farewell scooby ownership for good
11 October 2005, 01:09 AM
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farewell scooby ownership for good
because,
theives want them
chav factor
residuales are bad
paintwork is like tissue paper
piston slap,tramlining ooh me geometry needs doing etc.
new versions all the time to add to your resale hell
you have to mod it
it is obvious in blue and gold
it only gets you admiring looks from teenage boys
you cant park it in tescos car park coz of the door dingers
interior, nuff said
erm thats it..........oh nearly forgot there are better cars for the money out there
i am now the proud owner of a used clk55amg, grin? i have to tell ya scoob grin was nice this grin is V8 massive
so i say to you all : sell your scoobs quick and have a better car for the same money
and if you are thinking of buying a new scoob DONT coz if you do and you are lucky enough to see me coming, better get out of the way and let me rip past beacause i now hate you all!!!!
theives want them
chav factor
residuales are bad
paintwork is like tissue paper
piston slap,tramlining ooh me geometry needs doing etc.
new versions all the time to add to your resale hell
you have to mod it
it is obvious in blue and gold
it only gets you admiring looks from teenage boys
you cant park it in tescos car park coz of the door dingers
interior, nuff said
erm thats it..........oh nearly forgot there are better cars for the money out there
i am now the proud owner of a used clk55amg, grin? i have to tell ya scoob grin was nice this grin is V8 massive
so i say to you all : sell your scoobs quick and have a better car for the same money
and if you are thinking of buying a new scoob DONT coz if you do and you are lucky enough to see me coming, better get out of the way and let me rip past beacause i now hate you all!!!!
11 October 2005, 06:34 AM
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I'm the opposite - hello Scooby ownership again:
- Living in country (was in city last time I had one)
- garaged at night
- 5 door = not chavvy at all! Not anything in fact...
- company car = no bills, no insurance, just petrol.
- Living in country (was in city last time I had one)
- garaged at night
- 5 door = not chavvy at all! Not anything in fact...
- company car = no bills, no insurance, just petrol.
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11 October 2005, 08:23 AM
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"You Have To Mod It" ..... WHY??? 
The image has taken a battering and its in the Chavs 'BargainBucket' now ...... but, you can still enjoy what was always there to enjoy - how? - buy a Wagon, of course!
A Wagon gives so many benefits over the Saloon:-
Quirky Looks
Thieves Don't Want Them
They Carry Everything
They are Just as Fast
It's Just Great Beating The Chavs in What They See as an Estate Car
They are the Understated Wolf in Sheeps Clothing ..... keep them standard and you enjoy Impreza Ownership as Subaru intended it to be ..... calm, relaxed, powerful, understated ....................................
The Saloon is Dead, long live the Wagon!!
Pete
The image has taken a battering and its in the Chavs 'BargainBucket' now ...... but, you can still enjoy what was always there to enjoy - how? - buy a Wagon, of course!
A Wagon gives so many benefits over the Saloon:-
Quirky Looks
Thieves Don't Want Them
They Carry Everything
They are Just as Fast
It's Just Great Beating The Chavs in What They See as an Estate Car
They are the Understated Wolf in Sheeps Clothing ..... keep them standard and you enjoy Impreza Ownership as Subaru intended it to be ..... calm, relaxed, powerful, understated ....................................
The Saloon is Dead, long live the Wagon!!
Pete
11 October 2005, 08:51 AM
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what other car is as much fun, AND you can cart your entire family around in it? Plus the dog and the kitchen sink!
Scoobs are annoying things, and you're quite right about the versions and depreciation, but they are still pretty cool, you could do a lot worse.
Saying that, I did sell mine last month and opted for an oh-so-sensible 350Z. Mainly for the reasons pointed out above, but when I need 4 seats I'll probably be back, there just isn't anything else like a Scooby
Aside from the EVO. Or perhaps an RX8. Or maybe an S4, oh and of course the M3...
Scoobs are annoying things, and you're quite right about the versions and depreciation, but they are still pretty cool, you could do a lot worse.
Saying that, I did sell mine last month and opted for an oh-so-sensible 350Z. Mainly for the reasons pointed out above, but when I need 4 seats I'll probably be back, there just isn't anything else like a Scooby
Aside from the EVO. Or perhaps an RX8. Or maybe an S4, oh and of course the M3...
