Subaru Forester SG (facelift), 2.5 Turbo XTE, Auto, full leather, SatNav, 237BHP

Item Features Subaru Forester SG:

	Used: An item that has been previously used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... Read moreabout the condition	Reg. Mark:	**55 *** Get the Vehicle Status Report
Manufacturer:	Subaru	Fuel:	Petrol
Model:	Forester	Power:	237
Type:	Four Wheel Drive	Seats:	5
Doors:	4	Drive Side:	Right-hand drive
Colour:	Black	Previous Owners:	3
Reg. Date:	13/09/2005	Safety Features:	4-Wheel Drive, Alarm, Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS), Driver Airbag, Immobiliser, Passenger Airbag, Rear seat belts
Mileage:	109,800	Exterior:	Alloy Wheels, Catalytic Converter
Engine Size:	2,499	Interior/Comfort Options:	Air Conditioning, Climate Control, Cruise Control, Electric heated seats, Leather Seats, Power-assisted Steering (PAS), Power Locks, Power Windows, Sunroof, Tilt Steering Wheel
MOT Expiry:	01/2016	In-Car Audio:	AM/FM Stereo, CD Player, Navigation System
Transmission:	Automatic	Independent Vehicle Inspection:	Yes

vehicle description:

Subaru Forester SG (facelift), 2.5 Turbo XTE, Automatic.109kFull beige leather interior. 7 inch touch screen sat nav (factory fitted).HPI Clear.Full service history:5/10/2005: 973 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)7/3/2006: 7944 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)1/9/2006: 20165 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)9/2/2007: 29696 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)31/8/2007: 40776 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)18/2/2008: 50699 miles (Barrets of Canterbury) - Cam belt changed6/2/2009: 61365 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)13/8/2010: 80027 miles (Barrets of Canterbury)28/1/2011: 83807 miles (Chapel Car Sales, Faversham)18/1/2012: 86408 miles (Subaru Canterbury)I bough the car here, September 2013.13/11/2013: 92057 miles (EDM Motorsport, Launton)22/5/2014: 100504 (Nissan Westway, Basingstoke)26/06/2014: 101576 miles (EDM Motorsport, Launton) - Cam belt changed - not in service book but have receipts21/04/2015: 109748 miles (EDM Motorsport, Launton) This had an EcuTek re-map in September 2014 after the cam belt was changed, giving an indicative increase from 218.6 --> 237.4 BHP.
I"m not sure what the difference is between this and the XTEN model as this one seems to have all of the extras you can get: 7 touch screen Sat Nav, heated seats, full leather interior, auxiliary 12V in the dash, the arm rest and another in the boot, load cover (included but not in pics), cruise control, sport mode, HID headlamps, electric mirrors, huge moon roof (electric), steering wheel controls, Subaru tool kit (included), etc. etc. Bad bits:This is more useful than bad: The secondary air injection system is an elaborate work-around for EU emissions regulations that causes fresh air to be pumped into the exhaust during the first ~30 seconds after a cold start below 12 degrees in order to dilute the pollutants so it passes a test. It is effectively a cheat put in by Subaru to get type approval in the UK and is otherwise useless, so I"ve had it disabled.Front fog lamps don"t work (one of the lenses has a hole pierced in it by a stone), but I"ve not tried to fix it.The automatic pop-up headlamp washers do not work as far as I know, although I"ve not investigated this.The driver"s heated seat does not heat up (passenger side is OK) - I"ve not investigated the cause of this, might just be a loose wire.There is a barely perceivable 5p coin sized ding in the rear O/S door. Looks like a supermarket trolley job. More of a ding than a dent - no creasing.The rear head rests are missing - it was like this when I bough it.Requires new rear wiper blade - just noticed this. Good bits:The engine is fantastic, very responsive and doesn"t ever skip a beat.I recently replaced the rear diff unnecessarily... it turned out to be a rear wheel bearing (also replaced).This has the double din single CD unit and the DVD (glove box) based GPS with the double din pod on the top of the dash.Cruise control, full leather, electric sun/moon roof, electric windows, central locking, two original key fobs (batteries replaced last year), service book, original brochure, original sales receipt, nice big stack of paperwork. In fact, it looks like every bit of paperwork ever generated for the car is present and correct.Just added up - £2,750 of work carried out over the last 18 months (!). Including new tyres all round and new front discs and pads.No rust on the bodywork.Never been crashed, very straight. It currently has a Nissan Connect satnav head unit installed, a 3G Nexus 7 tablet installed in the dash pod (for google maps) and a bluetooth OBD-II module all wired up for power, sound and statistics. This is what you can see in the interior shot. These aren"t included in the sale and I will reinstall the factory OEM head unit and sat nav. There appears to be a microphone that has been nicely installed near the rear view mirror, but I don"t know where the wire goes. I have a Nokia hands free kit that I removed when I bought the car. This has a mount for a Nokia 6310i (!) and a pretty big bundle of wiring with it. Can be included if required, free of charge (but not fitted). Overall it"s been a really great car that I"ve kept in top condition for big family holidays and sporadic work journeys: Every week or so I have to do long journeys for work to different places around the UK. It"s not been used for commuting. I"m only selling it as we need a bigger car for the recently enlarged family. I"m based in South Oxfordshire. Viewings are welcome. Test drives only with Insurance docs and license. Any questions please ask.
Cash on collection or bank transfer before collection only. No cheques.
If this does not sell, then I will not be listing it again.
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