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Only last week I thought about suspension mods and maybe a forged upgrade and stuff for the Hatch - but now hope I'll modify my hatch into a new car via trade in Still undecided what make or model, but it's between 3... I'm already excited!

Maaaan, I'm due away at work for this - my back-2-back is quitting so will need to see about messin around with my schedule for the new guy coming in so I can get it off!

It's a Maserati - it's has an "ice/snow" button but I'm nae convinced it'll work.

Just for the record... the car I might get them for is NOT A B.M.W.!!!!! There's no way I'd have a beemer in the family for the reasons shown in the picture lol - I'm almost as offended as if someone had suggested it was an effin Audi! My missus has an Italian V8 - but at least it means I can slag her off because I now have the more sensible car in the household Think I'll go for them - means she'll at least be able to either get hame from work or be able to reverse her car oot the drive to pinch mine for snow driving.

Impreza Jailed Linky!

Beemer? It iz not ein BMW! It's a coupe with 265/35ZR18 on the back. Don't want to put on winter wheels and tyres cos it'd look pish lol

Anybody here used snow socks before? Nae so much for the Scoob cos it does more than ok in the snow - more for the missus' car. She's gone and got herself a rear wheel drive car and I think she'll be grounded as soon as the first flake falls and she'll be nabbin my scoob if I'm awa at work! I've seen these snow sock things advertised. Are they a daily driver solution or just a "gets ye home" solution? There's a company Autosock that claim to be the daddy of snow socks (accept no imitations and all that guff) - but they don't do a size to fit her rear wheels. AutoSock Then there's Snocks who do the correct sizes - but the fitting video on their website is filmed in summer - the boys wearing shorts FFS! So reckon they might be cowboys? Snocks vid Fair bit of cash to shell out if they're cr4p, ye ken. Any opinions welcome! Ta!

Nice car!

Who's doing the refurb? Any chance of some before and after pics?

Nae sure of the exact car... but looks standard apart fae different alloys and the mudflaps. Pretty sure Brian Downie had one on his site recently, red hatch, with Eibach springs, HKS CA induction, zunsport grills, remap... but think it was cheaper? Nae sure of mileage though. Maybe yer friend could ask him to do some freebie upgrades into the deal? I had thought it was a bittie expensive - but thanks for posting the link - I just checked autotrader and found my hatch hasn't plummeted in value as much as I thought

Nae strictly a Subaru question - but hoping some of you guys can help. I bought a 2nd hand car just over a week ago - and a couple of days ago the brakes started making a grinding noise. Could this be a case of really bad luck on wear and tear, or could the garage have done something to make the brakes seem ok short term? I was driving and braking ok during my test drive. The car has brembo's and I'm imagining it's gonna need new pads all round, that winnae be cheap - hopefully not new discs too. Or am I just a big cynic? Thanks

Would luv'd to have come to this, itchin to get the hatch on a track, but stuck in the desert for another month

50mpg and 50sec 0-60? Nice lookin motor though

haha class! Wonder who would win a drag race between that Super-Lupo and this shed I saw ootside Halfords at Torry last week? Not satisfied with lettin you know it's a Skoda - backs it up with the big "Octavia" on the back window!

Gutted I missed this! Don't ask!!! Looks like lots of fun was had

Went to Autoecosse - thanks for recommendations. Didn't feel ripped off and friendly service! Said I'd been recommended from a forum and Graeme (I think his name was) said - "who was the recommendation from? Craig?" haha, so maybe ye'll get a freebie or something lol

I say SELL! PM me if ye decide to go that way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNnLNf0OZrE Car looks sweet too!

How did I know ye were gonna say that! Ach well, looks like I'll need to dig deep. Maybe for the best though cos am booked for a remap in July - service before that prob nae a bad thing.

Looks like good votes for Autoecosse - thanks! Now for a wee bit of advice please... I work away month on month off... car hardly gets a run when i'm away - so low mileage. However, Subaru service intervals also have the time duration thing. If I was to go with miles alone (20,000k) - I think all I'm due is a periodic oil change. However, if I go by time duration - car is almost 36 months old (equivalent service mileage 30k) and will be due a big-ass service with inspections on various parts. Do ye need to go with the time intervals for the service - or is mileage good enough. I check oil regularly - and it's never dropped since I got it. Will an oil change be enough or do I need to get the full whack one? <please nae the full whack een! haha>

My car's just broken through the 20k mile mark. Think that's 3,000 since I got it so gonna put her in for a service when I get hame from work. If you were me, with my 2008 Hatch... where would you take it? Lawrence of Kemnay? Autoecosse? or further afield like John R Weir or Ian Grieve to use my SIDC discount? I want to keep with subaru service stamps (prefereably approved) cos will likely trade in next year some time. Thaaaanks!

L of K did my new rear bumper and diffuser on insurance and did a fair job. The parts boy seemed a bit of a space cadet though, think i knew more about available optional extras than he did, and they never actually did order or fit the stainless rear bumper cover i asked them to on top of my insurance work. Will prob put my car there for my next service, but may try autoecosse. F**ked if i'm using almost 2 tanks of petrol like the last time i did a 6am run to Ian Grieves, sport # mode and silly speed haha

Have a great time folks!

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 jealous! 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) 69. Dont let you Wife/Girlfriend drive it or you might get it back looking different to how you last seen it. 70. Dont park your car in multi-story car parks or area's were there may be NED's hanging around as your car will either be stolen or vandalised!! 71. Buy a second car (Not a Scoob) so that when your Scoob breaks down you still have a car to drive about in 72. You will never tire of listening to the burble and will laugh like a small child when it pops, bangs and sets off car alarms 73. Folk that have sold their scoobs always seem to miss it when its gone. Learn from this and don't sell ! 74. Dont skimp when buying tyres .. can make a massive difference .. stick to for eg Toyo Proxes, Goodyear Excellence, Michelin Pilots etc.. none of yer Nankang, cheapy rubbish. 75.never buy a used subaru or any used car infact from evans halshaw, unless you like paying for it but never actualy owning it as its always sitting at the back of their garage getting fixed 76. Give it a wash and a hug every weekend. (stops it spitting you into a ditch) 77. Get your tyres and geometry checked out in the spring - its surprising how much they go out after hitting potholes after the winter 78. Play around with the C.DIFF, can make a big difference to the way the car drives/handles, personnally i like it open. 79. If you have a front splitter take it off in the winter......THE SNOW WILL KILL IT!!! 80. When parking in a supermarket car park, park taking up 2 spaces (park up the back of the car park if ye must) - this'll stop yer doors getting dinged