AlanG

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This is different then to how i perceived the situaution and am out of my depth here when fixed penalty notices are issued as opposed to being reported to the PF for a motoring offence, sorry. With what you've written above, because there's an element of doubt with regard to what state the traffic lights were in at the time of the alleged offence, i'd be inclined to check the timing sequence of those lights, if you say the traffic cops could only see the lights on the opposite carriageway.

Andy has a valid point about not necessarily listening to what some have to say about it on here and you should seek legal advice on the matter. However, as a curiosity point of view, did they ask for your name and address and did they check those details? Also did they inform you of your right to remain silent etc etc...

I can understand your worry and anger but it's got nothing to with you being young and driving a Subaru. Unless you stuck 2 fingers up at him as you passed with your bum hangin' out the window....

No. I would expect the PF will give you a condtional offer of a fixed penalty. Should you wish to decline the offer, then a court date will be set to allow you to contest the allegation. However, it will be within the rights of the court that they could increase the fine and/or penalty points dependant on circumstances should a prosecution be successful.

It may be worth going back down to the lights to check that both carriageways change their sequence at the same time. If the opposite carriageway changes earlier than the carriageway you are on (maybe to allow drivers to turn right before the traffic from Dumbarton get their chance), then maybe a mistake has been made. Remember that the police only report you to the PF. It's up to the PF to decide whether there is enough evidence for a prosecution. Hope you don't take this the wrong way, but their reasoning for sitting at that junction will probably be due to previous history at the junction where there may have been previous incidents of either collisions or near misses where people jump the lights (possibly due to lengthy waiting periods before they get their chance to move). That and speeding. I don't stay anywhere near there, but have always known it has been well policed for speed activity.

You'll only know if it will work if you try it.

Start a project thread so's we can all join in. ;-)

No problem you know where to find me

Good choice of turbo imo Colin. Nobodys mentioned the fancy pipe in the background it fits to... Top quality stuff. What ex housing did you go for in the end?

Just to add to gumballs comment All those that are on the performance (bhp)tuning path, bear in mind as your power goes up, on the roads you are familiar and confident with, you will find you approach bends at a greater rate than you did before, though you may not realise it. Be more aware of your surroundings. As performance goes up, you must look further ahead than you did before to take in what is happening, as you will have less time to take avoiding action should a situation arise. Familiar roads change when performance goes up and by that i mean, for example, that bends which were circumnavigated with ease, will become much tighter than before and this is because you are approaching them quicker than before, though you may not realise it due to complacency through experience in the past. You've all heard the saying "i know the road like the back of my hand". This may be true, but it's a different road when a more powerful car is put on it. This may appear to a number of you as "teaching you to suck eggs", but is a worthwhile reminder and could benefit the newer or younger members where this marque is there first foray into true performance car ownership. The Impreza is a car blessed with technology which makes them easy to drive quickly, but as with any other car of this type, when you have an "incident", they tend to be bigger "incidents" than ordinary family cars. These are powerful machines as std. Up the power, and those risks increase substantially if there is insufficient driver awareness.

That's understandable. Possibly i'm a little paranoid, though on every occasion where there has been an interest shown,(bar one a couple of months ago) i've been in traffic or traffic queues or have been driving along country roads at around the 40-45 mph mark. Perhaps, it is a possible admiration, but i suppose it could also be down to having a pretty noisy straight cut gearset and exhaust system which has drawn the attention. The car itself (as you can see under my forum name), i've tried to keep the car looking as std as possible to hide the extensive modifications that lie within.

As chris-c201 says above, one cannot assume there was a form of reckless driving involved in this incident. Indeed there are a great number of reasons which could have contributed, such as a blackout, heart attack, or even something as diverse as avoiding a wild animal, to name a few. {The wild animal suggestion btw is from personal experience on that bridge} Thanks for your input scooby doom. Like you, i also had to think about whether to post the topic up or not, for fear of being deemed a killjoy or trying to preach that we shouldn't enjoy our cars. Far from it. Crikey, i drive a 600 horsepower Impreza for kicks, i wouldn't have built it to that extent if i wasn't going to experience what it would be capable of! I decided to post, believe it or not, because the car had been modified and as such, felt it was necessary to mention on here, since we all have the same common interest. Over the course of the last couple of weeks, i've seen two Impreza drivers "having a chat" with traffic cops and also watched on television ove the past few months (the usual reality tv programmes...you know the ones) where incidents recorded for the programme featured Impreza's. This dismays me, cause we're not all like what we see on these programmes, yet it's getting all too easy to be labelled as being an irresponsible driver because we drive these cars. Another reason for posting (and it's a little selfish cause it's about me) and that is that on a few occasions recently whilst driving the Impreza, everytime i've passed a police car, they have looked over, or braked or braked and U turned when they've passed me. This is disconcerting to say the least, although i can understand why they do it and believe they have a job to do and their reasons for taking an interest. On the other side of the coin however, should my car be stolen, i'd be glad of the interest that our law enforcers are giving our marque, as this may realise a conclusion to the theft.

