SurreySTI

Thanks Kenny, I'll give him a shout.

Thanks Don, much appreciated.

My 2006 STI had BC Racing BR Series coilovers fitted by Scoobyworld a couple of years ago, but my regular garages don't have the knowledge/contacts to repair/replace the rears that (the nearside in particular) are shaking, rattling and rolling. Does anyone know of a garage with knowledge of these coilovers in the Guildford / Woking area to avoid the trip to Scoobyworld in Leicester ? Thanks for your help Tony

While a BRZ, especially one that's supercharged by our friends at Litchfield, is very tempting, I rather like the concept STI shown recently at the New York car show, link below. http://static.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoexpressuk/files/styles/gallery/public/subaru-wrx-sti-1.jpg What are the thoughts of the Forum ? Tony

Needless to say the dealer was not interested in sealing the deal for £27k for cash !!

I hadn't picked up that the offer was reliant on taking finance, which wasn't my plan. Maybe the dealer could be influenced, but I suspect that their profit is all in the finance fees !! I'll give it a try anyway....

Thanks guys. I was edging towards the hatch, although like Tony I think that the saloon has a better overall look. Decisions decisions. Cheers Tony

With Subaru offering a £6k discount on new STIs and a £1,600 offer to upgrade to a 340R, I'm sorely temtped to trade-in my 2006 STI Hawkeye, but the question is saloon or hatch !! Preceding the Hawkeye saloon was a 2001 P1 and 1996 Classic, but I'm still wondering whether a hatch would make more sense. Thoughts ? Tony

Five and a half years on and I'm still enjoying my 56 STI. Usual issue with early failure of suspension struts, but since replaced with adjustable coilovers. Odd repeated failures of batteries, now on my third, but according to the AA this is unusual and Imprezas are generally robust. Enjoy !!

The end - hopefully - to my dead battery story is that the dealer changed the battery and having tested the alternator found it to be just fine - thanks AA !!

Thanks guys I feel like a complete *&%$£ as I've owned the car for over 5 years and wasn't aware of this switch, and obviously nor has the AA !! I guess that this doesn't necessarily resolve the alternator/battery issue, but at least I can get to work. Thanks again Tony

I treated my car (and my wife's) to an end of year 'professional' valet yesterday and got more than I bargained for !! Strangely my 2006 STI's sidelights remained on even when they were switched off on the lighting stalk, and even when the keys were removed Having failed to rectify the situation myself and with a draining battery I called out the trusty AA, who after an hour were stumped too. While he diagnosed alternator bearing and brush wear requiring replacement, as well as a failing battery, this wasn't the cause of the lights remaining on. His thought is that an excessive amount of polish was sprayed around the dash and enough entered the lighting stalk to cause a permanent connection to be made. Oddly the numberplate light, that is apparently on the same circuit, isn't lit !! A trip to the Subaru dealer is called for, but if anyone has experience of this or advice I'm all ears Cheers Tony

Boy do I hope that they get the pricing right, or I'll just have to sell a kidney !!

A piece of advice, if you have a "little woman" it may help to add her as a named driver. When I renewed my policy a couple of years ago, my wife had 2 accident claims and 3 points, but adding her to my policy still reduced my premium, and my licence is clean and I have about 15 years NCD !! Wierd or what ?!

Latest update !! Boot light isn't the issue, so I'm continuing the 'medicine' of driving with side lights and so far so good. Cheers Tony

Doesn't sound like an 'intelligent' charger to me, but good advice, I'll give this a try. Cheers Tony

I'll take a look in the boot

Maybe, and fingers crossed, that the tip of running with side lights may have resolved this problem as having returned from a long weekend away the car started sweet as anything !! Thanks for the advice Tony

Thanks again Mark. Kev at Scoobyclinic is being very helpful, so I'll probably take a trip to Chesterfield as I'm already planning to be in Sheffield soon !! Cheers Tony

Thanks for your advice. I've had a quick chat with Kev at Scoobclinic and he's suggesting that to achieve the classic burble I may need to replace the headers plus the entire system. Is this your understanding and if so can you confirm which items from the link that you sent me would provide the burble ? Cheers Tony

Usually there's enough power to plip the central locking, but after that it's all down hill !! I will go through the list of potential causes, glove box, boot etc and fingers crossed that this identifies the culprit. Cheers

Interesting !! This sounds like a way to gain the burble

The car has the standard stereo and no other changes that I believe should affect the electrics. I got back from a two day trip on Thursday and the car turned over appreciably more slowly than it should, although it did start okay. The test will come on Tuesday morning, as we'll be using my wife's car for a weekend away...over 3 days parked up...maybe I shouldn't tempt fate and put it on trickle charge instead !!

Interesting !! This is news to me and I'll take your advice...due to the long 'summer' days I have been running without lights for most of the time, so I'll give the side lights trick a go. Thanks

Thanks Rob; battery is a replacement as the previous one had a 'catastrophic' failure totally losing its ability to hold any charge. Alternator is a good 'un, so the trial and error approach may be the next step. What joy