11 October 2005, 09:07 AM
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because,
theives want them You think they won't be after the AMG?
chav factor: Figment of most people's imagination, all of the Boy racers around my way drive Corsas! in fact, some drive old, clapped out big engined BMWs and Mercs.
residuales are bad: Not if you buy second hand. Residulas are something you only need worry about if you buy a new/nearly new car and want to get shot of it in three years.....who in their right mind would want to part with a scooby!?!!?
paintwork is like tissue paper: Keeps the weight down!
piston slap,tramlining ooh me geometry needs doing etc. New age cars don't suffer from that, all cars need geometry checks thanks to speed bump UK etc...
new versions all the time to add to your resale hell: More interesting stuff to talk about down the pub, Instead of Pansy football player shagged which annoying drug addled model this week
you have to mod it NO, you'll want to mod it!!! Unless you're Pete, who makes the valid point that they're pretty damned good as standard.
it is obvious in blue and gold:Lucy Pinder in a swimsuit is obvious, but you still would!
it only gets you admiring looks from teenage boys No, I think you were only noticing the stares from them; believe me even if the girls don't know what they are, they do pay attention....even if just for the noise.
you cant park it in tescos car park coz of the door dingers: You may have a point there, but now you have a merc, you'll only be welcome at Waitrose!
interior, nuff said. It doesn't squeek and rattle after 6 years, which is more than can be said for modern mercs!
erm thats it..........oh nearly forgot there are better cars for the money out there.Possibly, but not many!!
i am now the proud owner of a used clk55amg, grin? i have to tell ya scoob grin was nice this grin is V8 massive..... Have you been to a Merc dealer when you need help as opposed to buying something from them??
so i say to you all : sell your scoobs quick and have a better car for the same money erm...........NO, but thanks for the heads up!
and if you are thinking of buying a new scoob DONT coz if you do and you are lucky enough to see me coming, better get out of the way and let me rip past beacause i now hate you all
No danger of that, you'l be stuck in some side turning miles down the road......no one ever lets Mercs out of side turnings!!!
NS04
theives want them You think they won't be after the AMG?
chav factor: Figment of most people's imagination, all of the Boy racers around my way drive Corsas! in fact, some drive old, clapped out big engined BMWs and Mercs.
residuales are bad: Not if you buy second hand. Residulas are something you only need worry about if you buy a new/nearly new car and want to get shot of it in three years.....who in their right mind would want to part with a scooby!?!!?
paintwork is like tissue paper: Keeps the weight down!
piston slap,tramlining ooh me geometry needs doing etc. New age cars don't suffer from that, all cars need geometry checks thanks to speed bump UK etc...
new versions all the time to add to your resale hell: More interesting stuff to talk about down the pub, Instead of Pansy football player shagged which annoying drug addled model this week
you have to mod it NO, you'll want to mod it!!! Unless you're Pete, who makes the valid point that they're pretty damned good as standard.
it is obvious in blue and gold:Lucy Pinder in a swimsuit is obvious, but you still would!
it only gets you admiring looks from teenage boys No, I think you were only noticing the stares from them; believe me even if the girls don't know what they are, they do pay attention....even if just for the noise.
you cant park it in tescos car park coz of the door dingers: You may have a point there, but now you have a merc, you'll only be welcome at Waitrose!
interior, nuff said. It doesn't squeek and rattle after 6 years, which is more than can be said for modern mercs!
erm thats it..........oh nearly forgot there are better cars for the money out there.Possibly, but not many!!
i am now the proud owner of a used clk55amg, grin? i have to tell ya scoob grin was nice this grin is V8 massive..... Have you been to a Merc dealer when you need help as opposed to buying something from them??
so i say to you all : sell your scoobs quick and have a better car for the same money erm...........NO, but thanks for the heads up!
and if you are thinking of buying a new scoob DONT coz if you do and you are lucky enough to see me coming, better get out of the way and let me rip past beacause i now hate you all
No danger of that, you'l be stuck in some side turning miles down the road......no one ever lets Mercs out of side turnings!!!
NS04
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11 October 2005, 09:18 AM
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Just got my fab vrs and , did it for the same reasons as a lot of people do, crap re-sale, rip off insurance, useless consumption.
But miss the sound, and went around some corners in the wet and had to drive it like my Gran drives, wish Id kept my sport and not got a turbo at all. Then I wouldnt have sold it for the vrs
But miss the sound, and went around some corners in the wet and had to drive it like my Gran drives, wish Id kept my sport and not got a turbo at all. Then I wouldnt have sold it for the vrs
11 October 2005, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by wide
Just got my fab vrs and , did it for the same reasons as a lot of people do, crap re-sale, rip off insurance, useless consumption.
But miss the sound, and went around some corners in the wet and had to drive it like my Gran drives, wish Id kept my sport and not got a turbo at all. Then I wouldnt have sold it for the vrs
But miss the sound, and went around some corners in the wet and had to drive it like my Gran drives, wish Id kept my sport and not got a turbo at all. Then I wouldnt have sold it for the vrs
11 October 2005, 09:51 AM
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Just got my fab vrs and , did it for the same reasons as a lot of people do, crap re-sale, rip off insurance, useless consumption
11 October 2005, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
A Wagon gives so many benefits over the Saloon:-
Thieves Don't Want Them
Pete
Thieves Don't Want Them
Pete
How do I know? The WR1 was untouched, yet they had gone to the trouble of scraping the ice off the windows of the wagon in readiness to drive it away.
