RS Grant

I haven't actually clicked that link, but in the program there was an exterior shot that showed the Impreza slide right past the front of the Evo... I know that it would have been a montage of all the best shots taken from a day at the track with the two cars, but I think that was genuinely real, going by the shot outside and the faces of the drivers. They maybe did mean to do the last corner move, but I defo dont think they meant to get quite so close. Cheers, Grant

Normally would prefer to paint a wall and watch it dry than watch 5th Gear..... however, that was a ballsy move by Jason Potato that made for great telly. Cheers, Grant

Pretty sure that Andy said the 'pops and bangs' were a result of opening up the ecu so that it doesnt go into closed loop on the over-run between a set area... and its not higher up the revs, only happens when the throttle has been completely lifted between 4500rpm and 2500rpm, I occasionally get a wee flame when changing gear at the top of the revs, but thats only when the car is out on a prelonged spirited run. If you accelerate hard using 100% WOT into 'the zone' then it may/may not produce the effect depending on how quickly you snap the throttle closed, however, part throttle into 'the zone' and you'll get the desired effect. If I go up to over 4500rpm and let it drop through 'the zone' using engine braking, then it will also not produce the pops and bangs either, unless I touch the throttle myself to provoke it. I would agree that this increases EGT's though, I dont have a gauge to monitor them, but for the reasons you've mentioned... I cant see how it wont raise them as a result. The power thing is a bit of a mystery though, mainly because other cars with pretty much identical spec & mods, that dont have the 'pops and bangs' make near on the same figures as my car did on Andys DeltaDash when I was having it mapped. Cheers, Grant

If its green, then I think thats already been changed... IIRC the standard one that came out my STi was a normal white paper filter with an orange border and I assume that they'll use the same filter between WRX/STi models. You dont NEED a replacement filter for a re-map, however, every little bit helps and for 35quid, I decided it was better to throw one in than not. I replaced mine with a Green Filter from AWD, think it was about 30-35quid and about 2 mins to fit. Cheers, Grant

I dont know if you covered it JW, but is it worth mentioning that its illegal to run a full de-cat on the road?? Cheers, Grant

Hahaha, thats GOT to be a mis-print... I know they are extremely rare, but they are also extremely ugly and for an extra few grand you could be into a 22B. Cheers, Grant

Miles better IMO. Cheers, Grant

I'm a bit biased, but as long as you use your car as more of a toy rather than daily.. then I think that pops and bangs are a bit of a giggle that adds to the fun of driving the car. Haven't really met anyone that isn't a fan of them yet. Oh, dont listen to JW of the Sports CAT Appreciation Society....... Full de-cat all the way, it'll sound mega with the Firestorm. Cheers, Grant

Lots, some of it important... like the stronger bottom end, 6-spd box and brembo brakes. Cheers, Grant

- V-Power or Super Unleaded - £440ish for anything registered after March 2001 I think, thats for WRX or STi. - Depends on which Impreza you're looking at, a standard WRX isn't likely to blow your knickers off in a straight line and would struggle to get away from your CTR, however it will be better than most things around the twisties and the all-weather ability is a big plus.. with a couple of mods you'll be very impressed at the grip levels IMO. If you are planning to fit modifications to the car, then you should really go for a Newage STi, these cars come with a much stronger bottom end and also have the 6-speed gearbox fitted as standard too, which removes most of the mechanical worries that WRX owners have to face when they throw a few mods and a remap at their car. However, the STi has a pretty solid ride compared to the WRX and might not be suitable if you're planning to do serious mileage on our cr@p roads. - If you want to buy a car, not modify the car regarding the BHP (which we all say to start with, but few manage) then I would probably say that the best car you could buy would be a 2006-2007 WRX with the Prodrive Performance Package fitted to it. Its got the performance of an STi, lovely torquey 2.5 engine, probably slightly cheaper to insure, can pick them up for VERY cheap money and will just require some handling/visual/braking mods to finish off....... but if you think there is an outside chance that you would go for more power, then you're better going for a 2003-2005 STi because they come with a degree of mechanical over-engineering as standard. Cheers, Grant

