thinking about a new car after xmas, is200/impreza

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:41

Can i get a good example of a impreza sports wagon wrx excluding bug eye or a is200 up to 2005.

[TW]Fox · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:43

The is200 has 150bhp and does 0-60 in 9 seconds.

Why is it being considered alongside a WRX?

Delboy · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:44

just a thought, but doesn't VAT go up after xmas - 20%!?!? Can you buy before?

[TW]Fox · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:51

Delboy said:
just a thought, but doesn't VAT go up after xmas - 20%!?!? Can you buy before?

Why would that make any difference?

merlin · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:53

Maybe Wigan has it's own VAT rules

ScoobyDoo69 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:14

You can get WRX's in the blobeye shape for £5k yes, not great ones mind you.

Relentless81 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:16

Apart from them both being four door saloons they are two totally different cars

ScoobyDoo69 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:24

Why is everyone so caught up when people consider different types of cars? They're obviously cars that catch his eye for some reason or another, they don't have to be directly comparable.

Relentless81 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:29

True actually but ones a performance based AWD car and the others a refined cruiser

[TW]Fox · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:30

Because he says he wants speed and then has two cars with massively different performance?

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:32

ScoobyDoo69 said:
You can get WRX's in the blobeye shape for £5k yes, not great ones mind you.

is the one i dont like

so any of the other versions please

i like the look of both, whats wrong with that?

not geting a certain type for anything.

i also thought is200s were a little quicker than that.

ScoobyDoo69 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:33

You said you don't like the bugeye ones?

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:40

sorry gotten confused.

this is the type i done like.

Prophet · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:40

[TW]Fox;17573125 said:
The is200 has 150bhp and does 0-60 in 9 seconds.

Why is it being considered alongside a WRX?

He likes both cars and has asked if £5K would get a nice example of either.

utajoker said:
so, ive always wanted an imprezasince about 10 but i want a sports wagon and not a bug eyed one, but ive always had a thing for mk1(?) is200s.

just speculation atm, can i get a nice example of either of these for around 5k?

Also, both cars offer 'some speed' compared to his Focus. Does the level between them really matter?

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:53

£2k insurance for a 2000-2003 impreza wrx valued at 5k or

£800 for an is200se valued 5k.

Jono8 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:55

Isnt an STI WRX insurance group 20 or something?

ScoobyDoo69 · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:55

£2k? How old are you? Yeah the blobeye is the model after the bugeye

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:58

24, 25 in feb, ran it with 6years NBC and my gf a named driver. currently paying £730 for my focus, my insurance went up when i became a HGV driver

i dont think living in aspull helps either.

[TW]Fox · 14 Oct 2010 at 18:08

Orange Peel said:
He likes both cars and has asked if £5K would get a nice example of either.

Also, both cars offer 'some speed' compared to his Focus. Does the level between them really matter?

Yes - because he's specifically said it would need to be a WRX Impreza, which implies he wants the performance a WRX would offer. This is fine - but would put the IS200 out of the running because frankly its slow.

The issue here is not the difference in car type but more the fact one is slow and one is fast, meaning its unlikely both would be on a shortlist unless you didnt quite understand them.

utajoker · 14 Oct 2010 at 18:31

well i want a wrx because its always an impreza wrx, my love of the car goes back to colin mcrae rally days, he had a wrx. dont see the point in a normal one

im not just after the perfromance, just want something quicker than average joe. both cars i like the styling of.