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2004 Impreza WRX UK300 - 500tie

Postby 500tie » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:05 pm

Me and a mate went for a drive out in the cotswolds, thought id take a few pics and share them:


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Justa shame it was raining hoping for a sunny day some time soon.
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Postby WR1 Bro » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:14 pm

Nice one fella. Pics always go down will on the WR1oc.

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Postby WAYNE WRX » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:34 pm

Looking good matey 8)
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Postby zedder » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:57 pm

nice pics !! got a pic similar with my 2 baby,s
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Postby danr55 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:00 am

nice pics :thumb:
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Postby 500tie » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:44 am

zedder: very similar to my household mate as the wife has got the vxr although i havent quite got a wr1 have i :D
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Postby Megaman » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:42 pm

in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)
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Postby Ferret WR1 » Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:20 pm

Nice pics :thumb:
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Postby zedder » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:13 pm

sootie How do you find the vxr compared to your scooby ?
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Postby zedder » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:16 pm

500tie wrote:zedder: very similar to my household mate as the wife has got the vxr although i havent quite got a wr1 have i :D

sootie How do you find the vxr compared to your scooby ?
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Postby zedder » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:35 pm

Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?
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Postby WR1 Bro » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:18 pm

zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.
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Postby zedder » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:24 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.

I bet its the quickest car to get a parking space at the local supermarket :lol:
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Postby WR1 Bro » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:37 pm

zedder wrote:
WR1 Bro wrote:
zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.

I bet its the quickest car to get a parking space at the local supermarket :lol:


FFS, don't big him up. I've spent months trying to squash him
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Postby Foley » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:42 pm

ST=shopping trolly :lol:
Focus ST's rule!!!
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Postby WR1 Bro » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:44 pm

Foley wrote:ST=shopping trolly :lol:


PMSL
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Postby 500tie » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:39 am

Zedder: the vxr understeers a damn sight more and torque steers like a git, as for handling in the wet im not even going to go there thats what i love about the 4 wheel drive system it just grips or drifts its so managable. Its a lot easier to drive round town than a civic type r tho but thats because of it being a turbo. One of my mates has got the nurbergring edition and he myself and the lad with the type r went for a drive down some country lanes the other month and they couldnt even get close to the scoob maybe something to do with the fact it was raining. :D
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Postby POESY » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:02 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.


My misses drives a GB270 - which understeers all over the place - she uses it to go to the shops :lol:

Infact whenever we go to the shops we always take the scoob and the megane stays at home :?
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Postby WR1 Bro » Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:07 pm

POESY wrote:
WR1 Bro wrote:
It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.


My misses drives a GB270 - which understeers all over the place - she uses it to go to the shops :lol:

Infact whenever we go to the shops we always take the scoob and the megane stays at home :?


Have you finished chewing her face off yet?
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Postby zedder » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:15 pm

500tie wrote:Zedder: the vxr understeers a damn sight more and torque steers like a git, as for handling in the wet im not even going to go there thats what i love about the 4 wheel drive system it just grips or drifts its so managable. Its a lot easier to drive round town than a civic type r tho but thats because of it being a turbo. One of my mates has got the nurbergring edition and he myself and the lad with the type r went for a drive down some country lanes the other month and they couldnt even get close to the scoob maybe something to do with the fact it was raining. :D

Have to agree with you Sootie, the vxr should come with a health warning as it gives you a coronary when tackling winding roads :shock: [no comparison to the scooby] woz suprised how much poke it as got though!!and it gets the kids to school on time :wink: but wouldnt like to give it anymore gee gees ive heard of some VXRS doing 300hp now that must be MENTAL!!!
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Postby Megaman » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:48 pm

zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


Once your rolling its fine although you wouldnt want to boot it in 1st and expect to win against anything 4wd...greasy and wet roads will set off the ESP if you try and drive too quickly...but given its power it drives incredibly well. could do with lowering and powergrip suspension from morego... but i need to keep it practical for getting over speed bumps etc so have avoided doing it...
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Postby Megaman » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:50 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
zedder wrote:
WR1 Bro wrote:
zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


It doesn't matter. It is a woman's shopping car. But like a Megan.

I bet its the quickest car to get a parking space at the local supermarket :lol:


FFS, don't big him up. I've spent months trying to squash him


You cant squash something as big as me mate ;).... the owners club is very active for the STs and you normally get at least 10-30 cars per meet if you do a run somewhere which is quite cool.
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Postby Megaman » Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:52 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
Foley wrote:ST=shopping trolly :lol:


PMSL


Oi you too... dont dis what you havent tried... its not bad for a ford ;)
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Postby WR1 Bro » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:58 pm

Megaman wrote:
WR1 Bro wrote:
Foley wrote:ST=shopping trolly :lol:


PMSL


Oi you too... dont dis what you havent tried... its not bad for a ford ;)


I've tried the Ford thing... it was shit.
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Postby zedder » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:40 pm

WR1 Bro wrote:
Megaman wrote:
WR1 Bro wrote:
Foley wrote:ST=shopping trolly :lol:


PMSL


Oi you too... dont dis what you havent tried... its not bad for a ford ;)


I've tried the Ford thing... it was shit.

Hope your not a badge tart!! :D had a couple of fords when i woz a lad a fiesta supersport and a rs 1600i i loved the latter and was gutted when i had to part with it :cry: always wanted a rs cosworth but never got their!!nowt wrong with fords in my opinion they have made some iconic motors!!
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Postby zedder » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:51 pm

Megaman wrote:
zedder wrote:
Megaman wrote:in case you didnt know... i drive a WR1 and the wife drives a Focus ST tweaked to 330bhp. ;)

how does the st cope with the extra power through the front wheels?


Once your rolling its fine although you wouldnt want to boot it in 1st and expect to win against anything 4wd...greasy and wet roads will set off the ESP if you try and drive too quickly...but given its power it drives incredibly well. could do with lowering and powergrip suspension from morego... but i need to keep it practical for getting over speed bumps etc so have avoided doing it...

It woz a toss up between an st or the vxr but r lass chose the vxr on its looks but i think the st is a much more all round car driving wise!! begs the question why buy an rs focus if you can tweak an st to over 300 bhp especially when its still front wheel drive :?
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De - Tango

Postby 500tie » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:40 am

Just a Little up date on the scooby, I decided the other day that i wanted to de-tango the headlights so i thought id share the pics with you and if you fancy doing the same this link maybe of some use to you...
http://www.scoobycity.co.uk/phpBB2/view ... 27&t=17207

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Postby 500tie » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:07 pm

Ive spent the last 2 days detailing my scoob. Not quite to clarks standard but not too far off, thought id share a few pics with you hope you dont mind.

With thanks to clark tho as i folowed the advice off his website.

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sorry about all the pics
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Postby jimmy » Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:14 pm

am not going to slag it off but my mrs brother had a silver st and he sent it back to ford after 3 months of ownership,he said it had very poor built quality,i like the orange one tho

nice clean scooby mate,like the noise of the v-tec,like the astra vxr in white :wink:
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Postby 500tie » Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:28 am

Yea the MRS wished she had waited a while and got the nurbergring edition of the VXR but hey thats life, i wished id waited a few months and could have got a WR1 for the same price i paid for the WRX300. God damn the recession.

Im not a fan of the Type R just dont like driving it and to be honest i havent really driven the ST to comment on it.
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