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EarL wrote:My bro and my best mate have GT4's
Scooby's.
if ur not interested at least let me kno 
EarL wrote:
Scooby's.
if you want speed you wont find it in subaru sooooooo many rubbish examples out there too and your gonna get shafted on insurance i gaurantee it. get a rev3 tubby or if you want true mr thrills better still buy a nice s1 elise like im doin for summer then sell it and buy an evo4 after. if you want true 4wd thrills you must go evo far superior.... cant be matched by any other cheap car 
shafster wrote:the only thing i like about scoobies is the exhaust note and have considered getting one just for that heavenly sound.
Say what you like about Scoobies, but you can hear one coming a mile off due to that lovely flat-four burble. I'd still have my WRX if it wasn't so bloomin' expensive to run.-*- Mk2 Turbo Rev2 -*- Mk1 NA -*- Mk2 Turbo Rev 3 = all gone!"Cruisey, Sporty, more innovation, more adult. A Man In Dandism. Powered mid-ship specialty."...? There's an awful lot of car to them and they are a bit special and rare. An imported Supra was the nearest alternative to the Rex. I'd love to comment on how they drive but I've never had the chance - I'm sure there's at least one person on IMOC with a Supra.... (c: Not sure on insurance and running costs though....- I know at least one dedicated IMOC'er who's now a two Scooby family and they're both certainly happy enough with them. I've never felt the attraction of Scooby but the people I know who own them all seem to love them. I'd say if it grabs you then go with it.(not the Tubby), Smart car cabriolet SC, Elise and the good old Mk1 SC (freshly imported).... In the end though the Rex came up first. more and more chavs are buying them as a "bling thing" as not maintaining them, not driving respectfully etc. Lots crashed as chavs drive them. therefore ins is stupid. mr2 turbo is going to cost me around 1500. scooby wold have cost me 2500. evo 3500shafster wrote:the only thing i like about scoobies is the exhaust note and have considered getting one just for that heavenly sound.
.. farty grumbbly burrbly sound its like they have a hole in the exhaust 
Nige wrote:
To those who have knocked the Scooby on this thread: drive one before making ill-informed opinions.
, scoobies are just far to common and from what ive noticed so far driven by complete idiots with no respect for children on the road. Every day i hear a scooby thrashing up our road , and its not always the same one! Come on, a car that's got active yaw control! Not likely to find a scooby with one of those. Must admit tho, i do like the sound of a flat four or flat six. Scooby's sound like they're a rally car, evo's are a rally car! Nigh on anyway! If any of ya know manchester at all, surely rusholme has got to be one of the highest 'i've got a chavved up scooby, evo or civic' areas in the country. It's mad. Back home evo's are cool, porsches are special. Manchester, porsches are ten a penny! Regularly see murcialago's and ferries, even vanquishs aren't that rare! One lasting thought, if ya owned an Enzo Ferrari, would ya sit in a huge queue waxing countless amounts of petrol with a sh!tty micra blasting out music behind ya or would ya rather be out making the most of your £300,000+ car! yep it's true!..oh how wrong u are my fellow friend! (excuse me as ive just got in from being out for a drink) (excellent) 
but u have it alllll wrong mate, that unique sound, that gorgeous HUM, when ive described it to a mate, its always been...'ever been behind a tvr? and turned ur radio off and put ur window down??'....well thats what its like being behind a gently modified scooby with a de-cat jap exhaust! popin crackin and burbling along, music to my ears!!! they certainly dont all sound the same, and i cant say there common where i live, only ones i see are the bug eyes (wrong shape lights IMO) anyway point is they sound luvvvv----lyyyy!!! well they do to me anyway 
