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You're all !Removed! up if you're using a sponge and not a microfibre cloth. May as well stick to one bucket, sponges are the worst thing to wash the car with.

Spotted this when checking NBO on Facebook earlier. A blast over the Yorkshire dales and the famous Buttertubs Pass. Meet 9am, Sunday 26th April at: Morrisons car park Boroughbridge Services YO51 9HS Link - https://www.facebook.com/events/924066144278291/ Anybody up for it? Might put our forum forward for joining if there's any interest. I might go either way.

Yep, I got the invite to this on FB too. I signed up immediately, I've always wanted to do the triangle and the last meet like this SP.UK arranged like this was awesome. Never seen so many Scoobs on the road at once, was a picture seeing peoples faces as we drove by :) Hope the weather holds out.

I'll be there as usual, especially if Gems cakes and buns are making another appearance :) I'd be up for another mini meet too beforehand. Matt - no mate. Any "sensible" people who can follow the above rules can come I think. Used to have them from a couple of Scooby clubs turning up, a few of which who have moved on from Scoobs too.

Just picked my car up after getting the rust treated. Cut out roughly a square inch of metal, can't even tell it's been done. Matched the arch shape perfectly. Unfortunately it's too dark to properly check the paint match, under torch light it looks spot on though. Will update after this weekend when I've seen it in the proper light and washed it. I've also had Anti lag installed, sounds ace :D : D

Well, not had the Xbox on for a couple of months and now needs a 1.6gb update, going to take a good hour+ before that's done :( !Removed! next gen...

I'm drunk as per usual on a Sunday but should still be on for this :). What do I need to download - tunes & anything else wise to take part?

Not today but on Wednesday I had my up-pipe heat wrapped. Had the heat shield removed a few months ago and due to the location of the up pipe (close to cylinder 3) decided it was best not to leave it kicking all it's heat out onto the engine and in the engine bay. Looked one hell of a job to get to, thank god I got SSS to do it for me. Found my downpipe had no gasket between it and the turbo too. Thought it sounded a tiny bit "blowy" at low revs. Turns out it was this. Also feels slightly sharper now too. Win, win :) Today I've just dropped it off to get my rear arch sorted. Hope the result is good, I know the paint isn't easy to match on these especially at almost 12 years old.... Fingers crossed. Still, better than letting the rust spread.

**** gaulson! Sorry to see that mate. Glad you're ok apart from some sore bones though. Hope it's not as big a job to sort as it looks... As for mine, just had MOT done - a week late since I totally forgot about it - could really do with a reminder, road tax style - but all good now. Passed with no advisories. Set up a reminder in my phone calendar now though so hopefully won't happen again haha. Also booked in to get my up pipe heat wrapped on Wednesday since I had to take the heat shield off a short while ago. Got it booked in the week after to get the tiny rust part of my rear arch cut out, new metal in and sprayed and all arches and underside sealed too.

After the Mk2 it's looks a bit... Well, dull. I love the focus RS Mk2, I think it's a great looking thing, it's one of the few that looks as special as it is. Too many performance and halo cars these days are designed to look normal and boring. And this Mk3 falls into that trap for me. As for the drive, I've never actually driven the mk2 but I hear mixed things. Some say it can handle the power through the front wheels up to 400bhp happily whereas others seem to complain about it even at standard figures. I'd probably say making it AWD is the smart thing to do. Seems to have a loose back end though from the vid which is good :) I'd still rather have a mk2 though. Or even a mk1.

Nice one! Can you feel the difference? Got any graphs/photos? Did you end up going MAFless?

Woohoo. Assumed I'd missed a lot more with it being 15 pages long haha. Turns out I'd "followed" the sign up thread, not this one. Unfortunately I'll have to miss week 2 as well, I've got a **** up planned this Sunday lol. I'll be able to join properly the week after.

God Damnit! I can't believe I've missed all this. I thought I'd "followed" this thread to get updates, guess not :(. Have you got many races left for a latecomer?

How'd it go Stants? Running better? Get any gains? Was going to text you but been in an area with no signal.