Thats a nice looking STi you've bought, welcome to the club. Cheers, Grant

The 2.5 STi engines seem to use a wee bit of oil, mine requires a very small top up every thousand miles or so... certainly not the amount you seem to be going through. That is NOT normal and would point towards a fault of some kind, with the car having been rebuilt recently, I would start there as a possible cause. If your car is blowing through that amount of oil, then I would expect your CAT to have suffered badly and be pretty coke'd up which would give the increased exhaust gas temps that you can hear by the 'tinking' sound...... the increased temps could also have caused the lambda sensor to get damaged which is why it isn't reading correctly. Cheers, Grant

That IS good... gonna go check out how much they are for 18s. Cheers, Grant

I arranged the Group Buy last year.. and IIRC, Andy is pretty flexible with dates as long as people arent going to be taking the p!$$ with it. I think we had people spread over 3 months or so with the last one, so dont be shy folks, stick your name down here........... you DEFO wont regret it. :rotfl: Cheers, Grant

Never realised that the Hawkeye WRXs had AVCS, thought that was an STi-only thing. Learn something new everyday. Cheers, Grant

Thankyou for posting that. Cheers, Grant

In the first link, it says "....the parts you need to convert a 5 speed to a 6 speed are available but not included in the sale..." Hmmmm, might be worth asking the guy what he'd sell the complete conversion for. Cheers, Grant

Glad you had as good an experience as I did mate. Cheers, Grant

Welcome mate, good progression on the wagon.. shame it got nicked. The Type-R looks really nice. I'd just be getting those wheels re-finished in the colour of your choice mate... they are rare, light, strong and very desireable items if they're the genuine Volk Racing (RAYS) TE37. Cheers, Grant

No, I was talking about the Gold Digger dashboard mate.... I really liked the interior of that Impreza and the amount of money that had been thrown at it (including a reasonable stereo system ) and if I had the patience, knowledge and spare cash then I'd also have a flocked dash because I think they look brilliant. Cheers, Grant

Showroom tax..... that is disgusting. The UK has gone to the dogs IMO, makes me really angry thinking about the state we're in and the fact that our tiny country is made to pay for pollution created by other countries in the world and we dont have the bollox to stand up and say enough is enough. I've not been around long, just 25 years, but in the past 6-7 years things have just started to get further and further out of control with no sign of stopping. Sorry for the rant, but the showroom tax thing triggered it off there... Cal, the new car looks nice. Sure it'll go pretty well as standard but should be really brisk through the gears once you treat it to some Revo/Jabba/AmD love too. Cheers, Grant

The dashboard hadn't escaped either... think it was completely re-done and although I never had a close look at it, I'm sure it was pretty 'unique' too. Cheers, Grant

This one: Had a look around it when I was inside, was very very clean looking.. different set of wheels and it'd be spot on IMO. Cheers, Grant

