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Thanks for the info Brian.

Cheers Baz,I'll put that route into my sat-nav.

@Paul.....done!

No probs Paul,couldn't find anything 'official' just reading between the lines from what's been on other posts regarding meets,shows etc. The Central area hasn't done anything since last year,so I take it that a combined region meet is the way forward. It's a pity though,it was a great wee group of guys,and it was handy,only 10 mins up the road instead of sitting in rush hour traffic on M80-M8 to get to Hillington.

Just a wee question guys,I've not been on here much recently so was wondering if the SIDC Central region is now defunct? It take it Tam And Brian have retired from the joint RO's job? Not read an official post about it,but I take it its no longer represented as a 'regional area' ?

Cheers Peter, aye long time no see indeed! If Chirs' plans of a wee night in yours goes ahead I'm sure I'll pop along.

A couple of snaps from Saturday..............

Haha! Aye mate,MTS reg.

Good pics Chris,was that yourself that had a blue subaru tammy and a camera? I gave someone and his mrs a polite 'hello' as i was leaving the hairpin,thought I recognised the face from years ago but wasn't sure,didn't want to make an arse of myself,lol. I'll get some pics up later.

Ha! I miss everything! That roundabout is around the corner from my house and I didn't know anything about it!!!

I was trying to email him through his SIDC profile Baz,but 'access denied' lol!

Cheers Matt, had a look on WR1oc i was thinking the username with '197' might have been a clue,but as yet no one has claimed it! I thought maybe some of the local guys up here might know him/car,as I'm sure it was on the SIDC stand at Knockhill Time Attack this year,could be wrong though!

Hi folks,does anyone know if a member by the username 'Scooby197' was the previous owner of WR1 with reg nr. CW 04 HKL? I see its in our favourite used car dealer's in Chapelhall,Airdrie, just wondered how it got their,a trade in,bought at market,any known issues etc, cheers.

Aha,someone on who knows what their talking about! Baz will keep you right,I was just winging it with the last few posts! I was starting to sweat a bit in case you asked any technical questions !!

What would need painting at the air intake snorkel? It's black plastic,hmmm! When I pointed it out the guy looked like be didn't have a clue that it was like that!

Yeh,looks like a removable baffle,didnt see any names on the backbox,but it does look like a full system that's been fitted so could have a sports cat,I'm not too clued up on the parts of the standard Sti system,but there is a 2 page thread on here all about it,which might help. As for the wheels,never refurbed a set my self so can't help much on that but I'm sure someone will if you start a "powder coat or paint?" thread,lol!

Hi Mark,

The light was on when I first saw it, agreed that he would fix whatever was causing it. Got him to do a full mot and repair small hole in drivers seat. All done, the CEL light is now off, but imagine it may come back. I knew about their so called customer care but was happy the car was basically sound. It's going into my mechanic in the next few days for full service and timing belt. Which garage had they put it into? I'm presuming the back box may cause CEL to come on?

I picked it up today, drives well so far. I want a quiter exhaust at idle and on the motorway but good sound when I press the loud pedal. ;-)

Did you like the car apart from CEL light?

Cheers,

Lenny

Yeh mate,looked pretty good,a few wee minor paintwork issues here and there,a wee bit off rust starting to show through at the o/s/f mudflap and a discoloured/blemished area at the l/h/s of the boot,not too bad for the age. I doubt the backbox would through up a CEL mind you,may have had a de-cat down pipe fitted previously. I did notice that the screws and clips were broken of the air intake snorkel,a bit unusual for that to happen so maybe it's been off before if an induction kit of some sort had been fitted before.

They had it in the garage/car sales along the road, The Carr Company I think it's called. If your mates a mechanic then yes,get him to check everything for peace of mind.

Good to hear it drives well ,have fun..........................but...................................get the bung out and let rip,lol!

Hi and welcome Lenny, I had a nosey at this a while back,i take it the CEL light coming on from start up was still there when you viewed it,guy said it was showing up as a exhaust/co2 sensor issue. I see it was in the garage down the road yesterday so I take it they were sorting a few things out. Oh,and take the bung out the backbox,it's far too quiete!

Just make sure everything is spot on before you drive off as I'm sure a couple of folk on here have had a few 'customer care' issues with them.

I remember driving to work one Saturday morning and loosing a lot of power in car going up hill so thought it'd be good idea to keep foot down the next thing boom ! For a second I thought I'd blown car up but as it was still running I just kept driving to work gets to work looks round car to find back box had exploded along seem I had on previous day been pulling huge lengths of hairy fluffy stuff out

exhaust

Now that's what I was worried about! If I can't reach all the loose stuff it might get stuck in the tailpipe,causing too much back pressure.......hmmmm!

Mine did that on the m8 in such hour and I could see it waving in the window a bit, once I got moving it ended up being 18ft long lol

Pmsl! Aye, mine would have been like that if I hadn't noticed it and pulled a load out! I'm going to stick my hand up it's chuffer and try to pull all the loose stuff out.

Ciaran,I'll probably run it for a bit and keep my eyes on the 'for sale' sections and see if I can pick up a reasonably priced 2nd hand one, cheers.

Hi all,well,I got back to the car after leaving Knockhill yesterday,went to put my gear in the boot and noticed a bit of what looked like wool sticking out the scoobys tail pipe! I pulled a bit out at first then I noticed more of it further up the inside of the backbox,I then started pulling loads of it out like a magician pulling stuff out a hat!

Now,I realise this is the packing/deadening stuff to quiten the noise a bit,but does It just make it a bit louder if I pull all the loose stuff out ? Can I then run about in it as normal?

Will it effect my MOT test if it doesn't effect emissions?

Any help appreciated,cheers.

Oooft!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18386790

Barry i am just back from Burger King in Cumbernauld with my oldest boy and i seen one like it in the carpark next to Blockbuster ????

Where did you see yours ???

Ha! Ciaran spotted that as well last night Kenny,WRC type rear spoiler as well?

Heading to Cumbernauld on M73/M80 yesterday,car sounding good,pulls away nicely.............especially when there's a red Transit van up yer chuffer,lol! Next time let me catch up for a wave! Look out for the SIDC stickers on my windscreen and back door,lol! ;-))

Ha,ha! Aye he was up with the mrs,got your wee 'spotted' note,cheers.

I'll need to have a wee go at that. Think I'll set myself a challenge of taking a new pic just for the subject of the month.

PMSL @ Tam,taking his shoes of to move his car in case he got grass on his gay pink STi mats.