psyweb

The "Uni" is my best thus far:

Take 1 full length french baguette, 1 x 8 slice pack of bacon, 1 x lettuce, 2 x chicken breasts and half a jar of mayo.

Warm the baguette (whole, without cutting in half), slit the baguette down it's length and butter it. Line with the mayo and lettuce. Place on the lettuce the cooked, cut up chicken and the cooked bacon.

Attempt to eat byy placing the bagguette on your fully extended arm.

The white STi has Green "Energy" garphics with green rips - it was fairly heavily made up, looked good tho. This was just north of the A14 above Cambridge past Histon. This was yesterday (sat 12th)

The black Bug eye STi (which has a SIDC sticker on the side) was, again, just north of the A14 between Cambs and Burwell. This was mid-last week.

It was on again last night. Right when we were having "Home made Pizza & Beer" night. I must admit, it was funny to watch those losers on TV - maybe it was the huge amount of beer I'd had.

Damn the X-Factor sucks anus.

Yeah, a mate a mine got loads of calls from these companies when he listed his car. He didn't bother and sold his car just fine.

Again, some random guy who is not only missing the "X-Factor", but is also devoid of all talent.

Sat here havin' a lime beer and some excellent Mexican food and the g/f puts on X-Factor. What a total load of sh*t.

Dumb ass people with zero talent who have been told by a so called 'friend', "Hey, why don't you do that on the X-Factor, in front of 10 million people. You'll do really well, and win."

Oh please. What a load of cr*p.

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Hey buddy. Welcome to SIDC.

PW

Yup, Mark for RO. So now you'll have to join SIDC **AND** get an Impreza! Hahaha :-)

Hey peeps, I might be able to make it, will know closer to the time.

Psy

Sorry I couldn't make it people; was in the States. Any plans for Aug yet?

Hey Kev,

Having joined SIDC in Feb this year, you made me feel welcome at all the meets and have set the standard for the next chap/chappess who's willing to step into the breach.

Thanks for your efforts thus far and thanks for all your help.

Psy

I'll be there, but may be a few mins late; I have something to take care of first.

Really sorry people, I can't make this one.

:-(

PW

I run my 53 WRX SL daily and it's fine. Needs new tyres and an oil every now and then, but other than, it's all good.

Thanks Barty, that's good stuff. Your scooob is looking sweet BTW.

Over how long did you make these upgrades? Weeks, months or all in one go?

Excellent stutt mate, keep it up and keep the pictures coming.

Hey lincsnick; yeah I think we all know that you should inform your insurance company if/when you make mods to your motor, but thanks for the reminder.

PW

Hey guys. Thanks for all this. I knew that there were cheap mods/upgrades that could be done to these things!!

So, to bring this together, thus far, we have:

• Scoob dust caps from ebay - Parts ~£10
  
• Scoob tax disc holder from ebay - Parts ~£10
  
• Rear spoiler removal (and fill in holes) - Parts ~£50(?)
  
• ProDrive Gravel stage silver front grill - Parts ~£120(?)
  
• Afterburner centre section from scoobyworld - Parts ~£100
  
• Prodrive Battery clamp - Parts £30
  
• Prodrive Oil cap - Parts £30
  
• Prodrive floor mats (set of 4) - Parts £75
  
• Whiteline antilift kit around - Parts £150 - £160
  
• Drop links - Parts £60 - £80 for a pair
  
• Rear Roll bar - Parts £120 - £130
  
• Eibach springs (25mm drop) - Parts £200
  
• STI intercooler - Parts ~£250
  
• Intercooler splitter - Parts £25
  
• HT Auto's front splitter - Parts ~£98
  
• STI Side Skirts (if your aren't already painted) - Parts £100+
  
• HT Autos rear diffuser - Parts £198
  
• Second hand set of alloys - Parts £350 - £600
  
• Professional track tuition - Parts £150 p/h
  

That's a pretty good list of things people. And with the vast majority being less than a couple of hundred quid, most of us could do a few of these a year. Ok, a couple more things to throw into the pot:

1. Do the bits above cover classic and newage or just one?
   
2. There are limits to the labour costs - self install (free) all the way up to Subaru Dealer install. So.... my question is this: Given you can get the hourly rate from your local dealer/garage, how long do the above take to install/fit?
   

