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That's tidy! Is the Toyo logo on the tyres painted or is that just the excessive reflection of the pattern being highlighted?

Yeah really annoying that.. Difficult to get anythign delivered to Morayshire these days.. The problme is just getting worse as well.. Increasing number now wont deliver to Aberdeenshire either!!! Really takes the piss when it's somethign small which will fit in a jiffy bag via royal mail, they still wont send

Umm.. Baz if that's serious! then it may not surprise you to know that AskMID claim that there is no insruance for that vehicle reg!

Cheers for the heads up on the spring issue.. Not broken any springs but gone through dampers within a few months on this road My folks had an ex-police 306 a few years back which was a great little car! They replaced it with a 207 which is the worst car I've ever driven!

^^^ TBH Dunno.. Must've read the wrong data last time round, and got 48mpg in my head... Did think that was a bit low.. The one that 'may' me up for grabs in a few weeks in a 1.9TDi so should return about 55-60mpg as you say, although book for the Ka is 42 or something but could squeeze 45mpg generally, managed 48mpg at one point Tax would be the higher level being a 1.9 rather than 1.3 but insurance shouldn't be too much more than the Ka. Was going to be £163 for insurance this year, need to cancel the renewal for Friday Was also eyeing up a 3dr 1.6 Focus yesterday as well.. If a Justy was available I probably would

I generally rotate mine F+R half war thorugh (did it recently) just to make sure they wear properly. On the camber thing the -1.5 is probably right for standard setup but it is quite a bit of camber. With other suspension upgrades this is less important as the shift in balance affects how the car fixes itself to the road rather than relying on the front end so much

^^^^ heh.. not sure if you've misunderstood or not but already have an Impreza This is a replacement for the 2nd car which I got to keep the crap miles off the SCoob and keep it for hte good times. But the Ka is just going to need too much work to get it through MOT this time round.. Also Running both cars has worked out cheaper the last 3 years than just runnign the Impreza alone!! Impreza's are cheap as chips these days to pick up, and uber relaiable! FOrester is the sensible choice and ideal for what I need it for, It's just not quite cheap enough to run Just clutching at straws again to try and justify buying a 2nd Subaru Doesn't look likey at the moment.. At least untilt he Diesel drops a few more £k maybe next time round

Just to add.. With the camber set that high on mine I'll be monitoring the inside tyre wear carefully! Technically with the increase in caster you don't need as much camber as the caster allows hte wheels to lean in while cornering therefore givign you free camber for cornering

FRONT camber (L) -1.33 ® -1.27 caster (L) 3.18 ® -3.54 toe 0.00 REAR camber (L) -1.42 ® -1.24 toe -0.03 Note the values above are in degrees an minutes.. So 1.59 + 0.01 is effectively 2.00.. So somethign like 1.01 and 0.56 are infact very close. It's actually been straighted up a bit since then but values much the same.

Cheers gus! Kinda what I expected but Very helpful all the same...thanks! Dave, Trying to avoid getting another red car if possible ! Not unless, like the Ka, it's FREE! Although that one for 795 is tempting.. just a shame the 2.0l boxer is a little thirsty.. Mind you it'd run happily run on 95Unleaded.. (probably still not cheap enough for day to day sadly...) Know someone who may have a 1999 Diesel Golf up for sale in a few weeks but dunno how much thei'll be asking for it And the running costs weren't terrific when I priced it up a while back.. Shame Justy's aren't more popular on 2nd hand market

Well since this place is soon to be turning into an all world subaru club, figured I'd ask a sensible all Subaru question! Looks like the Ka has finally going to have to be given up and need something to replace it with.. Not sure what route to go down at the moment, either try and find something cheap again or get somethign a bit better but ruggid enough to withstand going up and down a rought gravel road every day to work (Current Impreza sits too low and grounds ) Anyone have any real world experience with the difference in running costs between a Impreza WRX, Impreza sport and a forester (non-turbo)? Just one line of options I'm considering, like the forester idea but not sure the running costs will be much different from the WRX.. ideally I'd go for a Diesel Forester, but the suckers are keeping their value too much Grrr! Looking for sort of Tax/Insurance/MPG sort of costs from real peopel not just benchmark promo guidline costs that are rarely accurate... Cheers! P.s. Also open to any suggestions/reccomendations others may have.. Note: On a low budget

Yep that's gross... And given the slab-sided ness of it, looks like the sort of toy car you'd build form a cornflakes packet..

Not really my thing either.. Looks like it's wearing a skirt! If there was an element on design it wouldn't look so bad, but just looks like the car's been melted and started to sag.. THere are better kits available. Each to their own though.. Also don't think the classics suit the mahoosive scoops either.. But that's just my view.. (say's the guy driving a red bugeye with an airfix wing on the back ) That car in that colour would look great in standard trim today! IMHO

Nice work! really tempted by this myself and I'm findign the WRX interior a bit dark.. But They didn't make a red interior for the newage BTW - Just incase you werent aware, those WRX Bucket seats tend to be like gold-dust! Quite rare to find them on the 2nd hand market and can fetch good price if sold! They were the tightest seats fitted to an impreza as standard/option. THey had to widen them up on future models because people complained they were too tight on the bugeye Lookin Good!

