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Anyone know where I can get a WR Blue touch up brush at short notice? I've got two wee scratches (to metal) that would benefit from a temporary fix ahead of next weekend. Halfrauds (spelling?) don't seem to do Subaru. Thanks in advance ...

Imy, next time you have a negative thought, just imagine what your going to feel like when 1, then 2, then 3, then ... a couple of hundred scoobies rumble through Lanark. Imagine again if you will, a few hundred scoobies rumbling into Charnock Richards ... then Banbury, then Warwick. Then think ... I helped put this together and What you guys have done is simply amazing. So amazing that it'll be immortalised as a world record - unlikely to be broken IMHO !! A great tribute to a great man all in aid of some great charities organised by some great folks.

Nice to see a Gathering Sticker other from my own. Stands out quite well on a black car with black windows !!

My wife's usually rummelling around EK in mine through the day - claims to wave if waved at, well she is shy !!! Haven't actually seen many in EK recently - petrolprices too high in EK?

Probably me - I passed by twice today, once with the kids on the hunt for shoes, once with the strife on the hunt for V-Power. Put the sticker on last week. Amazing how close people drive just to read it. Its also funny seeing a reaction when you catch them peering over their steering wheel sitting at the lights. Sorry, didn't see you sat there, but I'll be on the look out for Vectras in the area now, not that I'd wave to one mind ;-)

Oh, and smoke the windows ASAP

Jammy sod, drooled over that very one on tuesday. I've nipping at the wife ever since. I'd never seen the 2008 in black, has a lot of presence about it. Did you get the five spoke 18's? Apparently, 9 out 10 new buyers get the 18s over the standard 17s. My 05 WRX is 3 years old in 6 weeks ... help me, tell me I don't actually need a new one !!!

We're in EK quite a lot ... can count on us to give you a nod, and we're a newage. Unless you look too young, in which case we'll phone the police and follow a discrete distance ;-) A rather distinguished blue newage with gold wheels, distinguishable by a Gathering Sticker on the boot !!!

Sorry mate, I see Amen and 'disrespect' in the same post and it brings up my own criticisms !!! Help me, I'm hearing voices again

No disrespect taken, but as I've got one of each I'm not particularly sensitive to your harsh criticism. Cal, top tip from a time served owner: get it serviced at an independent. Labour rates at main dealers are marginally higher than normal garages, about double !!! I had to get a new clutch on mine a year ago. Clutch replacement at dealer was quoted at £750. Independent changed the clutch and flywheel for £750 - flywheel alone was around £400. From the pic, it looks like an FWD, so have fun with the ESP . I'm sure the flashing yellow light on the dashboard will become a familiar friend as the torque spins the fronts on every fast exit !!!

Thanks for the input. Based on comments thus far, it looks like I'll be off for fast road settings Guess I should also be doing aluminum drop-links and springs whilst I'm at it ?!? But as I've got creaky dampers so its off to the dealer to get them checked out first. Should I get the prodrive springs whilst I'm there or something else?

555 was a decent, respectable number. Mods should remove image 556 for unscooby like conduct.

that there are 555 images in the members gallery?

My front left tyres keep wearing out around the outer edge. I wouldn't mind so much but the rears are OEM and have done 25k miles (must be a record for a Scooby?) yet this will be my third front left. I have had the tracking checked and adjusted twice (once by dealer, once by independent) yet the same thing keeps happening. (beginning to think I've got FWD instead of 4WD!!!) I'm guessing its roundabout and power-steering related, but as most of my driving is around local roads - short & twisty roundabout type runs, should I get a fast road setting rather than the stock settings. Will this alleviate the problem? This might be the point where y'all tell me the tyre wear can only be fixed by starting my modifying career with lowering springs

You can see it on the BBC iPlayer anytime you like http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer EDIT: Oops, just read westra's iPlayer link (apols)

An extract of slang uses of "Shake n Bake" taken from Wikipedia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_%27n_Bake Not sure if any of them are relevant as they refer to bumpy suspension, heavily modified vehicles & fake tans 1. In the safari industry, a "shake and bake" is a slang term for the heavily modified open-topped vehicles (usually Land Cruisers or Land Rovers) as those riding in the vehicle are shaken by the bumpy roads and "baked" by the sun. 2. In the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Cal Naughton, Jr. and Ricky Bobby are known, respectively, as "Shake and Bake" on the NASCAR circuit. Naughton, Jr. says in the film that the nickname is "awesome", because shake and bake "rhyme" and "they're both verbs." 3. It's also a term used when people spray on a tan, they "shake" the bottle and then look "baked" from the sun after they have been sprayed. Fake tans are also referred to as "Fake 'n Bake."

Could always arrange for the blue Scottish Scoobies to sport a General Lee style roof sticker en route - in a Saltire style of course. Its a thought ... General Scoobeeeeee - hmm can I trademark that????

Hopefully I'll get a pass and make it 391 ...

Would there be enough white cars to make a Saltire out of cars on the runway? I'm sure there will be enough blue ones !?!

Can anyone recommend some stuff to remove light scratching? It looks like its just the outer lacquer i.e. its white scratches on blue paintwork. Looks like some plums dragged a bumper or a trolley across mine in a car park. Also, are mechanical polishers any good? If so, which ones?

Think I've seen you around B4 - not many stickered up cars around the area

Silver Wagon with ladders up top and company stickers on the bonnet & doors along from Verve/Tesco nr Rutherglen. Wouldn't mind a scooby as a works van myself !!!

Your £1000 will just about cover a main dealer service on your new Audi when you get it

The Evo mag review that said it'll keep up with a gallardo in the wet. Shame Tiff didn't follow the lead and take a gallardo round the big wet roundabout as a benchmark.

I've only got your trackday vids to go on ... you appeared to use 3rd and big rev engine breaking to slow yirsel at the end of the start-finish straight, then horse it straight back on the power into the dip. Thats a lot of stress to put through a wee gear in a short space of time. Just an observation which might be cause ... Hope it all works out for you.