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Old 25 April 2009, 03:04 PM
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of my subaru ownership

After roughly 7 years of subaru ownership, and my fair share of ups as well as downs, my baby went to a new home today

Even with certain issues, have thoroughly enjoyed owning a suabru, as well as that got to meet and make many many friends on here and SIDC.

It's been a pleasure meeting you all (well most of you lol ) and hope to still see you at meets, although not in a scoob.

However the new car is still a 2.0l turbo, just an astra sri. At the mo my ESC plate isnt on there, so if you see an astra flashing and waving, please give me a wave back

some pics of my new beast




Old 25 April 2009, 03:06 PM
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Excellent news Paul, be a breeze to squeeze that into a parking space after the wide boy
Old 25 April 2009, 03:08 PM
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lol even driving through contra flows seemed easier!!! Lol
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Was thinking earlier when I was polishing the scoob, we didn't get round to that little photo shoot mate
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na that would have been good
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yeah sorry to see that one go it was so nice and different, bit more common now you got a black car lol, oh well im sure that will look really nice with a few little changes one day
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OMG you've only been scoobyless for a few hrs and no one wants to reply to you!
VAUXHALLS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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my old vauxhall van wasn't too bad just leaked alot of oil, lol, looks a nice motor m8
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Originally Posted by PHAT C
OMG you've only been scoobyless for a few hrs and no one wants to reply to you!
VAUXHALLS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol oh well.....

mike driving home today from northampton, car really does drive nice, Dosent go to badly either loving the sports button on there.... he he
Old 25 April 2009, 08:49 PM
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loving the sports button on there.... he he
I remember that on my mondeo ... Didn't do much LoL
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Originally Posted by PHAT C
OMG you've only been scoobyless for a few hrs and no one wants to reply to you!
VAUXHALLS ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vauxhall's. DONT get me started with them pieces of sh1te. Thats why my combo gone and now have a berlingo.
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Sad to see the wide boy go but understand the reasons.

Good luck with the Vauxhall mate, one day you'll get the Escort Cossie
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oh yes mate one day!!! lol
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vauxhall's. DONT get me started with them pieces of sh1te. Thats why my combo gone and now have a berlingo.
yr joking who wld buy a french car!!!!!
we brought a peugeot 206 today
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Sorry to see it go Paul.

When do we get to see the Vaux pimped up & lapping the Essex Arena?

VIP parking & all.
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Shame to see it go mate But like you say @ this time needs must & all that ..........

Just curious as you got rid of the w i d e b o y as the insurance was to expensive for Sarah as a named driver , how much cheaper was it for you to insure Sarah on the 2.0L Astra SRI ?
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Such a shame to see your scoob go,woz a stunning car & one of my favs
the Astra is a great car,good luck mate
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Originally Posted by Tiny
Shame to see it go mate But like you say @ this time needs must & all that ..........

Just curious as you got rid of the w i d e b o y as the insurance was to expensive for Sarah as a named driver , how much cheaper was it for you to insure Sarah on the 2.0L Astra SRI ?
from what his told me scoob £3000+ astra £600
but astra only has 170bhp still quick car tho
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Nice one Paul !!

Again sorry to hear the scoobs gone, but onwards and upwards mate

All said and done, its only a bit of metal mate and i'm sure practicality will make it all worthwhile.

just save up for another scoob in the meantime !!!

good luck with it and we all still want to see you 3 at all the regular meets, where possible!!!

Dazza
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Mark, will have to speak with ABW soon about a wide boy astra lol

Tiny, as col has said, looking at a few k to insure sarah on the scoob, where as the astra is around £500.... massive difference. Astra only has 170bhp also on top of that just the general running cost of the astra are a lot lower. So it's an all round win situation for me at the mo, what with having to buy a house soon as well!! lol

Tom, thanks mate she was a stunning looking car IMO.....the guy that brough her thinks exactly the same

glad to know that the car has gone a nice enough bloke, who i think is gonna love her as much as me

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ps. this will make you laugh..... drove the astra home from Northampton and didnt realise until we had parked on my drive it had a 6th gear!!!!! ha ha ha

oh and astra drivers are no where near as friendly as scoobie drivers

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ps. this will make you laugh..... drove the astra home from Northampton and didnt realise until we had parked on my drive it had a 6th gear!!!!! ha ha ha

oh and astra drivers are no where near as friendly as scoobie drivers
its not a done thing to wave at all astra driver you'll be doing it all day and at all the old grannies

at least the scoobs out the county and miles more so you wont ave to keep seeing it
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to be honest paul, i am glad to see the back of you
wide boy chaved up motor and all that
not the image we want on snet












only kidding m8, bobby put me up to it
come back soon
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Originally Posted by PHAT C
its not a done thing to wave at all astra driver you'll be doing it all day and at all the old grannies

at least the scoobs out the county and miles more so you wont ave to keep seeing it
But mine isn't!! Might sell it to ya for a reasonable price in the future
Sounds like the wideboy will be looked after
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Great news Paul I bet the wallet and your Bank Manager ar heaving sighs of relief lol?
Did you get what you'd hoped for the car as it was a minter?
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lol budgie....1 day i will be back

Andy, not sure about the bank manager, the missus certainly is!!! lol didnt get what i would have hoped for, what with it being a cat d etc, but managed to let her go for close enough to the 6k i was asking.
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Well done mate hopefully it wont be too long before you're able to bag another Scoob
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Originally Posted by Cornelius
But mine isn't!! Might sell it to ya for a reasonable price in the future
Sounds like the wideboy will be looked after
seeing 1 of my od scoobs is bad enough (especially now i dont have 1) but if i had to put up with seeing both, would have killed me!!! lol
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just thought now you might get mistaken for a police car rather than the get away car
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the guy who brought mine, is already started to add some bits onto her!!! lol


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