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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:41 PM
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...But it isnt going to happen realy is it i miss my scooby so much i sold her 1 week ago and bought a volvo c70 t5 great car loads of power but i have no love, so me thinks im coming back after christmas with another scooby drinving other cars is just pants
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:05 PM
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I tried giving up cars as a hobby interest as they were costing me loads of wedge.
It almost lasted 2 years, but I sneaked a WRX into the garage in 2007, and now I'm riding an STi. Once a petrol head, always a petrol head.
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DON'T FIGHT IT!
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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what you gonna do instead ...... fishing ...... cards ........ hiking ...... ?????

or buy another scoob !!

not much of a choice lol
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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lmao lol true thinking of getting bug try somthing different.
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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I recall selling my V4 Type R......each year that went by proved more and more difficult ....after 4 years I finally gave in and went and bought a scoob which I've now had for over 2.5 years and do not regret it one bit . My belief is if you can afford to have it then do so and enjoy it whilst you are able to!

So go get yourself a scoob!
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there are plenty of other good performance cars out there, but Ant went and got a Volvo ..........

I've been in a T5 and they do go well but it is a Volvo ... !!!!!!!!! Perhaps if you'd have got something like a Noble or a Monaro you wouldn't have been so bothered
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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dont mock it i whooped a megane f1 the other day

BUT then later that day my turbo hose blew and i got whooped by nice grey one so i fixed then i had spark issues got plugs solved today etm blew bloody great 300+ vat to sovle the peice of **** ive had more dam problems with it than i had in a year in my scoob.
im gonna burn the bloody thing. I WANT A SCOOBY AGAIN serves me right for trying to be sensible and buy a realible well built car form me and my family

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I'm not saying that they dont go well, I have been in one and they are fast .. the point I was making is its a volvo .. wheres the passion ?? if you see what I mean ....

and it fell apart? I thought they were built like tanks!
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Originally Posted by IainMilford
I'm not saying that they dont go well, I have been in one and they are fast .. the point I was making is its a volvo .. wheres the passion ?? if you see what I mean ....

and it fell apart? I thought they were built like tanks!
No, they handle like tanks.
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they have loads of grip but handling is well **** acceration is mint top end is mint car is built well solid but its just has to many fault its realy nice to cruise in and drive normaly but it need lots of suspension work. but they can be mean and the engines take it to straight up remap and exuast and panel filter will pull 300 bhp.
but like what was just said theres no passion what so ever its poop
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thats the volvo well going to get it all cleaned up a replace the badge on the front then get up for sale now its all fixed realy need to get me anothor scooby defo got to be a v3 sti tho i miss me scooby so much im to young to be sensible.
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get rid of the old mans car
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finally u have seen sence lol volvo ,,, cmon
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as long as you can get rid of the volvo ok then you should be able to pick up a good scoob at a good price in this climate
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there are plenty of nice scoobs for sale so get rid of the volvo
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same here , sold my scooby a couple of months ago and got a saab 900se to use as a run about
spending very little on fuel which is good , but miss that special something
despite the running costs and expence after expence , i miss it
its what we do
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well i need to clean it this week and get up for sale my hpi certifiacate values it at 3200 in average condition with 150k so im sure i can get rid cheaper and get me a sti. still i dont think ill be as happy as i ws with my wrx the thing owed me over 5k in 1 year and that wasnt fixing faults that was just mods and the respray i had plus the wheels and stuff i put so much time into that car,
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always looked at volvos as being an old mans car too fro some reason, but i heard they're really reliable. newvolvos looks ace imo

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Originally Posted by dan/scooby
same here , sold my scooby a couple of months ago and got a saab 900se to use as a run about
spending very little on fuel which is good , but miss that special something
despite the running costs and expence after expence , i miss it
its what we do
I dont know if I could do it. I have thought about it though (like many I expect), I commute 40 miles a day in mine so get through a tank a week. However when I think about the mods I've done and how much fun I have driving it I know I woujld miss it too much !!

I'm just on the lookout for a diesel banger c£500 notes to do the commute instead
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Originally Posted by wiley
always looked at volvos as being an old mans car too fro some reason, but i heard they're really reliable. newvolvos looks ace imo

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agree about the new volvo, the white one on the advert looks amazing
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Originally Posted by IainMilford
I dont know if I could do it. I have thought about it though (like many I expect), I commute 40 miles a day in mine so get through a tank a week. However when I think about the mods I've done and how much fun I have driving it I know I woujld miss it too much !!

I'm just on the lookout for a diesel banger c£500 notes to do the commute instead
the saab is great on fuel , got about 360 miles to a tank
would of done 150 if i was lucky in the scooby
but it died so i sold it
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Originally Posted by IainMilford
I dont know if I could do it. I have thought about it though (like many I expect), I commute 40 miles a day in mine so get through a tank a week. However when I think about the mods I've done and how much fun I have driving it I know I woujld miss it too much !!

I'm just on the lookout for a diesel banger c£500 notes to do the commute instead

ive just bought a bmw 525i estate l reg for 500 to burn about in lol. its in really good condition aswell 2.5 rwd and you can spin the rears up dead easy its not that bad on petrol compared to the scooby aswell.
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I did the Volvo thing a few years ago. It was an S80 T6 auto. Crap on juice, not particularly quick and just lacking that certain something. It did have plenty of goodies and very comfortable heated seats, but lasted three months before I was back in a Scooby!
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mate i sold my scoob got a 328 bmw , got bored after a few weeks , lived with it for a year then bought another scoob , best thing ive ever done getting back in a scoob
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aww was listing to old sound clips of my scooby before im realy missing it it feels like ive just lost a relative or somthing i cant belive i feel this way i want another scoob asap, im thinking of just flogging the volvo cheap to get one but i just keep thinking of how much money id be losing itl be like a £2500 loss overall if i sell it at around £2500 insted of 3000

jesus the volvo owners club has to be the worst it just full of winging c***s all moaning becuase somone missed a full stops and winging about ppl that are have general chats about there cars and experiances they say you shouldnt post unless its for techinical help or advice. s

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haha lol yeah, me girl freind nerly bought me flat cap for christmas the other day.
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what you reckon to this guys and girls i may get a px on it its not registerd yet and still got all certificates and stuff for it tho

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dont know much about classics but looks ok, worth a visit if not too far
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hmmm may do going to wait for the guy to get back to me and see.
does any body know whatid have to do to register it as its a fresh and he dont want the bother by the sounds of it
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