thebigfelly

cheers alistair, gf trying to convince me to sell it and save the £240 petrol costs each month , said id rather getthe bus and use it at the weekends than sell it lol but nice to know how a subaru shld feel when handling properly

as some of you might know ,not had the best of luck with my motor since day one , but today it is finaly resolved , been back and forward to ra motorsport in perth since december where i got a free winter check , its a lil bit of a drive up to RA MOTORSPORT from where i am in edinburgh aout an hour roughly but nice solid bypass driving and im used to going up to dundee anyway so wasnt too much hassle , anyway cant praise andy and the lads up at ra motorsport , very helpful ,very imformative, no bulls##t and doesnt think about how much money he can pocket , worked round dates and times that suited me even though hes been super busy , very punctual in keeping in touch regualry and replyed to emails straight away when i asked questions or tried organising things . as some may know from the shows i attended last year , the rear passenger wheel was goosed and stuck straight out, well on the winter check when i first took it in andy and the mechanics noticed it and checked it all not in depth tho as it was just a winter check it was in for , topped up a cpl fluids and noticed a wireing problem that they sorted aswel, done a good look over on the wheel and we arranged a date after xmas to get it properly booked in and looked at , took it up last week got it on the ramp, wheel off , had a good look at it checked everything over thoroughly showed me what was wrng and where , tried on a spare strut he had sitin there , and the nearly straightened the wheel up , my strut i had was bent like a banana, the hub was slightly bent and bearings were goosed aswel, let me drive away with the spare strut he had without payin a penny, and ordered up a new hub and con rods , was back in today parts had arrived , new hub and con rods got fitted took it out on test drive everything is running mint , back in got all 4 wheel off and fitted my scoobyworld mudflaps for me aswel , guys done a fantastic job , andy is very helpful guy and trusting to let me drive away with the spare strut until i got the other parts in, always offering a cuppa and sumthin from the sandwhich van if i wanted which im gona have to take him up on the offer next time ,the banter wi him and lads and some of the storys made me laugh and the time pass quickly , and like i said didnt think of his own pocket when sorting me out , offered advice and opinions on various ideas i had as to what road i wana take the car down for modding , would recomend him and the lads up there to anyone even if you just try for yourself once and it was worth the drive up , been a few years since i had service as good as that .

never knew u had o declare decals as a mod . ooops

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/96-jeep-cherokee-need-opinions-1149721/

aye saw that aswel, theres a cpl more linked with it on youtube itsef and even a cpl vids wi scoobs doing the same , gutting for the car owner like

id be up for it , done a few of the race experiences up there in a variety of the cars but never the rally one , depending on price and when id defo be up for it

yeah blockade id agree with too , best time to do it now, block the docks where all this salt for the roads is getting dropped off, no salt for the gritters , mass public complaints about frozen road , what a good time to do it

just going through some pics on ra motor sports page and theres some nice cars on there, im particulary like this black scoob http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=192296894117288&set=a.147688971911414.28455.112824655397846

**** yeah he did it , shld have seen him turn up at the falkirk wheel meet , had a few of us wondering what the wife and kids were strapped into when you looked in the window lol

lol probably cheaper to import it in bulk to the island

ok now to add to the issues, folks got home got a jump start from the old man and as soon as the engine stated the engine mangement light came on ( ahhh my old freind if youve seen my posts from when i first got the car lol ) so ive jump started the car before and the light never came on and that was like 6months ago . so why wld it come on this time ,wasnt on before the batery died any ideas why itd come on after the jump start ?

