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I would guess that if hte batgtery has gone then the bill is a gonna be alot, aka thousands as it will need a new battery pack. EV's will all need new batterys at some point, but 4 years is pretty short. Good news is if you've only had it for 14 days then your covered legally, see what the garage wants to do, either replace the battery pack or give you your money back.

If there is 'extensive rust' it will be alot more than just the subframe, archers and sills are common rust sposts. It's not a cheap repair im afraid and untill its looked at and stripped down its unlikly it will be known how bad it is (Subaru arcdhes go from the inner wing outwards as an example) I use scoobyclinic up at chesterfield for all my work, they did both side sills past two years (one per mot).

tbh that looks done. https://haywardandscott.com/pages/subaru-legacy some options there

tbh its nothing new. Some manufacturers still claim 30k oil changes, well check the oil after 5k and see if you think it needs changing lol

have to say driving one of the new subarus after driving a lotus and caterham will be rather,,, lacking in fun? lol

xt and sti are very very different animals, bit like wrx vs sti impreza wrx 5/6k decent sti 15/20k. decent examples go for good money now adays.

Insurance can be a complete minefiled and prices seem to change from day to day. best bet is give your current insurer and ring and ask. Could also try some of the specialists like keith michaels. running costs tbh i didnt find much difference between a wrx and sti or the wifes forester.

uk special editions are usual pretty !Removed! and just cosmetic, subaru UK has little interest any more, pretty sure wont be long till subaru uk closes.

Afraid im from farther oop narth, so not really sure whos good down that way :S

Dealer wont be able to help with that, needs to be a specialist.

Is it mapped for the 99 fuel?

Prob need to drop the oil and see what it looks like, after that compression/leakdown test, then go from there. doesn't sound promising though.

could try importcarparts maybe

I believe it will be drive by wire rather than cable so could be the throttle position sensor, def need to get it looked at.

its just a cable so it's either snapped or come off at one of the ends. Does it open with the key?

By revs climbing do you mean the clutch is slipping? or throttle sticking?

Never even heard of them before tbh, loooking at companies house they hyave been around since 2013, but thats about it.

Tbh you'd be better and spend less just buying a wrx, its not just the engine thats different.

tbh i have no idea, they dont come up very often so its a bit of an unknown

No problem at all to ask, hopefully you have some luck finding one 😄

tbh it really depends on how long its been sat and how lucky you are, it's gonna be step by step to check what state things are in before moving on. Full fluid change (coolant, engine, oil, gearbox, diff etc etc), fuel in the tank will need draining and replacing, fuel pump in the tank, fuel filter in the engine bay, all belts, tyres (as im assuming multiple years) all filters, prob spark plugs as well. I would sugest first making sure you can hand crank the engine so you know its not siezed, Prob then worth doing the engine oil and filter, collant, fuel and fuel filter then see if you can get oil pressure before then trying to fire it up. If you cant get it started could mean there are more serious issues at which point your then into is it worth pulling the engine etc etc. A bad example could be if it was stored without proper coolant and just had water in it. If so it could well have frozen and split the heater matrix, lifted the head etc etc Additionaly a leakdown test would be a good idea. !!!!!!!!!Make sure you crank the engine over without letting it start to get a good flow and good pressure before trying to start it!!!!!!!. After that its prob a case of seeing what happens, you may find lots of dfferent fluid leaks (be very carefull of anything that might catch fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!) from withered pipes, failed rubber seals etc etc, all you can really do its see how it goes. If you get to the stage of test driving it, be very carfull of failing brakes and leaking suspension when you drive it. i'd advise very gradual steps.

welcome, the only daft question is the one not asked 😄

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_EJ_engine says on there 🙂

Prices are all over the shop tbh, being a uk turbo as apposed to sti will reduce its value. See if you get any offers close to that and if not and need a sale do the usual of gradualy reducing it till you do.

Welcome Eurocarparts, import car parts and then specialists are your best bet.