Having bought an elderly Outback recently, I found there were some outstanding recalls - very pleasantly surprised that dealers closest to me in the Midlands happliy booked it in in the next 10 days with a loaner while they replace various airbags, brake lines and fuel pump harness etc. All under recalls issued ages ago and clearly not acted on by previous owner/s. I was pleased as it is an 18 year old - was owned by the same person for some 14 years of that time and clearly well maintained for most of its life as it still looks good in and out. Nice to have the work done as I was aiming to have suspension work done later this year and underseal............

I am looking to sell an old Impreza GX (02 plate) but am not sure how to go about it. It's not in fantastic condition - the bodywork is poor in places, not everything works (it no longer has central locking - don't ask) but despite being 20 years old and having done 212K, it still runs pretty well and has 6 months MOT left. For personal reasons I can't keep it but for sentimental reasons I don't want to scrap it when it still has life left in it and could be useful to someone and still bring some pleasure. I don't know whether to try and sell it as a project/doer-upper or for spares - it still has a lot of good, clean working parts on it and if someone had the time and skill, I think it could be reasonably profitable. Any advice?

Brilliant, thanks so much. Just need to find a locksmith locally now who can do the transponder and blade.

Subaru will be stupid money for a key, auto locksmith should be around 40 to £60 for a cut key with a transponder inside programmed to match your existing one. *transponder immobiliser is built in by subaru at factory, the Sigma was added afterwards to meet EU/UK vehicle security laws for imported vehicles . You can buy a used Sigma M30 keyfob and program it yourself, you can also setup a new 4 digit pin using your current working keyfob . Setup a 4 digit pin as first step as if mess fob programming up you can still use the pin code to try process again . M30 instructions attached ... m30.pdf

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