{"id":247011,"date":"2020-04-10T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T11:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/car\/news\/uncategorized\/autodealer-dream-buy-subaru-impreza-wrx-wrx-sti-2000-2007\/"},"modified":"2020-10-01T14:55:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T12:55:15","slug":"autodealer-dream-buy-subaru-impreza-wrx-wrx-sti-2000-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/motoring\/2020\/04\/10\/autodealer-dream-buy-subaru-impreza-wrx-wrx-sti-2000-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodealer dream buy: Subaru Impreza WRX and WRX STi (2000-2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, we\u2019re out for some JDM goodness in the form of the Subaru WRX and WRX STi.<\/p>\n<p>The Impreza is one of the most iconic saloon cars in the world; it first found fame with World Rally Championship (WRC) success in the 90s and has become a cult car locally with one of the biggest followings of any car in South Africa. There are many examples for sale locally so we\u2019ve put together a list of checks that the budding Scooby owner should conduct before purchasing.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>What to look out for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The five-speed manual gearboxes on the WRX are known to be weak so ensure that the gearbox feels smooth without and grating or whining<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The EJ20 motor in what\u2019s known as the bug and blob-eye models from years 2000-2005 were know to run bearings, causing massive engine damage. Check for smoke during the test drive<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The EJ25 in what is known as the hawk-eye models are known for premature ring land failure, as in the piston breaks between the ring gaps. Also, monitor smoke from the exhaust during the test drive.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The radiator tanks are also prone to blowing off on all of these models.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The differentials should be checked, when driving the models remember to listen for a knocking sound.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The clutch is also quite an expensive part to replace so ensure that the vehicle you are interested in has a working order item.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='867ece72d6c49a3335c6433a553766b5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for another Autodealer dream buy, where we browse through our list of cars for sale on our website and pick a car that we\u2019d like to own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8257,"featured_media":247012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Autodealer","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Motoring","SubCategory":"Bikes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}