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Manchester/Warrington meets. Info inside!
themanwithnoname replied to themanwithnoname's topic in North West Regional Meets
That would have been handy, eh? http://www.stadttechnik.co.uk/ These guys are hosting us -
Hi I'm a newbie on here, however I thought I'd share the love a little and make you guys aware of a couple of meets I've been attending regularly for a while. This time round, we have the 1st June which is a Monday night on Guinness Road in Trafford Park, 8-10pm. All makes and models welcome, we see everything from just passed Fiestas through to a few months back a Diablo SV showed up with a couple of Murcis and a Gallardo flanking! Its just up the road from Krispy Kreme and the Trafford Centre, really friendly meet. The other is at GT Cars in Appleton Thorn - this is the first Sunday of every month, so this time on the 7th June, from 8am - 11am. These guys are an italian specialist, so lots of cool metal inside as this is organised by the garage itself here's a quick linky http://gtcarslimited.co.uk/social/ There's a portacabin cafe which is dirt cheap and has bacon. Again, super friendly and we see all sorts there. I'll be the one in the Black Forester STI (unless you're the other black fsti owner I saw a couple of days ago headed in the general direction of Lymm, then I'm the other one in the...)
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Roger that. On the case!
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Hey Rick, this was definitely a Black SG9 STi same as mine, but good to see some more local owners about the place! Stants, I had a look over there myself - no post counts for days in some places! Though my usual haunt is Pistonheads, which moves very fast due to sheer numbers I guess. Not sure if this is good or bad juju but there are a couple of all makes/tends to be a bit exotic meets over the next couple of weeks - 1st June (Monday night) just off Guinness Road in Trafford Park (3 minutes from Trafford Centre/Krispy Kreme!) 8-10pm and the following Sunday at GT Cars who are primarily an italians specialist (The owner has a gorgeous yellow F40 that is tuned, does VMAX days and gets driven hard) in Appleton Thorn near Warrington. We get all sorts at both, I've been in a diesel 1 series and a Civic Type R, and mates Isuzu Trooper and an R33 GTR. Will be the Foz for the foreseeable future now! Though we see everything from shopping carts to hypercars there. Again if its not bad juju, I'll gladly post a couple of links.
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Haha! Up until 3 weeks ago I was encyclopedic on every Forester for sale in the UK! The Hearse made the shortlist/wishlist, but fell off as I needed PX
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I am! different username over there (ferkle). Wierd how you never see some things about until you're looking for them, but I know that I'd have noticed something like an FSTI as its so unusual to see one.
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I was the guy in the other black Foz STI through Carrington! I've had my car less than a week and until mine had never seen another black one other than 'The Hearse' down south. What are the chances? Either way, if you're local how on earth have I never seen you about before?!
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i'll take a look, see what can be done. I've never run down the strip before either, so quite tempting if there's any chance of a RWYB!
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Sounds good to me. I was hoping to make the Big One but I already have plans that weekend. Hopefully something else will match up with the calendar though.
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Cheers bud, the last few hundred miles have been a lot of fun!
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Hi So I became a Forester owner yesterday. It's quite a nice one. Actually, its a very nice one. It says STi, Litchfield, and 330s on the back. I'm on my second tank of SUL in under 30 hours. I'm just going to let the pictures do the talking now.
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Hi Thanks for that. Much appreciated. I'll keep my eye out for meets and shows as well!
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I got mine for holiday as well, we had a diving trip to Thailand at the beginning of the year! Good to know about Buttertubs. I'll keep that one in mind. I've no clue at all what group it's in but I'm quite pleased that I'm paying about 750 fully comp, agreed value and all mods declared with acceptable excesses and a whole bunch of other perks like key cover etc. As a comparison, its only costing me about 70 more than the BMW albeit with half the mileage and no business use. All that and in a just-about Manchester postcode!
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Oh cool, that's a nice little bit of history there. I've watched that clip so many times in my search. I think the GoPro is going to be expanding the number of FSTi clips on YouTube, however I can't promise they'll be anything like as talented or good, and certainly not as attractive as VBH - I am, after all a fat, bearded, middle aged bloke with barely 5% her talent!
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Hairy mother and the baby cheeses that is a bit large! No, mine is the standard STI item - for now.
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Yup, new member and almost owner here. When I get the car next weekend I'm a Manc resident happy to go to meets etc.
