eddie c

Hi guys

just new to this so please be patient with me. Got my first sccooby not long back 99v,Plenty of toys on in and i having loads of fun driving it. Please feel free to pass on any words of wisdom to me so that i do not trash my new toy.

Barney19

Welcome. Enjoy!!

eddie c

Thanks i will. Having tons of fun looking fwd to a good drive up to dundee tonight.

Hanley

Good words of wisdom that were given to me 4 years ago when I bought my first Scoob:

a) Always allow the car to sufficiently warm up before booting it in a morning, as a general rule I use to wait 15 minutes

b) After a hard drive (and this can include a steady motorway drive at 90MPH) always give the car time to cool down by doing a few miles at 30mph (through town etc)

c) Oil change every 3 to 5 thousand miles

I lived by those rules when I had my first classic scoob, a 95 UK Turbo and it had 175,000 miles on the clock and was still running like a dream when I sold it

Hope this helps, and if any of it is wrong I'm sure I'll be corrected

eddie c

Thanks for the advice will try and remember them.

Trap2Terrorist

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I always allow my WRX to warm up too, before taking it to high revs - I keep it under 3k rpm's until the engine temperature is at its normal running temp.

When getting home after a good thrash or motorway miles I allow mine to tickover for as long as my patients allows - I try to leave it for at least a minute before turning off the ignition.

eddie c

will try but car has a only one cat and is quite loud even after it has been run for a long time. I think next door are already complaining about me. oh well to them.

bengsi

I have the same problem with next door! Get a turbo timer and tell them you cant turn it off till its run down! I work shifts so they usualy get mine at 5am!

eddie c

Me to i leave the house at about 6am or if i am on nights i might get in any time from 4.30am to 8am. If you get a trubo timer can you lock the car while the engin is on run down?

Trap2Terrorist

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You need to remember that turbo timers need to be notified to your insurance company. Unless it's integrated into the alarm/immobiliser system, (Clifford do one that is), they may not be too happy and might put up your insurance premium.

eddie c

Insurance is already to much so i do not think i will bother geting one plus with the rising fuel costs and the distance to my work 25 m each way i am struggeling to run the car as is.Fuel my way is as much as 100.9 for optimax and 98.9 for normal. !!!!

Trap2Terrorist

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Where are you based? I live in S.Wales and have been paying 100.9p/litre for Optimax for a couple of weeks, it's a nightmare!!

eddie c

Near to kilmarnock a town called stewarton on the west coast of scotland. Love my car but they dont half cost a lot to run. I am having to fill my car about one to two times a week allmost cryed when i saw the cost of fuel.All i can hope for is a win on the lottery or big T to sort his stuff out soon, and stop picking on us poor car owners. Or the scooby might have to go sooner than planed.

Trap2Terrorist

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Tell me about it - it's bizzare watching the 'litres' and 'pound/pence' counters going round at the same on the pump!!!

I might have to start walking the 20 mile round trip to work each day so that I can afford to waste fuel on the A/B roads at the weekend!!

eddie c

sounds like a good plan . I am off to dundee tonight think i will take some back road a cheer my self up . You only live once must dash you about £30 worth of fuel to burn and some boy races to play with.

Trap2Terrorist

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LOL

JCScooby

Just watch your speed on the road up, the M9 from dunblane is a hot spot for unmarked police and from perth onwards it can be worse.

CyprusScooby

If you have run one for that amount of time then you have to be a source of ref. !!!!!

scooby11

welcome to scoobynet,

i have a MY99 as well, in DBM, absolutely brilliant car....gf keeps complaining about the fuel costs, but everytime I step on the gas, the speed and characteristic burble is just too addictive.

These cars seem to go on for ever, just make sure you keep to the servicing schedule, and have it looked at by someone who has scooby experience.

Apart from the obvious, make the most of it....I still have the biggest grin on my face
even after 5 months of owning it!!!

Good luck mate.

SiDHEaD

Bit of advice my boss (who'd had a scoob for 6yrs) gave me when i got mine:

People don't realise how fast you can come round an island and will dilly out infront of you. Always be prepared!!

RB5 69

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I used to work in Stewarton for a while .... live in Larkhall and had my first Impreza at the time (standard 96 model car) .... IIRC the drive at 10pm at night from Stewarton over to the M77 and then onto the Eaglesham moor road into E.K. was a cracker .... just as well the car had PIAA's!!

Ive owned Impreza's for over 8 years now and have found out more about the cars in the last year after joining the RB5 Owners Club than I had done in the previous 7 .... have also spent more as well though!!

My point is, Eddie, keep an eye on all the different forums, anything you need to know, post it up here or on the RB5 OC or the P1WOC etc,etc. ... you will always find out what you need to know!

Cheers,

Norm.

PS if its a 99 car .... WATCH THE MAF!!

eddie c

thanks for all the good advice guys all noted and taken on board. .