MarkJHarris

Possibly idle gossip, but the chap behind the counter at the Milestone told me Manx Petroleum are thinknig of stopping importing Vpower. They may be planning to brew the stuff up locally from normal unleaded instead. Anyone know anyone from MP to talk to to get assurances if this happens the stuff will be at least as good as what we have now? My baby doesn't like to drink crap!

Only tip I can help with is get your V power at the Milestone on Peel Road like the rest of us....Welcome by the way.

Reds. Wooden feel when cold, noisy when used hard and fade within seconds. I'll be putting a set of Brembo pads in after pay day, that's for sure.

Yes. I've bought it locally. Reasonable condition ish. Just got the paintwork tidied up and ordered some new tyres for it. Don't like the big exhaust and wild remap so may have to go across and get it done unless anyone local has ecutek software and leads handy....

Great news. Even though my insurance co and I are having a bit of a disagreement on valuation, I've managed to buy another impreza, this time silver and without the big back wing! Little more discreet this time. I'll try to avoid icy mornings from now on! This one has a better chance though, DCCD and front LSD may make all the difference! Not many Spec Ds about so you shouldn't miss me, then again that's the whole point of them I guess. I still think the Blobeye looks nicer than the Hawkeye but I do fancy the extra soundproofing and leather, sweet.

Well, What a month that was. Car ran perfectly on the F1 Goodyears, they really transformed in in the wet. Had a few runs over the Slock and fell completely in love with the car.... ...then came the fateful morning of Feb 4th and after encountering black ice next to the airport, (while inside the speed limit and driving gently I might stress) I ended up broadsiding a lampost and burying it in the hedge. If you go past and see the work to put a new post in, that was me that was! News is it's a write off, damn shame for such a mint car. It was totally standard, exhaust, engine, interior, everything. Bugger! Hopefully get another soon. News soon. End of thread then.

I'm usually Douglas to the airport most days hence not crossing paths. I must find a dyno somewhere because my sti doesn't feel very quick- that'll teach me to put a standard cat and back box back onto it. Has to be quiet unfortunately, close etiquete what with going to work at 5am some days..

Yes too cold indeed. Plus the big road seems to be closed a lot recently. six days just to reply to you....says it all. I'd love to meet up some time, getting most scooby owners to even wave is like pulling teeth round here. Miserable lot.

Just bored a bit. I tend to log on to wind down after work and considering just how many scoobies I see every day, there must be loads of members about. How many tend to turn up to meets on the Island? Having only had mine for a few weeks, I've not managed to attend one yet. Ian at P.A.C.E. has it right now to look over and set it up for me, so it's a few days with the Vectra for me. Still, the weather's safe for it now. Mark.

Anybody about? I know the weather is vile, and we're all having fun using the AWD on our cars to it's best advantage, but is this section usually so quiet?

Thanks Dave. I read on another site that you can disconnect the battery and pump the brake pedal to draw down residual coltage in the ECU and clear it's RAM that way. You know it's done it when it takes longer to start and cranks over for a few seconds after re-connecting. Not tried it yet. Set of Eagle F1 going on hopefully Friday. That should get rid of the awful plastic Federals that are giving it a noisy and slippy time right now. Nice to meet you BTW. Sticker prices are a bit silly really, so I'll get reps made up. Won't need them until spring when I cover the fog lights up. Thanks again. Mark.

Daft Question. Now I've had the car a couple of days, is it normal for Scooby Drivers to wave at each other? I only ask because I do wave at oncoming Scoobies, mainly as a habit I picked up as a biker, but most of the miserable sods don't or won't acknowledge it at all. I wonder, is there any classic/Newage bias at all? A white Classic STi I have seen a few times, seems to blank me, but the few Newage drivers i've seen all wave back. Maybe he's just a miserable sod. The fog lights went in yesterday. Took all of 10 minutes. Excellent. I can swap the covers over when needed so you'd never know they were in place in summer. Well done Subaru. Final question. Is there an easy way to make sure the ECU resets when it's had some chep fuel in? I put Vpower in today and want to make sure it can make use of it. It does sound better than the Total 97 oct stuff already. Thanks for bearing with me. Mark.

Thanks. Well, good news is the gaskets and back box turned up and Ocean Ford delivered it to me yesterday. Nice and quiet, just what I wanted. I must admit, the car does feel a lot more docile with the standard exhaust, and has me wondering about putting the front de-cat back on, but I'll leave it for now and get used to the car as is for a bit. Weird how it pushes on in slow corners, like junctions, but cold tyres and muddy junctions must be to blame. I fitted the front fogs I got from a breakers for £75 all in today. Took all of 15 minutes in total. So, Blue STi with front fogs, 146 F**, Gov.Hill. I'll try to wave as often as I can.

Damn right I do! I'm like a dog with two peckers at the moment. Can't wait to get my hands on it. Scoobies here, scoobies there, scoobies everywhere...except on my drive. Boo Hoo. Can someone tell me about turbo to downpipe gaskets... I know the O.E. one is different to that used when you put a de-cat pipe on, but how so? And how easy is it to get another De-cat gasket without knowing the make of de-cat downpipe?

Thanks for the welcome. I still haven't taken delivery of it yet...quite frustrating. The deal included putting a standard exhaust back on, as I want it quiet as I go to work VERY early in the morning. The original front Cat and dump valve came with the car, but not the back box. Currently it's sat in Ocean Ford's back yard waiting for the turbo to downpipe gasket and a new back box which is back order from Subaru Japan. The old gasket's no good so they can't even put the decat pipe and chavvy Cherry bomb back box on again. I've already got a set of fog lights and surrounds from a breakers in Norwich, and they had a good back box too, but Ocean want to use new parts....nice of them. Wave when you see me, it's a WR Blue Sti Blobeye, 03, O.E. gold split five spokes, with front fogs, a chrome standard STi logo back box and reg is 146-F** Fat old Bald git up front and tinted rear and back glass. (It's a pain to get off apparently!) Mark.

Thanks guys. I only took it for a quick test drive before committing.....I had an SLK before and after selling that I've run a crappy old Vectra for a fw months, but I've had this feeling in the back of my head that I couldn't shake, the need for a really dynamic car that I can grab by teh scruff of the neck and throw along the back roads. Before the SLK, (don't ask, but it drove beautifully if sedately) I had a Saxo VTS, which nearly did the trick, apart from costing a fortune to put into standard clean condition and always feeling like it was seconds from either blowing up or falling apart. The Scooby will definitely be an addiction. I wanted the exhaust standard as I don't like to advertise myself much, well, too much and like music so want a nice stereo to replace that crap standard Subaru thing. Just a question, I've heard all sorts about the headlights, are they really that bad? Does the STi have the wiring in place for fog lights already? Might get the driving light kit but not sure for now. Thanks for the welcome. I drove down to the airport yesterday and saw 5 imprezas going the other way towards Douglas. a Red classic five door, a 2.5 WRX and a pair of white classic STis split by another red WRX or something like it....was it a meet or just normal? Clearly I'm looking more now I've decided to join you..... See you about. Look for 146FMN a Blobeye WR blue STi, standard gold wheels and mint condition (hope to keep it that way!)

Hi all! I finally answered the call of nature and bought my first scooby-doo. I get it next week. 03 blobeye, wr blue. The one on Ocean Ford's ad actually. Drives perfectly, although I'm putting a standard exhaust back on for now- the cheapo back box deafens you inside otherwise. Why is it the Island is so full of Imprezas? Classics Everywhere. See you about soon. Mark.