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Scoob99 11 February 2005 08:09 PM

Anybody not use their Scoob for weeks on end!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I have a MY98 Model and it has only done 49K the problem I'm having is I just don't use it enough, anybody else like this.
Cheers
Colin

mr freeze 11 February 2005 08:15 PM

:) yes mate unfortunatly i'm in the same boat as you , too much work & not enough time to play. My car comes out once a week just for a runout & of
course a clean ...................

wongascoob 11 February 2005 08:16 PM

ive parked mine up for last 2 months and run around in a 406 dt......roll on the spring!!!!:)

Scoob99 11 February 2005 08:23 PM

It was worrying me, cos she had not had a run in 4 weeks, and that was only to a local meet, I have an Astra for work so I can keep the Scoob as I intended, MY BABY:D
Cheers
Colin

scoobyjohn2000 11 February 2005 08:24 PM

yep had it sat in the garage from about septemer now its just been taxed so trying to use it a bit?

Nick100 11 February 2005 08:42 PM

Nope, go to work in it every day.
Otherwise I haven't done much fun driving recently - only 200 miles in the last month !

ARM-Scooby 11 February 2005 08:47 PM

i took mine out for the first time in 3 weeks last tuesday. Went for a drive for a mate, both in our sti's, bit slippy but great for drifting around some 3 lane bends off roundabouts. Also managed to drift it around a roundabout until i came accross some anti skid! Good fun but bring on the spring!

bioforger 11 February 2005 08:50 PM

Yeh I was without a scooby for 2 months, it nearly drove me insane driving a diesel laguna hire car while I waited for the insurance payout :)

rb5 286 11 February 2005 10:00 PM

RB5 lives in the garage most of the time.

sometimes i think its a waste of a car but then i think that i have halved my insurance for having it as social & domectic only and limited milage of 3000 miles a year (even tho the ins co dont ask for any proof of mileage.

only comes out for local meets really

but when i am out in it it just makes me appreciate it more for not driving it daily

Kevin Groat 11 February 2005 10:32 PM

My STI3 has been SORN'd for the winter and I've a legacy GTB as a winter hack - not the same kick but impressive top end grunt..:D

lukey1 11 February 2005 11:11 PM

my cars only done 1000 miles since october and 500 of those was my missis when her lotus was poorly. car is now sorn as it is up for sale :(

paul w 11 February 2005 11:27 PM

Same here,car has been in garage for 6 weeks,struck it up last week after i did the cambelt,didn't take it out the garage though and probably done less than 1000 miles in last year.

And the missus cant understand why i'm gonna put some rims on it and have it remapped when i never really use it,women eh they just dont understand!!

rav4640 11 February 2005 11:40 PM

got my 03 sti in march 03 new, has 14000 on the clock only comes out the garage once a mth when its my weekend to have the kids, but i do look forward to the run, if its not raining, then i use my van

corradoboy 12 February 2005 12:09 AM

Seems such a waste. A bit like keeping fine art locked in a safe :rolleyes: or my mother-out-law who has a beautiful oak dining table, that no-one has seen since the day she got it. Keeps it under 3 tablecloths plus placemats & stuff. Might as well be made of MDF :mad:

Scoobs aren't classic vintage Ferraris, and minters will only fetch a few hundred more when they're 15 years old and the styling is as dated as Peter Stringfellow. You might as well get out there and enjoy the bloody things :mad:

Mossman 12 February 2005 12:19 AM

Mine was ...
 
So I sold it last year. Sad to see it go but went to a good home and a friend. It was hopeless - I did under 1000 miles, even under 500 miles in the last two years of ownership - just no value for money and any spare time and decent weather = out in the westie! :D

Mossman

NotoriousREV 12 February 2005 08:34 AM

I've driven mine twice since the 16th of December. The second time the clutch destroyed itself. :mad:

webby v7 slipperwagon 12 February 2005 08:40 AM


Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
I've driven mine twice since the 16th of December. The second time the clutch destroyed itself. :mad:

Mine gets used all the time. Not by me though, the bleedin wife, she wont give it up:mad:

WRX Cookie 12 February 2005 09:07 AM

i agree strongly to get out and enjoy them but unfortunatly work stops play in many cases ive only just got my 1st scooby but ive had my old "toy" being a cossie locked up in the garage for months at a time but when i was able to get it out for a play it was obvious why i had a toy even if i could only use it now and again

pnbond007 12 February 2005 10:09 AM

I had some major engine & other mod's done in May last year, and after covering a 1000 miles I need to return to have the oil changed & boost increased.

I've still a few miles to go before the magic 1000, so hopefully sometime this year I expect to be making an appointment with the garage involved.

I've not seen the car since December, being locked away safely in a nice warm garage.

PNB

scoobydooooo 12 February 2005 10:36 AM

every summer for 2 months i use the bike because it's easier to get around where i live , so the scooby sits idle

ALi-B 12 February 2005 10:50 AM

Mine spent well over 12months in the garage doing eff all. Only ever took it out only for long non-work journeys, which was rare. Think it only covered 500miles between services at one point! :o

Sold the banger, got rid of the works car, and I use it everyday now. But will be selling up and going back to slightly higher class bangers, with the possibility of a group owned trackday car for the weekends :D

Still, how many MY97 scoobs do you see with 40K miles? ;)

alwong 12 February 2005 10:56 AM

I'm the complete opposite. I use mine all the time. Done 4k in 3 months. Mainly work miles. The only problem is you do notice the fuel costs!! Luckily i get paid petrol costs!! Now thinking of getting a runaround. Less miles on scoob and more earning off company miles!!

mike petts 12 February 2005 01:07 PM

Im in the same boat i must have only used my p1 about 3 times in the past 4 months !!!!!!! as i got an astra for everyday, to make thing worse i got my cosworth in the garage and that has been in there since last summer???
The p1 has had a new battery where it just keeps going flat all the time and it will not charge up....the best way to kill a car battery is to let it keep going flat all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gary C 12 February 2005 03:25 PM

Only done 10,000 miles in the last 17 months in my 53 plate STi. Car comes out when I want to drive it properly, don't waste it on the traffic clogged run to work. Thats what the Turbo 4wd Celica GT4 is for :)

pudders 12 February 2005 06:15 PM

I used to use mine daily to go to work about 30 miles a day. Then when my job changed I bought an escort diesel as would be doing about 500 miles a week. I only use it on weekends now but boy do I appreciate it so much more. I dont know what to do to be honest as I dont want to sell it as it is absolutly mint and driving the escort all the time will drive me mad. But its cost. The scoob would cost me a fortune to drive to work plus I dont want to leave it where I work now as will either get nicked or keyed.

burtysbugeye 12 February 2005 11:09 PM

Hi there everyone just like to say i use mine every day for work etc,its a my02 bugeye and ive done 14,500 in 9 months (yes 14,500 mile) and i now have a big hole in my pocket due to all the fuel ive put in.The thing is i just love to drive it:)

scooby-si 13 February 2005 12:36 AM

mines only been out 3 times since november in the garage the rest of the time:D


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