Thinking Of Buying A Scooby - Advice Please

[kewe]

You tend not to adjust it while driving... well, I sometimes press the auto/manual button, but the manual torque dist wheel is always set to 'full rear'.

And even if you never touch it and leave it in 'auto' mode, it's a very worthy addition as it makes for a more neutral, grippier car.

Yours sounds like a great car MM, are there any piccies?

[mystery machine]

Yours sounds like a great car MM, are there any piccies?

It is a great car... but of course not because of anything I've done! It's bog-standard apart from the stereo head unit

Having said that, it's very likely that I'll soon be replacing the suspension with KW coilovers. As standard, I don't feel that the handling - as good as it is compared with a 'normal' car - quite lives up to the available levels of grip or engine performance. Also, the shocks on newage Scoobies have a design fault that causes them to 'knock' after only a few thousand miles, requiring replacement or overhaul. On earlier newages it's not too big a deal because you can source cheaper (but the same part as OEM) replacements from KYB, but no such third-party replacements exist for Hawkeye WRXes/STIs or late Blob STIs... hence coilovers and not lowered springs + uprated shocks.

Yours sounds like a great car MM, are there any piccies?

Aye, sure - here it is:

Edited August 5, 2010 by Mystery Machine

[andyherd]

if your looking to sell your Seat check out www.scottishvag.com there a strong edinburgh following on there

[kewe]

if your looking to sell your Seat check out www.scottishvag.com there a strong edinburgh following on there

Cheers buddy

[kewe]

MM that is a great looking car

I Would worry slightly about the knocking though if I were to get a WRX.

I really like my cars to be perfect with no rattles or knocks which is why I went for a VAG and it hasn't disappointed.

With a limited budget I don't then want to have to spend on coilovers or the likes as I'm sure the standard handling would

be a big improvement like you day over a normal car anyway.

[mystery machine]

MM that is a great looking car

Thanks!

I Would worry slightly about the knocking though if I were to get a WRX.

I really like my cars to be perfect with no rattles or knocks which is why I went for a VAG and it hasn't disappointed.

With a limited budget I don't then want to have to spend on coilovers or the likes as I'm sure the standard handling would

be a big improvement like you day over a normal car anyway.

I've only been in Subarus for two years, but as far as I can tell they are generally fairly reliable - the 'knocking struts' issue is an exception, but quite well-documented (on forums and the like - and the dealers don't deny it exists). Remember, although coilovers are currently the only true solution for knocking Hawkeye shocks (and, I think, late Blob STIs), KYB make replacements for earlier WRX/STI models. I gather that they too can eventually knock, but at least they're more in the region of £200 per pair as opposed to around £600 per pair if buying from Subaru! (+fitting). You might want to quiz some Blob WRX owners and ask them how much of a problem knocking shocks have been for them

Incidentally, before I got my WRX I had a VAG - bought from new - and it was the only car I've had in the past ten years to leave me stranded at the side of the road (fingers crossed!).

P.S. Don't know if you've seen this thread, but take a squatch at how great a Blob WRX can look:

http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=150636

[tomwrx08]

ive a hawkeye wrx and had the dreaded knocking shock just b4 it ran out of warranty, had done 30k on the original set

so subaru replaced them but when they do go again it will be some coilovers thats goin on.