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04 May 2006, 09:41 AM
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Good to see Scoobies competing in the gumball.
London paved the way for I beleive around 200 cars.
And people were hovering around the Scoobies just as much as the Lambos and Ferraris.
The Scooby is a true Supercar and every1 knows it!
London paved the way for I beleive around 200 cars.
And people were hovering around the Scoobies just as much as the Lambos and Ferraris.
The Scooby is a true Supercar and every1 knows it!
04 May 2006, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Jap Import
Good to see Scoobies competing in the gumball.
London paved the way for I beleive around 200 cars.
And people were hovering around the Scoobies just as much as the Lambos and Ferraris.
The Scooby is a true Supercar and every1 knows it!
London paved the way for I beleive around 200 cars.
And people were hovering around the Scoobies just as much as the Lambos and Ferraris.
The Scooby is a true Supercar and every1 knows it!
Scooby is no supercar, it is however a super car for the amount you pay
04 May 2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by alloy
120 cars only
Scooby is no supercar, it is however a super car for the amount you pay
Scooby is no supercar, it is however a super car for the amount you pay
Alloy! Please stop being so pedantic! Its a super car!
End of story!!
04 May 2006, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by WRX300MAN
Alloy! Please stop being so pedantic! Its a super car! End of story!!
End of story!!
it is a super car very much so, not a "supercar" though
04 May 2006, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt_taylor
alloy is right in a way,
its a super car for the money! i didnt spend 4k on MY97 uk turbo and its mint just starting it up gives me a hard on! lol
its a super car for the money! i didnt spend 4k on MY97 uk turbo and its mint just starting it up gives me a hard on! lol
. .For a car to be considered a "SUPER" car, it must cost quite a bit of money . . .Matt_Taylor . .Please explain to me, (because I am an ignorant peasant), at what financial threshhold, does a car start being considered "normal" and start being considered a " Super car " . . . .This fool proof method of judging a cars merits is a little beyond me . .I am actually thinking of spending a 100k modifying my Datsun to elivate it to super car status!
04 May 2006, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by WRX300MAN
I am actually thinking of spending a 100k modifying my Datsun to elivate it to super car status!
, as its still a datsun . A supercar must come from factory as close to its pinnacle as possible. A 100k rebuilt datsun would be .......... foolish
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04 May 2006, 01:53 PM
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who gives a flying ****.
Gumball is not about the cars, it's about the spirit of taking part.
Because of the price you tend to get the more expensive marques competing and they do try to keep the numpties out who just go on it to get on tv and drive like a tw@t down the inside of lorries.
The organiser states that all cars will be considered but if your car is more rare and exotic you stand a better chance of getting approved. But at the end of the day the award they give out is for the person or person(s) that do it in the craziest or most difficult way!
Note: Scoobies are 20k cars and are not supercars. Any jockey can go buy one for like £2k now. A supercar is a ferrari, lamborghini, porka, etc etc etc.
Gumball is not about the cars, it's about the spirit of taking part.
Because of the price you tend to get the more expensive marques competing and they do try to keep the numpties out who just go on it to get on tv and drive like a tw@t down the inside of lorries.
The organiser states that all cars will be considered but if your car is more rare and exotic you stand a better chance of getting approved. But at the end of the day the award they give out is for the person or person(s) that do it in the craziest or most difficult way!
Note: Scoobies are 20k cars and are not supercars. Any jockey can go buy one for like £2k now. A supercar is a ferrari, lamborghini, porka, etc etc etc.
04 May 2006, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Gangsta Smurf
Note: Scoobies are 20k cars and are not supercars. Any jockey can go buy one for like £2k now. A supercar is a ferrari, lamborghini, porka, etc etc etc.
04 May 2006, 01:58 PM
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I have to say im not a great believer in the Gumball type thing. The track driving they do is fine but its the whole get from A to B very very quickly in between im not keen on. Yeah the organisors state its not a race etc BUT there are always video's after showing stupid speeding and dangerous driving....... Doesnt SN have a member in jail at the moment for this kind of driving.
Now the mongol rally ....... here to Mongolia in a 1ltr £1,000 car thats a challenge.
Now the mongol rally ....... here to Mongolia in a 1ltr £1,000 car thats a challenge.
04 May 2006, 04:13 PM
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...9899&dict=CALD
followed by
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...1343&dict=CALD
Agreed! The Scoob is a good car!
Wikipedia is a bit Chavy!
followed by
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...1343&dict=CALD
Agreed! The Scoob is a good car!
Wikipedia is a bit Chavy!
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04 May 2006, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by WRX300MAN
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...9899&dict=CALD
followed by
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...1343&dict=CALD
Agreed! The Scoob is a good car!
Wikipedia is a bit Chavy!
followed by
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...1343&dict=CALD
Agreed! The Scoob is a good car!
Wikipedia is a bit Chavy!
Supercar = Lambo, ferrari, Zonda etc
Super Car = Users satisfaction of said motor vehicle, for which i would assume the majority of scoob owners would say it was a super car
04 May 2006, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by alloy
see i wasn't being pedantic. I was covering all bases
Supercar = Lambo, ferrari, Zonda etc
Super Car = Users satisfaction of said motor vehicle, for which i would assume the majority of scoob owners would say it was a super car
Supercar = Lambo, ferrari, Zonda etc
Super Car = Users satisfaction of said motor vehicle, for which i would assume the majority of scoob owners would say it was a super car
It's me . . Agreed . .You are not pedantic, but it appears I am v.much so!!!!
