Who here owns a Subaru?

Hedge · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:12

There is a car just 2 miles from me and its caught my eye.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...e/postcode/ne332er/page/1/radius/10?logcode=p

Whats the best model to go for under 7k

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:33

Maximum Triceratops said:
Not sure, you will need to look but iirc as a rough guide the Hawkeye versions are the higher £400 tax bracket, Blobeye/bugeye are lower, I think mine is £275 a year on a 54 plate STI, that reminds me it runs out this month, better get on the website and get some more lol.

I recall people useing these words to describe the versions of the car by their headlights

im guessing the blob eye is the 2001/2002 one and the one im interested in is the next one up , so i guess its the bugeye (like that pic above)

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:35

scoobyrichuk said:
I'm paying £760 fully comp with greenlight, I'm 26 with 6 years NCB and that's for a 2003 STI

ooo Nice!

Insurance shouldnt be a problem with me, i can get my clio sport 172 down to £300 a year, but i like to have a bit more with it, so i pay £380 through Adrian Flux, 7 years NCB with protected no claims, @ 34

off to check

Maximum Triceratops · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:40

Hedge said:
Ouch. What do you currently pay on yours?

I payed £450 with Tesco, 36yrs old 9 yrs no claims.

ShiWarrior said:
I recall people useing these words to describe the versions of the car by their headlights

im guessing the blob eye is the 2001/2002 one and the one im interested in is the next one up , so i guess its the bugeye (like that pic above)

Bug is the earliest newage followed by Blob then Hawk. pic above is a blobeye.

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:44

got a quote, £550 with an excess of 500

if i change the excess to £1000, then i get it down to £460

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:44

Maximum Triceratops said:
I payed £450 with Tesco, 36yrs old 9 yrs no claims.

Bug is the earliest newage followed by Blob then Hawk. pic above is a blobeye.

ah ok, wrong way around

Maximum Triceratops · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:45

Who was that with?, mine is up for renewal next month.

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:51

Maximum Triceratops said:
Who was that with?, mine is up for renewal next month.

Personally i would call Sky Insurance, Adrian Flux and Greenlight, and compare all 3, ring one back and haggle it works

first thing i always do is get a quote form moneysupermarket and then call those 3 above

scoob by shiwarrior1, on Flickr

Maximum Triceratops · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:53

Cheers, will do that, see what Tesco come up with first.

ShiWarrior · 29 Jul 2012 at 21:55

Maximum Triceratops said:
Cheers, will do that, see what Tesco come up with first.

no probs mate, those 3 always give me the best quotes with performance cars, i always find Tesco really expenive all the time, i dont know why, dont mater what car i have they are always double

Maximum Triceratops · 29 Jul 2012 at 22:02

Yeah, I thought it strange with the quote I got tbh, came with a free MOT and service too, pretty good deal, I suspect this years quote will be poo though.

ironman · 30 Jul 2012 at 11:43

Haven't had much time to play around with mine, middle part of diffuser still to go on and also need to trim my mudflaps as they are scraping on the bumps.

Kosta, I'm trying to find the best solution for the exhaust going turbo back.

I'm going for a decat pipe and a straight through centre section bolted to a Blitz NSR for a full 3" system. Do you have any recommendations on what to go for in terms of the downpipe and centre section?

Hedge · 30 Jul 2012 at 18:10

I ran a Quote on Confused and got £997 lowest. Bit of a sting but I guess its to be expected. Quite a different beast to a 306Gti 6

ScoobyDoo69 · 30 Jul 2012 at 19:24

G4ORCE said:
I still have cash here for a 2005+ Blob STI or Hwk STI.

I just cannot find one for sale that ticks the boxes for me. Hoping something comes up over the weekend.

http://bbs.scoobynet.com/subaru-444/943754-my05-sti-widetrack-dccd-408-386-a.html
http://bbs.scoobynet.com/subaru-444/944244-blobeye-sti-05-wide-track-ppp.html

These look decent?

scoobyrichuk said:
3 months after wrecking my classic Impreza's engine on a trackday I've bought a 2003 Blobeye STI. I had 'decided' that I was not going to bother with high performance cars anymore and was going to save money instead for a house deposit, however when the opportunity came to buy this car for £6200 I couldn't resist! (Apologies for the awful camera phone pics)

Nice

Hope it has a remap though with that induction kit! They completely mess up MAF readings!

ShiWarrior said:
is there a scooby only RR day? or the main OcUK one?

Main OCUK one, this Saturday

ScoobyDoo69 · 30 Jul 2012 at 19:26

Hedge said:
There is a car just 2 miles from me and its caught my eye.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...e/postcode/ne332er/page/1/radius/10?logcode=p

Whats the best model to go for under 7k

Under £7k you can get similar mileage but older STi models. I'd definitely recommend the STi over the WRX. Much more capable.

gurdas said:
Haven't had much time to play around with mine, middle part of diffuser still to go on and also need to trim my mudflaps as they are scraping on the bumps.

Kosta, I'm trying to find the best solution for the exhaust going turbo back.

I'm going for a decat pipe and a straight through centre section bolted to a Blitz NSR for a full 3" system. Do you have any recommendations on what to go for in terms of the downpipe and centre section?

Will you be getting the end of the Nur Spec cut to suit I take it?

Hedge · 30 Jul 2012 at 21:07

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Under £7k you can get similar mileage but older STi models. I'd definitely recommend the STi over the WRX. Much more capable.

This one is down the road from me too http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...page/1/radius/1501/postcode/ne332er?logcode=p

looks gorgeous. I am suddenly getting a liking for these. Got 2 weeks off work on friday. Gonna give my finances a look over.

ShiWarrior · 30 Jul 2012 at 21:45

Hedge said:
This one is down the road from me too http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...page/1/radius/1501/postcode/ne332er?logcode=p

looks gorgeous. I am suddenly getting a liking for these. Got 2 weeks off work on friday. Gonna give my finances a look over.

that one looks really nice!

oHUTCHYo · 31 Jul 2012 at 19:41

A lad in the local owners club has just taken me out in his 2005 blob sti running 350bhp. Sounded amazing with a few pops and bangs. I did realise Im over thinking the blob vs hawk thing. Fast is fast.

Just gonna get the cleanest car I can that comes up first, though hoping for one already mapped/modded to reduce cost.

ironman · 1 Aug 2012 at 12:09

ScoobyDoo69 said:
Will you be getting the end of the Nur Spec cut to suit I take it?

What's the best option?

Ideally I'd like to have an unsilenced 3" RCM centre section bolted onto a 3" decat downpipe.

Or I just get the Nur Spec R centre section cut to remove the silencer and have it welded to the downpipe. I'm thinking this is easier as the connection between the backbox and centre section would be perfect fit seeing as both are Blitz whereas having a Blitz/RCM connection may not be perfect?

What did you do and was it easy to find someone to weld on the 3" pipe?

Hedge · 1 Aug 2012 at 12:57

ShiWarrior said:
that one looks really nice!

I keep looking at that advert. Its 3 miles from my home and Im back there for 2 weeks on friday. The only thing I dont like is the lack of mention of service history.

But otherwise it looks exactly what I would like.

hmmm