I am back!!!!!

[arthur t]

Sooooooo,

I had a WRX PPP wagon which I sold and bought a S3.... 9momths later I lost £3,000 and struggled to sell it.
Amazing car but Very dull..

Now looking back a Sti's JDM's... So back to the madnesses

This is what takes my fancy at present...

Happy to be back !

[MDMA .]

have a quick look at Tom Harvey. they have a lovely JDM STI . very tempted myself.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/s...

Edited by MDMA . on Wednesday 2nd March 16:44

[tonyb1968]

Well that looks like a very nice 2004 STI V limited

[MDMA .]

tonyb1968 said:

Well that looks like a very nice 2004 STI V limited

the Petter Solberg one ? quite a rare car.

[tonyb1968]

MDMA . said:

the Petter Solberg one ? quite a rare car.

Yes, thats the one, or was it a 2003 v limited but hey, it was the car that the Japs had to celebrate Petter's 2003 WRC championship, Europe got the Solberg Edition car (of which 500 were converted to the WR1), so yes, very rare indeed with maybe 4 in the UK?

First 2 (this may be one of them) came in to Prosport in Stockport where Pete purchased 2, saw them when they were new, the MH reg would agree with it being from Manchester so it could well be.

Tony

PS will add that this 2003 V limited is missing its from STI spoiler

[arthur t]

Good work gents,

You are right it's a limited addition PS JDM.

Knew I should have covered the number plate up...

Doh.

Yea it's had some suspension tweets to reduce the under steer,

The twin scroll is Amazing and I know wish I had bought a JDM many yrs ago as the UK turbo is Rubbish as it runs out of puff while the twin scroll just keeps giving...

I am glad you all like the car anyway.

[arthur t]

Anybody who has not had / driven a twin scroll do so ASAP .... U mey sell your car after your trip ;-)

Please do not give me "yea but mine has been remapped & makes 1 Milllllllion BHP" it's not about BHP it's about delivery ..

[tonyb1968]

Do you know why the 2003 V Limited is a standard STI and not a Spec C?

[arthur t]

Not sure,

But it's great fun to drive ;-)

Looked at the spec C and I like this better due to noise and real life.

[tonyb1968]

The Spec C was never homologation registered for 2003/4 so they used the Standard STI as the WRC car.

The Spec C's are noisier and dont have as many goodies on them so for most people the GL STI was a better option (I owned 2 Spec C's, loved them but not the easiest day to day car to live with), oh and twin scroll rules

[mazdajason]

When I saw you post yesterday I thought to myself that looks like a V limited but the other people have confirmed my suspicions. My mate owns a V Limited which I am hoping to buy and he has said before he thinks there might be 4 or 5 in the UK so you are right, a very rare car by UK standards.

[MDMA .]

Arthur t, sorry, miss-read your post. the car pictured is yours ? I thought it was something that you were looking for and fancied.

good buy there. very nice car. this shape has really grown on me recently. really thought the hawks were the good looking ones but these are now the ones for me.

enjoy.

[arthur t]

That's right, not bought yet.

Collecting it on Sat... Very excited about :

A) having a real drivers car.

B) having a car that is "different" as I have started to notice that lack of Scooby on the road recently.

[mazdajason]

Nice one congrats what's the mileage on yours? I'll have to mind to get in contact with you when I get mine

[arthur t]

Picked the car up today and have already been introduced to the people at shell....

What a cracking car with so much raw grunt!

It's a real Animal...

[AWG]

Arthur, any interior differences to the standard STi?

Enjoy the ownership!

[arthur t]

It has this silly little "Shell card tray" which may become very useful.

This is just a play toy and not needed for "normal life" ... It's has to be said the 3" exhaust is bonkers loud at full chat.

[tonyb1968]

AWG said:

Arthur, any interior differences to the standard STi?

Enjoy the ownership!

Mechanical differences, no, same as the GL, cosmetic, yes

[bonesX]

Congrats - that's my 'old' car

And yes, it is missing its splitter (I went through a couple)

Edited by bonesX on Tuesday 8th March 13:12

[arthur t]

bonesX said:

Congrats - that's my 'old' car

And yes, it is missing its splitter (I went through a couple)

Edited by bonesX on Tuesday 8th March 13:12

Yea, I heard.

Seems I have kept it in the Scoobynet family lol.

I have a Massive A4 folder of every past receipt, amazing history.

Did you put the Bonkers 3" exhaust on it!

Got to get mufflers in that, or I could be def in 3 months.

Amazing car, thank you for looking after it before me.