Give Iain a call ;)

Also check your insurance cover note is still valid, mine expired last week so I've just called and had a new one sent straight to Iain.

ordered mine from Litchfields

Just awaiting a firm date now

Neil

So it not just me !!!!?
 

I was starting to think that the huge hole in bank balance was due to, maybe somesort of crazy shopping spree i had !!! :Whatever_

And deep down i was dreaming about the Spec C sat in Cheltenham.

But no its there and getting nearer by the day ;)

That'd be quite some shopping spree!

Funnily enough, that's exactly what I found myself on after I'd ordered the car - floormats, CD head unit, amp, speakers, STI-badged tax disc holder and tyre valve caps, and even a new couple of sponges and chamois leathers :D I might even treat it to a new keyring too :D

Just need the car now... (drums fingers on keyboard)

Already a have a nice posh keyring.

Just need the car :notworthy ;)

And women sure know how to shop :norty:

Sorry for the off thread question but ... what is/are the 'known' insurers that offer best premiums for the standard JDM specs or Type 25? In my experience L&V and Privilege have always had the edge on UK spec Impreza's.

I've owned new WRX's for over 4 years now and have moved from main (UK) dealer to EU import. I know the only way to go next is JDM import. Now I'm in the 30+ club I was kind of hoping JDM insurance would circa £1K or less.
-Steve.

Love the picture of the van you are driving around in until you get your car, I must post up a picture of our "K" reg Nova expression that we are using until the "Delivery".

Mog

I can't wait for my Forester STi - every time I drive the Nova to school I get pitying looks from all the Mums and comments like 'is everything OK - that's not the normal type of car the you would drive...'. One person thought that our business had gone under!!! I'm so excited about our new cars I get a headache just thinking about them... Mrs Mog XXX
By the way there are stones in the Nova's exhaust and the clutch is going so every time it judders there is a lovely 'tinkling' noise to the rear!

The sad thing is, I've been driving it so long now I think my standards are slipping. I've been thinking about keeping a second car for runs to the tip, DIY shop and so on, and this morning I found myself almost excited by the prospect of a 1996 Honda Accord 2.0 on Auto Trader.

Heeellpp!

Andyc_772

That is sooo true. When I had the Porsche, I didn't want to drive it everyday as it's short runs so bought a Rover 214. Everyone took the pi** of course and fair enough. But I said it was a good car, electric everything, cost me £900 and little insurance (TPF&T) and does all the DIY and tip runs when we renovated our house - the Porsche would have fitted one bag of cement and the missus car was brand new so would be dirty and wrecked. The Porsche is now sold, the WRX MY05 wagon arrives Tuesaday, and I am sorely tempted to keep the Rover. It starts, it stops, it never let me down, and while it has no power, the worn suspension means understeer followed by lift-off oversteer which can be fun to tempt. And I now realise that on eBay you can get them sooo cheap (although with no comeback). A mate who bought a Rover after me did it for the same reasons. Cars are cheap enough now adays that I think, with the amount of Ikea, grass clippings etc that one car will have to take, keeping an old car that works and that I can service might just be the best option. Three car family - yep, but because it makes sense and could save money and a lot of tears if I trash one of the other cars...)

So, with a Porsche next to and old Rover sitting in the garage, how did you discipline yourself to drive the Rover on a regular basis?

The reason I've not yet started looking seriously for a second car, is that however desirable a beer-money, starship-mileage Primera might look compared to the old van I'm in right now, I'm sure that once I see it in the garage next to a shiny new STI, the chances of my leaving the scooby at home on a regular basis will be nil. Having an old workhorse around is pointless if it never gets used because there's a better option, and having a brand new scooby is pointless too if I'm always driving the old banger.

I guess there's a calculation to be done, to work out the number of miles I'd need NOT to do in the scooby to cover the running costs of a second car. If it works out at a couple of days' commuting a week then it's probably worth it. If it's any more than that, I guess I'm better off just driving the scooby all the time like I did with my last one. (What a hard life, eh? :))