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Hello! i'm tom. I'm 22 and i live in the UK, i'm really looking forward to being part of this community!:biggrin: I have found this site to be a good source of information
i'm also buying a new car next week. I'v set my sites on a forester(of course!) and have done for the last 2-3 months now, specifically the 2003-2005 model.
I have a number of issues however.
Now, 1 thing I have been thinking about is getting the XT or the X, but i have decided on the X (for the dual range gearbox and cheaper insurance!).
I have just received an inheritance of about £60k:woohoo:. £20k of it I plan on keeping for myself and the rest save for a house deposit or whatever. I don't really want to spend 20k on a forester, though at that price it would be a brand new one.
I'm looking to spend about £7k maximum. Autotrader have a number of foresters for sale so getting hold of one is not an issue.
Now a lot of the foresters on autotrader have a lot of mileage on them like 100k, i realize at 105k the timing needs doing, but other then that, is this kind of mileage ok with these things? so long of it's been looked after of course. I just want to know if i can get a forester with 100k without worrying about the fact I just bought a problem car for alot of money. Im really not keen on spending too much... Iv even found 1 for £2800 with 103k on it 2003 model... not sure about that 1.
Another small thing, which models have the heated front windscreen? I've noticed some of them have this and others don't!
I was also looking into an LPG conversion, not sure if it worth the price of the conversion though. Some people here have gone LPG and seem to love it though!
Looking forward to owning one!, maybe more snow will come my way after i get it and i can test it!
thank you in advance! Any advice would be great appreciated!:biggrin:
i'm also buying a new car next week. I'v set my sites on a forester(of course!) and have done for the last 2-3 months now, specifically the 2003-2005 model.
I have a number of issues however.
Now, 1 thing I have been thinking about is getting the XT or the X, but i have decided on the X (for the dual range gearbox and cheaper insurance!).
I have just received an inheritance of about £60k:woohoo:. £20k of it I plan on keeping for myself and the rest save for a house deposit or whatever. I don't really want to spend 20k on a forester, though at that price it would be a brand new one.
I'm looking to spend about £7k maximum. Autotrader have a number of foresters for sale so getting hold of one is not an issue.
Now a lot of the foresters on autotrader have a lot of mileage on them like 100k, i realize at 105k the timing needs doing, but other then that, is this kind of mileage ok with these things? so long of it's been looked after of course. I just want to know if i can get a forester with 100k without worrying about the fact I just bought a problem car for alot of money. Im really not keen on spending too much... Iv even found 1 for £2800 with 103k on it 2003 model... not sure about that 1.
Another small thing, which models have the heated front windscreen? I've noticed some of them have this and others don't!
I was also looking into an LPG conversion, not sure if it worth the price of the conversion though. Some people here have gone LPG and seem to love it though!
Looking forward to owning one!, maybe more snow will come my way after i get it and i can test it!
thank you in advance! Any advice would be great appreciated!:biggrin: