salsa-king

had it done today at TintTech in Nottingham. great price.

went for the 15% tint :) just on the back windows

quite pleased with  the look now too

Highly recommend Dan at Tint Tech too, very professional and offers lifetime guarantee on the film.. while ever you own the car. He said any problems bring it back :)
Can't say fairer than that. :)

Gunmetal

i was going to call it Osy

I rang the garage who have done the last 6 or 7 services. He knew the car.. said its had anything done that needed doing.

From the service in Feb 2014 to it's next service in March 2016 the car has covered 2800 miles.

He said in May 2014 the cam belt and water pump were done... guess what.. 30miles had been covered between the Feb service and the cam belt being done in teh May of 2014!!!

Well, the time has come to get a bit bigger car to run the kids about with bikes etc.

Been looking at Renault Grand Scenic (7seater) and Foresters (non turbo)

Pricing around the £2k price mark.. but most have 100k+ miles on... some with service history and most with non. 

Then while in Ibiza last week I spotted a 2002 SF on AutoTrader ... it had little info other than in Silver with 39k miles!!!!!! yes THIRTY NINE THOUSAND!!!

Got home on Thursday afternoon and come Friday afternoon I'd been over to Lincoln to have a look at it.

It was mint... :) interior looked like no one had sat in it, need my detailing on the paint work and engine bay.. only bad bit is the diamond polished alloys are starting to get the crows feet lines under the lacquer. (I may look at refurb to smarten them up).

Told the wife I wanted to put a deposit on it... and lets say all of Friday wasn't made easy for me... we had a few words over it :(

But I did manager to ring and put a deposit down.. still with the wife fuming.. and said I'd be over Sunday to show her what it was like.

So, been over today.. she was coming round to the idea of the forester, but still annoyed with me :(

Having now seen it she likes it and thinks its a peachy buy :)

One owner from new .. full service stamps.. most main dealer, but the local main dealer closes so after that it was all at another garage.

I'm chuffed, a few things to sort out but looking to pick up at the weekend :)

I'm quite excited about it, it drove lovely.. nothing like the 330s of course lol 

It has not squeaks or rattles, AC is cold and inside is immaculate, found out it's last service was at 39k in March this year.. winner. 

have you a link to a good kit I could but then get my guy at the garage we use for our 'normal' cars to fit?

is it this one?

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/timing-belt-kit/blue-print-ads77309_g307_a350ADS77309.html

the STi 330s.. still  goes to the main dealer... just in case ;) lol

cus she thought i'd put a deposit down without asking her (well I nearly did but it wasn't worth the hassle) so I told her to get approval.. which took some time as she was fuming with me I wanted to buy another car when we have more important things to spend money on.

I said we need a bigger car so it's something for the family to enjoy ;)

now it's the cam belt question that's going round in her head.. has it been done or not in 2013 ... if not why not.... how can we tell, etc etc.

The car has only 39k miles on it!!!!!!!!

seeing it again in the morning so will go through the sericve book and find out when/who did the 2013 service and try and ring them to find out.

is it an expensive job to have done if we find it;s not been done?

I found one...deposit paid.. taking the wife to see it tomorrow (I saw it yesterday) she's not too happy with me :(

2002 Forester sport (non Turbo) low miles, loads of history. Mint 

both then lol

what's the model varients

I see

XE XT XTE XC

can you show me some SF ones then that look good??

Is auto box a problem?

My Fiat Punto is a Speedgear and TBH pottering about Auto is so much nicer to be doing town driving.

so a Forester would be better condition than a Blob estate for the same year?

tnx guys,

what does SF and SG mean?

tbh.. I do 1500 miles a year, so something 100k miles if in great condition isn't going to get much wear from me.

lol

I want something to look of too.

Thinking of getting rid of my Fiat Punto and getting a cheap run about Forester.. 

what should I be looking out for?

what does £500-£1000 get you

£1500 get you..

then upto £2k get you..

are they all sheds?

can you get a bargain on a used Forester that's in good nick and and not with stupid 120k+ miles!!!

tell me what you know.

I swapped the std STi springs for the PRODRIVE Ebach's springs that give a 10mm drop all round. But when I'm on my 'normal' Prodrive GT2 alloys... 19" the car sits very well.

These are just a winter set of STi alloys I picked up on eBay a few years back, I run them over winter. Last year (2015-16) I didn't swap them over and we had snow. This year end of Nov I swapped them.. no snow! Think I'll keep them on this summer though (they're not winter tyres) as I need a couple of 245/35/19 tyres... and not sure what to go for, so will keep these on for a change over the summer. Car does drive better on 17s though lol

Give them a ring at HTautos

http://htautos.co.uk/product-category/08-10-hatchback/

I think they will fit just like they do on my STi

if you get a Terzo you want it standard and it will be a collectors car. ... liek buying a Catalynia (not sure on spelling of that lol) Not like above.. too much done to it.... IMO

I think these will be pcd114 if they're off a 2011 STi as pictures above.. not pcd100 (that would be a 2008-11 WRX)

I found my STi front strut brace made a difference on handling on my Sti.

Rally Day-121 by FIL, on Flickr

mine, on cold... (ie:after few few days - cold) is half way in the bottle, I've put a marker pen mark against the water line)

when engine is hot, obviously the water is higher up in the bottle (expansion)

some times its a little below the line  by a few mm. 

Keep your eye on it, I'd be more worried if you loose the bottle after drive,  

Keith Michaels.... just don't try and ring the day before. they are busy. You need to speak directly to Gary Moulson... so keep ringing and prestering lol

once you get sorted with a QUOTE ME HAPPY from him, they send a renewal out a couple of weeks before .... every year its come down with them.

£370 FCp on my 330s with declared mods :)

we need some inside and outside pix :)

On 3/10/2016 at 0:02 AM, aucky said:

never used 1 but i was going to get this for my hatch  http://www.tarmacsportz.co.uk/GB/WRX_Perrin_Short_Shifter_Adapter/SU8_PSP-INR-200_.aspx

i would stay away from that on japspeed looks bit of a hacksaw job,cut in half and welded to gether lower down,kartboy get good reviews from the yanks and i follow a couple people on youtube from usa with modded hatch's that have removed the cobb and gone for the kartboy.

I like that,

did you know www.m-soc.com members get discount at Tarmacsportz as well :) are you a paid member on there too?

you may be better asking on the Hatch thread on SN,

http://www.scoobynet.com/763923-08-09-hatches-stand-up-and-show-yourselves-503.html

but i think you have sports# mapped. not sure what you do with the other two, unless you have those done as a separate map.

who will be mapping your car?

I was joking about the 3in1 and lube on the nuts :)

SC will do what's needed, I've loads of good friends who use them with top motors. Non of whom would use them if they were being ripped off.