tbh its 70% the sound they can produce from their boxer engine thats attracted me to them, not to mention the gorgeous body shape....the bonet air vent, classic! cant nock that! (unless ur queer or sumfin) lol neway ive got a right thing for them right now...which is dangerous to my wallet....but f**k it! yes id preffer an evo, can i afford an evo?....no....not when it comes to insurance! can i afford a scooby? YES...can i afford the insurance...probably lol 
The interior rattled like a childs toy and there were a few other minor problems with the engine (easily sorted but enough to give you a headache). It put me right off scooby's.(back then she had a Rev2), said she was going to buy a scoob as she always wanted one 
(she had previously owned GT4's too). Virtually all the cars we saw were a bag of nails even though most owners were club members and thought their car was better than everyone elses. I found scooby owners were lying about the condition of their cars (maybe they were blinded by "love" for it). You phone them up and they say it's in "showroom condition" "you won't find better" "engine and body immaculate - not a mark"(ltd edition UK turbo - they made 333 of them to celebrate Burns's win in the rally. Many consider this to be the only "proper" ltd edition scooby. as there are a few "limited's" out there). It wasn't owned by a club member and it took two months for the owner to realise their asking price was too high and to drop it down to within our budget. My g/f is well chuffed and reckons it's the best car she has ever owned. I don't mind it at all 
- far far worse than an MR2 tubby 
| 99 528i SE Touring | 01 Mandarin VX220Karl wrote:not to mention the gorgeous body shape.
(now 24)...BLOODUK wrote:Nige wrote:
To those who have knocked the Scooby on this thread: drive one before making ill-informed opinions.
No thanks i want to drive something special
And most scooby owners that ive seen are fat, whats up with that?
Classics do look good, sound good and move very fast. Litterally the only problem is Chav image and the wrong sort of attention they get.'02 VX220 2.2 n/a Daily driver - Exige Size TD 1.2 - TAT shorty Diffuser - HardTop - Chris Tullet 4-1 Manifold.'97 mk1 Mazda Eunos Turbo track car with 260bhp/ton - soon more as Chris Wilsons going to build me an engine over the winter 
) .steve b wrote:
I guarantee you if you come up against a jap WRX or STI
, as has my dads honda prelude vtec modified by jakan the only ones worth getting if your that lame is the WRX , but really if i had the money id go EVO any dayBLOODUK wrote:steve b wrote:
I guarantee you if you come up against a jap WRX or STI
No wrong ive beaten the STI numorus times
'02 VX220 2.2 n/a Daily driver - Exige Size TD 1.2 - TAT shorty Diffuser - HardTop - Chris Tullet 4-1 Manifold.'97 mk1 Mazda Eunos Turbo track car with 260bhp/ton - soon more as Chris Wilsons going to build me an engine over the winter ) .steve b wrote:
standard 265 bhp Impreza STi is quoted with a 0-60 mph time of 5.1 seconds and a top speed of 151.5 mph.- The vehicle decided upon, after plenty of research, was the MR2 TURBO. ...- 0.3 slower than the standard sti scooby , so if you imagine the mr2 turbo running with downpipe , exhaust and at 1bar of boost probably under 5.0 0 - 60 For modifcations both the sti and mr2 turbo can be increased to that beyond the wrx depending on money at hand 
BLOODUK wrote:Check this
The
so the sti is standard at 265BHP+
The WRX is standard at 300BH+
Jap official figures are 0-60 of 5.2 seconds thats only 0.1 slower than the standard sti scooby
.. BLOODUK wrote:steve b wrote:
Check this
The
so the sti is standard at 265BHP+
The WRX is standard at 300BH+
Jap official figures are 0-60 of 5.2 seconds thats only 0.1 slower than the standard sti scooby
& 2 The 4wd can generate more grip, they are also light cars about 100kg minimum lighter than your car.'02 VX220 2.2 n/a Daily driver - Exige Size TD 1.2 - TAT shorty Diffuser - HardTop - Chris Tullet 4-1 Manifold.'97 mk1 Mazda Eunos Turbo track car with 260bhp/ton - soon more as Chris Wilsons going to build me an engine over the winter ) .