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Hope they're both alright most importantly. What direction was that headed? Know the 876 but can't think what part is in the picture.

You might see me up and down the 74 too. Black 54 plate with a carbon rear wing. Hard to miss. Especially if I'm in noisy mode too. You'll hear me well before you see me.

Marty - I went asking for answers twice and came away with nothing both times, but basically it's got a LOT worse in the last 2 days and I went looking a few months ago. Before it was just notchy going into 3rd, and the vibration in 3 and 5 as described. This isn't a thread bashing greers because honestly the notchy into 3rd was one in 10 changes sort of thing, and the vibration to them sounded like it was coming from behind the dash somewhere and I just never traced it. In some ways I'm now looking for the right questions before getting to the answer as obviously something was wrong and I should have followed my instincts earlier. The car is now consigned to the driveway for the moment. If Alan's offer still stands then we'll (I mean him of course) get a look at the linkage and that will either be that, or it will confirm the box needs to be cracked open.

Okay - so tested the movement of the stick in fifth and the result is: nada, zilch, zip, heeeeeeehawwwwww. No more movement than normally seen. Alan said linkage straight away last night and described (in technicolor) the workings of it and where he thought it might be broken. Going back to the whole arc thing - basically with the box in neutral and everything ok I get movement all the way to the left and right, but should I go right then go back left it centres itself and basically wont go much further. At that point 2nd is usually reachable with a bit of pressure, 4th and reverse are cool, but 1-3-5 wont go at all. However, once I get 2nd I can then get 1st again!

Good luck Craig. Can't make it up mate, but I'll be there in spirit.

I'm sure Ally will post up details later as he's speaking to the Police, but I'm thinking Happendon services for those coming up the M74. Big car park and not far from Lanark. I'll certainly put myself forward to go down and lead a convoy of people from there. Car permitting!

I must say that I've never had it slip out of 5th on me. But I can't say I find myself driving along in 5th then suddenly cutting the throttle. It's just a cruising gear for me really, so easy on and off usually. If I can get 5th tonight Chris then I'll certainly look and see if there is excessive travel on the gearstick whilst it's engaged and I come off the throttle. As Alan said last night I couldn't get fifth going up to his, and when in 4th I could only really downshift to 2nd as 3rd wasn't for it at all. I could only get 1st by getting 2nd first then going up.

The nut in question apparently. Seems to me after doing some reading up that this could be the issue indeed. Anyone know if it really is fixable with the gearbox in the car?

Could be Lusbot with the leggy?

Any idea what sort of price or part number for that Wuz? Another suggestion raised last night was the 5th gear retaining nut coming loose - anyone else heard of this?

Alan, many thanks for your time this evening. Very informative! Driving home I went via the Shell in thornliebank and then up the 77 and onto the new Bypass. Managed to get fifth no problems on the journey. The 3rd and 5th vibrations/rattles were certainly not present today, but I think we got more of a show from the box with the reluctance to get into 5th. The plan of action as Alan has said is to check the linkage, but whilst we're in about the box to do an oil change anyway. For the sake of £40-50 it's well worth just doing it now and not wonder about it later on. So what Oil is the question - CRX 75W90 as WUZ said?

Always fancied one myself, but like you the price is just too steep. I've seen a few places doing it - AS Performance springs to mind. Try some of the American websites like Vivid racing or Rally Sport Direct too as they might be cheaper.

It's a 2.3 4 banger, but it's not a 4G or 4B mitsubishi engine.

Dave, the directory on the main website will be getting populated with lots more offers. I've just been a bit short of time the last few weeks to get it all rattled in. Basically it will turn into a big list of all the dealers, specialists, websites, other clubs etc. etc. and whether or not they offer discounts etc.

Toyota already own a fair chunk of FHI. It's been on the books for a while now that they're prime for gobbling up the rest of Subaru.

Dave, signup to posting = almost instant now. As membership and forums are integrated you will have your account changed to be a member automagically.

Laugh now - but the Mazda beats the previous WRX in the same tests!

The Terzo page was a bit weird wasn't it! I never realised they were known as Terzo 3, just Terzo. Didn't think the engine was anything different either. So after having a bit more of a look through it - great package, some good articles in places, some maybe not so much. Will need to do some more reading, but I'd say a promising first issue.

Been thumbing through the mag a bit and it looks good. Once I finish my subie sport off I'll read the articles further. Looks like 2 good Subaru mags to get now.

Lucky man Andy. Why not buy both?

I didn't claim that my shot was better, just that it was an official shot. The spy shot might not even be the standard STI. Who's to say it's not a mule for a spec c or RA, or even for some sort of touring car entry? You'll also have seen these undisguised road shots I take it - http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/19/spy-sho...ti-on-the-road/

In all honesty - growing on me. The 06 I detested on its unveiling, but the front end slowly started to appeal to me. I'm looking forward to seeing a 2008 in the flesh to really make up my mind, but I think it's got a bit more of a sleeper feel to it. Having read some reviews of the new WRX there seems to be a general concesus of opinion that it's one damn capable car with a lot of improvements to be seen in terms of space and comfort. Performance too - although the US spec WRX is still running a 2.5 with a TD04 they are seeing good numbers. It uses a revised housing which sees better flow. 270lb/ft was seen on a car with JUST a very quick remap using a very beta bit of mapping technology. The STI test mule on the ring certainly looked like VERY capable.

The Internet The main website for the club is going to be a great source for Scooby news, just trying to get a bit of momentum going! Plus I want a test drive in one to do a review Anyway - to the spy shots. Anyone notice the size of the front brakes? 6 pots?

Oh lads? I can go you one better than a Spy shot - http://www.sidc.co.uk/index.php?option=com...70&Itemid=1 Remember where you read it first.

Interesting Brian. Do you know what the exact issues were? Did it start happening after a specific event, ie. a service where they might have changed the oil. I'm not going to lie and say that the gearbox has been wrapped in Cotton wool for 3 years, because everyone knows I enjoy a bit of a track excursion now and again, and it's been to Crail...... But plenty of other folk are running stupid power on standard boxes without issue! I'm a heel and toe-er as well, which I would have thought put less stress on the box due to rev matching. I'm no Walter Rohrl like, but I do not bad at all. I'm going to go see Alan anyway as he's very kindly offered to have a look.