gutting stat to the day/new year wi the scoob already - got scoobyworld mudflaps for xmas from the missus (she knows me well) and took the car over to the parents driveway while they went out to fit them, also tok off front grill cause i noticed something i wanted to ask you fine folks but back to that in a min, neway get all the parts from the pack out and organised into piles and groups (bit anal retentive ) and then procede to stick the sti decals to the flaps , afterwards jack the car up take off all the wheel nuts on the first wheel get to the secure bolt and when i go to remove that the socket doesnt grip the bolt , folks are away and the old man has the socket set in the car proced to put all nuts back on lower car down and just as ive tidyed up put everything away go to start the car and the battery is dead :( so now whave to wait for the parental units to get home to i can hook the scoob up to the old mans car wi the jump leads :( very bad start to the new year gutted and no mud flaps fitted . now for the paint question ,---- looking through the grill i see these parts and wonder what paint i can use to put them back to being black again.

just wana say hope every has a good christmas and they get to where ever their going safely ( in a scoob shldnt be a problem) or if family is coming to them then hope they have a safe journey ,all the best for the new year too. wee prayer - dear heavenly Spirit. Thank you for direct-port nitrous injection, four-core intercoolers, ball-bearing turbos, and titanium valve springs. Amen and one last note , thanks to all who have made me feel welcome in the club at the meets/events ,offered help and offered their advice , made me laugh with the banter and gave me some good memorys ,hope to make more events and meets in 2011 and to have lots more good times !!!!!

defo brown trouser moment ,as soon as i saw that lorry turn my first thot was id be pushing the break pedal as hard as i cld and through the floor ,out the bottom of the car and into the tarmac , never even thot about turning left and slowing down

cld be intresting especialy if working in town or going out on the town parking spaces always ahrd to find and place to tinker on the car when needed

dnt think dent devils covers edinburgh tho , not that i cld find on their page neway

lol need to fill up but im in edinburgh haha

duno him as such he just stays in one of the flats above me , he did say if there was damage to let him know, so ive left a note in the stair well imforming him of it , just dnt wana have to go through insurance, just wana get it done cheap and quickly , like i get it fixed and giv him the bill , and he coughs up the cash

what kind of costs am i lookin at rig? its not a severe dent just the bit of the front wing that meets the bumper is dented in and possible small round dent too where his bumper has hit, wana try avoiding an insurance jobbie as i already claimed for the new windsheild on it also think there might be a crack in the paint on the wheel arch where it meets the bumper but i can get that fixed later

update got torch out washed down wing and theres a nice dent in it right on the wheel arch , guys away now so cant say nethin to him , and still pissed off p.s anyone know anybody good for getting dents out thats cheap?

sittin here browsing the form and suddenly here the scoob alram going of, seein how theres been a spate of thefts round my wee area i nash quickly to chuck on the trainers and get my a$$ out there as soon asap. to find the neighbours car sitting in middle of car park engine running and and him walking towards me say " sorry mate ive just clipped the side of your car with my rover mg , i didnt see it as i was reversing out my space" - TO BE FAIR ITS NOT LIKE ITS UNDER THE STREET LIGHT IN BLUE WITH BIG YELLOW DECALS ON THE SIDE..ohh wait it is how the **** can he miss it? and not use his rear mirror , its not like its moved from the same spot in over a year and its not like you have to walk past it to get to any of the other cars so u notice its there before you even get to another car grrr neway says hes hit it on the front wing but due to it being late at night and the amount of muck on it from the roads cant see any damage and hopefully there isnt any ,, still doesnt mean im not pissed of tho will be getting a fll check and wash the mora , guy may wake to find his tyres slashed grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wonder if it counts on car thats been modded then unmodded cause the stupid fecker that modded it in the first place cocked up and left me without a car for nearly 6months while it all got put bk to normal lmao

wondered if i cld get this done even tho i didnt purchase the car originaly and im like the 4th/5th owner hmm, maybe worth phoning up nobles and askin them

YEAH WAS IN THE SUN ON DEC 2ND , THING ABOUT AWKWARD FAMILY PHOTO'S, (oops caps) at christmas, i took a pic on my phone and uploaded but looked crap , so took the page to show at next meet/club event , but then thot cld be a while so looked for it online and found it . WELSHO - well done only one to name so far and your thinking what i did when i saw it . lol

even more so you get a better idea when you click on the image for zoom in , bit more clear at that point ,