Mine saps around 16-17% of its power between the wheels and fly, about the same as a fwd car infact

Tony

 

misty, talking out of trap 2 im afraid

 

What an utter tosh statement. The 3-series BMW is more common than the Ford Mondeo ! There's nowhere near as many Imprezas on the road than BMs

 

I do open my eyes, I do usually shut them to start with when my P1 pulling over 350 bhp hits the 0-60 closer to 4 seconds than you can mange to 6. You may not have read correctly but I had an M3 prior to the P1, and it was sooooooo boring and sadly so common. I don't race often at all, I like country roads, don't see as many repmobile 330's out there, but when i do get some tool trying it on, no-one, and i mean no-one has got close. I know it is beatable, of course, but not by much. Limiter at 155? but I don't have any trouble hitting the 160 in the scoob's either.

 

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Yyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Yeh course you do!!

 

You really need to drive around with your eyes open! The new chav motor is the 6-10 year old scoob mate.

 

I bow to your superior knowledge Tony.
dave

 

And how long have you had a scoob mate? 10 minutes??

 

How does an audi A4RS compare?

 

At Bedford on good friday this year i took my 320bhp sti for some jollies

i' overtook a GT3 because i knew the track

i was later overtaken by a vw gti because he was simply a better driver!
Its all down to experience (did'nt see any beemers though )

 

Top Gear have done well with the Scoob - evo did not get results that were quite as flattering

In terms of top speeds - it is wonderful to be at Elvington with all the banging talk of how fast their Scoobs are, until the majority pull in real top speed results of high 130s/low 140s not the bar talk 160s

Incredibly few Scoobs have cracked 160 and not that many make 150 through the timer.

 

Im sure we all have stories to tell down to the driver really at the end of the day and the attitude at that time. Beemer driver was probably late for his next appointment but then they generally drive that way all the time. Rather avoid em to be honest cause most are sour faced company car owners so they can thrash and break em so it dont matter and they generally dont wanna play.

 

Listen to you all,
What the differenec is the scoob was a milder version of the rally WRC car homologated for the road.
The BM is from where????????????? Nowhere. Therfore it is a car used from cruising around and not deriverd for track/rally action
So in conclusion they are 2 completely different vehicles.
The fact an impreza driver had a "scare" with one is the end of the world.
And yes i do own another car which would "eat" (how chav) most of the scoobs in this discussion. but i certainly don't brag about it I just enjoy what I've got.

 

Keep seeing more and more of these types of thread sadly makes me want to own an Impreza less and less.

The Impreza's image just keeps going downhill it seems ?

 

just show's you how fast others cars are?

 

What a load of ****!, you won't take yor car on a track 'Putting that much stress and abuse through my car?', What and driving it on the road isn't doing the same!!!!! ****1ng wake up!, just cause it's not on a circuit doesn't mean it's any better, your still ragging your car.

 

Regarding the quality of driver, Top Gear proved it, Clarkson spent all day racing round the Ring in that Jag, 9m59s if i remember rightly, the German bird then had one, One go, and was about 40s quicker. and Clarkson's no **** driver.

 

Tyres, geometry?........next time remember to release the handbrake before driving. Pull yourself together or you'll be getting ripped by fastly driven Nissan Micras next!

 

Not too be rude mate but all the books i,ve read
say 0-60 is 6.9.
And the kerb weight is about 1,585kgs.
Thats about 250kgs more than my scooby.
The M3 e46 is 0-60 in 5.5 secs with 112 more bhp

 

Oh god, look at what I've started.

Firstly, Thrashing a car round a track puts loads more stress on your car. Maybe not the engine as such as these are built to run & run, But it is common knowledge that your brakes and tyres take a hell of a bashing, not to mention fuel consumption, and I dare bet the gearbox would get more abused on track than it would on the road, as the wannabe racing driver mode takes over.

Secondly. The whole point in the thread was to get peoples reaction to the Bridgestone RE070 tyre. My original thread said that we both went round the corner at the same speed, but while his car gripped, mine started to drift. This made me question the grip of the RE070 tyre. A lot of the replies imply that I need driving lessons. Why? would that make the tryes grip more? NO. Jenson Button could have been driving my car, the tyres still would have let go. To me I'm a good driver as I seemed to have less grip but still kept up. I drove around the lack of grip.
When I get my new alloys, I'll be wrapping them up in Pilot sport 2's, as I feel that this is a better tyre. I'll have to wait and see if I'm correct, but my Focus RS never let go with them on.