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I have to agree the cars sound fantastic... I hope it does bring about a new dawn of rallying where by money doesn't buy world championships... (i'll step out of my bubble now) Still i'd like to know what Peugeot and Fiat have spent... It would be in the region of what the top WRC boys have spent.. The S2000 rules yes were created to bring a levelish playing field to the game. I've a build sheet somewhere for a FIAT and it's 2 yo WRC money to even start playing then there's engines... Well that's another story. Ok the K series isn't a good engine! Again the price of a 'works' spec engine from Sodemo or Abarth is horrific money.. FIAT last year were having to subsidise engine's and gearboxes to make it attractive to people to compete. A Sadev gearbox every event and an engine every other. If they sort it out similar to WRC where by you have to run an engine and box for multiple events then yes it will help bring in more people. An ex customer of mine was a good case, he had both a group N and WRC Subaru as well as a FIAT.. and the FIAT was costing him nearly as much as his WRC car.. The idea of S2000 was to bring in more manufacturers to compete with Group N Subaru's and Mitsubishi's and keep the costs down.. Can't see any of them being in the top 10 in Monte Carlo. The FIA for once was on the right track they just didn't go far enough.. the WRC should impliment S2000 rules and restric development more than what already exists, that way the underfunded, talented privateer has at least a fighting chance... Who know's I'd love to see a few 'locals' such as Meeke, Wilks, Jones, McShea etc competeing against the regulars on a level playing field..

Proton? is that nae some p*sh they tried tae teach ye in physics at school or something on Star Trek?

No your definetely not! The guys that dealt with my rta were great guys. My point was his hand was in my pocket without any warning, as it was in there he asked if i had anything sharp! Yeah just the razor blade your about to get your hands on! I'll put it downt to me looking suspect last night then and driving a ford

Thats it i'm sellin the Mondeo and buyin a Megane as a second car - don't want anyone thinkin i'm gay!!!

1) Jonboywrx + Debs

2) Cruz104

3) Paul555sti

4) Scoobysailor and family

5) Bobby C

6) Maxxed_Ross

7) ryan_gwa

8) imy + grant

9) scooby222

10) Stubaroo + Lindsy + family

11) NKWRX+ Niall

12) STI Pretender

13)Windy1945

14) Midnight21

15) scoobyit

16) Higgy. will try and make it to this one.

17) empty heed

18) BigBev

19) Cullenmin

20) Shelly_Scooby newbie but I will be there

21) pmac (with new clutch!) + 3yr old car mad son

22) fivetide and family

23)billyboystoys biggrin.gif

24) Irish Al & Lyndsey

25) neill54 + my son luis

26) Gus in the white Bus hopefully!!!!!

27) Jac

28) RS Grant

29) Melly Doo

30) Scoobymark + mark jnr

31) selkie + the ex leper

32) Fai17

33) Hoss (if i'm still at home)

Aye, if it wasn't for the humble impreza, Autoglass probably would have gone bust by now...

Picked up two massive stone chips on the same day when driving through the temporary muddy field left by some "son of the soil" on the road between Torphins and Lumphanan. Now, i have to ask myself is that bad luck or good luck? Bad 'cause it happened twice, or good 'cause they were both on the same screen?

Black with black alloys turning into the new BP offices in Dyce, Aberdeen.

Would agree that it would be easier for you coming form Abz... I travel from Arbroath to Abz every day and the road to the A90 is a pain in the butt....

Do you live at the campus?

I'm in Dyce and my mate is up in Altens. Will wait to see exactly where you guys are meeting up in Dundee and meet you all there - don't really know Dundee at all so hope it's somewhere easy to find

1. If your sidelights won't switch off look for the parking light switch on top of the steering column .

2.Use the search function on the forum before asking the same old question .

3. The best first mod for an impreza is the exhaust (backbox at least)

4. Buy a classic

5. Make sure you get regular quality oil / filter changes every 3 - 4000 miles

6. Always run the car on good quality fuel - V Power/BP Ultimate/Tesco

99 and add octane booster for safety in an unremapped import

7. Avoid "chip"ing an impreza - get it remapped by an expert like AndyForrest (Apexi for classics, ECUtek for newage)

8. Sell the Newage and buy a Classic

9. Always wait till the engine is nice and warm before giving it full pelt and let it cool down befrore switching it off

10. Upgrade your brakes before modding the engine

11. A VTA dumpvalve isnt really a good idea unless your car is getting

remapped to compensate for it. It will momentarily make your car run

rich as the ecu gives fuel for air which has been dumped and not

recirculated. All you are missing is the gay noise.

12. Solid rear droplinks and a decent suspension geometry set-up are probably one

of the best sub-£100 modifications you can do to a standard car.

13. new ages will undertseer when at the limit

14. If you have a classic get Strutt Braces. The improvement is outstanding! If you have a new age...no luck! loL!

15. Clean out the boost solenoid once in a while and dont fill engine oil right up to max.

16. Go to the SIDC track days at knockhill, you get free tuition from an

instructor if you want (plus ensure you wear Cat boots far better that

way!!!!)

17. Love every minute of driving and owning it (it will make handing over the credit card much easier

18. Goto meets/Knockhill/Crail and tell us who you are?We don't bite sometimes

20. Join the SIDC and you'll get discounts on insurance and dealer supplied parts in addition to track days.

19. For some obscure reason there is a lot of mention of goats &

homosexuals in here. Do NOT let this put you off our forums. 99% of our

members are "normal" but we are all fans of The Hoff.

