wife wants a scooby...
12 September 2005, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
ERRRR....OF Petrol........
....and a rally car......
....and a rally car......
12 September 2005, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by gaynought
i'm sure she will do it justice mate,i always found it funny her burning away rep-mobiles in the paj,most of the tossers i'm sure thought it was a oil burner,great fun but a hippo when it came to corners(the car not the wife....well..)
thats another thing..! - scooby seats can be a little on the narrow side...
12 September 2005, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by gaynought
ain't that worried,just want better than she was getting from the paj evo
Awesome practical 4*4 with more room than the estate and an STi lump. Love that car with passion
12 September 2005, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
thats another thing..! - scooby seats can be a little on the narrow side...
12 September 2005, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by gaynought
so i take it a uk car would run ok on normal unleaded?
P.s. I'm a she btw
12 September 2005, 09:45 PM
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I had a UK Wagon. Drove it for just over 14 months and covered approx. 16 000 miles. On average I would get 240 miles from the 50L tank. Mainly commuting to work and back (20 mile round trip) with little traffic and a nice A road.
If I was really really lucky I would sometimes get around 270 and ONCE I got 290miles.
Worst was 170 I think with a couple of 190s. My driving was very mixed so I think a good indicator.
Two things to consider: The heavy clutch was cr*p though and you can forget flooring it when taking off from a roundabout or intersection like you do with a regular car. The Scoob requires a lot more respect because do that and it spends a few seconds winding up and then suddenly takes off. Scared the holy sh*t outa my wife when she tried it. She drove really carefully and slowly - but when approaching a roundabout she floored it to enter a gap in the traffic and nearly had heart failure.
Hope that helps.
If I was really really lucky I would sometimes get around 270 and ONCE I got 290miles.
Worst was 170 I think with a couple of 190s. My driving was very mixed so I think a good indicator.
Two things to consider: The heavy clutch was cr*p though and you can forget flooring it when taking off from a roundabout or intersection like you do with a regular car. The Scoob requires a lot more respect because do that and it spends a few seconds winding up and then suddenly takes off. Scared the holy sh*t outa my wife when she tried it. She drove really carefully and slowly - but when approaching a roundabout she floored it to enter a gap in the traffic and nearly had heart failure.
Hope that helps.
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12 September 2005, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobydood
I had a UK Wagon. Drove it for just over 14 months and covered approx. 16 000 miles. On average I would get 240 miles from the 50L tank. Mainly commuting to work and back (20 mile round trip) with little traffic and a nice A road.
If I was really really lucky I would sometimes get around 270 and ONCE I got 290miles.
Worst was 170 I think with a couple of 190s. My driving was very mixed so I think a good indicator.
Two things to consider: The heavy clutch was cr*p though and you can forget flooring it when taking off from a roundabout or intersection like you do with a regular car. The Scoob requires a lot more respect because do that and it spends a few seconds winding up and then suddenly takes off. Scared the holy sh*t outa my wife when she tried it. She drove really carefully and slowly - but when approaching a roundabout she floored it to enter a gap in the traffic and nearly had heart failure.
Hope that helps.
If I was really really lucky I would sometimes get around 270 and ONCE I got 290miles.
Worst was 170 I think with a couple of 190s. My driving was very mixed so I think a good indicator.
Two things to consider: The heavy clutch was cr*p though and you can forget flooring it when taking off from a roundabout or intersection like you do with a regular car. The Scoob requires a lot more respect because do that and it spends a few seconds winding up and then suddenly takes off. Scared the holy sh*t outa my wife when she tried it. She drove really carefully and slowly - but when approaching a roundabout she floored it to enter a gap in the traffic and nearly had heart failure.
Hope that helps.
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Get a UK car that has never been played with and hopefully not thrashed , It will run happily on unleaded, if you want to run it on opti / bp it will go a bit better , keep it serviced, with a good oil, Your local scoob / peformance garage would probably be best all round, but if you want to keep a bit more resale value, dealership servicing still seems to add for some unknown reason :-)
It won`t be as economical as a TDI sat in traffic, but once she gets the hang of getting it off the line , it will be far more fun launching into gap`s, You may also think about getting a padded cage for the dog :-) as you may find yourself taking him for far more walks in open countryside with nice quiet, camera free roads, (50miles to take him there , let him out for a pi*s then turn round go home, yes missis the dog had a great walk, I`m knackered pass me a can,)
Have a good one
Tim
It won`t be as economical as a TDI sat in traffic, but once she gets the hang of getting it off the line , it will be far more fun launching into gap`s, You may also think about getting a padded cage for the dog :-) as you may find yourself taking him for far more walks in open countryside with nice quiet, camera free roads, (50miles to take him there , let him out for a pi*s then turn round go home, yes missis the dog had a great walk, I`m knackered pass me a can,)
Have a good one
Tim
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