jamesm

Looking good. We're you parked in someone's front garden? ;-)

With the weather in Ayrshire this morning, change of vehicle for tomorrow anyone?

Sunny with standing water, 60mm

At least you are not predicting snow.

Met Office app my phone says sunny in the afternoon.

Not at all James, i suggest getting a pax early to have a look at the track, Graeme took me round first then i went round and its good for lines and brake points

Was thinking I would head over to get some pax laps in the morning for that reason.

Cheers Phil

Your confident were all sitting in the gang hut

So what you are saying is that I have not to be offended when I see you all taking 10 steps back?

Might struggle in that part of the world!

Try the Sorn Inn. Never stayed but food was very good last time I was there. About 10 miles west of Kames.

Nothing else in Sorn though.

http://www.sorninn.com/

After much arguing with the shop , I have paid for the spare afternoon slot.

First time taking the car on any sort of track.

No probs James, I'll get it cleaned & polished well before the weekend .

Cheers Phil. You going down on Sunday or would you need me to pick it up to borrow between now and Sunday?

Just thinking, imagine having to join something before you can use it!

Nah, that will never catch on

It's actually not too late James, afternoon slot still availabe.........go on, you know you want to

http://www.sidc.co.uk/?product=kames-26-05-13-member-half-day

Work PC doesn't allow me into the shop so I'll stick my name at the bottom af the afternoon list and sort it out tonight if I can get the loan of a helment, if that is ok?

Assuming your helmet is dry Phil, it is probably around the right size if you don't mind loaning it?

Should have been organised and booked a place but definitely get a hat for next year and take the thing round.

Hoping to pop down in the afternoon.

I've never seen a WR1 with a kitchen in it, interesting - will the horsepower increase with this mod or just better cooling?

Hammond put a kitchen in the bugeye on that 'challenge' on Top Gear. Mind you, that was a wagon so more space.

Nice looking WR1 by the way.

Having lusted after a Cossie in my early teens, a certain Mr McRae changed all that in 1995. From then, there was only one car I wanted. Passed my test in 1996 at 17 but didn't get my first car until I graduated in 2001 when I bought a nearly new 1.6 Astra SXI. 100k miles later the Astra reached the end of its useful life in 2006.

By then, insurance was just affordable and I bought my 2002 Impreza WRX. 4 Years old at the time but with less than 15k on the clock.

Had it ever since. Even early on, I discovered it was too thirsty for the daily commute and in 2007 I bought a 1996 Pug 106 Diesel with only 19k on the clock for £900 which took the commuting off the Impreza. Traded that for a 2004 Corolla 1.6 with just 11k on the clock 2009. Almost 7 year later the Impreza has only done 60k miles.

I hope eventually to get a Subaru as my daily runner and I have no plans to get rid of the Impreza. Still regret not buying an STI so you never know. The WRX has always gone very well for a near standard car and I am never quite sure if it really is as standard as I think.

Pic taken by Mr Hatrick on this years Fling.

Best memory is from Kershope Forest on the 1995 RAC Rally. A buzz, atmosphere and sense of anticipation I have never again experienced at a rally.

Clip below is from the 1992 Arctic Rally. A stage on a frozen lake. Mesmerising display of car control

Given we are a 'Drivers Club' lets go and drive the things!!!

If we could bottle the energy from this thread and spread it across the forum then there would be more activity than we could ever want. 7 pages and counting in a thread about the lack of activity in the forum?

Picking up the points about moderation. I don't think over moderation is the problem, but the balance is wrong. It seems to prevent banter yet fails to prevent threrads being diluted and clogged with crap.

Totally missed this first time round!

I wasn’t going to post on this thread but after some extra coffee this evening and the fact it seems to have moved past the earlier cp, here is my 2 pence worth.

I guess the original question relates to ss.net and the Scottish Scoobies section of the SIDC. Firstly I don’t think ss.net and this place are a direct comparison. We are a section within a UK club, with a name which gives the impression of a club aimed at overseas owners. Ss.net are a Scottish club. A new owner looking for a Scottish club will find .net, not this place.

