gordi82

Get something in writing before you drive away to make sure you can get your money back if it's not right. Having worked in the motor trade for over 10 years now I know that handing a car back is not that easy. Make sure the letter gives you the choice and not only an option to hand back if the same fault comes back. I would still not be taking the car back. It's your hard earned money thats in it.

Hand your car back and buy the one you have asked about in the for sale section looks like a belter

I would be returning the car mate. Or insist that they give you a full warranty covering ALL electrical issues for at least 1 full year that at least will put your mind at rest. I know you have spent ages looking for the right car so why wreck it with a let down car and loose the passion you had Gordon

So tell me then how can you fix an electical problem first then put it on the diagnostic machine to find out if your right. What a total idiot feeling your pain Gordon

Hi what I would do is speak directly to Nobles and ask if parts have been ordered and when your car is it booked into the workshop. Subaru parts also come over night unless its on back order but a part like that should be in stock. To put it on thier diagnostic machine only takes minutes as for it cant go on until the switch is replaced is a load of bull. I used to work for John Weirs so know what i'm talking about don't let them take the p**s. Nobles are very good and will be honest with you. Good luck Gordon

If your not going to mod the car in anyway then I would recomend you extend the warranty as one claim would pay for its self. The chances of the car needing new shocks are high so in my opinion its worth it also if you take Subaru assist remember you get a loan car if yours is off the road. Money well spent I would say.

They only have 1 reverse light the other side is your fog

I know of 3 people who have been let off with similar offences. If you can go in prepar a sorry letter put your hands up and tell them just how important your licence is to you and your family. Everyone I know has had a semi large fine Around the £700 mark but betwwen 4 and 7 points. If you just go in and say nothing they will ban you. Make sure you sound sinsere and you should be ok. You will get a solicitor quite easily. Good luck

Your car books in glass's guide at £2550 bottom book and the retail price is £4250 that's before your mods. being the fact that it does not get affected by the higher tax it should be even more apealing than a 2001 on a Y reg. Those figures are mileage adjusted as well normal mileage would be 80k and would be £2925 bottom and £4625 top. Cheers Gordon John R Weir (only until the 26th)

thats crap. don't know if you have accses to another car or not but there is a company called accident exchange they will provide you with a car the same type as yours or better (no worse) and claim from his insurance. here is the link to the site http://www.accidentexchange.com/ Gordon

Kos what a mint looking motor after talking to you on the stag do i knew it would not be to long before you took the plunge. Enjoy and don't forget bye bye bank balance. I love it Gordon

Yes thats right

Why Do tell......

Grant they have been taken from Keith Price Not sure if the 22b was a customer here's hoping it's not Gordon

Alright pal sure is me

Will do that tonight cant get on that site at work. Thanks Paul

One of our Subaru Dealers has had 2 cars stolen at 5am this morning from a secure compound a wrxs chassis no JF1GHEKD38G008815 engine no 28132. The second was a 22B chassis no GC8-067441 engine no GC8E20P.Both vehicles were blue. If you come across either of these it will be a miracle but who knows! If you are offered or come accross call Jenny Price Keith Price Garages - Sales Llanwenarth Citra Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP8 1EP Tel. 01873 811 555 Thanks Gordon John R Weir

nip into your local car valeting company or car dealership and speak to the valeters direct they might be able to give you some of the best stuff for a small price or foc.

Leslie What age is your car if its under 3 years you still have Subaru Assist the number is 0800 777 167 they would collect the car and take it to be repaired. They also can give loan cars on request. Good luck Gordon

So is this the motor uncle bobby checked out for you at the weekend. Nice looking car.

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 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 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! 44. if you have mudflaps watch when reversing near kirbs or they get caught on wheels and bye bye back bumper 45. Your steering wheel lock isn't broken, you're supposed to have to turn it 180 degrees before it engages. 46. Boost solenoid 'chatter' isn't necessarily indicative of a fault (although the Scoob moguls say it can be eradicated the by above-mentioned cleaning). 47. Uneven tyre wear is common. 48. 10 miles use out of a set of newage shocks isn't unheard of - but if you're still under warranty, they're covered. 49. The rear proximity alarm (on newer Imprezas) tells blatant lies in the rain. 50. Door panels dent quite easily. 51. It's won't stop entertaining you on twisty roads! 52. Never use the standard horn in an aggressive manner in a road rage situation, you will just look silly!! 53. You will find that Classic owners are really insecure: they talk about how good their cars are over their Newage counterparts. They be fooling themsleves but they soon realise not to listen to what TheWelsho has to say 54. Welsho knows as much about cars as Fish know about Riding Bicycles ! 55. you will find most newage owners have a huge chip on there shoulders because A) they have lost 3/4 of the value of there cars through depreciation over two years B.) they weigh a bloody ton C) they are almost all are blue with gold wheels D) they are jelous of there classic brothers who continually spank them round knockhill 56. Try not to hold your foot to the floor and do 140mph + for mile after mile, they dont like this and tend to go POP, Take it up have a play and bring it down again. 57. If water/coolant pissed out of the front bumper at the passenger side, then you have more than likely over filled your coolant (overflow pipe) and not burst a pipe. 58. You will find that Classic owners who have bought Newage quickly revert to classic's as they find out VERY quickly just how good the classics are compared to floaty newage boats 59. If in absolute doubt, ask the question. someone will know! 60. If you intend to mod your scooby to anything over 400bhp, you'd better off starting with a newage STI.Atleast you'll never need to replace the gearbox unless you are pure brutal. 61. Don't post Ken Block's Gymkhana vid. 62. Forget all this "Classics are this, New Ages are that" rubbish. ALL Scoobs are feckin ace 63. you will always stop what you are doing when you hear a scooby burble approaching... firstly to check its not your car but then just to check it out and listen to it going by 64. Buy the best parts you can afford so you won't need to upgrade them again later 65. Once you start modding it's hard to stop and newage 2.5's rule! 66. Go on the SIDC track days - gives you the safest environment to learn how to handle your car, fairly risk and damage free 67. Buy a 'Hatch' it's the way forward 68. Every time you look at your Subaru you will smile and be glad it's your car a feel good factor (not many cars give you that satisfaction)

we often spend 2k or over preping our cars to SUBARU standards.

My manager had his car up on the ramps and out on several road tests before he found his bottle of screen wash rolling around the boot

Thats a joke I would love to get my hands on the wee fu*kers. I know that I would not stop they would be eating the stuff.

Whats even funnier is that a mint WR1 would fetch as much as he is asking for one he has spent 65k on what a waste of a great car.