My car

[Craig- type r]

[savage bulldogs]

Nice looking unabused example of the first type r's [emoji41]

 

A mate had 1 of these it made 306 hp with a cat back and filter on the standard map

[Craig- type r]

Thanks. I am open to offers if anyone is interested. The plan is to take it to a few shows next summer though so would need to be serious offers from collectors as this car is an investment not a daily driver. 79000 miles, 3 owners, full service history inc. An engine rebuild in 2006 by api engines. Completely unmolested unabused car even down to the same make of tyres it left the factory with. 

[savage bulldogs]

Nice choice chap [emoji106] best of luck with the sale , might be better to stick a for sale sign in while you take it to shows . Then once youve enjoyed it this summer chuck a more detailed post in the for sale section .

[Craig- type r]

Thanks. Does anyone on here have access to the amount of certain cars there are left? I'm not great with computers and keep finding different numbers about mine

[Tidgy]

type-ra may have the info but no idea if theres anyway to actualy tell

[Mark D]

There is a website based on how many were either taxed or sorn in the U.K. to give an idea, but not knowing much about models I tried it and there's different R models on there. It goes by what's on the logbook.

Here's a screenshot from looking at my friends sport special model.

 

 

 

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[Tidgy]

13 hours ago, Mark D said:

There is a website based on how many were either taxed or sorn in the U.K. to give an idea, but not knowing much about models I tried it and there's different R models on there. It goes by what's on the logbook.

Here's a screenshot from looking at my friends sport special model.

 

 

 

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yeah its proven to be not very accurate unfortunately.

[Craig- type r]

Cheers guys this car is a bit of a headache turns out, manufactured in 1997, registered here in 1998, and the only other v3 type r I have seen for sale was in Spain, quite highly modified and the guy wanted 20k. I have been told they are now regarded by some as better than the p1 due to the dccd but I have no idea how rare it is and can't find anyone that does know. I wonder if I send the vin number and a picture of the certificate of authenticity to Subaru someone could maybe shed some light on it?

[Tidgy]

23 hours ago, Craig- type r said:

Cheers guys this car is a bit of a headache turns out, manufactured in 1997, registered here in 1998, and the only other v3 type r I have seen for sale was in Spain, quite highly modified and the guy wanted 20k. I have been told they are now regarded by some as better than the p1 due to the dccd but I have no idea how rare it is and can't find anyone that does know. I wonder if I send the vin number and a picture of the certificate of authenticity to Subaru someone could maybe shed some light on it?

Depends who you ask, to me P1 is a watered down type r, so IMO Type r is a much better car.

[johned]

Nice looking car.

[Craig- type r]

Cheers guys no question standard they're mechanically better that's for sure. I still can't find how many were imported and how many are left. Can anyone make sense of the how many left website? I think it was on there I saw there were less than half registered than the p1, however 2 mins later I was on a site that said only 1 type r and 1 catalunya was imported to uk in 1998. I'm guessing the type r would of only been imported once all the p1s were sold would it? Being built to order.  

[Tidgy]

Catalunya was a UK only car so would have been the full inventory in the UK.

Type r was jap only and special order in Japan but no limit on how many. Made to order just refers to they were only built when they had a customer, it wasn't a limited edition as such.

[Craig- type r]

Ah ok cheers Tidgy these cars are a minefield. I bought it as an investment with my inheritance and due to being poorly advertised Im pretty sure I have got a rare car. Anyone got siri or Alexa? Maybe theyl know how many are left seem to know everything else. 

[savage bulldogs]

There was a fair few v3/v4 type r's made in comparison to the p1's . So although personally i also think the jdm type r is a better car they're not as rare as a p1 so don't fetch quite as much money .

 

A friend of mine had a v3 type r in cashmere yellow ,completely standard with no rust and just a bit of paint fade as the only bad part . Even though yellow is a rare colour it was up for sale last year at £8.5k with not many "bites" ,unsure if hes sold it or if so how much for . theres a user on here with a yellow 1 as well but i can't his user name or whether it's a v3 or v4 .

 

You do tend to struggle with how many are left with jdm stuff as a lot of them aint even listed on websites . My 94 v1sti impreza is fairly non existent on most "how many" or "insurance" website lists .

 

As tidgy said the type ra forum might have a better idea , either way its nice to see a unabused example and im sure you'll get a fair price if you hold out for the right buyer .

 

 

[Craig- type r]

Cheers savage. Aye prices are all over the place when I have seen them there is/was one in Spain for sale, looked like a p1 with gold wheels, had a stroker kit as well and the boy wanted 20k. Pretty sure that same car is now in Berkshire for 10k. And the v4 limited I seen was 14k. The other thing is I don't know what people collect I assume there are collectors of all the desired models inc. The rb5 etc? Surely these deserve a place in the line up. Anyone ever tried a shout out to uk Subaru drivers? See if a more accurate table can be produced.

[Craig- type r]

Sorry forgot the other thing I was going to ask was the other one for sale has the wrx decals in front of the back wheels and mine doesn't, I know a lot or them were taken off/put on by owners but does anyone know if that means anything? I have found both brochures and pictures of cars with and without these decals