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Cheap WRX

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:16 am
by Subaman

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:04 am
by valerian
350,000 km. "Needs turbo". Likely to need other repairs ? Like worth $10k ?

(I am a newb, so I am asking for the educational purpose.)

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:18 am
by Subaman
Not necessarily, I have done turbo`s in the past, bolted on a new one and off you go again.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:32 pm
by Bungers
Its auto. lol

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:37 pm
by Brumby Kid
Yeah thats the problem. Auto's have no resale value in WRX's or STi's.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:06 pm
by Bungers
Forget about resale, who wants to drive an auto rexie !!

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:17 pm
by Brumby Kid
Yeah thats what I mean.
Boring

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:18 pm
by sven '2'
Has anyone actually driven an auto WRX?

They are actually quite good IMO - esp in heavy traffic.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:39 pm
by nncoolg
Yep, the Wife's got one, I love it. They go very well.

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:51 pm
by seagull
Bungers wrote:Forget about resale, who wants to drive an auto rexie !!
Possibly one of the best autos ever made, most of the valve body is a direct copy from the nissan Gq patrol. with the aid of rear out put locking at the flick of a switch. I think you will find the fastest wrx runs an auto

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:07 pm
by Gannon
Auto boxes can also take a lot more abuse than a manual box can. This is mostly because planetary gear-sets have three points of contact, plus the torque converter absorbs some of the shock loading between gears

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:06 pm
by sven '2'
seagull wrote:Possibly one of the best autos ever made, most of the valve body is a direct copy from the nissan Gq patrol. with the aid of rear out put locking at the flick of a switch. I think you will find the fastest wrx runs an auto
Yep, have to agree - point and shoot!

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:09 pm
by apg39
Lack of pics = rough as guts
350,000km's = rough as guts
Auto = gay as AIDS.

I've got no doubt its a bitsa or stolen/reshell.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:14 pm
by sven '2'
apg39 wrote:Lack of pics = rough as guts
350,000km's = rough as guts
Auto = gay as AIDS.

I've got no doubt its a bitsa or stolen/reshell.
Could be true...but some of my best buys thru the Trading Post (ebay, here, other forums) have been from people who could not describe thru lack of edumacation/time/CBF/angry wife/divorce to advertise properly - looking is free!

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:02 pm
by Bungers
apg39 wrote:Lack of pics = rough as guts
350,000km's = rough as guts
Auto = gay as AIDS.

I've got no doubt its a bitsa or stolen/reshell.
What he said ^^^

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:41 am
by sven '2'
Bungers wrote:What he said ^^^
based on?

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:46 am
by Alex
With 350k id rather have an auto lol. Definitely nothing wrong with an auto rex!