Looking forward to the replies and I'm getting my credit card warmed up as I type

Are you going to a race track? If your on a budget, i'd guess no. So why spend a shed load on stuff for it?

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I see in your thread with the piccys about a Prodrive back box.

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A dumpvalve is a good mod if you like the whole wwwwaaahhhh TTTIIISSSSHHHHH thing ...I do and i'm running a Forge motorsport vta i got from ebay for £70.

Other than that stuff, you could just go for cosmetic things. Mudflaps for instance. Maybe get your wheels sprayed black cheaper than new wheels And maybe mesh grills etc

Thanks for the reply. I don't intend to do track days, but it will be something I look at in the future.

I believe that the bax back on my WRX is just an STi, but an exhaust upgrade could be the way to go. Someone (Charlie I believe) at the last meet said a new exhaust system and a remap is the best bang-per-buck at £700 - a little bit too much, but if this upgrade is modular, maybe it's something that could be spread over several months(?)

I'm also looking at little bits and bobs such as new floor maps, battery holders etc....

I looked at a BOV, but I'm not sure it fits with the "lower profile" look/feel I'm going for. If I could hear one, my mind may be change - but £100 is within my budget so I could be easily persuaded!!

I'm keen to stress that this thread isn't and shouldn't be just about me. I'm sure there are other SIDC users/members who are in the same position and are looking for similar advice.

Thanks so far guys, keep it coming!!

Thanks guys, all good stuff. Any more detailed info inc costs would be good.

I'm also keen to find out what things other have done on similar budgets.

Hey All,

Sitting around the table at the last Cambridge meet (thanks Kev, it was ace), we were chatting about some of the mods people had made and how many thousands of pounds they'd spent. All a little depressing for me as I have other financial commitments at the moment, but love my Scoob just as much a the next man.

So I started asking about "cheap" upgrades, yes there where the "why don't you get go faster strips" jokes, but seriously, what small, cheap little mods can you make to your Scoob to add a personal touch and maybe a slight performance/handling improvement without breaking the bank?

Having only owned my 53 WRX SL blobeye seen here (http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131870) for a few months, I started small.

• Scoob dust caps from ebay £~10 (not stolen yet!)
  
• Scoob tax disc holder from ebay ~£10
  
• Looking to take the rear spoiler off (and fill in holes) ~£50(?)
  
• Looking at ProDrive Gravel stage silver grill from the front ~ £200 fitted(?)
  

I dunno, all the above maybe small-fry to some, but a little and often approach, I think, is a good way to go. Like most, I don't have thousands to spend on my Scoob, so where do you start? Here I guess.

Anyone else, have any options for us "poor" Scoob owners?

LOL !!

That's exactly what a bot would say.

Kevin, I'm really sorry but I wont be able to make this now

Maybe see you all next month.

Kim

You always say that!! Will we ever get to meet you? Do you even exist? Are you a bot put on this forum to spy on us but that Mitsubishi lot? Who knows :-)

Hey there buddy.

<geek>

Dr Watson is a legacy user-mode fault debugger program that was built into XP and came from the NT kernal path.

More info can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308538

</geek>

But, we need a little more info first:

- Is it XP Pro or Home?

- Is it fully up-to-date with Windows patches?

- Have you had and STOP errors (Blue screen of Death messages); if so, what are the numbers that come up?

- What is your antivirus scanner?

- Is it up-to-date and can you do a full clean scan ok?

- In the System Log of the event viewer (start -> run -> type eventvwr -> click ok) do you have errors or warnings from DISK, ATAPI or FDISK?

- What warnings and errors do you have in the the Application Log of the event viewer (start -> run -> type eventvwr -> click ok) when the Dr Watson message comes up?

You could also have a stab at sorting it yourself :-) Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/275481

NOTE: As with all these things, make sure have a verified and validated backup of your data before you begin.

Thanks

PW

I can't believe they'll allow that. Interesting that it's not going to be on the WRC list of events, very odd.

I too was looking forward to going.