25 replies to this topic

[Casey]

Hey guys, so been on here about a year or so, and for all that time have wanted a Civic soooo bad! I have read up on them, drove them and knew exactly what I wanted. I have saved my ass off for a year and now have £4-5K to spend on a car. I have been looking for a EP2 for a while now but just waiting on the right one. So i have been pretty much set on getting a civic. That was until I seen this:



Its a 08 Subaru Impreza 2.0 RX. Lovely machine, puts out 150bhp and is only group 8 insurance (main reason for wanting)

This is obviously alot more expensive - £9,450, but only has 22K on the clocks and is fully loaded with all the latest tech inside (sat nav, rear camera, premium sound system) and also it has symmetrical 4 wheel drive!

its a tough choice between this and a EP2. Any body any ideas???

[HedleyNEUK]

impreza for specs and performance, ep2 for looks all day long.... whats more important to you?

[Casey]

A car that puts a smile on my face everytime i drive it, preferably lol

if I do buy the scooby i will be getting it sparyed white with a full WRX STI kit. Would look the tits lol. but again big big £££

[HedleyNEUK]

A car that puts a smile on my face everytime i drive it, preferably lol

if I do buy the scooby i will be getting it sparyed white with a full WRX STI kit. Would look the tits lol. but again big big £££

See as ive done the EP id say impreza ( nearly bought a hawkeye myself)........ and would deffo make you smile havn the extra horses over ep2....

[Spectre]

The EP for me, those Subaru's are fugly.

Theres plenty of really nice motors out there for the same money as the subaru though.

[AlexScott]

Get the EP2 and then join us in NI men as we are growing in numbers. And if you really want some extra power in the future you can always get an ep3 in a year or two when your insurance drops

[Nick #EP2]

I'd be disappointed spending 10k and not getting a performance car, rather have the ep2 or a fast diesel

[Alex181]

ep2, then save more till you can get one of the wrx sti's with all the kit on already

[1qjjogim]

what age are you mate? is an ep3 a bit too much for you? cause if u have 4-5k then u can no doubt pick up a lovely example of one! but yeah, i like the hatch wrx, hot cars

[Casey]

I would feel better paying 10 grand and have a car that I could easily push alot more power out of and keep til im 25/26 then buy something like an EP3 or an evo.

But I loves the EP2's too much lol. Such a tough decision :/

Im 21 with no NCB and under 2 years driving expierience. Ive tried insurance on an EP3 and its costing £8k!! for the EP2 its £1700 and the scooby is £2400!

LOL insurance is a c*nt here in NI

btw this is what im driving at the moment:



A Fiesta zetec 1.2, theres more power in a fart!

[Casey]

Get the EP2 and then join us in NI men as we are growing in numbers. And if you really want some extra power in the future you can always get an ep3 in a year or two when your insurance drops

Yeah man theres some amount of EP2's about now, some really mint ones. What meets do you normally go to?

[HondaBFF]

wow the insurance group is pretty low for that power.... EP2 for looks. That car is pretty ugly.

[Casey]

wow the insurance group is pretty low for that power.... EP2 for looks. That car is pretty ugly.

Yeah thats why I want! Also with a new exhaust and a decent induction kit & remap this will be pushing serious power,

This is what I want it to look like

[YingLai]

Well... That fiesta is a 12 plate... so surely if you sold that then you would be able to afford that subaru without any problems?

Either way... 10k and only 150bhp I would say is not worth it.

Think about it... after a year or 2 and insurance has gone down considerably, you could afford an ep3 AND insure it for that 10k.


I'd say go for the EP2... I do like the hatchback subarus though.

[ep2_Charlie]

I really like them subarus if it was me in this situation I would wait till I got at least 1 years no claims at your age and then sell the 12 plate fiesta which should go for quite a lot? And look into buying a dc5 because I like them a lot more but couldn't justify spending 10k on something that has as much bhp as a fiesta