Rusty Festa

Them other RB5 owners are a bit gullable believing I really had two, even though I pulled a face

I'm always surplus to requirements but hey, who cares

Are you on night shift or just an imsomniac like me?

badgerbell

i guess i'm just like you

thats wot happens when you work shifts though, one week your meant to be awake all night, the next you should be in bed.

i was also talking to my sister on messenger, she's in canada, 6 hours behind us good fun though.

Rusty Festa

I used to work shifts when I was a driver for Royal Mail in Aberdeen, totally screws you up, that and working 80 hour weeks

I've been 9-5 for the last three years but still can't sleep right. Still, got broadband to play with

Suppose I had better turn in - look forward to seeing everyone again on the 11th
Jon

badgerbell

yeh my 2 hours is nearly up again

see ya soon Jon

lordharding

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WOW do you boys never go to bed posting after 1 am !!!

ok then very good and quick response for a meet
thats confirmed now

WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER
8pm at Turf inn pub carlisle#
lord harding
mark@wrx
midlife
FASTER MIKE!!
badgerbell
Rusty fiesta
& many others sure to follow
once the word is on the street.

Thats the hard part getting people to turn up.

so what are we going to do ?
AGENDA
1- talk about the now legendary RAID and look at ways on improving on it for future RAIDS
2-how to convert miles into KM for Mark
3- how to increase on Midlifes xmas present list
4-new ways to assist mike in drinking &pulling birds.
5-badger to talk about hill climbing & 4wd cars on grass
6-rustys plans to develop the southern section and 10 (TEN)RAIDS that he is allready planning to link up with other southern based scoobs
7-how to recruit more members
8- any other buisness.

lordharding

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stephen emery

work in London during the week, not fancy making this a weekend thing?? if not have a good time chaps. steve

FASTER MIKE!!

to convert km to miles take then mileage and divide it by .62

62miles/0.62 = 100km

that mean more time to talk scoobies

mike

Rusty Festa

I thought 5 miles = 8Km

Bry_S

Hi all

Enjoyed the run on Sunday, sorry for the early departure but the youg'un was getting restless..!!
Although once we left he said he wanted to listen to those exhausts some more. You can't win with kids!

Lordy, Good job with the organising and good route, cheers,

Rusty, good job with the pictures and to reply to your post in 'Sport for a Turbo' yes I need to do some saving but I think I may have to go for a Fugly I thought they all looked excellent on Sunday.

Bry

Rusty Festa

Bry,

What age/mileage is your Sport? I would be interested in how much you get offered for it but suspect yours is younger with lower mileage than mine

You should get a good trade in for a MY01 or MY02 as they have dropped by about £3k due to the face lift of the MY03 but the depreciation will also have passed on to our Sports too

Looks like I will be the only one with a Sport at this rate
Cheers, Jon

Bry_S

Jon

It's a 01 Y Plate with 20K so far.

Don't worry about being the only Sport I need to save for a while yet.

Bry

philgr

Spend some of that money, stop talking about it.

Your not going to keep it as long as you kept that Astra GTE are you !!!

lordharding

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bry glad you enjoyed the RAID*
get a turbo cheap to run if you leave it in the garage 5 days a week:d

MDM

John you may amend all head red sheds to read the car that never gets dirty, whatever the weather.cheers for a good run, next time well bin Crafts limiter and fit a terra trip thats a rally type thingy we use) and yes i was going slow sometimes as my passenger had altitude sickness.

not many folks down here will do the trip up nth even if it is sunnny but we will persuade our debonair leader aka Craft (play the Shaft film music to set the seen) to set a dales run out once the weather improves.300 bhp and snow dont mix unless its somebody elses car.

regards MDM ( Craft's understudy)

midlife-crisis-scooby

Bry

Thankx for coming on the "raid", like you I had to get back hoe for the kids.

I hear you had an Astra GTE...Fond memories....., I had a couple but torque steer, thieves etc....

Listening to the News tonight (Gordon Brown) made me pause for a while. I am heavily in debt(who isn't these days, divorce etc).... borrowing for your MY01 / MY02 Fugly might be tricky. maybe best to wait until prices of Fugly's like mine hit serious rock bottom and in the meantime REVEL in classsic shape Scoob.

I have been shamed several times by older scoobs in mid-gear acceleration so if fun is what you want then a Fugly may not be what you want.

Midlife....

FASTER MIKE!!

john 5 miles is 8km

DIVIDE not multiply

100km = 62miles

mike

lordharding

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midlife you cant be tempted to a classic after spending £000s to make your fugly really flash !
what you need to do is loosen up the scoob on the RAID full tour (what about 25 dec roads should be quite then!)
you cant take money with you and when i have a stressfull day a good blast in the scoob makes me forget all the pressures we have to face every day, maybe we should give out scoobs on the NHS> or free optimax on prescription.

No1Rich

Good evening my Lord

Rusty Festa

another Cumbrian who wants to worship the roads John drives on

midlife-crisis-scooby

Lordy

I actually like the Classic over the Fugly for pure aesthetics, The Fugly just looks so ....well.....Scary for grannies driving Micra's and is the one for me (midlife crisis 'n all).

I have been left beheind on several occasions by classics 'cos they seem to accelerate faster. Also the Bank would not lend money on a Classic. They wanted me to get a new car so if anything went pants they could re-posess newer metal.

I actually bought the Fugly without sitting in one..I logged onto Scooby net and within a few weeks ordered an Import from Well Lane in Batley.

The power of the web.

The point of the post was that all Scoobs look cool compared to most cars and be wary over borrowing money at the moment as Gordon Brown is going to have to claw back 20 billion borowing from somebody quite soon and if we walk into Saddam'a back yard then a shed load more.


See you at the Turf...

can I bring the Family?

Midlife....

lordharding

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good evening rich 1

there is more to life than ogling smart birds in penrith!!

ask her to come with you to the scoob pub meeting then we can all try to deposit on her!
what sort of car you got?

No1Rich

Well, still saving up for the RB5, go to out on the bash in my bro's catalunya. Still need to flog the Ducati

Rusty Festa

Is Dave not selling his RB5 soon?

No1Rich

Still need to get rid of a rover 400 and almera, to up my buying potential

lordharding

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yeah know what you mean
i think next year we will go into recession again , it is just a 5-7 year pattern cycle; recessions are ok when you have money as everything gets cheaper to purchase as retailers have to reduce margins to survive which means i will get lexus style rear lights for under £2oo !! just wish % rates would go up as i can remember 11% now struggel too get 4.5% anyware.

Boring buisness mode switched off

yes fetch your family as my mrs gets bored talking about scoobs all night and likes things like gardening hoovering etc!

Rusty Festa

I thought you were in the import business John

lordharding

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sold another one today only 46 to go

i have one who likes washing scoobs !!!!

part exchange possible on a scoob when the boy passes his driving test.

midlife-crisis-scooby

Lordy

I'll bring the lot along with me to the Turf....There's serious debate in the Midlife household about a cream leather suite.

MIDLIFE thinks..Eibach springs, TSL geometry setup, ECU, 18" wheels

LAURA thinks....Cream leather suite, nice watch, Livingwell Skinny Latte.

Four year old girl just wants a sparkly pink badge like Bobmac.


See you all there

Midlife....

FASTER MIKE!!

midlife what the **** is a livingwell skinny latte sounds like a low fat american coffee

[Edited by FASTER MIKE!! - 11/28/2002 11:51:17 PM]