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Cheers Jay I'll get some pics up as soon as I have her home. I have a nice 300 mile trip home planned - the car is 75 miles away! On order so far are: Black STI badges and dark smoke film to tone down the current badging a tad - will review quality of the purchased badges and go from there. Lots of make things shiny things courtesy of AutoGlym, 3m and Poorboys Hopes for a dry BH weekend on the 23rd so I can make really shiny
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Oh, none taken at all, the pre-facelift is the far better looking car! Until this one came up I was pretty much closed to the later one, its pretty much the fact its triple black, Litchfield, low miles and 1 owner (and priced way too low - good for me!) which made me take the trip to see it. That said I don't think I've ever owned a 'pretty' car! Hell, I've been rattling round in a BMW 1 series for the last 3 years so the facelift Forester is still an improvement! :D That one really is a bargain, and I did my best to man maths it, but needed to trade in the 1er to make the numbers work. It really will be a complete bargain for the next lucky owner, that is if the current chap can bear to let go of it! He's pretty well attached to the thing, even though it sits in his back yard most of the time being a garden ornament!
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Tell me about it! Its taken what feels like a lifetime to get mine! Just for a bit of temptation, I do know of one in North Manchester/Stockport area that is up for sale, its a pre-facelift in champagne metallic with a fairly recent roger clarke rebuild. Sadly it was private sale which ruled me out in the end, but its only a smidge over £8k! Remember: You can live in a car, but you can't drive a house...
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Yes, the OBD scanner thing I have - I'll be running through the Torque Pro app - it shows up lots of juicy data in my BMW and my Wife's Civic Type R - I can't imagine the Forester will be missing out, provided the PID outs are readable by ELM or CAN. Thanks Stants! Yes, on the test drive it was a car of two halves - suprisingly refined when just having a tootle about, but an utter beast when a few gears were dropped and the throttle mashed! The power delivery is seriously smooth though, really flat torque all the way through and no discernible boost threshold/lag. I think Iain's team did a superb job! The Performance pack was a three inch turbo back milltek with sport cat, a freer flowing filter and a map, so a nice rounded package. The intercooler is the standard STI unit (for now)...please feel free to tell me more about huge topmounts though, as I've been playing with the idea of a filthy great front mount as well! As a point of interest - is there any chance it was you I saw making some nice progress coming off the M6 at J21 a week or so back from Wigan? If not there is a chap with a very similar SF about the place!
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Heheh! Sounds about right! Although from what I've read so far, much more power will require some hardening of engine internals on mine so hopefully the prospect of an engine rebuild/spare engine will keep the mod itch at bay for a while. I can see an Android based carputer being far higher up the list in the short term.
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There's a question! I've no idea at the moment. Other than making it a tad bit more subtle - there are a LOT of large STI badges all over it at the moment, I've not decided much beyond toning it down a bit. At 330bhp/tq it should satisfy power wise for a good while, however I've found myself looking at the BC Racing website this morning, and of course will be playing around with brake pads and compounds to see what works best. Other than that, I've had my eye on a couple of sets of ProDrive wheels as I understand the standard FSTI wheels are a tad errm, lardy. Of course I've said this about every car I've owned 'no of course it will be pretty much standard' which never lasts! I have some very bad friends who will certainly try to convince me that having a bit more power, and slightly more braking, and a tad sniff lower won't hurt!
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Hi Thanks, no this one is a Litchfield which has been in the UK all its life. One previous owner and barely any miles. I forgot to mention it's one of the Litchfield performance pack ones (I think they called it 330s) so it's a bit nippy as well!
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Hi I thought I'd pop in and introduce myself, I'l the man with no name, or Luke to my friends, and I am about to take ownership of my first Subaru. In this case a Forester STi. What can I say, after a couple of rally experience days and having a tool about in a friends' Impreza WRX I had an itch that needed scratching. I like the slightly out of the ordinary, so decided I couldn't go down the WR Blue, gold wheels route, it is a good look, its just not me though, so I spent six months trawling the internet and around the country looking for a car that fit my requirements. Of course there will be pictures when I have it, but I have managed to secure a Black FSTI with extra black, and black on the side. I'm chuffed as hell and cannot wait. Six. More. Days. Edit to add: I'm in Manchester and would be interested to meet other Subaru owners, especially anyone who has an FSTi to share tips and info! Cheers.