Damnit! I would have had that, too late :( I agree, we should have a non car bits section. :)

Yea I got this email the other way. Pretty poor response. Yea I agree people have rights about where they live and not having to suffer "nuisance" noise and terms to that effect. But surely it should be on those people researching the area too. Especially when that track was there decades before them. Like you say Gambit, it's not like you can move close to a airport or train station/route and then complain about the noise and get those closed down or have noise limits placed on them. It's a load of bullshit!

Haha cheers! Stroke of luck with the poor light capture on my iphone camera :) Hopefully not mate. Like I say, I'll test it next time im out but I'm pretty sure that's all it is since it's fine under hard acceleration any other time and that is a known issue with them. I'd just forgotten at that time. No, did stop for a short while after the cut though and he's not exactly slow lol. Guessing he'll have made it to a petrol station before he ran out since I didn't see him stranded at any point on the way back :)

Is this for your STi? Is it an import? Only reason I ask is that the UK Newages have very strong Cat 1 alarm and immobilisers as standard. Remember there's the keypad code entry doodah thingy you can set up too if you want extra security. And get a good steering lock. There's also a fuel cut method, I'd prefer you to PM me about that one though as it's not something we want to be too well known as obviously the thieves will know how to sort it then. Can't you just get a spare key from your local Scoob dealership if that's what your mainly after?

Great day was had! Had a good drive and good food :) Apologies again to Ash, Tom and Stants for being late. Especially Tom and Stants who were stood out in cold on hills for 30 mins waiting! Couple of pics. Washed car as soon as I got home as it was basically white from the salt. Nice and shiny again now :) Had a bit of a scare on the way home too, after going round a corner and accelerating hard she cut out... Expect it was a fuel cut as it'd reached just under a quarter on the fuel gauge. I remember reading this could happen when buying but had forgotten as I normally never let it drop that low. Gave it some hard acceleration on the straight areas on the way home and it was ok so hoping that's all it is. Filled her up before heading home and will test again next time I go out for a drive.

Half 1040???? Eh? Lol, Should I get to Lidl for 1030 or 1040 instead then?

Sound. See you then.

Left my work drill on the last job :( luckily it's only 30 minutes away from home in an area called Dore up on hills. Got a good few inches of snow up there. Went in the Scoob and took the main roads there, aaaaarrrgggghhh!!! The salt!!! :( :( could hear it hitting the car almost all the way there. Decided to take the back roads back to avoid it on the way home. First time I've used it properly in the snow since I avoid driving as much as poss in winter due to the salt. Holy ****, that was one of the most terrifying and equally fun drives I've ever had! As soon as I hit any kind of boost at any time the back end slipped out. Even on the straights. I left the pub car park where I last worked and picked my drill up from completely sideways anyone who says they've drive these in the snow and it never slipped or went once must have winters tyres on or aren't putting there foot down enough haha! Because mine with its normal tyres on was all over the place, but in a controllable way still as long as I didn't go mad and keep my foot in :D Only problem was, due to the aforementioned tyres, it's useless at stopping! Had one big fright going down a steep bit where it just wasn't stopping and I was looking at going straight into a T junction and possibly the wall. Luckily managed to stop just in time by pumping the brakes with light pressure and finding the thicker bits of snow. Quite impressed with myself how I handled the situation haha. Still, any downhill parts after that I took at a granny pace. Didn't get stuck once either. One of the most surprising moments was when I stopped at the top of a steep hill (give way) which had loads of snow on it and when I pulled off it didn't struggle at all. Very impressed at that, especially since it has the wrong tyres on :) Needless to say, after all this when I got home my heart rate was raised slightly ;) absolutely brilliant fun. Just got to clean the salt off tomorrow now. May just give it a quick wipe off though since I'll be going on that meet on Saturday so will no doubt end up with loads more on and give it a good clean after that.

Sweet. I often stop there when going for a drive round there for a quick drink and to let the brakes cool. Nice place :) I'll join the convoy. Time we meeting at Lidl?

Thanks for the PM. Yep, I'm in!