Help towards buying car

[john9871234]

I was looking to buy a subaru impreza 2L RX, the plate is NL08 XWV for you to look at specs, it is priced at £4500 and has 73k miles.

I will be looking at it next week sometime and just wanted to know what I should look out for, its general reliability and if the mileage is something to worry about

 

Thanks any help is appreciated  

[tom_gr7]

This thread is worth a read mate.

 

http://uk.subaruownersclub.com/forums/topic/1619-help-check-guide-buying-1st-subaru

[john9871234]

From reading it all I got these things to check

 

- Make sure bonnet is cold before using

- check oil for and condensation

- brake fluid 

- coolant levels 

- check all windows go up and down

- all doors

- boot area 

- lights 

- tyre tread levels on all 4

- tyre makes

- listen for knocking sound on idle and then during steady driving

- quiet turbo and no smoke at all

- fluctuating idle revs

- make sure catalytic converter still there

- check for clutch judder in each gear 

- no fear crunching in each gear check at multiple revs bands

- no sound from gearbox in each gear through the Rev range 

- accelerate hard in each gear once warm for any problems 

- any pull towards a side when using breaks check lightly and hard at multiple speeds 

- check round all the body work for problems take pictures of any problems 

- check interior for wear 

- handbrake check for how high to pull 

- biting point quite low down

- any noise from anti roll bars check hard cornering slow and fast both sides

- check suspensions strut tops for rot or rust

- wheel arch rust 

 

Think of any others to add?