Why also ask the question and then slag off the very person who can tell us!

I can’t compare .net as I have not been on there for a long time. I tried to log in today and couldn’t, requested a new password but apparently my user name didn’t exist. Registered again with the same user name and I can’t get past the introductions section which I think is a feature of the site. Personally, I can’t be ersed with that so I still haven’t been on recently.

There is more to the club than the forum but the forum is the ‘shop window’ of the club. When I joined the club there was great banter on here, now I feel there is a lot of c%&p and I do see a bit of trolling. Anyone who trolls should have their account deleted, no questions asked, no second chance. In terms of welcoming people, a designated new members section for the Scottish area may help get more replies. I am guilty of not going in the general new members section. Just searched out my first ever post in 2006 were I introduced myself within the main Scottish section. I got 18 ‘welcomes’ but the thread had 501 ‘views’. Bring back the ‘was it you’ for the Scottish area too. Having to sign up to read the forum my encourage people to go on and post. Are the thread ‘views’ actually real people or just bots?

Can there be a Scottish SIDC page on Facebook? Ok, it might take away from the forum but it could be good for the club.

I don’t get the unfriendliness at meets. I have never experienced it. When I joined, I knew no one at my first meet so turned up and introduced myself to everyone that was there. I didn’t lurk about and wait to get spoken to. Again, at this year’s Fling (the first one I had been to) there were lots of people I hadn’t met and the only way to get to know them is to chat to them. Everyone was friendly. The Fling is everything that is great about this club. Great roads, great banter, everyone rallied around those with problems to help whether it be with water, tape or fire extinguishers! Baz cleared my engine management light for me. You get out what you put in! There are a lot of great people in this club.

In terms of inter club relationships in Scotland, can there not be a overall Scottish RO or ‘Scottish area’ committee member in addition to the current ROs etc that can be a contact for other clubs, rather than approaches getting ‘lost in translation’ with down south?

Perhaps there could be a Scottish Subaru meet arranged across all the clubs where we can all share our common interest and have a big cuddle?

My car might only be a near standard WRX, all be it one which has always gone very well, but the reason I have it, is to drive it. And the runs I have been on with this club have been immense! So most of all however, let’s just enjoy these fantastic cars we have and get out and drive them how they were meant to be driven. After all, as Dave says, it's a drivers club!

I might even go and renew my membership now.

So what began as a potentially positive and constructive thread has decended into the usual c£$p.

Having been in the SIDC since 2006 I have seen the good times and the bad. Having read the thread, I see little point in even trying to constructively contribute. Quite sad really and does nothing to make me rush out to renew my membership.

My biggest problem is trying to get home from work to get the car and get out on time. I could just manage Hillington for 7.30 but I fear the Showcase for 7.15 may be a step too far. I will try though.

I know the location is chosen to be central and attract those from other regions, but not sure it has done that and it may well rule me out. I just don't know what the solution is.

Possibly the carron valley hotel

Spotted a McD's on Streetview at the Showcase. That will be gourmet enough if I make it!

To the driver of the blue Blobeye(I think a WRX 300) on the B786 from Lochwinnoch to Kilmacolm this morning.

Overtaking on a blind corner on a narrow B road is not big and is not clever. I was in the silver Corolla which you more or less forced into the hedge. Had someone been coming the other way, you would have had a head on collision.

You then did the same thing to the Auris in front of me.

I didn't get your registration, but it began 'FL'. If I see you again, I will getting your registration and passing it to the police.

Should you browse these forums, you know who you are.

1. McTwistUK

2. Scoobywho

3. G4RY

4. Nipps

5. G1983

6. Riggers

7. Corsa

8.JamesM

9.

To be honest, by the time I get in from work I will struggle to get to the Showcase for a 7.15 departure so don't wait for me if I am not there. Any good establishments there for a gourmet dinner on the run?