Jay762

Yup they were fine - it was a 63 plate rental car all in good order

Driving up the motorway the other night I came across a red astra - I had been doing the use inside and middle lane as traffic was quite light - about 21:30 in evening, so was crossing the lanes as I needed to overtake. As I came up behind this car I moved from the middle to outside lane behind him - he had been sat there for a bit. we were doing comfortable motorway speeds so I had left a good 3 - 4 car gap behind him but then also noticed both the rear lights were out - the brake lights did work though. We got past the cars in the middle lane and then eventually the astra pulled into the middle so I could get past - I was in a standard enterprise rental rep car black SRI insignia, nothing special. Anyhow this is where it gets strange, as I pulled alongside he put his offside indicator back on, nothing in front of us so I dont know why that was done I assumed at the time it may have been caught as the lane was changed. We were then approaching a wide load with convoy escort - I was back in middle lane ahead of the astra but slowed down to under 60 to pass the wide load in the middle lane. Matey in the Astra was back in outside lane but when I looked he was still indicating to the right side and he was turning his headlights on and off?? He then sat on my rear quarter offside for the next couple of miles - if I accelerated a bit he would match and if I slowed he would slow. In the end I wondered if it wasn't the Astra and I had picked up an unmarked car so I slowed right down and let him come past - it was the astra still so I thought ok let him pull in and I can over take - He pulled in about half a mile later and sat there a few car lengths in front. I gave it a bit longer happy he wasn't going to leap for the outside lane again and indicated then over took and pulled away getting clear and moving into the middle lane, as I pulled along side the indicator came on again and as I pulled into the middle lane a good few cars clear he started turning the headlights on and off again - like the opposite of high beaming me. I thought initially I had fog lights on or left the indicators on but after a check I confirmed they were off. So does this mean anything? Been driving a fair few years and seen many lorry drivers high beam you as you overtake them :P but never seen anyone deliberately turn off their headlights on a motorway in the dark??

Good luck with the sale - tidy looking motor that

Wotcha and welcome

it is like bikers - I exchange flash lights and the odd wave etc, do for all models but get most response from Imprezas and legacies, the Fozzies by me tend to be driven by the older generation and dont respond :)

Wotcha and welcome

It does flash by doesn't it

Wotcha and welcome!!

Wotcha and welcome!!

It was predominantly the early STi's or cars that didnt check oil levels (eg Petes mate) the 330 mapping and 2009 on STi's have the revised parameters

im sure you would have a few volunteers standing by ;)

I would also confirm on dyno when time allows - pity Im not down near you at the moment I'd quite happily play Goose ;)

Ahh yes of course i remember signing something as well that all footage was copyright msv when i did a day there

Found it, it is the thread titled Newbie from Gloucestershire

my there is some girth to that one young man :D - should sort the issues no problem - will you try it on the road anyway and see if the boosts holds as the map has already in place or not due to unknown parameters incompleted on the RR?

if you are referring to the ringland failure yes it shouldnt be an issue in teh first place - there is a recent thread on here with the same discussion it includes detail from Subaru about investigations into the cause

330 should be just fine - it has already had the ECU parameters done as part of making it a 330 - check service history and ensure oil level is correct - away you go attach smile :)

excellent - keep a camera handy - or before and after videos would be great ;)

I know there is supposed to be an episode of the simpsons playing somwhere in the globe 24x7x365 dont know how many people watch though??

Samco hoses are good - UK co if I am correct or try these guys UK made http://roosemotorsport.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_151

He did post on the site wanting a scoob - mind you he might have said Scotland was too far - still cant find teh effin thread though

I would have to check the seat size

ahh I see - it is certainly something to be considered when you are covering a lot of miles on a day to day basis. Keep us posted on the classic and dont be a stranger :) It may be over his budget but why not drop this chap a pm who wanted a scooby, maybe a deal can be done?? trying to find his wanted post - cant at the mo will have a look later

as I said on my note when appending my signature - I dont condone violence (in this case tee hee) but the rest of the issues levelled at him are complete BS. I think someone was out to get him hence why a video of him muttering a racist term was 'leaked' however that piece of footage was never used in the broadcasted programme

Said this was a great car when you first had it - what have you replaced it with??