. .Could you please clarify to me, exactly how you were covering all bases .. . .Especially as it has come t o my attention that the word Supercar does not exist! And if it did, it would be a composite word and should be treated like such!Alloy . . Are you scuffed??
. . .Perhaps I would tend to agree with you if you used the word "Exotic" . . But even that would be stretching it! Right . . .Who's coming down with me to COUNTDOWN????LOL
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04 May 2006, 06:01 PM
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And the dictionaries come out to define supercar 
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
04 May 2006, 06:16 PM
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.Could you please clarify to me, exactly how you were covering all bases .. . .Especially as it has come t o my attention that the word Supercar does not exist! And if it did, it would be a composite word and should be treated like such!
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The Wikipedia link shows the word as a whole and not composite. In the initial post i saw a word which could have meant supercar and super car, hence when i said it's not a supercar but a super car i was covering the two seperate interpretations
Jap Import: I dont know how you can write "true supercar" and be reffering to performance, that by any means can only be interpreted as a supercar, i.e. exotica, especially when used in the context of the Gumball rally
. .Especially as it has come t o my attention that the word Supercar does not exist! And if it did, it would be a composite word and should be treated like such![/quote]
The Wikipedia link shows the word as a whole and not composite. In the initial post i saw a word which could have meant supercar and super car, hence when i said it's not a supercar but a super car i was covering the two seperate interpretations
Jap Import: I dont know how you can write "true supercar" and be reffering to performance, that by any means can only be interpreted as a supercar, i.e. exotica, especially when used in the context of the Gumball rally
04 May 2006, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jap Import
And the dictionaries come out to define supercar
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
that was the 2005 rally you are watching dude. Were 5 scoobs on that. None this year!!
The only car vaugely similar was an EVO MR which was on the start-line on Sunday. But I believe the guy who owns it bought it only to do the Gumball in and uses it for nothing else. That's what I could make out from hearing some of the conversations on the start grid.
05 May 2006, 12:29 AM
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The Wikipedia link shows the word as a whole and not composite. In the initial post i saw a word which could have meant supercar and super car, hence when i said it's not a supercar but a super car i was covering the two seperate interpretations [/quote]
FFS Alloy
. . Since when is the Wikipedia considered an authority on the Engligh language! Neither the Oxford , nor Cambridge dictionaries contain the aforementioned word . . To my mind, however, the Scoob , is a Super Car as there is nothing like it!
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Nice talking to you!
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The Wikipedia link shows the word as a whole and not composite. In the initial post i saw a word which could have meant supercar and super car, hence when i said it's not a supercar but a super car i was covering the two seperate interpretations
[/quote]FFS Alloy
. . Since when is the Wikipedia considered an authority on the Engligh language! Neither the Oxford , nor Cambridge dictionaries contain the aforementioned word . . To my mind, however, the Scoob , is a Super Car as there is nothing like it! . .Nice talking to you!
05 May 2006, 12:54 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...000s_Supercars
05 May 2006, 01:09 AM
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No one seems to have mentioned Hypercars yet 
The Scoob can be a beast but, a Hypercar it's not! Even if it would humble many 80's Supercars comprehensively!
So what would you call a Hypercar?
I'll Start... Enzo.... Koenigsegg (did I spell that with enough g's?)any more?
The Scoob can be a beast but, a Hypercar it's not! Even if it would humble many 80's Supercars comprehensively!So what would you call a Hypercar?
I'll Start... Enzo.... Koenigsegg (did I spell that with enough g's?)any more?
05 May 2006, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
According to Wikipedia, the STI is a supercar. (from your link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...000s_Supercars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...000s_Supercars
Only if its blue or white though. The rest suffer from T lag far more and hence are slower.
05 May 2006, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Scooby-Monster
No one seems to have mentioned Hypercars yet The Scoob can be a beast but, a Hypercar it's not! Even if it would humble many 80's Supercars comprehensively!
So what would you call a Hypercar?
I'll Start... Enzo.... Koenigsegg (did I spell that with enough g's?)any more?
The Scoob can be a beast but, a Hypercar it's not! Even if it would humble many 80's Supercars comprehensively!So what would you call a Hypercar?
I'll Start... Enzo.... Koenigsegg (did I spell that with enough g's?)any more?
05 May 2006, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Jap Import
And the dictionaries come out to define supercar
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
SUPERCAR PERFORMANCE I was referring to chaps.
maybe not in top end but acceleration.
Im just pleased to see Scoobies doing the run, I beleive I saw 3 last nite.
05 May 2006, 08:39 AM
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How about locking or deleting this thread, it sunk along way back (dictionary garbage).
It was just my opinion that was stated about the scooby being a supercar.
IT IS IN IT'S OWN RIGHT.
Lets hear some 0-60 times
It was just my opinion that was stated about the scooby being a supercar.
IT IS IN IT'S OWN RIGHT.
Lets hear some 0-60 times
05 May 2006, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by WRX300MAN
FFS Alloy . . Since when is the Wikipedia considered an authority on the Engligh language! Neither the Oxford , nor Cambridge dictionaries contain the aforementioned word . . To my mind, however, the Scoob , is a Super Car as there is nothing like it! . .
Nice talking to you!
. . Since when is the Wikipedia considered an authority on the Engligh language! Neither the Oxford , nor Cambridge dictionaries contain the aforementioned word . . To my mind, however, the Scoob , is a Super Car as there is nothing like it! . .Nice talking to you!
Handbags!!I never said it was an authority, but it does however show the word not as a composite. However the more comprehensive online oxford dictionary does have the noun supercar in it http://www.askoxford.com as well as the collins online dictionary, incidently the cambridge does not
Nice correcting you
