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18 years I've waited to say... I drive a Scooby!!!

I've just got off the phone to the seller and I managed to haggle him down to £1600!! Looks like I'll be the proud owner of a Scoob by Sunday :-D

Literally every single one I've looked at has rusty arches!! I think this one could be a winner!! Would the amount of owners put people off? If I buy it I'll be its 9th owner!

I'll give Matty a try, cheers. It has got service history, book has some stamps in it and there's loads of receipts for stuff. Cambelt and clutch were done recently if memory serves. This is the arch rust: And the roof:

Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. I'm going to use that, and the interior fans and headliner (if I can ever find a rough price for one!) to try and do a bit of haggling.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/subaru-impreza-trubo-2000-4wd/1080978899

I don't suppose anyone here lives near Kingston do they? The more I think about it, the more I like the Sccob I saw there. Only thing that's worrying me is the fact that I'm a noob and may have missed something when I looked at it, and it's a bit of a long way for me to keep going back to it. I was wondering (if anyone is local to it) if someone could take a look to make sure it's ok before I take the plunge? I'd hate to buy one with serious problems because it'd put me off Scoobs for life!!

Thanks man, you've all been really, really helpful with all of my noob questions!

At the bottom?! That's a new one, never heard of that before! I assumed they'd be at the top under the airbox or something! Is it a tough job to change them?

Cool, that's settled my mind a bit. There was a little niggle in the back of my mind that it was going to be really expensive to run a Scoob, then when I saw the tightly packed engine bay I was a little overwhelmed!! I've had to deal with a lot of rusted bolts and screws made of cheese on the Mazda, so that'll be nothing new. But at least I'll stop draining the battery when I forget to unplug the curlers!!

Cool, how did you find going from the '5 to the Scooby? Did you notice a massive rise in fuel bills? How does the repair and maintenance work compare with regard to difficulty? Looks awesome Matt, but I'm sticking with the saloon.

Still a saloon. Estate is a bit, erm, how can I put this... Volvo? 1.6, 1990

That is my '5 next to the Terzo. Temp gauge was perfect on the test drive, the whole mechanics of the car felt nice and tight. Thanks for the info peeps. Matt, I'm after a saloon but my budget's around £2500.

I haven't looked at an import yet, but I'm not against having one. Is there a way to tell if it's an import by looking at it? I've only been going by HPI's. I only noticed that the fans weren't working when I'd finished the test drive and was pressing all the bottons to make sure eveything worked.l, so didn't have them on during the drive. There was no obvious signs that it'd had a roll cage. I did ask why it had no headliner, but he didn't know. He said he bought it like it.

Just got back from seeing my second and third Scooby. The third was an absolute joke so I'm forgetting about that one! The second wasn't bad though. It had a few Prodrive parts on it, which I'll assume was a dealer option? It had the usual rear arch rust (which wasn't the worst I've seen so far!) and a bit on the roof around the sunroof. There was 2 problems though, 1- the interior fans don't work. I could hear the relay clicking when I tried it, but they didn't do anything! Is there a likely culprit? 2- The headlining was missing! Are these easy enough to find and fit? I'm really quite interested in this one, it felt really good mechanically and wasn't too bad cosmetically:

Another question (I know, I'm getting annoying!!) I keep seeing a car on Auto Trader in silver, but it's got rust on the arches. It looks pretty bad to me: I've seen a lot of Scoobs with rusty arches and understand that it's a common problem. Is it an expensive job to fix (I'm assuming so as it's the whole rear quarter that'd need spraying) and is there something that I can do to stop it happening when I eventually find one?

Awesome, thanks mate. I'm going to look at another one on Saturday, this one apparently has an aircon problem. He said it's just the fan that's not working, but is there a more likely culprit that I should be looking at? Thanks for all the help so far, it's been really, err, helpful! I was a bit worried about finding the right Scoob with my limited Impreza knowledge, but the help I've received here has really helped me out a lot :)

Out of interest, what makes a Terzo different to other Impreza's?

Yeah man, I've decided to leave it. There'll be another one soon enough. Although, looking every hour is probably overdoing it!!

Just got back from viewing my first Impreza and I loved it!! It's a Terzo with a P1 body kit, it drove really well the engine felt superb! The dump valve was hypnotic, I couldn't help setting it off every 5 seconds!! Only downside was second gear, it wouln't go in! The seller said it's the linkage needs replacing apparently. Other bad points was rust on the rear arches, one side was really quite bad!! If it wasn't for these bad bits I probably would have bought it there and then, but I had a think on the looooong drive home and decided it's not the one for me. This is it: Only thing is, now I really, really want one!! I'm trying so hard to keep my cool and not rush into it, but the test drive was so much fun!! I need my own one now!!

Looks good, I like it! I'll try to give him a ring soon :)

Hi Bazza, do you still have the car for sale and if so do you have any pics?

Awesome, cheers Jay. I'll contact Barry later if the car looks ok in the ad. Another question I thought of; how are Impreza's to work on? I do most of my own mechanics, so I'd like to do most of the servicing and repairs myself if I can.

Hi everyone, I'm loking at getting a classic shape Impreza, I've seen a couple on Auto Trader (but feel free to let me know if you have anything for sale near Essex!) and had a read through your new buyers post, ehich was extremely helpful. So, to the questions. Apologies if these questions have been asked a million times before, but I'm at work right now and can't really search through the forum (I shouldn't really be on here now! shhhh!!) What are running costs like? I know MPG is a tough one to answer due to everyone driving differently, but a rough idea would be awesome. Servicing? What are the costs involved here, and is it once a year or more? I think I read every 5000 miles? (which would make it twice in my case) Parts? I've had a look at various websites and keep going back to Scooby World! The parts don't seem much more expensive than my current car (mk1 MX5) but if anyone knows somewhere else? Insurance? I know you can't tell me a price for this one, but is there a recommended company I should look into? This is an odd one, but how wide is the car? I need to know the width from the outer edge of each mirror and the actual car width. I have a narrow drive to get the car into the garage!! I think that's about it, I'm sure there'll be more that I think of later! If there's anything else you want to share, please feel free. Thanks Gaz