Joeshoey

Sorry mate. I've reread all the posts and don't see the relevance of a car parked in the garage at home. I thought you hit someone in a car park, caused no damage and a month later went to the police to report the incident and whilst there the police noticed your car wasn't taxed. But then you say it was taxed and talk about insurance of a SORNd vehicle. Not sure what you're asking help for now?

Blimey, with that paint job I'm surprised I haven't seen it from London. Very eye catching:) This will tell you what bhp you have http://www.subaru-impreza.org/forum/technical-general/18185-impreza-applied-model-engine-codes.html I'm a month into my first Impreza ownership. I told myself theeres no need to modify it, it's fast enough, but having seen your interior............... I like

Pnar, pnar

WTF??? Find another policeman to report it to. And tax your car first

If its the 80 years that's important, how about an 80 year old bottle of port or wine? http://www.vintagewinegifts.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?RANDOM=NETQUOTEVAR%3ARANDOM&PAGE=SEARCH&TB=A&PR=-1&S_year1_0=1932&S_region1_1=&S_drink1_2=&GB=A&ACTION.x=26&ACTION.y=16&ACTION=Search

I think it depends on your regime. If you dry it afterwards and polish it well that will protect it from corrosion. If you don't then, well, it's made of metal and will rust. As for your girlfriend. It's a window into the soul tell her. You're showing pride in appearance. just like when she puts make up on to go to work [Joe runs for cover ]

Fight it all the way. Sounds dodgy to me.

Hiya

Sounds like a slipping clutch or a heavy right foot on a powerful car? Not mechanically minded myself and used to two wheel problems but...... On bikes the wrong sort of oil can cause clutch slip, could this be the case for you?

Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far southwest of Queensland). Dear Mum & Dad, I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil that the Army is better than workin' on the station - tell them to get in bloody quick smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But I like sleeping in now, cuz all ya gotta do before brekky is make ya bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody horses to get in, no calves to feed, no troughs to clean - nothin'!! Yaz gotta shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and even a light to see what ya doing! At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo steaks or goanna stew like wot Mum makes. You don't get fed again until noon and by that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in the bullock paddock!! This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as a bloody dingo's arse and it don't move and it's not firing back at ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of p...!! You don't even load your own cartridges, they comes in little boxes, and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo shooting truck when you reload! Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do at home after the muster. Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight stone wringin' wet, but I fought him till the other blokes carried me off to the boozer. I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick before word gets around how bloody good it is. Your loving daughter, Susan

Watcha

That reminds me of an overtake I still shudder to remember. I was in my Skyline on Long Furlong at the back of Worthing in Sussex. The road is a two mile long left hand bend at the bottom of a steep hill. You can see all round the bend across the valley. I came up to a long line of about twenty cars trawling along at about twenty miles an hour behind some berk. As it was clear all the way to the end of the valley I overtook them all in one go getting up to about 100 mph just to clear them in good time. It wasn't till I got to the front of the queue that I noticed that "the berk" was a hearse with a funeral procession behind it

Not too shabby after a wash. The car scrubs up too. If you squint it's got a bit of a private plate. I've helped you out a bit with paint. [ img]http://

I'll take you word for it. Just working out how to post pictures up of my car

Nice car. Small hands or big exhaust?

I find that too. My tactic is to drop back and then ambush them on the next overtaking opportunity with a good run up and a swoop past. Then I slow down to the speed limit and creep away from them.

Hi and welcome aboard the forum. Having a turbo is not the be all and end all. You will notice a significant difference in going from 1.4 to 2.0 anyway. As for insurance, well, it didn't get significantly cheaper when I hit thirty, or forty. Maybe if I reach fifty SAGA will give me a good deal on a Matiz, but I doubt it. You have to have it, but be sensible about it. It really is no point having insurance so high that you pay for the car again in three years. And you've got to have something to aim at, getting the GX will be a stepping stone. Good luck, test drive a few cars and drive safe

Btw. Is this the Scottish impreza drivers club or what.

You're all just big softies on this forum aren't you? I was worried you'd all be wearing baseball caps the wrong was round and boasting about how fast you've gone. Nice to be wrong sometimes.

Hi, fairly new myself, but already learning loads from others here. It's not what you've got it's how you drive it. Stay safe and enjoy

Thanks FMJ. You've convinced me. If your sump leaks - take it to a garage

I'm not allergic to spanners, they are to me! I once scratched my bike petrol tank with a spanner putting on crash bars to protect the tank from damage in a spill! Thanks for your help. I'll get hunting.

Also this one: http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/wrx.html Which tends to say for yours G - Impreza C - Saloon (sedan) 8 - 2.0 L Turbo D - MY97 L - not sure, could it be a 2 to mean 2 door 8 - WRX D - Manual gearbox

Hi, I'm fairly new too. I found this post really helpful in finding my car. http://www.subaru-impreza.org/forum/technical-general/18185-impreza-applied-model-engine-codes.html

Thanks for the reply Well on the service history bit I've lucked in. It came with full service history which shows it has been regularly serviced to Subaru intervals. The last five years by an outfit called Roger Clark Motorsport It's got 98000 miles on it. Funny you should mention the brakes. They're shocking! I live only three miles away from Abbey Motorsport who, although they are a Skyline specialist, have given it the once over. They recommend new disc and pads all round and a back box. Currently tossing up between black diamond (thinking ahead to black wheels to match the body) or DBA recommended by Abbey for discs and Janspeed exhaust just because I had one on a Calibra many years ago and it was OK. The calipers though are covered in rust as the car had sat in a field for a year. Do i have to change them at the same time as the discs? I was planning on wirewooling and painting them instead of replacing.