had the scoob back today (again) took her for a spin down the motorway and to be honest guys i didnt enjoy it i was waiting for it to f**k up again i may well have been driving a works van just hope i get the thrill back

 

what did they say the problem was if they already changed belt and fixed it last time..???

 

they didnt replace the tensioners mate, new belt old tensioners and it slipped again ... apparently

 

gonna take a while to get ur confidence back in the car now. few nice drives up around the mountains and i think ur grin will start showing, hope it does

 

i hope so mate going out tomorrow for a blast.....the missis is in work until 12pm so on my own

 

It's taken me a while to get my confidence back with mine mate but it's there now it'll take a wee bit of time and will be worth the wait!!

 

Im the same with mine mate. Had a few niggles last year with it and now its just waiting for something else to go wrong every time i drive it.

Just need to take it for a good run somewhere i think

 

so they changed belt and not tensioner should let people know not to take their scoobs there as it seems they haven't got a clue

 

i used to feel like that with my old blue one, but it took everything i threw at it

 

hope you get your mojo back fella and NEVER take your car back to whereever it has just been fleecing-unprofessional knoobs

 

cheers guys
the car sales that i bought the scoob from took it to the garage that fixed it as it is under warranty so it was their choice, they wouldnt take it to a subaru dealer i was told the guy that had it was a impreza enthusiast and had owned 11 of them, i have talked to him on the phone and he seems like a good bloke.......but you never can tell

 

just goes to show if the fella who owned it had 11 scoobs and an enthusiast he would know where was the best place to take it for work to be done on it and would not have had the wrong belt put on it ect..

that garage should be name and samed as they are filling people full of sh@t

 

sorry mate misunderstanding...... the guy who did the work on it for the warranty was the enthusiast, he is the one that noticed the wrong timing belt etc etc

 

what was the issue with the "wrong belt" ive missed that bit ???

 

Same old here too! MOT next week I wonder what joys that will bring Still considering the gallon can and a match!

 

apparently mate i have a different bottom end in my engine and the timing belt was the wrong one fitted, when it went over xmas it was due to the belt slipping in the -freezing weather.
went again on monday same problem a slip but now they have replaced the belt tensioners with upgraded/aftermarket ones

 

even more cr@p they told you

 

i agree with catalunya

 

as i have said guys i aint got a clue with the impreza just relaying what i and the car sales were told i now know thats its all sh*t and if anything else needs to be done i shall be telling the sales garage in no uncertain terms to take the car elsewhere
anyway here is a new pic of the scoob as of this afternoon

 

Lookin' good

 

It might be a good idea to take it to somebody else and it checked over

 

cars looking great scott and the only reason i comment is i hate seeing people getting told a load of bull and charged and conned by garages

like half the things they have told you

lets hope everything is ok for you now mate and hope to see you around soon

 

same as lee, but you got a sweet looking car there so as you say as long as you dont get any more problems with it you should be fine but if you do get any more problems tell your car sales guy that you dont want it going back to the nummptys garage and that if you have any more problems you want him to change the car or give you some sort of compo, :thumbs: for a long time of trouble free motoring now

 

The scooby factor WILL come back once things have settled

 

Scoobs don't like continuous high speeds such as motorways, get it on a B road with loads of twisties and it will seduce you all over again.
Having had a few probs with mine over the past year (which hopefully are over), i've had to regain my trust in mine, which is coming back slowly.