mattlong

Thanks for adding that link. Knew it had to be on here somewhere. Think colour coded the way forward. Painted mine red to match the brake calipers but was way too much.

Stumbled across a great way to refurbish or create an individual look on your Subaru Grille badge when playing around with my 1998 classic today. This is probably an old trick to some but I couldn't find a reference to it here so thought i'd post it. My front grille badge has suffered a massive stone chip so I've decided to replace it. Got around to removing it today and suddenly remembered something I had read in a Ford magazine many years ago. It was a bit of a craze in the 1990's to colour your ford badges in different colours so I decided to see if the same method would work on the classic scoob badge. All you need to do is this: Carefully remove the badge from the grille. It's held in with a kind of double sided sticky tape stuff so be careful not to crack your badge as you lever it out of it's recess. Then carefully sand the back of the badge with fine grit sand paper. (Don't use a dremel multi-tool as I did to start, it melted the plastic!) As you sand you will notice that you can start to see light through the badge as you sand down. At this stage switch to wet and dry paper with plenty of fresh water. You will find that the chrome effect stars stay in place but the black background has turned transparent. Once you are happy with transparency then wash and dry the badge before brushing or spraying on the colour(s) of choice. Hey presto! one customised badge! You could experiment by sanding the stars out as well and spraying them one colour, before sanding again to add the backing colour. It's up to you! Bet some of you try it!

Major screw up at work has meant i'm unable to make it. Absolutely gutted! Hope you all have a great time and make jake's day. So sorry for having to bail at the last minute. So gutted!!

Will add my limited edition 1998 wrc scalextric car to the fleet too. Been my pride and joy since I was 15. Never raced or rallied. Haha. Pics to follow.

Can't wait for this. It's going to be awesome. Going to spend saturday getting the green machine polished up. Will happily be the one to give him a spin in a classic

Fantastic idea. Can't believe how everyone rallying around for this. It's amazing! Definately count me in with my classic turbo 2000!

The comment left by stum450n is spot on.....sounds like a fiesta! Like the nasty old pushrod engine on a cold day. Definately tappets I would have thought.

Actually I find the scoob not that bad on fuel, considering what it is and what it's capable of. First thing I noticed about my classic was the fact that the fuel tank seems so small so I guess it is in the mind because you are visiting the fuel station quite often. Secondly, lets not forget these are relatively heavy family sized cars with permanent four wheel drive. The drag and mass of the vehicle isn't going to help the fuel economy. Put alongside other "4x4" vehicles the mpg isn't that different. Thirdly, you drive it like a nutter, it's going to cost you! just done a 60 mile round trip with the windows open and the fuel guage has barely moved. Be gentle with the throttle and don't rev above 3000rpm and it does okay. Finally, who buys a Subaru Impreza if they worry about fuel economy? Worried about fuel economy.....buy a diesel. Want a fast family car that has puts a massive smile on your face every day......buy a subaru and accept that its going to cost more to run than your average ford mondeo. I'm certainly not going to let the rise in fuel prices spoil my enjoyment.

I was polishing my green classic turbo 2000 in the glorious sunshine yesterday and suddenly noticed what a lovely colour it can be. Not really green but almost with a turquoise/blue shimmer to it. Made me think and it seems to me that the green classics are very unappreciated. Everyone lusts after the blues, silvers, blacks and whites and completely disregard the simple green. Mark my words, one day the other colours of classics will be gone. Either rusted, rolled or modified to death. Then the simple greens that have been cherished, respected and used carefully will have their moment. Seen it too often with cars such as the mk1 and 2 escorts. You couldnt sell a 4door shell 10 years ago as it wasn't as popular as a 2 door. Now you struggle to find an affordable 4 door as everyone finally wants them due to the 2 door shortage. I'm hanging on to my green classic with pride. Makes me happy now and one day will be a sought after machine...I hope. How about posting here your photos of green scoobys and showing off what is essentially a very underated colour on a very amazing car. To get the ball rolling, my classic turbo 2000:

I'm a driving instructor and I have an Impreza Turbo........... ......my learners have to drive this though.... Would you trust a learner with your subaru? haha

Welcome to the forum! lovely looking blobeye. Not too far from you, just up the heads of the valleys road in brynmawr.

welcome to the club too! Glad you like my scoob, thanks for the comments! I'm insured with admiral on a multi car policy with my wife's car. Worked out at about £500 for the scoob with us both driving (I'm 28, she is 29) worth a look online.

Now a paid up member!

Admiral multicar policy is the best I found. Im 28, the wife is 29. I've 9years no claims, wife none. I've never crashed, she has and for us both to drive my 1998 classic scoob and her renault modus thing it costs £1000 a year. That's even with them both kept on the street! (I found that telling them it was on the street made the insurance CHEAPER than saying it's in the garage. Logic please?!) Get your quote online and then when they ring you (usually next day) haggle like crazy. Excesses not too bad (£150 theft excess) courtesy car, protected no claims, legal cover etc etc. The multi car bit is great because as somebody already said your cars can start on different dates at no extra cost. They just work out your premium based on the first car to come to policy being 365days of cover and whatever cars come after based on how many days cover they require within those 365days. As for no claims bonus, I did question the salesman about whether my 9 years ncb could be applied to both cars, not just the scoob, and he did say it's something they can do in certain circumstances. Think the fact my wife had a claim against her meant we couldn't. Always worth asking! I'm usually a fan of direct line but after being a "valued customer" for four years they wanted £800 just for the diesel modus! A £300 rise over last year! Good luck.....it's a minefield out there and I'm sure they just pluck numbers out of the air!