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Looks the absolute business! Brian.

Hey! Hatches are more subtle so need to be driven with more subtlety!

Looks superb - congrats - and look after her

I am insured through the IAM (need to be a member) - company is Adelaide Insurance Services (based in N.I.) - very good and were good value. Also very good service - not overseas and email everything to you so no waiting on paper all the time. All of this as a long time Elephant / Admiral customer but worth the move. Also Keith Michaels have done a great job quoting me several times too. Brian.

When I have had my cars insured with Elephant or Admiral I have always had Business Class 1 for no extra cost...

Shell Whitburn occasionally has V Power... Shell in West Calder or Tesco in Bathgate it is then!

Brilliant news - well done

Second that - they'll do a fabulous job for you Brian.

Sorry - as gbsti said, you need to be a paid up member to advertise. You'll see the info here: http://forums.sidc.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=extras&section=boardrules Brian.

Used both and both have been very good. I find the customer service much better at Ian Grieve's than Nobles - seems to depend on Colin's mood at reception at times in my experience at Nobles (sometimes seems more interested in the building firm he is involved in or whatever it was) - but that was a few years ago now. Both know what they are doing with the cars though. Brian.

According to Farmer Autocare my front pads have barely any life left - he laughed when I said my service was coming up in 2500 miles - I'd sort it then... Probably means there is 10k left on them, especially after only 14k of reasonably normal driving! May be looking for front pads shortly too. Brian

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 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 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 jealous! 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 67. Buy a 'Hatch' it's the way forward 68. Every time you look at your Subaru you will smile and be glad it's your car a feel good factor (not many cars give you that satisfaction) 69. Dont let you Wife/Girlfriend drive it or you might get it back looking different to how you last seen it. 70. Dont park your car in multi-story car parks or area's were there may be NED's hanging around as your car will either be stolen or vandalised!! 71. Buy a second car (Not a Scoob) so that when your Scoob breaks down you still have a car to drive about in 72. You will never tire of listening to the burble and will laugh like a small child when it pops, bangs and sets off car alarms 73. Folk that have sold their scoobs always seem to miss it when its gone. Learn from this and don't sell ! 74. Dont skimp when buying tyres .. can make a massive difference .. stick to for eg Toyo Proxes, Goodyear Excellence, Michelin Pilots etc.. none of yer Nankang, cheapy rubbish. 75.never buy a used subaru or any used car infact from evans halshaw, unless you like paying for it but never actualy owning it as its always sitting at the back of their garage getting fixed 76. Give it a wash and a hug every weekend. (stops it spitting you into a ditch) 77. Get your tyres and geometry checked out in the spring - its surprising how much they go out after hitting potholes after the winter 78. Play around with the C.DIFF, can make a big difference to the way the car drives/handles, personnally i like it open. 79. If you have a front splitter take it off in the winter......THE SNOW WILL KILL IT!!! 80. When parking in a supermarket car park, park taking up 2 spaces (park up the back of the car park if ye must) - this'll stop yer doors getting dinged 81. Spend money on a decent 4 wheel geometry set-up from a specialist (not a tyre depot!)

Nice big screw in the sidewall of one of my front tyres - unrepairable! They were doing well too at 14,000 miles! Now need to get at least a new pair for the front...or change the lot. Not expecting the expense now...typical. Brian

I am sure it's the standard £33k for the new one...just an upgrade I think. http://iangrievesubaru.co.uk/offers/sti-320r

I'd be much more likely to use Extreme Motorsport in Whitburn, who actually do specialise in Subaru and Mitsubishi, and have the gear for it!

Welcome along!

Great cars - and welcome

Hello Brian.

Quite interested to hear that. That's different to mine - my ECU was sent to Prodrive for 3 days as that was how it was being done, specific to the car - they must now have placed a map on an ECU for swapping...

Third Impreza for me too just now

I agree - I have added as much as I can from the Subaru options list to mine and it is a great all round car. One point on PPP - not sure if it is still available or if it can still be had? People will tell you there are better & cheaper options (and there are) BUT PPP protects your warranty and is dealer friendly in every way...(and often insurer friendly too). Brian.

Check the body services have been done or the body warranty is not valid any more. Brian.

Good luck with it Billy. Brian.

Welcome back

All the best to you Ian...hope the CD's were finished in time