micra_wrc

looks nice but what does it do?

lookin good with the standard headlights and de-tango

what a string of bad luck plus point....... think of the money you've saved on labour, sounds like you know what you're doing

how windy was it up there, my eyes were streaming all day great to catch up with the regulars (esp. Rosie the "lime" lady lol, good to see you love) and got chatting to a few new folk. must say it felt weird that the pit lane was closed, made it more difficult to meet folk. also took me ages to place names with faces and names with cars, its been that long since everyone has been out i think JohnS said that there were more imprezas on track than Lotuses today hope those that had car problems get them sorted without too much expense

yes the original plan was that the £10 paid for being a Scottish Scoobies Supporter will be released by Phil back into the region for the Santa Cruise runs at Christmas. believe that Ally tried to get this done for Glasgow's Santa Cruise 08 but it didnt happen. i think that we should try and get this sorted for 2009, as that money has been designed for us (ie Scottish Scoobies) to use for charitable causes. Perhaps one of the ROs can follow this up and see how much money is in the pot so far...

sorry to hear that, hope you get it fixed without too much heartache

i like the pictures to me they are nice to look at, the car stands out and is something different. I dont have a clue about HDR, composition, shadows etc but the experienced photographers on here obviously "get it". does it really matter that they dont like it or feel that its overly manipulated or have pointed out things that show its overly touched up? From George's original post he seemed quite pleased with it and seems to be taking the comments in good spirit also, I've noticed that us non-photographers have already started saying "taken on a camera phone/digital camera so excuse the quality of the pics" when posting up pics, which is a shame as we feel we need to excuse the quality of our pictures given that there are so many great photographers on here with the proper gear and have the passion/patience/money to learn the art so perhaps you pros can spare a thought for us mere mortals with no photography skill at all

if i see them in time then i always wave to imprezas most of them seem to wave back, and i always have a chuckle when i see their female passenger give their bloke a slap on the arm and say "why is that girl waving at you?"

Imy (micra_wrc) and Grant (Squiggle) my car - STi Type RA V-Ltd his car - Fat Banana Type R

glad to help let us know if you try the "wine gum" idea, i'm a bit skeptical about that one

looks good Cal, fog light cover and mud flaps go well. i liked the silver 17s too, the gold looks a bit lonely in a car so clean and silver... here's an idea and probably a scottish scoobies first......... what about RE-tangoeing the lights, add a splash of yellow to match the gold wheels?

shelly, love the new spoiler and was it "buy one get one half price" on the alloys?!

good stuff, there's a lot of advice and experiences on here look out particularly for the "how do I..." threads that are started by Welsho, he seems to have modded everything on his scoob, and entertained us while doing so

nightmare cant help you with suggestions of where to go but hope you get it sorted without too much grief

1. John St's coilovers 2. Playsatans Gearbox 3. Squiggle's bodykit off the fat banana!! 4. PlaySatans Gearbox (after I fight off Grant for it!) 5. Welsho's pink anti roll bar

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 (plus ensure you wear Cat boots far better that way!!!!) 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[+o(] 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 jelious! 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

are we talking about the same fella? good write up, George certainly knows his stuff and has helped a lot of members out in the past, including me

Give Greenlight a shout too. Click heere for a dedicated Insurance section over on Scoobynet, with advice and contact details. there may be someone in a similar situation. hope you get some sorted soon Stewart.

och not good. might be worth getting one of the bright yellow handbrake lock or steering locks, just a visual deterrant and an extra line of security. are you able to park the car somewhere you can see it when you're inside work?

omg how embarrassed must you be! if this is genuine then fair enough, no hard feelings

hey thats not bad min do the wheels turn? and did you make vroom vroom noises when you finished building it?

John, sorry to see the damage to your car. Hope you get it sorted quickly and with little hassle. I'm pretty sure you would have got some happy and reliable volunteers on here if you were looking for a car sitter. as for camcq, I find it really really difficult to understand your reply so I've translated it into english and added some punctuation for you. Please use normal english, it helps us read what you write and perhaps know what you are on about.... before you get a slating from the regulars. my car has already had its rear end done in as I regularly go off the road after I give my car a good thrashing, as I think my car is replaceable. the speed bumps in the Falkirk retail park do not slow me down, they might as well not exist [its difficult to interpret the first bit but this is what i think the rest says] blah blah blah yes things can go wrong, people can crash your car when you give it to them to look after it but its my problem, as sh!t happens its only a car, mine costs less than £200. why get upset?

this thread HERE

the first pic was at one of those Westmoreland Farm shop services the next 2 stationary ones were taken at Charnock Richards

shuddup, it was cold <brrr> plus the vent on the passenger side is replaced with a bar from the roll cage that went down to the floor, and there was a draft coming in over my left leg!