Newage Imprezas (2001-Present) No. - Username - Model Year (MY) - Model 1. Double Zero MY01 WRX 2. scoobysailor MY01 WRX 3. Keap_scooby MY01 WRX 4. Scooby Doom MY01 WRX 5. Aberscoob MY01 WRX 6. ScoUK MY01 WRX 7. Dietbruboy MY01 WRX 8. Sheep MY01 WRX 9. Seevers MY01 WRX 10. ANDYJSG MY01 WRX 11. Nitchiec MY01 WRX UK300 12. Big P UK300 MY01 WRX UK300 13. ScubaRoo MY02 WRX 14. steve_nairn_sti MY02 WRX 15. Cal MY06 WRX SL Wagon 16. moto MY02 WRX 17. Rhindpiece MY02 WRX 18. 360ste MY02 STI 19. mjci7nt2 MY02 STI 20. Kev 580 MY02 STI Type UK 21. GaryD & Lesley MY02 STI Type UK 22. hammy MY02 STI Type UK 23. SG MY02 STI Type UK 24. Dave (Helium) MY02 STI Type UK 25. Scooby-Girl MY02 STI Type UK 26. Westtra MY02 STI Type UK 27. KINGHORN MY02 STI Type UK 28. Reidzer44 MY02 STI Type UK 29. Spikkey MY02 STI Type UK 30. JAC MY02 STI Type UK Prodrive 31. rallye 6 MY03 WRX 32. Stu_B MY03 WRX 33. Irish Al MY06 Forester STi 34. oobster MY03 WRX 35. bigbadboab MY03 WRX 36. DrewG MY03 WRX 37. mctwistuk MY03 WRX 38. ScOObarOO MY03 STI Type UK 39. Dean MY03 STI Type UK 40. Mr Orkney MY03 STI Type UK 41. Scootmuldoon MY03 STi Type UK 42. bbigman2000 MY03 STi Type UK PPP 43. STi_Bandit MY04 STi Type UK 44. Fai 17 MY04 STi Type UK 45. Scoobymark MY04 STi Type UK 46. scoobyiain MY04 STi Type UK 47. scoob fae ork MY04 STi Type UK 48. bbigman2000 MY04 WR1 #92 49. Pav MY04 WR1 #472 50. Gogsie MY04 STi JDM 51. Rednosespeccltd MY04 Spec C LTD JDM 52. Ed-209 MY05 WRX swrt 53. Higgy MY05 WRX 54. st3ph3n MY05 WRX 55. Mako MY05 WRX 56. Pugpaul MY07 STi Type UK 57. PECO MY05 WRX 58. jimser MY01 Spec C-RA (the ugly bug) 59. Snoopy MY05 WRX 60. Arch MY05 WRX 61. young-buck27 MY06 STi Spec D 62. mctwistuk MY06 STi TYPE UK 63. Fraz. A MY05 WRX 300 64. Spaceman MY05 WRX SWRT 65. Richie Cross MY05 WRX Wagon 66. G. Mac MY05 STi Type UK 67. Digital MY05 STi Type UK 68. Clutdav MY07 STi Type UK 69. Kebab Nemesis MY07 RB320 70. Craig Mac MY05 STi Type UK 71. ali37 MY05 STi Type UK 72. COLZO MY05 STi Type UK 73. Billyboy MY05 STi Type UK 74. Dipsy MY05 STi JDM 75. NKWRX MY06 WRX 76. The Welsho MY06 WRX 77. Gordoncbr6 MY06 WRX Wagon 78. 4hero MY06 STi Type UK 79. STI Pretender MY06 STi Type UK 80. dynamix MY06 STi Type UK 81. b16dmc MY06 STi Type UK 82. TheBlackSheep MY06 STi Type UK 83. IainC MY06 STi Type UK 84. lv-426 MY06 STi Type UK 85. sti.spec d MY06 STi spec D 86. Ian Coulter MY06 STi spec D 87. Mrs Big Den MY07 WRX 88. Big Den MY07 STi Type UK 89. Boyakasha MY07 STi Type UK 90. Dr H MY07 STi Type UK 91. markymark MY07 STi Type UK 92. Karps MY07 STi Spec D 93. Bought a Pup MY07 STi Spec D 94. Selkie/ex leper MY07 RB320 95. fivetide MY03 WRX Wagon 96. s25yme MY06 WRX SL 97. Addison MY06 WRX SL 98. iain01 MY07 GB270 99. Rallyfever MY04 STi Type UK 100. Stubaroo MY05 WRX 101. Hutch1973 MY03 WRX 102. JSFB MY05 WRX 103. Bobby C WRX GB 270 104. Oxbig1 MY02 STi Type UK P/drive 105. Gee Wr1 MY04 WR1 487 106. BigAl024 MY07 WRX GB270 Saloon - Good to be back!! 107. Peacher MY05 WRX SL 108. Bono270269 MY02 WRX 109. Buffalo MY03 WRX 110. Mast-P MY03 ?? 