Whats happening with your car for the winter

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Right lads, just curious as to know what some of ye doing with the cars over winter.
Keeping em on the road, locked up in the garage, in getting work done etc etc
I know some of ye will keep em out and others be locked up.
My own is still taxed til the end of the year. Must try get an NCT on it now tho. But will probably leave it off the road from Jan to March maybe..
But no garage so she'll just be in the driveway and started frequently and brought for the short spin around local areas.
 
subiescooby said:
Mine will stay a daily 😆 I think I've done 5000 miles since end of September when it left the shed finally 🤣 although the hawkeye non turbo is sitting in the shed finally after it's years of good service to me 😇
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What's the plan for the hawkeye now man?
You gonna daily that and keep the WRX for other duties or...?
 
WRX was bought as the new daily just kept getting the "I'll do this while I'm in here" treatment to the point where all the work it had done got done 😝

no plans for the Hawkeye atm, it's off the road both for tax and insurance.

There's space in the shed for now to keep it, and I've no plans to sell I dont think unless it starts getting in the way, for now anyway. It's not terrible underneath but does need TLC, and at the end of the day is a non turbo.

I have dreams of of an S12 WRC replica, so maybe it'll be used as a base for that in a few years 🤣🤣
 
Mine went in for work on the scabby bits of the shell on 29 Dec 2023 , still there 😂

We’re getting there though, rear suspension turrets rebuilt from scratch , additional stitch welding done to stiffen up the structure as the wagon is not as stiff as the saloon/coupe,
2 new full genuine rear Subaru 1/4 panels ,2 new front genuine wings , roof panel removed to seal where it was leaking water in past the rails , sills and jacking points reinforced well above factory spec ,

Windscreen out and check for water ingress

Once all done , full repaint,
 
For me 3/4 times a week out for a good run up over Wicklow roads.. Outside of that any chance I get going shoping with wife I'll drive we are takin the Sti.. go see folks into Sti ..out for Lunch into the Sti ect ect 🙂..I'll keep taxing it and driving it ..there will be a day when we can't.
 

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BazGF8 said:
Mine went in for work on the scabby bits of the shell on 29 Dec 2023 , still there 😂

We’re getting there though, rear suspension turrets rebuilt from scratch , additional stitch welding done to stiffen up the structure as the wagon is not as stiff as the saloon/coupe,
2 new full genuine rear Subaru 1/4 panels ,2 new front genuine wings , roof panel removed to seal where it was leaking water in past the rails , sills and jacking points reinforced well above factory spec ,

Windscreen out and check for water ingress

Once all done , full repaint,
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Jeasus thats some list of jobs! Be like new!!
Can't wait for see finished product!
 
I just insured mine a few weeks ago so since it arrived in June it was getting some work done and I've been unable to drive it and in the few weeks it's on the road I've been driving it off boost as it needed to go to ap was with him yesterday although he couldn't tune it properly as the airflow meter is faulty😭 he restricted it to run safe till I get back to him and it drives lovely even restricted so for me I'm going to enjoy driving it as much as I can🙂🙂 as there will be times when I cant
 
My one is taxed till the end of this month. Normally I would declare them off the road from November till May . But with buying this one this year the tax was up in September so I taxed it for October use. It will be out next week as herself needs my car while her Focus Is getting a few jobs done on it. It's declared off the road from January 1st so the cover will go on it over the Xmas and probably put it back on the road in May.20240727_154857.jpg
 
colmsti555 said:
My one is taxed till the end of this month. Normally I would declare them off the road from November till May . But with buying this one this year the tax was up in September so I taxed it for October use. It will be out next week as herself needs my car while her Focus Is getting a few jobs done on it. It's declared off the road from January 1st so the cover will go on it over the Xmas and probably put it back on the road in May.View attachment 136233
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You've plenty of cool machines to.choose from in that garage colm anyway😜
 
A full windscreen on the widearch so will driving that over the winter will also double as a back up car having gone electric so will be used
Will be putting the S203 seats in over the weekend to make it a nicer place to be .
Having driven it to the rally last weekend it’s a serious car to go and handle Doesn’t have the pick up of a twin scroll you need to keep it above 3500 revs when nailing it and changing gear but do that and it’s epic . The sound is unreal from the titanium back box
If you could get twin scroll pickup with that burble sound it would be awesome.
 
Epic. S203 seats would finish that car beautifully man
Burble is hard to beat in fairness 😆
 
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