iainc

I got him in there I'm contracted in there so asked a couple of questions about getting access to get some pics taken and it was no bother at all

Yup... well done for doing your part over there too... Only mentioned the "england" part so you wouldn't be lynched

... on both counts.

Didn't have a logon to check that... would be worth maybe copying and pasting to let people see maybe?

you maybe want to change the "England" bit to either UK or Scotland

Yup, that's the way I look at ours. We've a Leon Cupra TDi and the STi. Leon is only about £110/yr to tax compared to the STi's £400. Leon manages 55mpg easily enough as well (has a nicer 166-odd bhp to play with though )

You should be able to find the chassis code for your car and then find the guide online which will tell you if it's a WRX or not... not sure if there is a guide anywhere that lists any of the UK codes as I'd assume they should be slightly different? http://www.catherineandken.co.uk/sti/wrx.html

Aye true... he's had this one more than 10 mins... got a mate looking for a classic... he'll give you a tenner for it

Oi... that's not what I wrote... it's what I was thinking but I was being discrete

Aye... never made it myself due to other commitments but can't really see anyone else likely to "beat" them for it.

<imagines some pink writing painted along the bottom of the doors in a "Top Gear - Alabama" style>

Aye... would be handy... getting fed up of washing the car once a year if it needs it or not as it is Red pinstriping round the wheels looks too iffy IMO, works on some colours but when you have mainly white already it's just a bit too much IYKWIM.

I could do with some of that stuff... for the entire car

Is the 555 being traded in against it or already sold? Got a mate looking for a classic atm...

Yup, I had planned on possibly using Reekies in Forres when the warranty ran out only to find out that the site there has been levelled and they are building something else in it's place so the possibles are reducing all the time up here.

Hmmm... so is it worth still using them for a service then? Who else is worth using in the Abz area?

Aye... It's different if you are gonna be stuck in traffic for hours, but most queues are kinda stop start (they are for me anyway) so you'd be turning the engine off/on constantly and using up more fuel and probably never allowing the car to get properly warm, etc as well. Sod that.

F*** that. I'll switch the engine off if I'm gonna be there for a while but I'm not switching the engine off just 'cos I'm gonna be sitting there for 30seconds, etc.

For a 1.5 the 106 is probably hard to beat in terms of costs. Only issue is finding someone selling one (which gets less likely for the same reason you want to buy one, plus they are getting on a bit as well). The deer might win against a 106 as well BTW

Bear in mind a 106 has no power steering either so feels a lot heavier at parking speeds than you'd think. The sis in laws 106 1.5D is the 3dr dark blue you are on about... you don't want to know how little we paid my mate for it *YEARS* ago... put it this way it was in your budget THEN You can get cheap Foresters, but then they'll not be any different than an Impreza to run. Our other main car is a Leon Cupra TDi, but even the "normal" tdi Leons are fairly cheap to run (cheap tax, cheap insurance, huge mpg)... only potential issue is the purchase price, but they are still fun to drive. Actually thinking about it I think one of the guys at work (who has a 90 or 110bhp one) was thinking of changing for something else. Heard from someone who had a Panda (new style) that is seriously cheap for road tax and huge mpg as well, only issue again is going to be the purchase of something that new though. TBH, having run three cars at the one time for our family, an "extra" car just ends up costing you more money. Bear in mind you'll suddenly have to pay out double the insurance, double the tax, MOT's, servicing, etc on two cars. Okay you end up putting less miles on the scoob but is that really worth it?

Actually I thought you had an old Rover 200/400 to run about in as well?

Would have said that a 106 would make a cheap wee motor to run about in BUT I drove my mates one when we bought it for my sis in law and they are tinny as fook... would hate to be in an accident in one. If I was going for a second wee runabout, esp when you are talking about a possible fun track car, then a 1.9 205 GTi would be ideal. Not as heavy on the fuel, wouldn't imagine it'd cost the earth to insure and it'd still be fun/nippy to mess about in (although probably not much better in a crash than the 106). They are fairly cheap (more so the 1.6's I think) if you aren't bothered about a mint example.

You and me both... seen it earlier today and my first thought was "HTF can THEY afford them"

Yeah, mind seeing it in a magazine as well. Think it was a tuning shop or parts store that did it IIRC.