iainc

Yeah, hadn't seen much about it at all... normally listed earlier than this to let everyone know in plenty of time.

I said that the last time then went to fill up and there was no V Power left... they'd been concentrating on filling up the diesel and "cheap" petrol so the V power ran out.

Looks like you have enough people offering to help out if it does get a bit much. Would be good to have a bit more stuff happening in the area (hopefully some of it while I manage to get into the area as well )

Guy just dropped in to see me at work and mentioned that the Shell garage at the airport was fairly dry apart from the "expensive petrol" so assuming he meant that the V Power was still flowing

I got a bit over excited checking their site when they listed the S03's... but then noticed it wasn't in stock and "please call"... which probably means they'd tell you that they weren't available at all. Cheaper site for the F1's though than mytyres.

Have always tended to use Bridgestones and loved them the best, S02s, S03s and the RE070s... S03s I think were probably the best of the lot IMO, not just a tramlining as the RE070s. I made a mistake about 4 or 5 years back when I had S02s on... didn't want to spend the money on a new set so ended up with a set of Falkens which were one of the very worst set of tyres I ever fitted... they lasted forever but seemed to have less grip in both dry and wet than the bald S02s that had come off before... swore never to "cut back" on tyres ever again. Not tried Kumhos though, Dad has had them on some cars before though I think and thought they were okay but he's not really driving a car with any kind of performance

Nearly coming round to the time that I'm gonna need to replace the tyres on the car. Am running 19's which just makes the price that much steeper Anyway... been looking around the usual suspects online for pricing and options in a 235/35/19 tyre. Currently have Toyo T1Rs on which were on the wheels when I bought them. Seem okay tyres. I have seen a few people mentioning the Goodyear Eagle F1s but also seen some reviews online saying that they gave a bit more body roll. I did like the RE070s that were on my OE 17s but dunno if you can get them in the 19" size (or how crippling the debt would be buying them ) and no-one seems to do my favorite S03's anymore either Anyone got any other recommendations or decent places to look (tried mytyres, blackcircles and camskill so far). Just wondering if there are any deals anywhere or decent recommendations for tyres before spending so much on them... would hate to spend £500-600+ on a set of tyres only to find I don't like the car on them (like I did with the wifes Leon and the winter tyres we stuck on it). Cheers, Iain.

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Was just thinking I must get one of you guys to wash/clean my car... it'd give you a right workout 'cos it's not been done in months (not sure if I've washed it this year TBH ) I might see if I get some pics of it up in the state it's in just to annoy the likes of Iain although as it's crystal grey it hides how much dirt is actually on it, my old red wagon was the same... you never realised just how manky they were until you washed them

Yeah... me neither... haven't had anything in there for quite a while but don't think I will for a long time now either (although someone here did say maybe it'll help drop the prices a bit )

Ooops... forgot all about it TBH (despite being the one to post about it in the first place ) Will try to make it along though if I can.

My last scoob never had any bodywork inspections done (at least no stamps for it) and by the time I got shot of it there was a spot or two of rust developing on it.

As Dale is still away sunning himself in Nigeria thought I'd post up the reminder for next months meet. Usual place (Zara in Dyce) on Monday night (2nd) at 7.30pm. Iain.

They could always come up north and take a run on the rollers in Ellon and help the Santa Cruise fund... plus take the long road home via the west coast roads?

Yeah, I mind when people were talking about scoobs with 400bhp and that was "bleeding edge"... nowadays it seems almost a normal figure to have in one (well... when you look on here anyway).

Front end looks quite mean from the side on view (assuming you didn't extend that as well ) When I looked to start with I though "three door... didn't know about that" then noticed the short front doors and then the second pic kinda gave it away You blended the rear arches quite well (IMO anyway).

If you were gonna photoshop the first image to make it a 3dr you might have sorted pic five as well Looks a bit better as a 3dr (although the front doors would need to be longer) IMO.

Have text him and he's replied so I guess he'll be on here soon

Hmm... amazing the difference that the lights make to the front of the car. I take it that the rears of the sti and wrx lights aren't interchangable?

TBH the pics aren't anywhere as bad as I thought they'd look... looks like you were fairly luck in that respect... seen a couple of cars written off after hitting deer. It'll be too far away for you I guess but the bodyshop at Letheny Mill (ne Inverurie) did the work on our Leon when someone caved the rear 3/4 panel in. They did a really good job on it 'cos you couldn't even tell that it had been repaired after they'd pulled the panel out and resprayed it... can't see where the respray starts/stops.

Still reckon 2dr classics have "something"... but as I mentioned before, anyone with a post 96 model just has a "pre-newage newage"... 92-96 models are the only "classic classics"

Had one of the very first myself (Uk-wise anyway) and one of the last of the "normal" ones (06STi... close enough to last ones). Still think they should have made a 2dr hawkeye... now *that* would have been the best looking one IMO.

If you are having a classic then you really need a 94-96 to have a "true" classic... otherwise it's just a mk11 classic

I like the style of the 2dr classics, but I love the style of the hawkeye. The problem with the new hatch is that the new one just doesn't fit with the evolution of the entire line up since the first classic model. All the way from the first classic to the last hawkeye you could see how and where the model was evolving. With the hatchback it could have come from anywhere. It might be as good or even better a car than the rest of the previous models but it doesn't seem to share any lineage with the rest of them (other than the badge and name). TBH, in a way they should have changed the name as Ford did when the Escort "died" and became the Focus as that was another model you could see evolving from the mk1 to the 5 or 6 I think it ended as? The focus was a real change from any of the escorts before it.

I thought that the point was you did it on the rear of the badge, so you'd not be able to do it all in white first 'cos then you'd not see any blue. I reckon you'd need to mask it off so you were only painting the white bits of the flag first, then remove the masking and do it all in blue, 'cos blue over the back of the white shouldn't make a difference. Fancied having a go at one myself actually.