Just interested to know whats made your pride and joy feel like a fiat punto (no offence to punto drivers) I dont mean off the mark as not a lot out there will keep up........was a bit ashamed when going from a 40 to a 70 zone I had a 'G' plate VW gti up my **** with young ned in baseball cap....so put my foot down in third and leave him somewhere in the distance, wrong!! This thing stuck to me until I hit 100mph when I decided its not worth getting clocked by the police and calmed down. Was well shocked though thinkin my 01 wrx ppp would pull away from most things out there inclding a 15 year old gti.

 

I remember when I had my old scoob, The week I had the car mapped at TSL and had new injectors, turbo, intercooler and loads of other things, I thought to myself that you couldnt get any quicker. Wrong

I was on the M6 when I decided to go all out and see how fast my scoob would go, there seemed to be no cars about and no children playing on the motorway, I was reaching upto speed when I saw 130mph on the speedo I saw something in my rear view mirror getting closer, looked down and saw 150mph looked in my rear view mirror again, and all I could see was a Nissan Skyline R34 GTR about 3inches from my bumper, I pulled into the middle lane and he sailed past me like I was standing still, I must have clocked easy 155mph, so the skyline which looked rather tuned up, must have been easy doing 180+mph.

And it was the 1st time I ever saw my Knocklink go into the red.

 

The little ***** might have been running a 2.9 VR6 out of a corrado under his bonnet. Infact it probably was if it kept up with u, as the old 16v motor wasnt that quick.

 

Sure I heard the dump valve as he went by and changed gear...didn't think the old GTI's had turbos so who knows what was under the bonnet!

 

cant say that the evo's new m3's ferrari f355's or lotus esprites actually beat me, more like other way around,from standing start,20mph start 60 start 80 start to 140mph before hitting traffic etc. a pug 205gti had me off the line once but he was already moving and i fluffed the start

 

Have you been drinkning or am i losing the ability to read?

 

I thought they were sums, I was adding them up.

20mph + 60+ 80 - 140mph

 

dont worry it is getting late and the beer must be kicking in. ill adjust for the ....

 

Is it a maths test! lol.

Question 19: What comes next in this sequence 20 60 80 140 ....

My guess is 170, I see a pattern

 

Seriosly though, for some reason nobody seems to have been up for a bit of fun since I got mine last month. Quite disappointing acutally as the roads I use tend to be very quiet and great for spirited driving.

A CTR seemed like he was going to have a go when we found ourselves on the same stretch of dual carriageway two mornings running but backed off very quickly after the first roundabout.

The only thing I seem to get to race each day is 2 tractors and a recycling wagon over the hills on the way to work near Keighley.

 

Had a play with a Seat Ibiza not so long ago. I have a few mods and am running around 280bhp as a guestimate. I was coming off a roundabout in second gear and gave it some stick. I managed to keep the distance about the same until 125ish when the Ibiza just sailed past. I stopped and had a chat with the guy. It turned out to be his wife's car and was running ~350bhp. It looked totally standard. He said he knew my car was modded as he is normally past UK scoobs by 80ish. He was still fighting for grip - that's why he hadn't passed me sooner. I would have had him in the wet though

 

Keep your eyes open for a c reg series 1 RS turbo in Keighley. Very damn quick (2.1 bottom end etc etc)

 

id see a doctor for that , impreza's arent that quick in standard'ish form they only fool you by having a good 1st gear but once you get past that, clarkson did a show on old vs new and the golf GTI from the year you said beat the newage one dont think cause you have an impreza its gonna beat every car

 

i always get bikes trying to hav a go with me and alot faster cars... leave me alone its only a sport lol i think they see me a young driver and think he will hav a go dont relise i dont hav a turbo under me bonnet!

 

I had a go with a Leon Cupra before i chiped my car, and it kept up with me to 80 from about 20, quick little cars they are....

 

jabba sports golf gti runs 11's with 120 + mph terminals so dont be that shocked m8, and i know of two little ibiza's that are 350 hp as well + they weigh the same as my glove box....i think the balance of power is on the move once again ....the kazlo

 

Yeah less weight, 2WD means 180BHP standard would give a 220-230 BHP 4x4 a good run for its money.

Ah well, just as well i love my scoob

 

i think it's prolly more like 450 m8 in the jabba golf and 900kgs

 

I got beaten by an EVO VII the day I bought my scoob, but my classic wagon is standard, dont know if the EVO was tuned but they push around 300 (?) ponies anyway.

 

This is a good thread

V8 Jeep Cherokee had me on my toes the other day
Honda Civic TypeR stuck to my bumper when up when my I was running low boost (7psi!) recently.
Closest ever was a Merc SLK 320 off the line which was pretty much neck and neck. Car was not heavily modded then though.
Never had my *** handed to me so to speak, and car now has a few more ponies under the bonnet after some recent mods. I just don't get challenged very often, need to start goading people I reckon.

 

since i got mine no one wants to play though i admit i like chasing coppers when they have no lights on down our local dual carriage way (telford)

yes far more goading needed

 

Nah mate, it's 220

 

Has anyone else noticed that a lot of standard cars are getting faster?

A lot of the diesel stuff really surprises me (even though we also own a Fabia vRS...)

 

My Wife..

always beats me off the Mark.. well tbh i let her.. i do want to sleep soundly!

:P

 

A vts sadly, but then I only currently have a sport

 

i once saw a 911 carrera come steaming up behind me so i thought i would see how my car do against it
(1995sti 2 with exhaust airfilter apexi ecu and decat)
the lights changed and he pulled in to the lane next to me at about 110 he was at the side of me then we both it the breaks and slowed down to 40 as the road infront had road works.
i was well happy, was only 20 yaers old at the time.
i lost but i didnt care

 

In my unmodded classic, an audi a4 tdi and a seat leon tdi both give me a run for my money. I was just barely gaining on them. The other day in my wrx ppp i was overtaking a bmw 1 series turbo diesal and he decided to put his foot down as i was passing. I had to work the car really hard to get passed! Bloody Diesels!

Steve

 

Had a play with a Honda S2000 going onto the motorway today. I've got a 1994 WRX with S/S exhaust and air filter.

Very quick cars, he was behind me and I was opening up a gap, but not that much of a gap. Nice to see an acknowledgment from the driver too!! Made the trip to work a bit more pleasant.

Ben

 

A Diablo completely ate me for breakfast from 20 to 80 - he even gave me a bit of a headstart just to rub it in...

A Zonda on the M25 - alright I was in our V70 T5, but still that car was seriously quick like you wouldn't believe.

Otherwise it's usually diesels catching me unawares!

 

Awwwwww

My sister just sold her sport after a few months. When she got it she was on the phone to me egging me on to race her (bearing in mind I live 200 miles from her) so I duly went down that saturday, destroyed her a few times and went back home again.

Saxo VTS

I did try telling her that similar bhp with only two wheel drive and weighing less than a fart would beat a lardy 4wd motor anyday.

On the flip side, I loved the seats in the Scoob, she had a ltd edition one and I felt I would have been a lot more comfortable driving that 200 miles back than the VTS.