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Old 01-02-2014, 03:00 PM
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Just been offered a import sti bugeye for a stait swap with the rb5? whats your thoughts? would i be better off having the sti being better on fuel? or sell the rb or swap for the rb and sell the sti? looks spanking and is in blue with prodive rims cheers!
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Old 01-02-2014, 03:37 PM
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Would have thought the RB5 would be better on fuel unless the STI is a 2.5 as well. I'd be suspicious if I was you.
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Old 01-02-2014, 03:42 PM
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A proper jdm sti will be worth 5k as twin scroll dcccd box , forged standard and etc
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Old 01-02-2014, 03:44 PM
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I'd be wary of swapping it unless u get it thourghly checked out first I recently gave some ££££ and my mint version 5 sti for a uk 2002 sti prodrive and it's cost me nearly a grand to put right needed a new caliper 2 coil packs the air intake pipe was split and various other bits that needed doing it's all sorted now but the bloke I got it of defiantly know it had problems
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Old 01-02-2014, 03:50 PM
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keep the rb5
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Old 01-02-2014, 05:09 PM
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The bug sounds like a better deal for you. But as above, full HPI check and would be looking at it with eyes wide open. But it could be genuine and just a case of the guy prefers classics as is an easy option for him, so worth a look I'd say.

In terms of petrol there won't be anything in it so I wouldn't let that be a consideration.
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Old 01-02-2014, 05:11 PM
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Bugeye STi JDM wasn't twinscroll and was a VF34/30 dependant on model
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Old 01-02-2014, 05:13 PM
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A proper jdm sti will be worth 5k as twin scroll dcccd box , forged standard and etc
Same bottom end as any STi bug and as I posted above no twinscroll
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Old 01-02-2014, 06:45 PM
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If it's a new import it's liable to be top road tax too
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Old 01-02-2014, 06:58 PM
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If it's a new import it's liable to be top road tax too
I don't expect that to be the case, unless there have been recent changes.

That is not done on date of registration in the UK, rather date of first registration. This is why you can get some MY06 FSTi's at the lower bracket, such as NDS/Pieman's and some not, such as mine.
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Old 01-02-2014, 07:04 PM
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know of some that are , its just worth checking
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know of some that are , its just worth checking
That's interesting.

Another element of imports that the DVLA are inconsistent on!
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You'd have a good case for fighting that as it is as Banners wrote to my knowledge
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