Just got home after work and drove past where the incident happened. Cones are still in place, but looks like the vehicle hit the barrier where the off ramp meets the main M8 carriageway (near the end of the bridge heading west/southbound). Lifes full of "if onlys". In this case what may have saved the driver would have been "if" he didn't hit the edge of the barrier full on. Needless and sad waste of life.

I drove over the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow at 5:30 this morning on my way to work to see the police crash investigation unit working on an incident which happened some time earlier on the west bound carriageway. The car in question was a a silver 4 door Impreza, probably about an 02 plate with what looked like Morrette type rear lights on it (The lamps with 4 separate lenses in the one housing?). From the distance i seen the car, it looks like this one will not be repairable, the damage is pretty extensive. Put it this way, it won't be driven away. The extensive damage also indicates the occupants will have received certain injuries, which at best in my opinion, will be severe bruising in the chest area. At worst? who knows. Threads like these tend to comment on "hope they were all right" and "bad luck, hope you get it sorted" and indeed, as fellow owners and enthusiasts, this is commendable as we all have a passion for our hobby. If it was a stolen Impreza, they tend to go along the lines of " ******* deserves all he gets" and so on.. But.. (and this applies to me as well btw) can we please be more aware of what we're doing when we take our cars out. (No disrespect to a recent poster of speeding thread). I read posts on things like " nearly got caught speeding", "got caught by scameravan", "crashed my car chasing a {insert make and model}" and so on. Have a think for a second. When the police are involved in all these incidents, they're building up a portfolio. If, you think about it, the more incidents they see involving Impreza's, they are going to take more interest in you, every time they see one. Now, before you bang away at the keyboard in anger at me for typing such a post thinking i'm god almighty and that i'm a hypocrite. STOP!! Re-read what i said a moment ago.. {quote= and this applies to me as well btw} I've been known to use excessive speed on occasions. Been caught for it. I took those chances. Have the shitty pants to prove it. (okay, i'm only kidding 'bout the shitty pants thing, but i was shaking!), but, there's a time and place for all the fun the Impreza gives and it's not in areas potential of congestion. I take advantage of my cars performance when it's deemed in my mind to do so. All i'm asking is before you do something which you know is illegal in the eyes of the law, just think for a split second before you do it. If you don't... you may end up like the unfortunate owner mentioned in the beginning of this thread. Play safe, but be careful and don't draw attention to yourselves. It's not the image the marque needs.

On your car they should be yellow in which case they will be 440cc.

3300p/bhp including the bhp Subaru supply as std.

"Wonder what they say to the insurance about mods? " Hopefully the same as what i tell my insurer. Works out at around 92 pence per bhp in my case. []

I don't have much, if any, experience of the newer versions Dave, though as development progresses over the years i'd imagine they would be much improved over the earlier versions. From what i read, as many of you guys do, they are pretty good units in their own application, though they tend to be fitted on the Newage cars which isn't really a fair comparison over the classics when they're out on the road. Turbo of choice imo for the classics, still appear to favour the TD series.

Of the "old school" VF series Dave i.e. VF28/24/23/22, the VF22 was the most fragile and tended to break the compressor blades when boosted repeatedly. The rest were okay as far as i am aware but what put them out of favour was the TD series of turbo's which AndyF campaigned to the masses and are still a top choice many years later. I was party to some testing one late night many years ago with AndyF and John Banks where we did back to back testing on a hybrid VF23 and a TD05 (changing the turbo in a barn next to some coos!!) and the TD05 was the better and cheaper option. This started the death knell for those type of VF series turbos.

"Now if everyone with a big powered car did what Pete does and give his keys out for other enthusiasts to enjoy his pride and joy " **** that!! I've scared myself shitless once or twice in mine as it is. I wouldn't want anyone else to come to grief. It'd mess with my conscience!

"yes he spouted off b4 he had figures.........lesson learned!" Why would he spout off what it could do unless someone told him it should do a certain figure with the mods he'd done..

It will probably be the back up battery in the alarm, not the tracker.

"One stat that I gathered from my car that I pondered over for some time was the acceleration from 100mph in 3rd gear measured at 0.95G" Pondered on what? How to get over 1g at 100mph in 3rd??? :-D "I would imagine recent change has made the car less powerfull, so even 500 HP is optomistic." What was the change John?