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There is the blob eye in between the bug and hawk. That's a 2.0 and towards the end of manufactor there is the dccd version also known as widetrack. Very tasty looking car. They 55 plate blobs also come into the lower tax bracket. I think the widetrack is quite sort after so has a slighted higher value.

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I've just seen an advert for a 2002 WRX that says it has the following upgrades: sti turbo, sti intercooler, sti panel filter, sti ecu and sti large bonnet scoop.  Is this gonna make much difference to when it was standard?

 

Anyone got any ideas about this one?

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A friends WRX STI hatch had its engine fail...and heard of others so I'm not that convinced they resolved all the issues tbh. I'm sure lots of them are perfectly fine...but there'd always be that doubt in my mind to the point of keep £2.5k aside just in case.

Obviously just my view and I'm sure loads of owners would argue with me on this [emoji3]

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Biggest pro for the 2.0 is the cheaper tax bracket.

 

 

£285 ?

 

2.0 l stronger engine, early 2.5's suffered from some issues, probably uses a tiny bit less fuel.

2.5 more torque ,

 

So the fuel difference is marginal ?

My main concern is the fuel running costs 

 

 

A friends WRX STI hatch had its engine fail...and heard of others so I'm not that convinced they resolved all the issues tbh. I'm sure lots of them are perfectly fine...but there'd always be that doubt in my mind to the point of keep £2.5k aside just in case.

Obviously just my view and I'm sure loads of owners would argue with me on this [emoji3]

 

So how often are engine fails ? do the occur often ?

 

 

You can get a 2.5ltr early 06 hawrkeyes in the low tax bracket a few did scrape through :) other than that the high tax bracket does put me off a lot of the cars :angry:  

Sweet i need to find this, how can you tell as they dont give the exact date the car was registered 

 

Softens the blow a bit now that you can pay for the tax monthly

So the £500 road tax is due in one payment ouch 

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£500 is for cars from March 23rd 2006. So before that Hawks are £285. So has to be a 06 plate. Usually in the ad they will say it's lower tax band..if not you'll have to ask.

Do they fail often...they don't fail every week or anything crazy like that [emoji15] but lots do fail...my specialist Subaru mechanic was rebuilding one when I took mine for a service and said he has done loads and they are weak...ive heard of two major fails in the past month that needed full engine builds

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I love this i really do but its silver if it was blue i would buy it in a flash:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321677747035?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It has all the upgrades and has keyless entry and an awesome remote start !

 

 

 

This car i like but how easy is it to remove the stickers ?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Impreza-2-0-WRX-PRO-DRIVE-RALLY-BLUE-2005-FACELIFT-/141576418044?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20f69cb2fc

this is the one i really really want :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151587692653?_trksid=p2060778.m2763.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

But after hearing about the engine and the road tax i am in a double mind 

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The 2.5l engine should be fine if it's had the recall ecu flash or a remap think it was to do with them running to lean on high boost/rmp and melting pistons could be wrong.

As for De stickering fairly easy just take your time maybe use a heat source. Then wash cut polish wax after, good as new

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