david

..Im thinking of buying a bug eyed wrx or wrx sti impreza but its for use as a company car as well as personal.

Whats the differences in the models ?

I'm doing about 400 miles a week company use, which is half motorway and half urban driving then maybe a further 100 miles personal use.

Dont want to buy something bland like a mondeo or another vectra and the scoobys seem to sit at about 9k for the year im after.

Would it be a worthwhile buy ?

Staffi

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WRX STI are 6 speed for starters, come with about 40-50 more bhp, but you can have your own map, or the PPP Package which takes the car to 300bhp/300 ftlb

Better brakes on the STI aswell, interior you can get them for silly money too..

Paulo P

That's basically it The STI is a much better car in my opinion.

david

are the both turbo'd ?

PT

yes

Staffi

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WRX Can be a performance bargain though imo with the right mods..

But it has to be the STI............

david

Just looking for a standard car or one with minor mods. Wont be doing much to one if I do buy it as its got to do fairly high miles and still be viable.

Staffi whats the insurance like on them ?

Staffi

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Insurance can be a nightmare depending on age, convictions etc..

I used TETT HAMILTON for my TYPE RA and My EVO they were very good, but i was 39 when i had the Scoob and 40 the Evo.


Try a company called Keith Michaels, they're very good..

david

26 with a clean license and full NCB , need to get on and get a quote but hopefully wont be to bad.

can put it all through as low miles though

Heard a few folk saying they eat clutches more than 4x4 cossie's do gearboxes ! is it true ?

Redkop

All the info you need to know about Scoobs

http://www.sidc.co.uk/faq.htm

Staffi

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Any car will eat a clutch it driven like a madman, boxes are pretty good in the newr STI spec cars, older cars were on the limit with 350ish, it was the older shape that got them a bad name ONLY by some people mind you, they did melt frequently..

david

Cheers Lynn, plenty of reading there

Not as bad as what gets branded around then, much the same as any modern perfomance saloon

Just got a quote and it works in at about a grand fully comp, not bad considering my age and its declared for business use. Still 3 x the price of insuring the vectra though

fordsportjay

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good car,but im biased(at the mo ).sti v7/8

aduz

that speeding siggy is quality

david

Lovely car you got Jay


Aduz I seen it posted up on here and thought it was pretty cool

JohnnyB

love my legacy GT B spec best car I have ever owned.