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In theory a stock STi is 260bhp, a PPP equipped car (like ours) is 305bhp. We had it dynoed a few years back in our first ownership and it was putting out just shy of 320bhp... Depends how much you trust dynos I guess, I doubt it's under 300bhp though given how hard it pulls all the way to the redline which is very rare for turbo car. And Andy they're rose-gold I'll let you argue with other half if you want to insist they're pink

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA nope.

You have, and he took the p*ss too that's why I'm bitter

https://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2017/07/21/new-categories-write-offs/ Cat C & D are to be replaced with S (structural damage but repairable) and N (non-structural but uneconomic to repair) from October. Should mean it's easier to clarify what level of damage was actually recorded, assuming its assessed correctly. Cue a huge bunch of threads from roughly November wondering why their car isn't a Cat D...

Is it though? It just tempts people into driving in ways in which they otherwise wouldn't, and it's not like his footage is particularly impressive. Sorry, that sounds like I'm picking on you, I'm really not. His videos would just be significantly better if he cherry picked the interesting stuff, perhaps on some longer shots, rather than videoing every single thing leaving. #grump

Awesome place for the coppers to park up there though

He does? I mean, I've seen a few of his vids where he stands there and films cars as they leave places (mainly to spot the bellends who can't leave a car show sensibly), so does he do other proper films as well?

Which isn't weird at all. But then you do have that god-awful tacky as hell tattoo to match

They only finished in the top ten (or nine, in this case) because that's the amount of manufacturers Evo asked to supply tyres, not because they were specifically chosen because they're any good Wouldve been good if they'd chucked a really cheaply set of ditchfinders in there too, just to see how bad they are in comparison.

Is it throwing a code, or can you hear/feel it?

More spoilers ahead... 1st Michelin PS4 2nd Pirelli PZero PZ4 3rd Continental PremiumContact 6 4th Falken FK510 (!) 5th Dunlop SportMaxx RT2 6th Bridgestone Turanza T001 evo 7th Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 8th Goodyear Eagle F1 asymmetric (!) 9th Toyo Proxes Sport Scores, 1st to 9th: 98.1 95.7 94.3 92.8 92.1 91.8 91.6 90.7 86.9 Performed at the Conti test track. Read the magazine if you want the full details, it's too new for me to c+p any text over aside from the winner, but I will say that this is the first test they've done that actually agrees with my own personal viewpoints. Normally the Eagle F1 wins this or finishes 2nd or 3rd, but I really don't like them at all. Everything else is about where I'd expect, barring the high finish of the Pirelli (are they finally making decent tyres again?) and the Falken (very surprised about this one, maybe a good budget buy for the cheapskates among you ). But yeah, go buy the MPS4. Now.

As in the halo?

Truly this week has shown the deathknell for motorsport as we know it.

It was actually belated, as she got me this gorgeous solid silver plectrum on the day and I didn't get her anything

Nope, that my wedding present to her. Our initials, and the year we met.

Or maybe he just made a mistake, and it caught him out. Poor guy just lost his 430 Scud, I'd be absolutely gutted if that were me.

We liked the hatch too, but the 2.5 lump just isn't as exciting as the 2.0 one IMHO. There's a lot to be said for old-school turbo lag

You still can, its under My Content on the LHS bar

Tbh, I don't bother with any of them. SIDC has all the tech data but is US-based, Scoobynet the best UK example but too big to not get lost in the ether. We've previously been members of the Essex Scooby Crew (I know, I know...!) but they've now been sucked up into Scoobynet. In general though, Impreza clubs are incredibly friendly places who do not stand for chavs or nonsense at all, which is surprising given the brand image. It's a good thing though

Random, or a particular cylinder?

Carfolio does it better imho.

People won't own cars, they'll just borrow pods Boris-bike style. Driving will only be allowed on certain roads between 1000 and 1130 every other Tuesday.

We won't be driving then anyway, it'll all be autonomous pods not cars. Both together are the future for those living in urban areas, not one or the other. And at that point you can just shoot me dead if that's all that's available.

My brain wants to go fast, not sideways

Never going to happen in my lifetime. Maybe they'll ban ICE cars from city centres, but that's about it.