111. scoobysailor MY01 WRX 112. Frank_STI MY04 STi Type UK 113. BigGordon MY03 WRX 114. Duane82 MY03 STi Type UK 115. P4UL WRX MY04 WRX 116. ChemX MY05 STi Type UK Prodrive 117. Kloon MY03 WRX 118. Speech MY03 WRX 119. Wagonwheel MY05 WRX Wagon 120. Casper Spec D MY06 STi Spec D 121. GRWP MYo3 GX-Sport 122. Bugeye29 MY02 STi Type UK 123. DWOOTON MY07 GB270 Saloon 124. T1000Arab MY05 WRX 125. RS Grant MY07 STi Spec D 126. Clarke MY02 STi Type UK Prodrive 127. Smiler AS MY06 WRX Wagon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Classic Imprezas (1993-2001) No. - Username - Model Year (MY) - Model 1. jodie typeRA MY92 Type RA 2. Donald MY92 WRX 3. Weeb MY93 STI 4. D.S MY93 WRX 5. scoobyfuzzy MY93 WRX 6. Todd MY93 WRX 7. Mako MY93 WRX 8. stevie 4 MY93 WRX 9. Damo STi MY93 WRX 10. John Stevenson MY94 RA 2.5 11. MY94 MY94 STi V1 Wagon 12. WRXMANIA MY94 WRX STi V1 13. Redscoobydoo MY94 WRX STi 14. Road Warrior MY94 WRX 15. Tichy MY94 WRX 16. Gus the Bus MY94 WRX 2.1 RA 17. Kenny. S MY95 STi Type RA 18. Tommystira MY95 STi Type RA 19. James666 MY95 STi Wagon 555 Limited 20. p1ggm MY98 STi Wagon 21. z1000 MY95 STi V2 22. Gambler MY95 WRX 23. andy findlay MY95 WRX 24. neilswrx MY95 WRX 25. sammot MY95 WRX 26. Gordyq MY95 WRX 27. FastScooby MY95 WRX 28. johnh MY95 WRX 29. Ac!D MY95 UK Turbo 30. billyyoung MY95 UK Turbo 31. banffie boy MY95 STi Type RA 32. micra_wrc MY96 STi Type RA V-Limited 33. Pongo MY96 STi Type RA 34. TheSquirrel555 MY96 WRX STi Limited 555 35. coulty MY96 WRX STi V2 36. Oz *sti* MY96 STi V3 37. Methodman555 MY96 WRX 38. Mrs p1ggm MY97 STi Type R 39. jonnyb80 MY96 UK Turbo 40. ScottySTI MY97 STi V3 41. B9RY C MY97 V3 STi 42. Ross9 MY97 STi Type R 43. butcher boy MY97 WRX 44. WRC No1 MY97 UK 45. Catalunya80 MY97 UK Cat No. 80 46. Duncatr MY97 UK Cat No. 99 47. Ryancat-85 MY97 UK Cat No. 132 48. **Free Space** 49. Simmie MY97 UK Turbo Wagon 50. John Stevenson MY97 UK Turbo Wagon 51. tosh32 MY96 WRX 52. fraz692002 MY97 Catalunya 53. Arbroath Smokie MY98 22B 54. John Stevenson MY98 Secret Project 55. Carl Davey MY98 STi Type RA 56. Seafar99 MY98 STi V5 Wagon 57. RubyTheScooby MY98 Sport 58. Zanders MY98 Type R 59. Darryll MY98 Type R 60. scientific steve MY98 Type R 61. Chris Reside MY98 Type R 62. scoobykev MY98 UK Turbo 63. RRS 555 MY98 UK Turbo 64. Thebluedragon MY98 UK Terzo No. 54 65. Terzo Neil MY98 UK Terzo No. 306 66. scoobyscoop MY98 UK