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!!
