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At its MOT on April 14th 2018, it has an advisory for play in the prop shaft centre bearing and a damaged CV gaiter. It has a massive change in mileage on one of its MOT's. Possibly clocked but returns to the higher mileage the next year albeit lower than the previous, previous.

Heartbreaking [emoji25] Good news you're all alright. Hopefully the other motor was insured and legal.

Has it been converted to Miles on the odometer, if so, when?

Bit of luck, not only would it cost an arm and a leg in travel but you'd need to sell your house to cover the cost of all the work clinic find your car "needs" doing. Let alone leaving it with them. Have a Google for what they did to another chaps Impreza. Short story, they deliberatly hit potholes to cause damage as video footage proves. Then threatened him with legal action after going public. They mugged him off and ate humble pie for it.

Go to a few test stations in person. Ask for a friendly mot. They might send you packing or they'll help you out.

Good to hear you had a pleasant experience. Duncan has mapped my car twice over the 3 years I've owned it and at 178k miles it's still going strong.

First bit of advice would be find a new "friendly" mot tester. Second, as far as I'm aware you don't have any cats further down the exhaust than the downpipe. That would mean yours sports car isn't cutting it in the emissions dept. Option 1 new not tester, option 2 new sports cat, option 3 new cat and re-tune.

I would imagine you won't get much help on a public forum. Pop down to a few garages in person and ask. You'll get a completely different answer to if you called over the phone.

Possible but being a gx I'd hazard a guess at it being less likely an air leak.

It could be coil pack. It could also be spark plugs. When were the plugs last changed?

Try adding pictures and a rough price to increase your chance of a sale instead of a bump. [emoji846]

Not if it's just a top up of fluids.

I was looking for the exact same gearbox a year ago(give or take) couldn't find one reasonably priced. Ended up getting mine repaired/rebuilt. What's wrong with the current gearbox?

Have you checked the power steering fluid? May be at full lock the pump runs low and struggles to maintain pressure.

Welcome to the club Danny. Stick some pictures up of what you've got. Any spec at all?

Welcome to Subaru Owners Club [emoji4] Looks ace

Good show. I didn't want to sound patronising but a lot.of the time I've found the kit is ordered but it's not always a universal fit.

When you say "all the parts" do you have the adapters and t piece too?

Good luck with the sale. What price did you have in mind?

Pick a track day and we go for it and get it tested ;-) I think there is a track day first weekend of Feb at brands. Give MSVT a call and tell them you want to book but want to get tested first. I'm sure they'll let you pop in.

Had a lot of fun! Sump baffle solved my boost issues. Would recommend that mod if anyone has track day boost issues. My brakes were rather shocking. Once hot massive amounts of steering wobble [emoji848] Had a bit of a fueling issue late on and a top/head knock which was suspect injector but later the knock cleared. Didn't get to retest the hesitation. It was in 4th/5th heavy load, every so often it would just cough slightly. Gonna whip the injectors out and have them flow tested/cleaned. Even ploughed a field for the boys at brands.

Try giving Ian a call at godspeed. Very knowledgeable chap and good brakes/prices.

You have put sold as seen on your receipt but the "tried and approved" part is what will trip you over at court as they never tried it. Let it go to court. You done what was right in refusing the allow a test drive as that would have been illegal. The buyer still wanted to buy the car. You gave a reduced price almost as a bargaining factor against the lack of test drive and factoring in the risk of buying with no test drive. Clutch could have been tested on the driveway. Handbrake up, first gear, no revs and find the bite. Keep releasing the clutch and see how far you can go before the car stalls. If it's almost instant, you have a good clutch. If you get near the top of peddle the clutch is on the way out. (might not be a perfect test but it's a good indicator.) Your case will be: Sold as seen and agreed with buyer. Would've been illegal to test drive and buyer knew the risk. Discount given on original price factoring in no test drive. All defects that you were aware of were disclosed to the buyer. If you're concerned about the reality of the court letter, give the court a call and ask for confirmation.

A blob only has 2 catalytic converters commonly referred to as "cats". The 3rd box is simply a resonating box used to quieten down an exhaust. A lot of the time a resonator will be incorrectly identified as a "cat". Leaving that box on will not affect an emissions result. The op reads as having removed the up pipe and down pipe cat, leaving the car completely decat. Obviously a car with absolutely no "cats" will always fail an emissions test.

Been lurking [emoji6]