Actually youve given me an idea.. Why not get a parts company to sponsor the fling.. Livery up a coupel of cars or get banners with their company logo on it. Show off the photos ont eh website mags and stuff so they get adertising.> in return any SIDC 'MEMBERS' that were on the fling get 50% off any parts bought within 2 weeks of the fling? For the record.. I'm thinking replacing the rear bushes with powerflex ones and just fitting the washer/lock kit to the front bushes to keep them stiff (ooh err!) Works out at just over £60 Hipefully that's the soruce of my *clunk* Nothign else seems worn or loose.. Gave the coilovers a jiggle and nout happening.. To be fair my origonal post can't exacly be classed as damage .. The car is very much in servicable condition and totally drivable! Just a reminder that despite the harsh roads that Skye had to offer and every bit of the cars getting tested much more than they normally would on relatively smooth A and B roads , They ALL came out on top!! (well except maybe the one with four circles on it's grille.. ) S U B A R U - FTW!

Heh No worries.. It still pointed me in teh right direction And thanks fro all the replies and suggestions.. Very knowledgable as always! Will go away and price up options and decide what to go with Thanks for the heads up that the Whitelines are chunkier therefore have no need for the extra rings.. Whatever the decision, it's liekly to be more solid than standard and certain better than what I have at the moment..

So that'll be powerflex parts PFR69-118 & PFR69-122 and potentially aroudn £60-£70 Pretty sure whitlines would cost about that for one set! Maybe also a set of the extra diff support washers/bushes while i'll be in that area (SPF1978K)

Cheers! Although that listing if for a classic it gives me anotehr diagram to work from for powerflex parts Reasonable price as well, but they won't ship to my postcode Hah! yeah was thinkign the same thing Although some of those roads really were exploiting the true potential of the Impreza, so quite happy to have an excuse to tighten up a couple of bits MOT due next month

Well had a chance to have a proper poke around the car this morning after the fling to see what's left of it.. Total Damage: One of the sidelight bulbs fell out of it housing during the loop around the top of Skye and was rattlign around in the headlight unit (as spotted by DaveyLWRX) - Easy fixed Front Left tyre is now badly worn on the inside! - Rotated tyres round today and will monitor tread wear, incase i need to pull back some of the camber Gear shifter linkage has started rattlign again - nothing some JB-WEld can solve Front of the car has dropped by about 10mm for some reason! - Got a recheck the other day and needed a little tweak to get the toe re-set again. Developed a clunk when cornering.. Can't see find anything wrong with the struts or springs but, the rear diff-mounts are now quite shafted! I knew one of the rear mouintings was slightly worn before hand with a small amount of play, but all four are showign signs of wear with the front ones being pretyt much stuffed with a lot of play in them Anyone know the best place to get bushes labelled (4) and (7) in teh diagram below? Naturally lookign for polybushes but not to fussed if their whiteline or not. Thanks

I'm sure it will be discussed at he AGM today but if not, worthwhile having dedicated forum zones for classic, newage, hatch, saloon, BRZ, Forester, Legacy, Justy, Non-Turbo? For any specific questions/ discussuions for each marque (edited to add: Forgot about the Murtaya's!)

Heh! no problem.. One of the cables I have (think I've got 3 at the moment) that work is this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-USB-KKL-ECU-DIAGNOSTIC-CABLE-409-1-OBD2-II-LEAD-VW-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA-/300675663951?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item4601aa884f Plugs into the standard OBD-II port under the dashboard on teh impreza.. there is a socket just next to the steering column roughtly where your right knee would be.. Software. The only thign you'll really need is ECU Explorer. Which is all you need for reading and clearing codes. Fairly easy to use and no, you can't do any damage with this Download For ECU Explorer: http://code.google.com/p/ecuexplorer/downloads/list

P.s. A friend on mine who currently drives a Seat Leon keeps saying he likes the hatch.. Anyone fancy taking him for a pax ride at alford this year to scare the bejesus out of him?

Just found the previous thread where I was on about the OBD-II USB Cables for much cheapness:

Yeah ScanGuage-II still very much on the go.. Got mine off eBay from somewhere in Europe IIRC Not necessarily the cheapest device on the market but handy tool to have with plenty functionality without cluttering the dashboard! http://www.scangauge.com/ http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=scangauge-ii I got a pack with extra cable so I can quickly swap it between teh Ka and Scoob Not a great photo but also got a mount to tuck it up above the rear view mirror on the scoob For the ka it's jsut stuck on to the dash with velcro