Forester STI - info required

Forester STI - info required

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count duckula

Original Poster:

1,324 posts

280 months

Wednesday 30th August 2006
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Does anyone have one of these ?
I am thinking of getting a 2004/2005 model but have not found any real world reports of it.
Pros/Cons ?

Malc

sjc

14,243 posts

276 months

Thursday 31st August 2006
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Malc Hello! I've been looking at them as well. Went down to Litchfield Imports and drove one and was quite impressed. However, couldn't get them to budge hardly on price so walked away and the car is still there, and despite of what they were telling me I couldn't see a resale market for them. Nice people though and they were very confident in what they were saying.

vixpy1

42,664 posts

270 months

Friday 1st September 2006
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Fanbleedin-tastic cars

count duckula

Original Poster:

1,324 posts

280 months

Friday 1st September 2006
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sjc said:
Malc Hello! I've been looking at them as well. Went down to Litchfield Imports and drove one and was quite impressed. However, couldn't get them to budge hardly on price so walked away and the car is still there, and despite of what they were telling me I couldn't see a resale market for them. Nice people though and they were very confident in what they were saying.


Hi Andy, hope you are well.
I had been thinking about the re-sale value, are litchfield saying there is a big market for them second hand ? Was the car as good as the holden

Malc

sjc

14,243 posts

276 months

Friday 1st September 2006
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Completely different car to the HSV, although rare you don't feel your in anything particularly special, but as a quick all-rounder carry all it is hard to beat. Handling was incredible and it felt a very well engineered package. The resale market is a strange one. Litchfield were absolutely adamant that they can sell every one,and hence don't depreciate much, yet the cars seem to hang around on their web-site for a long time. There is one in the classifieds that has been for sale since at least May, and yet it's probably a good car.. It's like the HSV's before the Monaro was out, a very specialised market and the buyer could appear 1st day of advertising or six months later.
As I said previously, was impressed with Litchfield themselves, shame they wouldn't deal as much as I wanted them to.

Fulham71

43 posts

224 months

Friday 1st September 2006
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I have one !

If you want to know anything directly then email me !

A few tweeks & they are awesome !
Mine is an 06 !

Monumental

401 posts

232 months

Saturday 2nd September 2006
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I dreamt about chasing a Forester STI in my Evo last night. If my dreams are anything to go by I can tell you that they are almost a match for an Evo VIII on a twisty wet road.

Hope this helps silly