frodge

welcome to SIDC , hopefully you will get as much out of being a member as i have.

according to its number plate its either a wrx or wrx ra 1992 model , but without the model code it is difficult to tell . what does seem strange to me is the seller doesnt seem to know anything about it at all like transmission etc and it looks like they have put a front mount on and a bigger bonnet vent , anyway there you go.

i realise its an old thread but did you ever do it and was it worth it if you did!

i think you are quite right , you chose to buy subaru parts for the quality , otherwise you would av gone to halfords or the like , if they want to start 'economising' they need to see that it wont work and the customers will refuse to accept it , maybe then they will see the error of their ways and revert back to quality rather than quality after all it aint a fiesta 1.1 you are buyin bits for is it!

i have now found out that my car was the 291st type r to be built , the 84th sonic blue version (yet to be confirmed via another source) excluding any specials which may not have the usual chassis numbering , so i now would like to find out production dates , so if there is anyone out there who may know of any production lists then i would be interested to find out more. heres hoping

is there a list anywhere which tells you when a particular car was made and how many of them were made before yours , i ask because i would be interested to know more about my particular car , i know it is quite an early one but i dont know how early in the production run , not that it makes any difference as to its value it would just be interesting to find out all i can. i do have a book which gives production totals for domestic /export etc but it would only help if i could find out what number subaru gave the first impreza or what number the first type r was. i am sure i am on a hiding to nothing but it would be interesting to know hopefully someone out there may be able to help

i was thinking about doing something similar myself , am currently working in the states so am gonna do a bit of research into buying 2.5 block etc but dont know how many more bits i am gonna need !

a rose joint shouldnt rattle but it should allow movement , they are liable to wearing out as is anything but it shouldnt feel like the joint is loose

hello and welcome , if i had the money i would have one of those it is very nice , but still wouldnt sell the type r though am greedy that way!

bloody awfull , for me anyway , even my 5 year old think its 'rediculous' n i didnt know he knew what that word meant. i did wonder why the bonnet didnt fit well though , has something been shoehorned in?

thanks to all for the nice comments, am still enjoying the car , in fact , i flipping love it , av just fitted a knock sensor to the dash (just the leds) and am now looking to get the engine checked over as i have heard a knocking which is slightly concerning me , but finding a garage who knows what they are talking about seems to be the hardest!

i suspect the manufacturers know EXACTLY what they are doing and are getting rid of people like your local motor factors by making the parts easy to get hold off , like they need to , but the fitting by normal paople to difficult so as to fill the workshops.

yes i am on there i have had a couple of emails from people enquiring about wether i was looking still , which i aint but you never know so i leave it on , although it did take a while before i got my first email maybe something will come along?

i waited a lot of years till i could get one but always knew which model/colour etc i wanted . i ended up selling anything that wasnt strapped down to get it but it is definatly worth it , i might see if i can get to a track day this year so i can really see how it drives without worrying about oncoming traffic

i have introduced myself on here before on the normal forum when i first got the car , but i suppose it could have been advertised on here , i believe it used to live down south , portsmouth way and live down there since import . i will have to try and search and see if it comes up Edmundo , i am gonna try and see if i can come down in the car next time i visit swindon as i come down every now and again to visit relatives who live there , i used to live in westlea myself for 6 years so like visiting

Hi there all of you , after what i cant believe is such a long time i have finally got round to actually joining properly , i have just noticed i originally joined the forum in jan 2005 , almost feel guilty for getting so much information from the site but never paying for it. anyway i am called michael or frodge depending on who you speak to and live in cumbria . before you look at the pics please let me reassure you i didnt do all the red it was like that when i got it in january type_r_front_ns.bmp

surely that cant be right , can it , i didnt think it would go back on the road if it was total loss , i though it was only uneconomical repairs that could , unless they really did think it was just a type r because that was what it was insured as?

toyota corolla xb 3 door hatch , 1.6 as dnf 972 y , it was christened did not finish yet , just before i rolled it on a back road , cost me a broken motorbike which i had crashed 3 months before , straight swap , i thought it was a good deal . the only injury i suffered was the radio aerial in my eye when i tried to open the bonnet from the side whilst the front was buried in a hedge and wouldnt start. found out later the battery terminal had snapped off hence the not starting . had to phone the feds to come and move it as it closed the road between 2 sharp bends and someone might have hit it good car though had a kettle and a fridge in it and a cb

i suppose at the end of the day (as much as i dont like to say it ) the onus is always on the operator of the vehicle to ensure it is in a roadworthy condition before operating it .

is it better to collect the airmiles or money off fuel with shell , i thought airmiles would be better for hotels and flights etc so better value for money wot do you think

i use confused.com as the broker and the best quote for my type r is ibuyeco with admiral only being slightly more expensive

nice to meet you dibs , who was the other lad that was there , he was on the phone so didnt speak to him , did anyone else turn up in the end?

can i ask why , and where exactly do you want measuring , although i wont be able to do it till monday luchtime

in blue possibly a bug eye maybe 54 plate , thanks for the wave back , i think even the passenger got involved , nice to see

i didnt see it till the last minute so couldnt wave but from the glimpse it was a turbo in sonic blue