skyefrog

No, that's not his one but a very similar colour. It's vinyl wrapped rather than plasti-dipped. It's quite a nice effect and I guess it might protect the original paintwork. It can be removed relatively easily too. We were told that it cost the previous owner £1800 to have it done

It was originally blue but the previous owner wrapped it in this colour. Same orange that the Ford Focus STs are done in apparently. It has been remapped, has a 2.1 stroker and RCM induction kit.

My husband bought a P1 this afternoon. 9.5k from Brian Downie in Aberdeenshire. 88k on the clock (engine rebuild ealier in the year with 2k since then). FSH, MOT and 3 month warranty and all that jazz. I'll stick with my Forester :)

Thanks for reply! It's got 65k on it but I'm told this is quite low for a Subaru? http://www.banchorycarcentre.co.uk/used-cars/subaru-forester-banchory-201411048730761 Thanks for the info about the exhaust. It certainly sounded fine when we took it for a 20 minutes test drive. I was impressed by how light the power steering was for such a big vehicle too. I've never had an automatic before so that will take me a wee while to get used to. Cheers.

Hello, So, yesterday my husband and I went to look at a car which resulted in us putting a deposit down for a Subaru Forester 2.5 XTEn (57). I was a bit hesitant at first as I've never had a vehicle like it. After going to see it and having a test drive I liked it much more than I expected and I guess it's ours now so I'd better get used to it. What should I expect? I know the tax is terrible and the mpg isn't much better - it's a weekend vehicle to cart dogs, bikes and a muddy outdoorsy husband around. We tested the cd player during our drive as we'd heard these don't generally work very well. It was indeed broken so we've sent the dealer a new one and he said he'd fit it for us. I understand Subaru exhausts wear out relatively quickly and are best replaced with stainless steel ones? I had a look and it does look a bit tatty but not too bad. It's the reliability that I'm most concerned about. It's to replace a 1986 defender which was great for the first year (roof tent and loads of room for road trips etc) but then for the last year it literally hasn't moved from the driveway for a whole host of expensive reasons. Is there anything that is a common problem that we can prepare for or have checked out? It comes with a 3 month warranty, a new MOT, service and replacement timing belt so all going well it should be perfect (fingers crossed). Cheers!