stevieg

Hi,It's a 2002.

Yesterday morning and also this morning my WRX sigma alarm has starting chirruping whilst i am driving to work,it started after about 15 mins of driving and seems to be almost like a morse code signal that lasts for around 8 seconds,then there's a gap of about 3 mins and it doe's it again,i think but am not sure it doe's the same sequence of beeps every time,when i got to work this morning i popped the bonnet for a quick scan of the engine and it did it whilst it was idling,very strange.On the way home it seems fine,it is -20C here in Sweden at the moment,i wonder if the intense cold is affecting the electrics in anyway? I've already been through the weeping fuel pipes at the injectors syndrome which apparently Subaru in the USA recalled all WRX's for in the upper 16 states which are the coldest and i have to put the tiny little battery on charge every night or come morning it won't start,i don't think my English scooby is too impressed with Sweden!

Fluid is topped up and it's just had new belts,not a whine,screech or anything,just this lumpy/notchy feel at a certain turning arc,anyway just bought a s/h rack off ebay which i will put new inner and outer track rods and new boots on and hope that does the trick,should do,there's not much else left it can be!

Well,i had it up on axle stands today while i fitted new discs and pads and i think it's the rack,gripping a wheel on either side and moving it lock to lock the is a binding spot,if you snatch it back it also makes an internal clunk,bit of a strange one,still drives fine except for roundabouts where if you just go round and round it weaves and you cannot keep a smooth turning circle.I had a good look underneath while a friend turned the wheels and could find absolutely no play,i also gave the steering u/j a good soaking with wd-40 but no difference,i saw you can buy internal as well as external track rods for the scooby rack,are these inner rods prone to failure?

Brilliant,thanks Gambit,i'll get on with sourcing one.

Hello,could someone please supply me with the part number for this cover panel,mine is missing and i'm losing sleep over it! :)

Hi 555,Where do you ski,at Åre? I live near Östersund.

My new '02 bugeye has a strange feel to the steering when turning,in a straight line it is fine but when i get to a roundabout and turn the wheel to about 10 past or 10 to it goes stiff and wants to throw the wheel straight,when you have gone past 10 past it seems o.k. Has anybody had this problem,i'm thinking it might be a stiff/seizing steering u joint?

Just checking before i hit the buy it now button,are these the correct pads for my '02 WRX bug eye? Thanks. ebay no 190693218069

Well,it's arrived at it's new home,after a gruelling 42 hour drive,only resting on the two ferries.It's in excellent condition and one of the best cars i've ever driven,all i need to do to it is replace the front discs and pads and prepare it for winter. When you get north of Gothenburg this is pretty much all you see,miles and miles of almost empty road,got to watch out for the wildlife though,i had a moose cross in front me and believe me they are big and will write off your car if you are unfortunate enough to hit one. This is what a Swedish speed camera looks like,slim,dark and easy to miss,at least the Swedes play fair and have a speed limit and camera sign a couple of hundred metres in front of every camera. Quick pit stop Home and washed. Oldham,Greater Manchester to Östersund,central Sweden,1500 miles,in less than two days was quite a drive,but it was a great car to do it in.I don't want to be doing it again anytime soon though!

Four to five months of snow and ice roads was one of the main reasons for getting the car,my everyday car right now is a 20yr old Audi 80 which is crap on ice,even with the mandatory studded tyres,so last summer i bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee on Ebay and got it shipped over to Gothenburg,well,i hate it,so many electric faults and poor build quality,the Yanks are pretty useless at building cars and i could'nt take another winter in it.So the Audi and the Jeep are going and this will be my only car,it will be nice to have a car i can take pride in owning again.

This is'nt the first car i've imported and they do tend to bump the insurance up a bit because of it,they even did it on an XC-70 i had even though it was built in Gothenburg! It's the only good thing about being in my forties,cheaper car insurance!

Hello everyone,My name's Steve and im an expat from Warrington now living in central Sweden. I've just bought my first ever Subaru and i thought i would do it properly by getting an Impreza WRX. Scooby's are stupid money over here in Scandinavia so i had a look on Ebay and Auto Trader in the U.K and found a really nice looking '02 bug eye situated 5 mins from a friends house,he went to look at it for me and bought it there and then,he say's it's absolutely mint and stupidly fast! It's only done 100k with full s/h and has had lots of money lavished on it! It cost me £2500,the same car over here would cost between £8k to £10k. So i fly over to Manchester on Sunday to collect it and my first drive of it will be a road trip through Europe back to Sweden,should be fun! I only have this crappy little pic at the moment but i will be sure to post some photos of the road trip for you all.