FruitBooTeR
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Whats the realistic costs of owning a car like a 2.0 turbo wrx or an Evo 4
Looking at todays petrol prices im thinking it would cost a hell of a lot as an every day driver?
Also servicing/repair costs?
And insurance, what they like for drivers aged 20 3ync??
I ask because you can pick a nice enough one of both up for under 5k possibly even under 4.
Any thoughts?
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lil_g
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Funny you should ask that, one of my friends bought an Evo IV about 3 weeks ago and is now admitting he may not be able to keep it.
Around 200 miles to £50 ish in petrol I think...
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dan-sport
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dave might be getting rid of his because its cost to much to run (2.0t wrx, 270bhp) so im guessing alot and it cost's 200 i think for a service which is every 5000 miles but don't quite me on it lol
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dan-sport
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and insurance get a quote simple as
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Eck
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Evo's are more expensive to run than Subaru's. A standard WRX will see 30mpg when taking it easy, but that figure will rapidly drop when giving it sport  Service/repair costs are a sore one though 
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FruitBooTeR
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Scoobs sound like the cheaper option then but they are a lot more common and not sure if theyd be as fun to drive as an evo 
Realistically I think I could afford the petrol, its just insurance and servicing that would kill me i think.
Its just for my next car im going to proberly spend about 3-4k and would most likly get a vts/gti so im thinking for a bit more cash i could have a car 10x as good.
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dan-sport
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ye have you had a quote yet or are you guessing?
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Wrighty
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I was just 20 with 2y NCB and my insurance was £1800 FC on my uk impreza (grp 17 insurance - imports are 20) all mods declared
To a full tank expect about 200 ISH miles, dependant on driving
would never use it as an everyday car, as i can walk to work. then theres mods you want so add that on top, servicing, well regular service intervals of course but i got mine on 47k, and the next on isnt due till 53k...cars still sat in the garage at 49k and i doubt il cover 3k miles in it this summer..
expensive fun, but so worth it
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FruitBooTeR
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This is what im on about -
Look what you can get for your money now days.
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/415956.htm
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/520185.htm
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/536199.htm
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Wrighty
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you wont get insured on an STI i assure you and pesonally id rather go for a low mileage minter...remember bottom ends and shit start letting go about 80/90k if they havnt been looked after
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Ben G
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i looked at the impreza's before deciding on the focus and i got confused at all the different models so gave up
people said the uk turbo is slow?
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Wrighty
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i looked at the impreza's before deciding on the focus and i got confused at all the different models so gave up
people said the uk turbo is slow?
yeah uk spec as standard are 215bhp, mine had exhaust, filter + remap and saw 280bhp
now its a bit more then that
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Ben G
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that's not bad at all, guess it's all down to the mod's though which aren't exactly insurance friendly when you're 20 
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