Hi Everyone!

[Dawgg]

Hi,

Just thought i'd post an initial intro while i wait for my S15 Spec R to be SVA'd and delivered (which seems to be taking forever!).

A bit about the car:
A 1999 S15 Spec. R, Gun Metal, 58k Miles and almost totally standard with no aero parts.

A bit about me:
A 35 year old from West Lothian who is a design engineer for a utility company.

I had planned on importing the car myself but ran into to many difficulties so opted for the of-the-shelf varierty in the end...Pictures to follow next week

 

[meddler]

:wave: Welcome. Look forward to seeing the pics.

 

[sushiming]

welcome buddy.....:wave:

 

[TonyS15]

Snap...................S15 and a designer......

Welcome bud

 

[R-Spec]

Hey :wave:

 

[JP825]

Hi and Welcome.....

 

[Yakozan]

Welcome :wave:

 

[JEZ 8553]

Hey there :wave:

 

[Dawgg]

Thanks for the welcome...

I hope to be contributing to the community shortly

 

[Topper]

Hello and welcome, a fello Scot S15 owner :wave:

Where you buying it from?

 

[Dawgg]

I was planning on bidding via IBCJapan but ran into issues with western unions transaction limit so i bought the car from their UK counterpart (Autoterminal).

Looks like a Tues/Wed delivery next week, all going well.

Trying to persuade the GF that a nice set of charcoal/gray alloys would be much better than corner group atm....I have a week to work on it

 

[Dawgg]

Oops, just read your other post Topper and think I may have misunderstood.
The is coming from Portsmouth geographically but I have organised someone to deliver the car to me rather than drive it - I still have the option to return the car if i have an issue with it (al-be-it another 290 quid to do that).

 

[Topper]

Sounds a plan, i picked mine up from Brighton and drove it back to Aberdeenshire , quite enjoyed it actually.

 

[Dawgg]

Its a pain trying to get an S15 in Scotland, no-one does SVA prep and testing that I can find so it would be a nightmare to have the car delivered to Scottish port, the closest port and sva testing station being Newcastle.

In the end i had the option of a 10k+ car ready to roll or a bit less for one only needing MoT, registration, road tax and delivery....Spot the Scotsman lol!

I got such a good price from Falkirk Car Carriers for the 400+ miles which made the choice that bit easer too . I saw one of their transporters with a bunch of lambo's on it so i guess its in good hands!

That must have been a nice drive...any issues on the way? i have been looking for 99 octane fuel in my area so hopefully i don't need a remap (don't know if i can trust octane boosters)...

 

[Yakozan]

Hi and welcome :wave:
you should be fine with 99 or even 98 RON fuel as long as you don't up the boost much.

 

[Big Ned]

99Ron fuel should be fine.

I've run a few imports, without a Remap, on Vpower and never had a problem.

A friend of mine is running a 400bhp MR2 on Tesco 99, and has had no complaints.

 

[Topper]

Your friend with the MR2 must of had a remap to run that power.....

Dawg - No issues on the way home, but once home and cleaning etc, i found a bolt missing from the bottom of one of the rear struts, the underseal was very poorly done/patchy, various other things i wont bore you with, but basically, if the strut decided to move, i could have been killed........ Hence my suggestion of the AA/RAC check.

 

[Big Ned]

Your friend with the MR2 must of had a remap to run that power.....

Not until very recently when he got the Dastek Unichip fitted.

It was a Rev 3 so it washigher power anyway. The MAP sensor on the 3S-GTE was extremely versatile.

 

[Dawgg]

Not managed to get the SVA this week so i have posted a couple of the original dealer photos of the car. I'll post on the members rides soon as i have the car

 

[Big Ned]

Looks good mate.

I hope you get it soon.