Turbo Wagon 67. MrBadger MY98 UK Turbo Wagon 68. John Stevenson MY98 UK WR PPP 69. Euan_r MY98 UK Turbo 70. SCOOBAY MY99 22B Type UK 71. Col 666 MY99 UK Turbo 72. Chris_C201 MY99 STi V5 73. mslorach MY99 RB5 No.41 74. Boris B MY99 UK Turbo Wagon 75. Bigdavie MY99 UK Turbo 76. Jasonb MY99 UK Turbo 77. Frank C MY99 STi RA Limited 338/1000 78. Stripe MY99 UK Turbo 79. Ciaran MY99 RB5 PPP 80. philip_w MY99 UK Turbo 81. Greenmonster MY99 UK Turbo 82. Ian Coulter MY99 UK Turbo 83. jae MY99 UK Turbo 84. **Free Space** 85. Rabie2412 MY99 Uk Turbo 86. Shep MY98 Terzo 87. **Free Space** 88. graemegj MY99 UK Sport Wagon 89. craigwrx MY00 P1 90. Jcscoob MY00 P1 91. Whitelaw MY00 P1 92. Hepy MY00 P1 93. H4AFY MY00 P1 94. Katie MY00 P1 95. Rossco MY00 STi Type R 96. SergeantScooby MY00 STi Type R 97. ScoobySounds MY00 WRX 98. Iqy MY00 UK Turbo 99. thefastone MY00 UK Turbo 100. Nanaki MY00 UK Turbo 101. Cullenmin MY98 STi Type R 102. Marky.t.s MY00 UK Turbo 103. Ally-b MY00 UK Turbo 104. Vicki MY00 UK Turbo 105. Dtabbit77 MY00 UK Turbo 106. fiestajohn MY00 UK Turbo 107. Fiefster MY00 UK Turbo Wagon 108. Tazman MY00 UK Turbo Wagon 109. Bryhp MY00 UK Turbo Wagon 110. Big Del MY00 UK Wagon 111. lb6jmy MY99 UK Sport Wagon 112. Rossibarr MY96 McRae Series #142 113. Miss Scooby STI MY98 STi Type R 114. ur.a.bus MY99 UK Turbo 115. flounder MY00 UK Turbo 116. Pinz MY00 UK Turbo Wagon 117. Derek Fleming MY97 Catalunya #169 118. Ac!D STi V3 Type RA 119. Scooba MY93 WRX 120. Scooba MY96 WRX(track car) 121. superstar_tradesman MY97 V3 STi 555 122. Enne_aitch MY00 Sport Special 123. Boab type ra MY94 WRX Type RA 124. Daves2rs MY94 WRX 125. b4z MY96 UK Turbo 126. mikeyb13 MY97 STi Type R 127. Naughty T MY97 Sport 128. Joe G MY95 STi V2 129. PaulC555 MY00 STi Type RA Track Car. 130. Mrs PaulC555 MY00 Turbo 2000 Wagon 131. Mckay MY96 WRX V-Limited #231 132. SMITHY300 MY98 WRX Prodrive (1998) 133. Ozzy MY99 RB5 134. Mic MY00 UK Turbo 135. phil_g MY96 WRX V-Limited #236 136. Midnight21 MY96 WRX Wagon 137. Grasshopper MY95 STi Type RA 138. Kaylz_555 MY98 Sport 139. Braveheart MY96 STi 140. Tommo9375 MY99 UK Turbo 141. STI Pretender MY97 V3 STi Type R Updated & tidied up the list a wee bit. Cheers, Grant

You'd be better throwing a post up on Scoobynet in Other Marques to be honest, a lot of experience and knowledge over there mate. I'm pretty sure the only 4x4 you get are Carrera 4, Carrera 4S and Turbo models.. and obviously the Cayenne SUV. With that sort of budget, I'd be going for something like this or possibly a low mileage 996 Turbo. However, thats just personal preference and due to being a more 911 sized person, as was mentioned above the Cayman/Boxster might be a bit more suited to a female?? Cheers, Grant