gus the bus

it didnae work!!!!

Might have done! how local yeah talking?

Aye scooby number 11! I tried the therapy but they said I was a lost cause

You know me too well Wheels, exhaust, rear spoiler coded flaps etc........... but definately NOT coilovers this time!

I pick it up a week on Saturday so, probably sometime between now and then Got my wheels picked already

Exactly Duncan! Knockhill and Forrestburn are not being ruled out (just bought a cage last week!) but I've got a few trips abroad this year so the budget may be restricted a tad Will certainly be out at a good few events and weekend runs tho

Ach, I know but I could spend ma pennies on much worse things

The RA is not going anywhere ever. Made that mistake when I sold Paul the 555. I was going to replace the bike but I've decided this year to make much more use of the RA and the TF

what a scunner! Hope you get it all sorted soon.

Cheers Bobby. Hopefully It will be soon

Early cars ( particularly imports) werent rated for tax on their emissions so Rd tax wise you should be £185 a year. This doesnt mean there isnt an emissions rating for the car which would be used in an MOT situation so unless you know a "friendly" MOT station it will need to the catted up for the MOT. Gus

looking very

Well, this week I have sold both motorbikes and the legacy Wasn't planning on selling the Legacy initially but was made an offer on the car so thought "turbo opportunity" so I've gone and got myself another Project Forester . A rather tidy and very standard 2002 Forester S turbo to do my "thang" to. tbh I was a bit P'd off when I had to change the Forester XTN when Mrs Buses old Saab bit the dust a year ago but I knew the opportunty would come round again! (just didnt think it would be this soon). Project RA is almost there too and will be rolling out shortly A few pics of my latest purchase

Sad!

neither would i if I was honest!!! ouch!!!! Oh sorry dear didnt see you behind me

thats never VBH in that picture!! is it!!? Canny be, she looks attractive

About bloody time Mr Dragon I've just about managed to keep my sanity over the last few months Glad you are back on the road

Two pennies well spent exactly the reason I would always change both . £100 aint a lot compared to £2500 for a new engine

Hutch, it will be hard to tell if it needs a tensioner until they take the belt off and see if there is any play or leakage. My Advice tho is its well worth getting both done at the same time regardless!!! Cheers Gus

1) Jonboywrx + Debs 2) Cruz104 3) Paul555sti 4) Scoobysailor and family 5) Bobby C 6) Maxxed_Ross 7) ryan_gwa 8) imy + grant 9) scooby222 10) Stubaroo + Lindsy + family 11) NKWRX+ Niall 12) STI Pretender 13)Windy1945 14) Midnight21 15) scoobyit 16) Higgy. will try and make it to this one. 17) empty heed 18) BigBev 19) Cullenmin 20) Shelly_Scooby newbie but I will be there 21) pmac (with new clutch!) + 3yr old car mad son 22) fivetide and family 23)billyboystoys biggrin.gif 24) Irish Al & Lyndsey 25) neill54 + my son luis 26) Jac 27) RS Grant 28) Melly Doo 29) Scoobymark + mark jnr 30) selkie + the ex leper 31) Fai17 32) Hoss (if i'm still at home) 33) Stuart, Michelle and Conor. 34) Karps 35) CRAIG D + Kenzie my son (only if sum1 speaks to me HAHAHA) 36) ScottyRB320 and the wee man 37) Corsa 38) BalliSTIc Sorry folks I'm out for Sunday. Will make the next one definately!!!!! RS Grant, neill54 is gonna bring those tyres for you bud

Minted! far better car imho!

Excellent stuff Fraser....

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!

Kiera, We got decent sized Scooby Doo's from ToysRus for the Lothians Santa Cruise the other year. Might be worth cheecking their website/shop. Gus