February 17, 20178 yr Bip-bip-blap Yes, as a teacher and designer, Ive gone back to buying a completely standard 54 wrx...pickup Saturday. Full Subaru history and plain jane. Not to impress the kids, wife - solely due to the burble lurv and becoming an official mid-life sucker. Just moving from a ronda-da-honda and 330ci in the last year. What had got me, life on the road became like cold porridge, lumpy, start-stop and not excitement; idiots in fancy bmws and golfs cutting - not forgetting the vauxhall crew. Albiet, the 330 was punchy, but hella of problems. So as far as the story goes, wanted a completely standard wrx, to learn, develop and finally monsterize - a sleeper. Yes, im a DT teacher so will have my tenon saw ready :() live in leicester, looking for advice, tips, parts, mechanics, furry dice and some local people to occasionly link up and compare exhaust sounds; whilst sipping earl-grey and nibbling scones or a decent chilli kebab. Need to up our image game from a chav club to connoisseurs in visual aesthetic and resonance gentry. I do say. Goto go- still have a few hundred youtube exhaust tunnel videos and drifting in snow vids to soak in. Thinking of a modification list from standard-up. Ideal is to hit 270-300 bhp in next 12 months, calmly without remortaging the house and dumping myself at skoobyworld - like a green eared muppet. Let me know which ones to go for; remember im a teacher - secondary. Cant get my kids at school following me home; or tracking my burble - one mod at a time and then in one summer to blast the lot of them at the bus-stop before I find a new school. Bip-bip-blap peace and respect Jay
February 18, 20178 yr Got the car yet? How's the burble? If looking for exhaust parts and comparing prices it's always good to check out eBay.com opposed to eBay.co.uk, sometimes even with postage from the US it could still be a good price. Think it was only around £150 for my stainless (non turbo) manifold from the US (Just rechecked the same sellers page, now says £75 for manifold £37 for postage, end of last year I paid $167) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
February 18, 20178 yr Welcome Jay! Sounds like youll be having some fun with the motor . Your well placed to come along to some of the shows and join in through the year!
February 19, 20178 yr Author Got the car yesterday - very dirty. Like not driven for months. Burble is very quite. Drove a hundred miles and seemed ok. I did see some oil residue around engine, looks like a leak somewhere. Could also smell it after. Generally speaking is ok. Will get try find a decent subaru specialist mechanic to generally do a check. I think the first mod has to be a Bov valve and catback exhaust- question is resonated or nt. Mmmm. thanks mark for the suggestions. Uk is hard place to get mod parts.
February 19, 20178 yr UK not hard to get parts at all, what are you after ? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
February 19, 20178 yr Author Just figured out, there's a fair few garages around. Need to see who is reliable and not a rip-off.
February 19, 20178 yr Not hard, but sometimes you could get a better deal from the US , my exhaust part was a replica and so can save a bit of money. Some burning smells could come from a split cv spraying grease on your exhaust Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
February 20, 20178 yr Author ship ahoy! Frigging insurance plums wanted to see every angle of car to see if completey standard. Even sent them photos of engine bay.
February 20, 20178 yr Wotcha and welcome - I have sent photos to insurance company - took it as a chance to show off and share my graft and dollar spend because posting on this forum just isnt enough
February 20, 20178 yr Author Amazing after all these years, how a wrx feels. Last ownership was around 6-7 yrs ago. Ok, looks im off to the advice forums on parts advice.
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