funny, I see more chaved up bugeyes and blobeyes around my way than anything else. The classics seem to be kept fairly low key in comparison.

Dave
www.scoobyphotos.com

 

And heres me thinking the fastest imprezas in the country are all classics

Andy F
Mark Aigin
Pavlo
Mikee Singh

guess mine is a chav car then as it has a big exhaust and gold wheels?

 

I recognize that car Dave, it was in this months Jap mag was it not?

 

it is

 

Very nice indeed. Whats the dog box like around town?

 

Not a problem at all. just like a normal box. You do get some funny looks though

 

Makes me laugh everytime i read threads like these,the classic shape will always be a"classic" no matter how people mod them probably due to subarus success in rallying at that time-how many limited edition subarus do you get these days with reference to wrc? in 95 series mcrae/96 catalunya/97 terzo/99 RB5 and who wouldnt want to own a 22B granted wide bodied but still classic shape,there were just so many good classic shape scoobys out during this period,p1,wrx sti type-r the classic shape isnt dead its legendary!!!!! anyway rant over lol a few pics of how classics are lookin in the midlands (mine and a mates) and these arent isolated cases theres hundreds of mint classics around still, yer theres a few chav ones tho i can count on one hand the number ive seen,but who cares it just makes other peoples look all the better.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/5c7909b4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...r/73984cdd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...y/a2139ca9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...y/d7c7cc9d.jpg

 

I must admit that I've never seen these mythical chavs driving classics . A true chav wouldn't ever be able to afford one, run one and then modify them.

I have seen a few classics with mods that I dont particularly like, but hey if they like it then fair enough.

It is very dissapointing to read threads like this though, where someone can be labelled a chav because they have differing tastes in car modifications

ps. Classics will always be the better looking

 

I own a MY98 classic in Reddish Blue, the only mods she has is a prodrive rear wing, 4 pots on the front, and an uprated air fliter, she is in perfect condition and has only covered 52,000 miles
Cheers
Colin

 

Looks like the classic rules and is one of the most liked scoobs of all!

 

Ive only had my classic for not even a week yet...but I can confidently say I think its the nicest looking model!

Maybe its different on the mainland from ourselves in N.Ireland here but its most definately not a chav car! I can honestly say its not everyday you would even see a Scooby driving down the road either!

 

Mine's got the obligatory gold wheels and big exhaust

stuck a front splitter on - don't think it's chav

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/gazman1/cal4.jpg

 

I've narrowed the criteria down with crap looking scoobs if they have the following:

Any scoob with tailpipe bore diameter bigger than 3" is most certainly TACKY, and TASTLESS. The owner might not be a chav, but he certainly has the tastes of a chav or a 15yr old teenager (especially if the rest of the system is stock diameter).

Rally Stickers, if it aint a rally car. Or has the mechanics/cage to match. Then why make it look like somthing it clearly isn't? Again Taste and tack..verging on chavs with money

Huge spoilers and splitters. They never do anything for aerodynamics, purely looks, like having a huge fallice stuck on your head. Sure go and stick a huge Sti v(whatever) spolier on, but it looked crap from new on the car it was supposed to go on, so why on earth put it on a stock scoob and make it look worse? Again issues with Taste here.

Also filling the interiors with tons of gauges, monitors, shift lights, bleepers etc is certainly the dream of an IT geek.

It's all along the lines of the fluffy dice, leopard skin seat cover, slatted rear window blinds and those red number plates saying in Italic "TURBO "we all had 20 years back. You do it to make your car look "different", but everyone with the same bad taste as you does the same thing. So we have an epidemic of cars that just look plain tacky.



ALL IMO, its your car...so go and f**k it up if you want (I'll still be here laughing and cringing )

 

If only they were all like this.....

After having two classic scoobs (one McRae, one MY99) I think im entitled to my opinion.
The majority of classics around this area have been totally ruined, I was thinking of buying a nice STI or similar next year, after being overun with trash Subarus around here im not going to bother.

More pics of standard models please, my faith is at rock bottom
AND I NEVER MENTIONED CHAVS....

 

 

My standard looking classic on the rollers at the Clinic

 

Ali-B, having a big exhaust on a Scoob is not Chav, I agree a 5" on a corsa is, this is part of Jap car culture, maybe you should start looking around on the net or have a good look at some of the Jap car mags.

As for stickers/graphics, whats wrong with making the Scoob a rally replica if you want if you are a rally fan etc.. Also how can a roll cage be in bad taste? it is really one of the safest mods you can do and is there for a reason.
Gauges, when people start hiking up the power it's a good idea to keep an eye on the engine, I dont know why Subaru didn't fit an extra couple of gauges as standard and as for shift lights, well my STI has one in as standard so I guess the designer's must be a bunch of chavs.

Why are you bothered about spoilers etc..the idea was for the Scoob to look like the rally car hence why they were put on, if you dont want one on yours fair enough, but you are probably in the minority now days.

