Mattmech

Great news Etienne, pleased you got it sorted. Hopefully at a not too horrendous cost, well done. 👍🏻

That’s definitely Southend on sea, recognise the lights 😁

6 hours ago, Toothy said:

Does anyone have any spare RR-Racing stickers/transfers they're willing to send me?
Wanted to put a couple on the car, but only have one to hand.

Sorry David, tried mine, didn’t like it so took them off, only had the two or you’d have been welcome to one.

matt

Heard lots of good things about it, Hyundai have a waiting list for test drives in my area as a friend was interested. Lots of settings to play with.

certainly a leap forward from that brand 👍🏻

Here’s mine, 1.4 fiesta, not quite enough power to pull the skin off a rice pudding but it gets me to work and back.

makes the isf feel even quicker after driving it!

And my previous day shift transport

And night shift

6 hours ago, Big Rat said:

@Mattmech Hopefully I’ll be able to help you further down the line, I’ve collated info on 41 cars so far.

With production ending now and so few here  who knows I may bag the info on them all 🤗

🐀

Top man, thanks @Big Rat.

I’ll be sure to give you a shout nearer the time 👍🏻

With low numbers and a short production run will be interesting to see what happens to values over the next few years.

hopefully the values will stay strong, but for me, not too strong!

Many thanks Colin. Could make for an interesting hunt when the time comes.

didnt realise the numbers were that low!

@Big Rat so how many uk gsf’s including the last four are there?

are the numbers greater than the isf’s?

need to know how many I’ve got to choose from in the future 👍🏻

The 2.5’s can suffer from ringland failure.  A good reason to put in premium fuel 👍🏻From what I recall that was the only weakness with them. Worst case with your slush fund is fully forged and big power 😎

Very nice, well done. What year / engine is it, I’ve had two impreza’s, the 2.0 & 2.5, both put down the power in different ways.

although you can’t beat the noise of a v8 it has to be closely followed by a Subaru boxers unequal headers 👍🏻

Enjoy, 

4 minutes ago, Cezar B said:

So, no one fancies a road trip this weekend? 🙃🙃🙃

Would love to say yes but the kids are riding MX this weekend 

Caught the train from Kent to Leeds. Was hopeful I would buy it!

as the cars are rare there’s a fair chance you’ll have to travel.

It’ll be a while yet mate, I like to plan in advance!

after deciding that I wanted the isf I had one within the year. 

Need to let the prices come down a bit more yet! The drive today gives me a clearer goal to aim for. Either that or I need to get the kids moved out before they’ve left school! 

1 hour ago, NemesisUK said:

Like comparing apples and oranges, surely?

Yes, both fruit (V8s) but very different in appearance and taste (function)..

GS-F a four seater saloon, family conveyance, RC-F two seater coupé, 

 

 

To a point maybe, this trip wasn’t about what’s best, it was about what’s best for me in my current family situation. If I felt we would all fit in an rcf then it would have been down to how they drove and felt. I didn’t drive the rcf as that part of the decision was made, the same as not buying an isf with a sunroof, I wouldn’t fit!

matt

Had a drive down to Lexus Gatwick to answer the rcf gsf question for myself. Took my oldest son who's just under 6ft to see if I could get all the family in the rcf. They had a carbon white rcf and a silver gsf. Silver looks better in the flesh than the pictures. They also had a new blue gsf in the workshop they showed me , that looked fantastic.had a look and sit in the gsf first. Beautiful cabin, very comfortable. Heads up display was great. More than enough room. Similarly sized to my old 5 series bmw. 

Had a sit in the rcf.  Very nice also. At 6'4" there was no way I could comfortably get the family in so for me it was the gsf all the way.

Went out in the gsf and was more than pleasantly surprised how they seem to have improved in all areas of what I feel is a great package in the isf. Suspension is a massive improvement and the stock noise was also very good.

Time to start start saving!

Very nice, always been a fan of that colour.

enjoy your day of sunshine !

Don’t do many miles but not put any in mine at all.

12 minutes ago, DAW said:

@Peter P18 Pete very kindly organised the last Bluewater meet.

I would certainly be up for another - haven't got the foggiest on how to set up a poll for a suitable summer date though!!

Would also be good to catch up with @MattmechMatt & Pete.

Very keen to see Pete's car now he has the supercharger installed - It was impressive enough before this latest mod!!

Be good to catch up, try and get a few more this time. It was a good mini meet though!

happy to venture over your side of the water 

matt

10 minutes ago, DAW said:

Hi Matt hope you and yours are all well mate.

Yes its taken me long enough!! - was originally in discussions with warranty re H&S exhaust for the ISF when I was bullied (completely against my will) into buying the RCF by the Boss

Glad you are pleased with the USRS's - only other thing I would like to have done to the ISF had the warranty not scuppered it.

I hate it when you’re forced into a car purchase!

she looks cracking though.

will take a while to get rid of the smile when you do a high rev Down change with that exhaust.  Never gets old doing that 

hopefully catch up this summer so I can have a better look.

matt

7 hours ago, NothernDan said:

Had mine fitted about 2 weeks ago too!

Bearing in mind I am lowered 25mm at the front on Tein H-Tech springs (which actually made the ride a little softer than stock) and have 15mm H&R spacers each side.

In my opinion the car now feels (comfort wise) like it did stock but with a much more positive steering response and far less vagueness when you turn in hard.

With the springs and the USRS it's no firmer than it was stock, it looks better and handles like my old R32 Golf used to. I'm impressed.

I was just starting to notice a little inner tyre wear on the fronts after 15,000 miles in a little under a year of ownership so hopefully that should will no longer be an issue now.

Keep toying with the idea of putting a set of lightweight 18's on the car having just gone down an inch on the Mrs' Cooper S and saw a huge improvement in overall comfort levels in that car. Anyone running 18's?

Would you be able to fit 18’s on the front and maintain caliper  clearance?

just looking at mine they may go!

Good work comedian, sound much much better, nice deep rumble as it should have been 👍🏻

Enjoy the drive back David, about time you got the exhaust note sorted!

matt

Got my bushes fitted this morning and geometry checked. Many thanks to Pete for supplying and the guys at SRD for fitting. As described above it's noticeable straight away. The vague steering feel when pushing on has gone. Steering feels very precise . Can't wait to get s few more miles on them. 

Found the sun this morning at SRD tuning. Finally got my usrs bushes fitted.great bunch of guys.

When are we going to see/ hear a video, no good saying how nice they sound and not share!