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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: phil her up on 17 May 2008, 21:58:25
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Anyone know about these cars, the chippie at work has a black one it's a prodrive limited edition modded 400bhp special turbo fitted, only made 100 apparantly,group 20 insurance, it scares me just looking at it :-/
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There quite fast, so I am told.
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go for the evo fq
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But if you catch them napping the miggy can give them a shock in a straight line! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y :y [smiley=mig.gif]
Not for long but it makes them pay attention!! :o :o :y
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But if you catch them napping the miggy can give them a shock in a straight line! ;D ;D ;D ;D :y :y :y :y [smiley=mig.gif]
Not for long but it makes them pay attention!! :o :o :y
turbo-lag is a wonderful thing - wind the miggy up ::)
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I think top gear magazine did a survey of service costs and it was the most expensive car in the uk with the average service costing more than a grand!!! ALso he can have his 400bhp my genuine 377 and top speed will leave him smelling my fumes :o :o :o
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Fast - yup
Thirsty - yup
Handle well - yup
High running costs - yup
Easier to run than an Evo - oh yes
Verdict - Scooby every time.
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I think top gear magazine did a survey of service costs and it was the most expensive car in the uk with the average service costing more than a grand!!! ALso he can have his 400bhp my genuine 377 and top speed will leave him smelling my fumes :o :o :o
Prefer the LC over a scooby anytime.
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Chav mobile i don't care how quick they are - give me that LC any day ;)
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mate of mine has a sti 04 plate very rapid but just fitted a set of pads in it for him £160 just for the fronts !!! :o :o
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cocks drive em nuff said
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cocks drive em nuff said
Nuff said?
We are talking about cars, not the drivers.
One of my friends drives a Legacy estate, she picked that because of the safety and security it provides. She likes these things as she carries her three young children.
How about an intellectual post tmx?
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love subaru's well smart good piece of engineeering,lancer evo fq's also,love them both but would have to be lancer fq for me,watched an episode of one of the car cop chase programmes,they had a subaru and where chasing an evo fq and they said they needed a faster car to catch it wow 8-) 8-) 8-)but don't forget the ford serria saphirre 4x4 rs cosworth and lotus carlton(the car the police never had,faster than threre senotars) cool or what 8-) 8-) 8-)and the mighty escort rs cosworth ,dream on geoff,dream on ::) ::) ::)
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love subaru's well smart good piece of engineeering,lancer evo fq's also,love them both but would have to be lancer fq for me,watched an episode of one of the car cop chase programmes,they had a subaru and where chasing an evo fq and they said they needed a faster car to catch it wow 8-) 8-) 8-)but don't forget the ford serria saphirre 4x4 rs cosworth and lotus carlton(the car the police never had,faster than threre senotars) cool or what 8-) 8-) 8-)and the mighty escort rs cosworth ,dream on geoff,dream on ::) ::) ::)
Hi Geoff. My local bobbies had one for a while, because i followed them from the police station before they got onto the A38 & left me for dead, i've never seen a car go sooooo fast 8-) 8-) 8-)
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wow thats interesting thought they never had them thanks m8y 8-) 8-) 8-) :y :y :yand not suprised it left you standing with those twin garret t25 turbo's,what a car,'im in a dream world again stop it geoff ;D ;D ;D 8-) 8-) 8-)
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prefer lc much classier,if i were under 30 i might prefer scooby though :-/
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wow thats interesting thought they never had them thanks m8y 8-) 8-) 8-) :y :y :yand not suprised it left you standing with those twin garret t25 turbo's
Well there was two Traffic Police in it & it was dressed up like a hedgehog. What caught my eye at first was the size of the rear tyres :o :o, i caught it up to have a good look & i sat behind it for a good few mins in traffic, followed it through the 30mph limit, but then whoooosh off it went 8-) I was in a 280zx at the time, which wasn't slow ;)
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wow thats interesting thought they never had them thanks m8y 8-) 8-) 8-) :y :y :yand not suprised it left you standing with those twin garret t25 turbo's
Well there was two Traffic Police in it & it was dressed up like a hedgehog. What caught my eye at first was the size of the rear tyres :o :o, i caught it up to have a good look & i sat behind it for a good few mins in traffic, followed it through the 30mph limit, but then whoooosh off it went 8-) I was in a 280zx at the time, which wasn't slow ;)
have a soft spot for nissan\datsun sports cars had a nissan sylivia 1.8 zx turbo,was fast as well.was going to buy a nissan 200sx about 2 weeks ago but deal fell throw,shame it was nice o well 8-) 8-) 8-)
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specifically the FQ 400, 0-60 in 3.4 seconds!
my mate's brother is selling a 52 plate scoob cos its too thirsty. i think i'd rather have a lotus carlton aswell if i'm honest
but i'm a big fan of the Legacy Outback
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specifically the FQ 400, 0-60 in 3.4 seconds!
my mate's brother is selling a 52 plate scoob cos its too thirsty. i think i'd rather have a lotus carlton aswell if i'm honest
but i'm a big fan of the Legacy Outback
Agree with the thirsty bit, I filled one up in Leeds and caned it home to catch the Champions League final 2 years ago, took 1hr 12 mins to do the 90 miles, petrol light on 2 miles from home!!!!!!
