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I planning to buy a 2017 Subaru Forester XT. I have been told that it has a space saver spare wheel. Has anyone fitted a full sized spare in the XT? I am planning to drive to some fairly remote places sometimes and would feel more secure with a full sized spare. I think I might have to raise the floor of the boot a bit, which I wouldn't mind doing. I think the wheels on the XT are a bit bigger than on a normal Forester? Also, does anyone rotate the tyres on their forester? Do you do this at home
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I am planning on buying a 2017 Subaru Forester XT. From a Subaru dealer. I went to look at the car yesterday and had a test drive, I liked it a lot and am going to buy it. However, I am a bit concerned by something. I signed the sales agreement without reading it carefully. It says that Subaru take no responsibility for the alarm and immobiliser (it is Thatcham category 1). Stupidly, I did not check that these were working when I looked at the car. Is this something I should be concerned about
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Hi all. Im new here so please fo easy on me until I find my around!! I have a couple of WRX STI's Final Edition both on 2018 plates. Im looking for a food independent Subaru specialist to carry out a dull service as well as the t/belt. Can tou suggest a good garage who are honest and genuine. Im located in Rickmansworth. Many thanks in advance!
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Hi all, I've bought an impreza from a friend that's got an issue, it's a low mileage standard bug eye wrx. it stood for a couple of years and it developed from there! It won't rev up from idle, it tries but it chuggs and backfires in the exhaust and inlet manifold. Now six years later it's time to repair the problem. I'm a time served mechanic and it's got me stumped, before I bought it it went to a garage for repair but they couldn't fix it either. I will list. New battery New timing belt New
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Hi guys new member here. I am based in Ayrshire Scotland and looking for some guidance. I have a 85 white Sti Type Ra that I have had sitting in a garage for around 15 years. I t was my daily driver when put away but now will sadly need some work done. Thinking I might be better just getting rid as a rolling shell I have a spare dccd gearbox as well so might be a good project for someone. Really not sure how to go about pricing said beastie though. If anyone is interested or could give me a
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So, the Subaru dealer has told me that the tyres are vredestein ultrac plus The XT has 18”x7” wheels. Tyres are 225/55R18. I have never bought a full sized spare tyre. The car I have at the moment, a Suzuki Grand Vitara, has a full sized spare on the back door of the car. How do I go about getting a wheel and tyre that are identical to the ones I have on the car? Without paying £700 to a Subaru dealer? I have looked at the price of aluminium wheels on line, and there are plenty of them that cost £500 or more, without a tyre. So maybe the Subaru price is not so bad. If I get a steel wheel with the correct tyre and then changed the wheel because of a puncture, would it matter that one wheel was steel and the other 3 aluminium.?
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Well, all's well that ends well - enjoy your XT and feel free to let us know how you're getting on with it
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Another update. The Subaru dealer says that a full sized spare wheel should fit in the wheel well in the boot. However, a full sized spare from Subaru would cost £700! Once I have the car I will investigate getting a much cheaper full sized spare from somewhere.
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The Subaru dealer has now sent the email confirming that the alarm and immoboliser are working. I have now bought the car. It will be delivered on Monday to central London, where I live, from Swindon. Forester XTs are quite rare, this was the lowest mileage one on sale in the UK recently. I had a 2013 Forester which I bought second hand quite a long time ago. But unfortunately I managed to write it off trying to drive through a flooded ford at night in Essex. I got most of the cost of the car back from the insurance and bought a very cheap, old Suzuki Grand Vitara from 2004. Which I actually like a lot, but it is on it's last legs and it is not really worth to spend a lot fixing all the faults on such an old car. I always wanted another Subaru, and decided to get an XT, as it is something a bit different to my last Subaru. It was very comfortable to drive on the test drive, but also has very quick acceleration when this is wanted. It also has a sun roof, which I had on the last Subaru and wanted again.
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Actually, the alarm and immoboliser is the factory fitted one, Thatcham category one, as specified in the advert for the car. I have spoken to the Subaru dealer, and they have promised to send me an email confirming that the alarm and immoboliser are working. Which they say that they are. They said that they did not understand why the sales agreement stated that they were not responsible for this, as anyone buying the car would expect the alarm and immoboliser to be working, if the advert for the car says that there is one. Obviously it is important that they are working. As I have read that sometimes insurance companies can say that a car is not insured against theft, if there is no alarm. I feel very silly that I did not check that they were working when I looked at the car, as I then would not need to worry. I agree that it is unlikely that they are not working.
