same age will only go up a few quid next year.

The larger Tax increases will now mainly affect cars from 2006 onwards.

That's according to the government website.

 

Looks a really nice car but like i said we need to get a meeting organised somewhere and see how you both like each of the cars.

 

Lol so true, my mate has had 3 scooby 2.5 sti's and the main thing he boasted about was his rally jackets

i can't stand the way scoobys feel just all plasticy and no real character not my cup of tea, in the end he blown the engines on all three cars and yes he was using high octane fuel

 

Can't see the pics as I'm at work but I can understand your thinking as I was considering one of these up until recently. IF your just doing it for financial reasons then maybe that's a bit of a gamble as what you make up in money you'll lose in driving pleasure! Is there no one you know that has one you can "borrow" to give it a good thrash to see if you like it??? I thought you hated 4WD cars anyway, but I guess with the FRS being FWD there's not alot of difference in your mind.

 

Focus RS is a much nicer and better car I think.

Benni.

 

rog have a look from home its a nice car!

i dont "hate" 4x4 thats for sure.

my everyday car doesnt matter anyway

 

IF I was to buy one it'd have to be blue with gold wheels.
A car with lower miles is always a plus point too....

p.s Mot today!

 

Have you driven the two to compare?

I'm a Ford Fanatic to the core and really like the Focus RS even if it's not really one of my favourites, but anyone who's driven a Focus RS and a Twin Scroll Impreza and thinks the FRS even comes close would be a very strange person indeed as far as I'm concerned...

 

The inceases were supposed to be applied this year but they have been deferred for a year. I was surprised when I retaxed my FRS recently that it hadnt gone up so checked on the DVLA website, the increased prices come in to play next year IIRC

 

Get the scoob mate!!

 

well sir i think your a very strange person for even liking a Impreza but i guess we all look for different things in cars so each to there own

 

Chop, do you really want people looking in their mirrors thinking U R A BUS



Financially the FRS will be the winner, pleasure wise the Scooby will prolly float your boat more, but you'll then realise that you prefer it to your cossie as well and it'll make you sell your cossie too. So stay away from the evil piece of junk

 

That's the word of a person who obviously hasn't driven an Impreza, let alone a twin scroll model.

You appear to have a picture of a MK4 Escort in your avatar, so what do you look for in a car? Rust?

 

it is blue with black/anthracite wheels. looks the bollocks.


lol at least someone read my post

lol@prising my cossie away. no mate

 

ohoh stucos is here!

 

That's my car from a few years ago joined this site to see if anyone owns it now i have a RX7 stage 3 race port , knightsport coilovers

And yes i have driven a Impreza and not Imprezed very over rated imo

 

yes they are quickish they do around 18 mpg 14 mpg if your really booting and thats out of 3 different cars tested, i would not say reliable my mate has blown 3 engines but used them hard ,they really don't like to be redlined a lot, most scoobie owners just use the low down torque to get to speed