Sandals

No worries mate, just chancing my arm :D

Couple of comfy looking beemers @ 2:14 Drive up to Forth Road Bridge @ 6:10 Young guy in a Yaris who was loving the smell of my exhaust @ 7:34 Supra @ 15:50 Interesting Type-R @ 18:28

Would the braided brake lines fit a newage?

I thought so to! Didn't think it was even going to fit through the letterbox tbh!

That's a stunning colour!

Nah no software with it... was one of the cheaper units at only £45 so can't complain too much!

My wheels are the standard WRX 17"... I'll fit them tomorrow and take some pics! I did get a fright when the postie delivered them.... they made an almighty thud when they hit the floor!!

Got my dashcam all setup, cables hidden and working! Bit disappointed as the dashcam makes my car sound quiet! It's not overly loud compared to a lot of other scoobs out there but still... I'll get a video up later on tonight, probably of me going to work over the forth road bridge! Edit: Come to think of it... my car has quietened down a little bit since having a service. Is that normal? :D

Received mine, look brilliant! Now just need to get my wheels refurbished to bring them up to the same quality as the nuts XD

Welcome!! Always nice to see fellow Scots join the forums :D

Fingers crossed Gambit!

I've just ordered a dashcam, should be here tomorrow!! So i'll start contributing some glorious views of Scotland soon enough :D

Yeh after various googling I found the same information, from the man Andy F: Ignition timing This is determined mainly from the MAF sensor and the engine speed. There are maps for high octane and low octane fuels and the ECU selects between them depending on knock sensor activity. The ECU also learns ignition timing from the knock sensor and effectively sculptures these maps over time. Pre 1999 models !Removed! the timing in an area of the map if the knock sensor was ever active. 1999/2000 models will try periodically to advance the ignition again. 2001 and later models run very actively on the knock sensor and adapt very quickly. The practicality of this is that resetting the ECU should be performed on pre 1999 cars if a higher octane fuel is used or if just recovering from a tank of “bad fuel” as sometimes happens. This will enable the ECU to relearn more appropriate ignition timing for the present fuel. It is not worth resetting later models. On 1999/2000 models, typically after twenty or so miles, the ECU has adapted quite a lot. There is no need with any car to excessively load the engine on the brakes or by putting four heavy blokes in the car and driving up long hills. If anything excessive load will only expose the car to more detonation and it will learn more pessimistic ignition timing!

Looks great! Welcome to the club! :D

MCM literally just did a video on this :D

Had my car serviced for the first time since owning her! Nothing major to report, front discs are around 60% worn and the rear anti roll bar and bushes had a little play, so just wear and tear really! I should be able to change these parts myself :D

Welcome! Big it up for the 54 plate blobs!! :D

So many nice cars on that website... I wish I never saw it now... HNNNNNG

Excellent, YHPM

Dark grey is a personal fave of mine... it goes with almost any body colour :D

This is the stuff: http://www.halfords.com/motoring-travel/cleaning-body-repair/detailing-products/autoglym-bumper-and-trim-gel-325ml

So no hesitation after gear changes or anything like that?? Gives me hope that I could just fit a VTA as opposed to plumping more cash on a hybrid one :D

I 2nd the auto glym stuff... it's a thick green goo that works really well!

Noticed in some other threads about doing ECU resets after minor mods or using higher octane fuel. I am only the 2nd owner of my scoob and the previous owner only ever did around 3k miles a year and since the car was completely standard, I'm questioning whether they used high octane fuel (which I have always used shell v-power with the occasional momentum 99). Been doing some googling and some say just disconnect the battery (negative terminal only?) and press the brake for 30 seconds to deplete all charge. Then I've read that with some imprezas it can only be done via software on a laptop plugged into the car. My car is a 2004 blob WRX, can someone confirm whether the disconnecting the battery technique would work? Ta :D

Let me know how you get on with the BOV... I have a black blob WRX as well! Good choice... :D