Tight seats for a porker like me but a stunningly surefooted car, it was a 1994 import by the way.
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Parts are expensive and very complicated to repair..
Mostly second hands are thrashed and very expensive to keep on the road!
And fuel price nearly reaching 1.5 £ here.. Bye bye racing..
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I don't think anyone can deny the performance of these type of cars is stunning, however the looks are questionable and they stand out like a sore thumb so every bobby can spot them a mile off.
Why do subaru/mitsubishi make the cars so obvious to be picked on, just make them look ordinary with the great performance and they would be fine.
Just my useless 2p worth.
Mike
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I would go for the Itchypussy Evo myself, much less Chavtastic ;D
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Well, I had one. An '02 WRX with about 240 bhp. I no longer have it because I was doing 30k miles a year and the 50k service cost me £900.
I have driven every different car that I have had the opportunity to. That's lots. And the Scooby is the most precise, cohesive drive I have had. It is a true driver's car an puts all the others in to the shade.
The way that the steering, brakes, gearbox, clutch, power and handling all come together as a whole is difficult to put in to words.
BTW, I have not driven a Porsche or anything more exotic than that.
Yes, it now has a bit of a "Chav" image. But I would recommend anyone who enjoys driving and gets the chace to gather their own data. For me, the WRX is head and shoulders above anything else I have driven. The MV6 is a great car, but I would have another Scooby tomorrow if I could afford it.
Jim
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If I wanted 4x4 and loadsa horsepower my option would be a mitsi VR4
V6 Quad cam twin turbo
4x4
4 wheel steering
etc
is an estate car and doesnt say look at me I wanna race
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Lc for me and got to say in todays climate must be cheaper to run tax wise............and you get so much car
but do like the evo and others...........
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The engines aren't strong enough, leading to fairly common massive repair bills. When they go, they're not slow, though most people I know who have/had one (fairly popular amongst IT contractors) didn't know how to drive them, so never too difficult to keep up.
Trouble is, I'm too old to look that much of a chav now....
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theyre also intensely annoying the exhaust note is crap and as i said before the drivers think of them selves as colin mcrae because of the exhaust and they are not safe they score between 2 N Cap *s and 3 *s
who would want a £30 excessive noise ticket off the old bill every other week because theyre car is too noisy
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If I wanted 4x4 and loadsa horsepower my option would be a mitsi VR4
V6 Quad cam twin turbo
4x4
4 wheel steering
etc
is an estate car and doesnt say look at me I wanna race
Im with you on this one :y
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Yep. VR4 is a rather nice bit of kit. Had a climb over one in Le Mans a few years back. Not being common as muck like the Scooby, and sounding like it's running on 6, rather than a 4 pot with a misfire make it much more appealing IMHO.
Kevin
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I hate the Subarus, much to tiring to use every day with that awful un-even exhaust note and over hard ride. Plus they look just plain awful!
They do have some very big reliability issues to!
I drove an ex-works Evo6 rally car on a mixed surface track once.....now that WAS impressive!
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I hate the Subarus, much to tiring to use every day with that awful un-even exhaust note and over hard ride. Plus they look just plain awful!
The interiors are hardly comfortable or nicely styled either....
So, assuming I were buying a car solely for performance and sod the comfort / reliability / expense / looks / practicality, the Subaru would be way down my list because on that score it comes up against some serious competition.
Kevin
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I hate the Subarus, much to tiring to use every day with that awful un-even exhaust note and over hard ride. Plus they look just plain awful!
The interiors are hardly comfortable or nicely styled either....
So, assuming I were buying a car solely for performance and sod the comfort / reliability / expense / looks / practicality, the Subaru would be way down my list because on that score it comes up against some serious competition.
Kevin
My friend`s Scooby 'Forrester' seems well sorted; not a single niggle, rattle or fault in 4 years from new, great ride quality and in normally aspirated-form the boxer is free-revving and torquey [size=9](been there on holiday once) ;D[/size]
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If I wanted 4x4 and loadsa horsepower my option would be a mitsi VR4
V6 Quad cam twin turbo
4x4
4 wheel steering
etc
is an estate car and doesnt say look at me I wanna race
Im with you on this one :y
would that be the Galant?? very wolf in sheeps clothing!
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Very much so
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In GT4 Sue kept chosing Subaru Imprezza in blue so I started chosing quickies like full works RX7s and Skylines ;D ;D ;D ;D
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My friend`s Scooby 'Forrester' seems well sorted; not a single niggle, rattle or fault in 4 years from new, great ride quality and in normally aspirated-form the boxer is free-revving and torquey [size=9](been there on holiday once) ;D[/size]
I think that's the point. The basic car is a pretty tough workhorse. It's just that bolting on a Turbo doesn't make them the ultimate performance car IMHO.
Kevin
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theyre also intensely annoying the exhaust note is crap and as i said before the drivers think of them selves as colin mcrae because of the exhaust and they are not safe they score between 2 N Cap *s and 3 *s
who would want a £30 excessive noise ticket off the old bill every other week because theyre car is too noisy
Most of the drivers wear caps as well, usually back to front.