mystery machine

Respiratory bronchiolitis? Tough break in this weather Just kidding

Be interested to know how you get on with that, Paul.

Need to get myself up to the East Neuk soon Meant to say... Is that not how it usually works? i.e. I'm sure my wife used to be my girlfriend, but I usually just introduce her as "the wife"

I might have made the same comment before, but what an absolutely fantastic-looking Scoob - one of the nicest I've ever seen... Pity they don't make 'em looking like that any more I had a couple of great runs at New Year - roads were almost totally dry and refreshingly bereft of traffic - great fun Out again this morn, but for some reason there seemed to be more grit and rubble than a couple of weeks ago, and more Sunday drivers too Never mind, gave the Scoob its first hand wash of 2011 this afternoon and that cheered us up Which roads in Fife would you recommend mate? I gave up on the place a while back - got sick of driving on bad surfaces and speed bumps in every village in one large chunk of the Kingdom (WTF is that all about?!).

Looking braw - liking the Red Bull graphics Mine had its first hand wash of 2011 today too

Jeez-oh, Craig - read the title and thought that you were planning a drive-by...

That sounds worth a shot - I need to get me out on a real run this spring, and to feck with the petrol costs!

Aye - you'd think that as long as it was insured it'd have been towed away the same day... Anything on it worth plundering, Gus? Just kidding

Might've known an AUDIot would be involved somewhere

Oh, ma ribs Good luck finding a lady who meets even 10% of those requirements

But everyone around here says that Hawkeyes are unsaleable? Never mind about 231bhp, think of all that torque - fair bit more than a standard Hawk STI I would think? I'm generally not a fan of TDs, but that BM 3L 6cyl must be one of the very best diesel engines money can buy - nice choice

AWD is good - rear-biased AWD is even better But aye, reckon my next car will be RWD, with a naturally aspirated engine, maybe mid-mounted (thinks he's an F1 driver), maybe only two seats..... So is that the Hawk gone then? Nice choice of motor with the BM, BTW (for an estate, granda!). Which engine? Dinnae be tellin' us it's a TDi noo Get a set of spare wheels with winter tyres and you'll be fine in the snow in your BM

And front-wheel drive, although apparently not everyone feels the benefit of AWD...

That's OK - it only counts as a thread invasion if you repeat yourself

I'd heard that Evos have unpredictable lift-off, but I wasn't expecting that

Cheers again for the insights, Stevie. I wonder if anyone can shed light on the triangle-shape section... whether that's the standard STI reso pipe?

Great stuff Kenny - but go easy on the accolades, eh? ...don't want this guy to put his prices up before I get a chance to take my car to him for a remap! In all seriousness, welcome to the 2.5 brigade (even if mine's the "four finger-o-fudge" variety)

Thanks for all the info Stevie, very useful I've just one question for you, if that's OK. You say that the PPP has a "straight through with resonator where the 2nd cat would have been". As I understand it, the standard hawk STI exhaust uses these parts, from turbo back: [downpipe cat] -> [second cat] -> [resonator pipe] -> [back box] So are you saying that the PPP modifies this to: [downpipe cat] -> [resonator pipe] -> [resonator pipe] -> [prodrive back box] In other words, two resonator pipes? I ask because I can buy a 'straight through' pipe to replace the second cat for about £110... but I don't think it has any resonator section. Bit concerned I'll end up with more exhaust drone in the cabin (resonator pipes are supposed to reduce cabin noise so that the majority of the exhaust noise comes from the back box). Cheers again mate! P.S. Interesting to hear that your very car was the Prodrive pinup!

Thanks for the replies, folks. OK, sounds like the downpipe cat has to be sports catted. Interesting that the PPP brochures make no mention of this (political correctness?). Dave - my car doesn't have the PPP. Kenny, that's interesting - do you know if the Jap Speed cats are the type that also decat the second cat (i.e. one part to replace two)? £200 is probably about as much as I'd want to spend, would rather not pay for a second cat delete pipe on top of that. BalliSTIc - can't be arsed swapping cats in and out at MOT time, or locating a shifty MOT garage

Hi folks, I'd be very grateful if someone could tell me whether the PPP for a Hawkeye STI removes any of the cats? (this doc suggests not). I'd like to have the car remapped for some fairly modest gains, really to increase power and response between 4.5K-6.5K rpm - I don't really need peak torque @ around 3.6K rpm to increase much, but 320-ish bhp at 6K rpm would be nice It seems that - prior to mapping - most folks around here will replace the downpipe cat with a decat pipe or sports cat, as it's the greatest restriction in the exhaust system. Fair enough if you're after big power gains, but the problem I have with this is expense - seems that a sports cat will set me back around £400 I figure that, if the PPP doesn't spec a sports cat or decat downpipe, then a good mapper should be able to map my car to a similar level (i.e. 320-ish bhp) without me being required to fit the same? I should add that I would be willing to replace the lower cat with a decat pipe, as these can be had for only £110 (this in lieu of the PPP backbox - I want to keep the existing backbox). I'd also be willing to fit an uprated fuel pump, if required. Anyone care to comment? Does this sound feasible, worthwhile and MOT-friendly, or am I being an optimistic skinflint? Cheers

Ah, the guy I was speaking to said "the road between Larbert and Camelon", but I was thinking of the road that heads out towards Bonnybridge... With you now though - the 50mph limit straight, past the golf course. Jings, wonder what you'd have to do to get a tank-slapper going along there!

I heard about this through the grape vine - the road between Larbert and Roughmute, by any chance? Guy told me the Scoob looked totalled... slid on ice, you reckon?

P.S. What are you thinking of replacing it with, out of curiosity?