softwizz

Should have posted this yesterday, but a bit busy. Wednesday 31st July - you took off like a startled rabbit when you saw me (red WRX STi wagon) in your mirrors - we stopped and shook hands in a lay-by at Bridgwater. A very satisfying blast! Don't imagine for one minute you're on Scoobynet, but if anyone knows you, please pass the message on!

puppypower

That sounds very dodgy, were there public loos nearby as well

Turboteeth

Softwizz, were you the STi Wagon going round Coombe on Rallyday last weekend?

Which STi version is it???

softwizz

turboteeth,

I have to admit that it was I, driving like an old woman (better yet, I recall Barry Sheene using the expression 'like a pregnant camel in a thunderstorm').

It's a v2 wagon, so nominally 260PS (I haven't put it on a dyno, so I don't know that it's running to spec, but it feels good for the number, by comparison with my other quick(ish) car.

My main problem was psychological - I'd decided that brake fade was going to be the big problem, because the car is bog standard, and the advice on IWOC was that I needed to get more ventilation to the centres of the wheels. Right when I needed them, I discovered that my local Impreza specialist had gone bust, and I had no time to get anything done anywhere else.

So instead, I drove so slowly I never ran into any sort of fade problem at any point (except brain fade on a chicane, a couple of laps on the trot). That's why I only submitted a bit over a minute of in-car video to snowcrash - the rest just shows me up even worse. Last time I did Castle Combe was six years ago in my M5, and I drove a lot quicker that day. And then this M3 had me doing all the right things, and I kept wondering why didn't I do this at Castle Combe!