Luckily as they armed my house alarm (themselves) and then set it off they all they left with was my watch abd mobile.....
Robin
11 October 2005, 10:14 AM
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Another realist, welcome to fold Funky Monk. Glad you got shot that that shed.
I had a whizz in a SL55AMG the other week...I had a bigger grin on my face than a Chesire cat - awesome noise and torque (500bhp and more importantly....520lbft of supercharged grunt ).
Although it had factory paint as bad as a scooby
I had a whizz in a SL55AMG the other week...I had a bigger grin on my face than a Chesire cat - awesome noise and torque (500bhp and more importantly....520lbft of supercharged grunt ).
Although it had factory paint as bad as a scooby
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11 October 2005, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by spec-cie
You bought a Skoda because you were worried about crap re-sale value?
Scoobs are still great cars IMO, but the appeal is definately on the wane. Theres loads more better alternatives now, and with fuel at 1quid per litre and the chav-mobile image a lot of people wont be seen dead in one now.
11 October 2005, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Petem95
LOL!! You obviously havent looked at residuals of the modern Skoda's have you?
Scoobs are still great cars IMO, but the appeal is definately on the wane. Theres loads more better alternatives now, and with fuel at 1quid per litre and the chav-mobile image a lot of people wont be seen dead in one now.
Scoobs are still great cars IMO, but the appeal is definately on the wane. Theres loads more better alternatives now, and with fuel at 1quid per litre and the chav-mobile image a lot of people wont be seen dead in one now.
True, but what can you get cheaper second hand which is alot better than a scoob??
11 October 2005, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by deco c
Id rather an m3 myself or for the money spent on the that a nice 911.mercs are for old boys with slippers!!!!!!
Rob
11 October 2005, 07:59 PM
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LOL!! You obviously havent looked at residuals of the modern Skoda's have you?
Scoobs are still great cars IMO, but the appeal is definately on the wane. Theres loads more better alternatives now, and with fuel at 1quid per litre and the chav-mobile image a lot of people wont be seen dead in one now.
Scoobs are still great cars IMO, but the appeal is definately on the wane. Theres loads more better alternatives now, and with fuel at 1quid per litre and the chav-mobile image a lot of people wont be seen dead in one now.
Personally think this 'chav mobile' crap is total nonsense. The person driving the car makes it chav, not the car itself. Chavs round my way drive everything from scoobies to mitsus to bmws to rovers to mercs. I bought mine because it's the closest I can get to a road-going rally car for b-road blasts and track days. Couldn't give a stuff what people think about how I look in it ...
11 October 2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by alcazar
228 posts BETWEEN 'em, and they know it all
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11 October 2005, 10:13 PM
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Good luck with the Merc, but TBH, there's nothing in your post that (a) most owners don't know anyway and (b) care about - that's the joys/perils of Scoob ownership.
All the best, but shut the door on your way out
Dan
All the best, but shut the door on your way out
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12 October 2005, 12:33 AM
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like me you had to have a scoob .i enjoyed my time with mine .ive now moved on.i dont agree with all the comments made but the classic engines reliabilty is not good at all.when you hear the common words of get a knock link and lamda sensor this not a good sign. im sure theres plenty on here that have had there engines go and we know plenty of scooby engine rebuilders, which speaks for itself.my scoob put a smile on my face for sure . what annoyed me the most was the up and down of performance . after reading the posts over the years it needed mapping i suppose.I HAD TWO IN 5 YRS AND THATS MY OPINION.
i did not give a xxxx what people thought of me in mine chav or no chav
i did not give a xxxx what people thought of me in mine chav or no chav
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12 October 2005, 10:21 AM
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Personally I moved on from my Scoob because I wanted a change, I just fancied something else (I now drive a Mazda RX-7 FD). I didn't get rid of it because of any 'image' issues. I couldn't give a flying **** what people think.
As for reliability, well mine was a MY97 UK Turbo, which was running a dyno 'proven' 346bhp, on standard internals with 115k on the clock. I drove the **** off it daily and it lived in the redline, and did several track days. It never missed a beat the whole time I had it.
People should stop worrying about image, residuals and all that ****e and enjoy what is still a great car.
As for reliability, well mine was a MY97 UK Turbo, which was running a dyno 'proven' 346bhp, on standard internals with 115k on the clock. I drove the **** off it daily and it lived in the redline, and did several track days. It never missed a beat the whole time I had it.
People should stop worrying about image, residuals and all that ****e and enjoy what is still a great car.
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