Why oh why are people always having a go at others on here for moding their car, I dont have a go at someone for leaving their car standard?
I think the main prob is that a few years ago the only people that could afford to run Scoobs was blokes in their 40's who used to laugh at me in my XR2 and now that the likes of me can afford to have a nice Scoob you dont like it, you dont like the fact that you are no longer in a motoring elite.
If you think that all us young pups with our big exhausts etc.. are a bunch of Chavs,****** etc.. then fair enough, you are entilted to your opinion but why dont you all keep it to your self.
Do you see others start threds "why do old duffers keep their Scoobs standard?" No you dont so it would be nice to come on this forum and not see some one moaning about a stickered up scoob with a Dump valve.

 

So my car looks crap and im a chav lol oh well i ll live with it.

 

fluffy dice, leopard skin seat cover

I'll put the above on my list of future mods then

 

agreed, that is the muts nuts!!!! got a white wrx that is standard! just doing a few bits to it at the min! no kev stuff though! going to have to have a decent zorst though! its only a second car!

 

this was meant to be in there 2!! Just MINT!

 

Mines not standard although is only 3 miles up the road from you so youv'e probably seen it.
I know what you mean though there alot more sheds knocking around locally but then again theres some very clean cars to both modified and standard.
Just so you can wave next time you see it

 

At the end of the day as long as your happy with what you drive then who gives a flying f**k what anyone else thinks. I have had mine 4 and a half years and still to this day i get out after a drive with a massive grin. :-)

 

i love my classic to bits and have kept it preety much totally standard and wouldnt really ruin it with cheap naff bolt on kits and so forth the only thing i plan to do is better wheels and upgrade the spoiler but here take a look tell me wot u think of my biatch...................
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../menmeg022.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../menmeg024.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../menmeg023.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../menmeg019.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../menmeg020.jpg

 

Thanks for the comments guy's...

I am toy-ing with the idea of having the three rear windows tinted, but am still un-decided.

I had my RA on E-bay some weeks back, it fetched a massive £3.300. What a joke, with the condition of the car & it's pedigree because of work's carried out, it ain't going nowhere until these car's start to command the high prices that a pure Classic thuroughbred should be worth, and if I have to keep it for 20 yrs then that's what i'll do.

In the mean time, it's continual investment in un-noticed mod's, except for the big brakes which are soon to be fitted.

Investment so far in 2 yrs - in excess of 8k, for me it suits...

So far I am happy with the look, which is what I had set out to achieve, I cannot be arsed with that bling look.

PNB

 

I thought this thread topic had been done to death 5 years ago....

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ghlight=scoobs

F
PS check out the names!

 

That's a nice looking motor....

 

Couldn't agree with you more
Love my classic to bits and wouldnt swap it for the world......only one moan and its only a little one; is the drab interior but hey I can live with it.

 

Of course, but don't let me stop you

 

Well that's the point, a 5" bore tailpipe on a scoob is exactly same as a 5" bore talipipe on a Corsa...the rest of the system is 2-3" bore depending on spec, so why the need for a pants looking PratZ "tuner" backbox that doesn't even fit straight?? Fast a furious maaan!


Read again..graphics WITHOUT the cage and mechanical upgrades...i.e if it's not a rally car...don't dress it up like one ...Mutton dressed as Lamb

So how many guys do you see with near stock scoobs do you see boasting about their array of Defis and Secs (not to forget the Ps Lewis patent cocklink ) on car pushing 250bhp at best. And the Sti shiftlight is a gimmick...you shouldn't even need to look at the guages to judge on gearchanges, you can feel the car's optimum powerband by the seat of your ****.

Well a little spoiler is ok, granted it's a fashion. But an erection standing proud of the boot by over 6" is just plain stupid and pointless.

I think I need to correct you and give you a history lesson that the original Turbo Subaru's (both legacy and Impreza...back in the years of 1990 to 1996) forte was SUBTLETY!!!. Subaru were very big on the rally scene, but nobody took notice until a Scotsman came along In other words, before the rally success and media spouting, nobody knew what it was, it blended into the background, but looked just a little differnt to stand out, but on the whole would go unnoticed...until lined agianst a 911 at a set of traffic lights.

Now everyone knows what it is, and just to make a further point, they feel the need to bolt on whatever bit they can find out of a catalogue to make it stick out even more


Just call us the common sense brigade reminding people that their attempts to be different just show how little imagination they have when it comes to stylistic "modding" - simply by making their car look like something they've seen out of Jap tuner's mag...just like everyone else trying to be "different" without imagination.

Somebody had better tell this fellow how old I am

Happens alot here on scoobytnet FYi, I'd suggest you get used to it LOL And you should know full well by now a scooby has a dump valve as stock from the factory (i.e the Air bypass valve ). Ain't broke, don't fix.