maintenence cost: williams/impreza

[Tiger]

can anyone shed any light on how much more an sti impreza will be to maintain ie. fuel, service, parts etc as opposed to my williams, bearing in mind i only use my car at the weekend

cheers



Tony



meant to say it would prob be an m, n reg agewise


[Edited by Tiger on 14 July 2005 at 8:43pm]

 

[edde]

I assume since its a weekend car your realy got to drive it hard when you do drive it. The tyres will wear out as fast/fatser than the Williams front ones do but its twice the bill as you need to chnage all 4.

Fuel err recon on less than twice the MPG Id say.

Parts arnt that bad I dont think for what they are but you do have to spend a lot maintaining them. Plus theres more bits to brek (twice the amout of drive shafts diffs etc).

I was speaking to an Evo owner who said that running one costs just as much in loan repayments as to maintainince repayments and thats if nothing big breaks.

 

[Tiger]

Quote: Originally posted by edde on 14 July 2005


I assume since its a weekend car your realy got to drive it hard when you do drive it. The tyres will wear out as fast/fatser than the Williams front ones do but its twice the bill as you need to chnage all 4.

Fuel err recon on less than twice the MPG Id say.

Parts arnt that bad I dont think for what they are but you do have to spend a lot maintaining them. Plus theres more bits to brek (twice the amout of drive shafts diffs etc).

I was speaking to an Evo owner who said that running one costs just as much in loan repayments as to maintainince repayments and thats if nothing big breaks.







bloody hell, surely it cant be that bad, what does the money go on if nowt breaks?

 

[TomS]

Tucks had an impreza before his Williams, not sure which model but he should have some info.

Tom

 

[cat171]

Justy knows loads, as do a few other people, but i cant remember them all !

 

[Tiger]

defo lookin into one, i need something with a bit more poke! only thing is theyre as common as fuk

 

[JJ!]

who me??!! i have all the info you need!! PM me for running costs, model details etc!!!

 

[JJ!]

its not expensive as you all think if you get a well looked after example... and you continue to look after it!

 

[Andyvalver]

sh*t loads more. Ask craid adams who just sold his mint scooby for a 106 gti. 20mpg is not good

 

[Tiger]

Quote: Originally posted by Andyvalver on 15 July 2005

sh*t loads more. Ask craid adams who just sold his mint scooby for a 106 gti. 20mpg is not good

i only use my car at the weekend so fuel isnt really much of a problem, im just worried about the rest

 

[Tucks]

The only reason I had to get rid of my WRX was because of the running costs,but I was slightly unlucky with mine reliability wise I think+I was not earning much at the time.Insurance wasnt as bad as I thought it would be(1500ish)but it was the fuel that was killing me!I prob spend about half as much a week on petrol in the Williams as I did on the WRX.

If theres anything specific you want to know like Justy said-just ask,I may be able to help.

 

[Tiger]

i got quoted 860 TPFT if i an get one for 5g or less, or 1100 fully comp for anything less, so not too bad.

this looks decent minus the spoiler (prefer the p1 style) dont know why its not got any bids for that kind of mileage, ive asked him if its got FSH etc

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18277&item=4561988368&rd=1http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18277&item=4561988368&rd=1

 

[JJ!]

essay of a pm sent matey!

 

[Andyvalver]

Quote: Originally posted by Tiger on 15 July 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Andyvalver on 15 July 2005

sh*t loads more. Ask craid adams who just sold his mint scooby for a 106 gti. 20mpg is not good

i only use my car at the weekend so fuel isnt really much of a problem, im just worried about the rest



How old are you? Now hes got the 106 gti he said hes getting 1k insurance back.

 

[JJ!]

My scooby insurance was 2500 when i was 22 but that was an sti type r import!!

 

[stu8v]

Your looking at a ballpark 2x what it costs to run a clio IMHO at least and thats from experience of 2L. turbo 4wd cars.

There good fun though.

 

[BenR]

I have a legacy GTB twin turbo, basically running all the STi bits underneath.

And no its not cheat at all. Bearings, service items all cost fortunes, take ages to get hold of and install. Little niggles set your brain running because its got 2 turbos and turbos in general arent the most reliable things in the world. Jap cars love throwing up the CEL (check engine light) and your left scattering for the diag clips and finding out that sensors which are pence on clios are hundreds on scoobs.

Then there is the fuel.....i can watch mine go down. 27mpg is the uttermost best at 60mph with the hind behind on a cool night....yawn. Ive consumed a full tank at full speed at the rate of 40ltrs in 7 minutes...

Its fun though lol.....but not cheap.

 

[BenR]

oh, and turn the aircon on and fuel consumption is twice as bad.

 

[Tiger]

Quote: Originally posted by Andyvalver on 15 July 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Tiger on 15 July 2005

Quote: Originally posted by Andyvalver on 15 July 2005

sh*t loads more. Ask craid adams who just sold his mint scooby for a 106 gti. 20mpg is not good

i only use my car at the weekend so fuel isnt really much of a problem, im just worried about the rest




How old are you? Now hes got the 106 gti he said hes getting 1k insurance back.

ive just turned the magic 25 bud with 3 years no claims, that was with tesco

 

[stu8v]

Parts aside the biggest cost is fuel, they use twice the amount that the clio uses but although fun arnt twice as fast.