20. Always prefill the oil filter when doing an oil change

21. Dont believe everything you read on the forums.

22. Send off for a Shell card

23. What ever BHP you get, you will never be happy

24. BLUE is the best colour.

25. Is your car standard? - leave it that way.

26. Watch out for the Impreza's "lift-off" oversteer. It's wicked, particularly on a wet Knockhill!

27. wave to other scoob drivers

28. never buy a set of lexus rear lights[+o(]

29. sidc love some photography of your beloved

30. dont sell your scoob you will regret it and will end up with another 1

31. The best place to hang out on saturday nights is at OSIDC

32. Modding is for MEN

33. Going JDM is for winners..........leave the chocolate UK's to the Willy Wonka lovers!

34.^^Andy speaks the truth, JDM is the way forward!!

35. K.I.S.S. Keep it simple stupid and don't mod what doesn't need modding (dump valves etc)

36.NEVER let the other half known how much youve spent on the car.she will be jelious!

37. Dont go to Halfords for your servicing parts - they are more likely to give you filters for a lada or skoda.

38. the bright button really does just make the clock brighter

39. Never believe anything read on Ebay

40. Never buy a impreza when you get 10 spare ST2 (spaceman)

41. CLASSIC ARE The GREATEST IMPREZA BUILT.

42. Try not run your impreza top end as the boxes dont last long(went through 3 last time)

43. Believe the petrol gauge - yes it does use that much!

you forgot the incorrect spacing between the letters on number plates.......... tut tut

aye, sorry about that! The dirty car has still got to be the best one though. "Eh, excuse me sir, but do you know that your car is very dirty and that could be a danger to other road users"? Aye, well go tell farmer giles to clean up all the crap he leaves on the road when he crawls along with his trailer which has bald tyres, no lights and no number plate on it! If he did that i wouldn't be getting my second new windscreen fitted tomorrow!

I am in Arbroath, the tayside and the north fife bunch are going down in convoy... if you want you can meet me in Arbroath and head from there to meet with the crowd in Dundee?

Will probably meet with you guys in Dundee as that would be easier. At the moment looks like myself in my RB and my maye in his 06 STi.

Keep my job!! Get my oldest daughter back oh her feet after a really sh*tty split with her ex. Help the youngest daughter get through her 1st year at Uni. Go back to South Dakota in July for the Lakota Sioux Indian Sun Dance - wont beat last years one but has to be done! Keep the wife happy! Get more shinney bits for the RB.........

Anyone from the Aberdeen area heading down to this? I was thinking about going and another guy from my work was thinking about it as well. Never ever made it to a meet as yet so this would be a good one!

good old PC Plod on the ball as usual, just a pity all of there time is taken up doing paper work and concentrating on the more trivial types of crime than cathing real crooks

lucky man to get his car back, bet he`s chuffed to F88K!!

I think you're being a little unfair on the "Boys in Blue". We all know how busy they are setting up speed traps, checking speed cameras, stopping people for having dirty cars..............

A refuse collector is going along a street picking up the wheelie bins

And emptying them into his dustcart. He goes to one house where the bin Hasn't been left out, so he has a quick look for it, goes round the back Of the house, but still can't see it. So, against the rules of the Refuse collector's code but in the spirit of kindness, he knocks on the Door. There's no answer.

Being a kindly and conscientious bloke, he knocks again - much harder.

Eventually a Japanese bloke comes to the door.

'Harro!' says the Japanese chappie.

'Gidday, mate! Where's ya bin?' asks the collector

'I bin on toiret' explains the Japanese bloke, a bit perplexed.

Realising the little foreign fellow had misunderstood him, the bin man

Smiles and tries again.

'No mate, where's your dust bin?'.

'I dust been to toiret, I toll you!'' says the Japanese man -

Still perplexed.

'Listen,' says the collector.

'You're misunderstanding me. Where's your *w h e e l I e* bin?'

'Ok. Ok ' replies the Japanese man with a sheepish grin.

' I wheelie bin havin sex wirra wife's sister.........!'

LOL, now that's funny!

I "touched" a goat when i was in Peru and had to marry it....................

What's a dump valve? Is it something you fit to your ar*e?

Cars should be confiscated and sold at auction and the money given to a deserving charity!!

The Splitter on my RB320 gets scraped almost every day. The car park exit at the pub is a nightmare - not that i go to the pub every day of course

My mate took a job overseas and sold his 58 plate STi with 5K miles on the clock for £17K.............boy was he sick!

When i was a "young un" (at least 30 years ago!!) I had a Mini with a stonking 1300 MG engine in it and thought i was the man. Raced a mate of mine between Mintlaw and Old Deer (In the sticks in Aberdeenshire) in the pi**ing rain and was just keeping in front of him 'till I ran through this HUGE puddle. As there was no rubber gaitor around the gear lever the water came into the car through the hole in the floor with the power of a fire hose or "old Faithfull" at Yellowstone, hit the roof of the car and soaked us all and scared the brown stuff outa me!!

Recently got whooped in my RB320 by a guy in a green W reg Wagon on the Newburgh to Cruden Bay road - left me for dead.............

A couple of pics from China when i was there earlier this year.

A couple from home.

A couple of my beasts!!

George the Rottie and Dhal the Collie / Russel.

Aye for sure it was never going to compete in the acceleration stakes with much of anything, but i just found the whole experience a bit "clinical" if you know what i mean. It did exactly what it said on the tin..............

My mate has an M5 - now that's a whole new ball game...........

I had a 525D M Sport, 55 plate and sold it to buy my RB320. Beemer was nice but so feckin boring!! I still have my flat cap and leather driving gloves if anyone wants them

I've been bidding on both so hope to get one of them!!