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Old 11 February 2007, 04:28 PM
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has anyone came up a wana be boy racer who pulles up beside you and gives it the biggen and trys to rev there engine to try make it sound louder than yours but they always loose
Old 11 February 2007, 04:29 PM
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No..........
Old 11 February 2007, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dazza30
has anyone came up a wana be boy racer who pulles up beside you and gives it the biggen and trys to rev there engine to try make it sound louder than yours but they always loose
Nah blood, Me maxd nova is louder and much faster than most scoobs!
Old 11 February 2007, 04:43 PM
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Me neither .
Old 11 February 2007, 04:48 PM
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One tiny blip of the right foot and they disappear

Another note on this topic is, do they stare or what?

I`m gunna get mi sen one of dem da scoobs one day innit bling.

Why are the back seats always full?

Can`t help with the power to weight ratio can it?
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yep, don't seem to try so much now mine pops bangs and spits flames evry gear change, can't imagine y??????
Old 11 February 2007, 04:51 PM
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no.......... but i dont mind boy racers you was young once i know i was rolling around on 17s big bumpers hand brake turns in the car park on a sat night was all good fun
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Originally Posted by Bug Eyed Peas
I`m gunna get mi sen one of dem da scoobs one day innit bling.

Old 11 February 2007, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
yep, don't seem to try so much now mine pops bangs and spits flames evry gear change, can't imagine y??????
tidgy you naughty boy
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erm how do i get flames pops bangs when changing gears (without a ghey flmer kit i may add lol)

andy
Old 11 February 2007, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by chocolate_o_brian
tidgy you naughty boy
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erm how do i get flames pops bangs when changing gears (without a ghey flmer kit i may add lol)

andy

get a fooked up remap
Old 11 February 2007, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 4evermad
no.......... but i dont mind boy racers you was young once i know i was rolling around on 17s big bumpers hand brake turns in the car park on a sat night was all good fun
Great reply, we were all young once. I think most of the time the lads know their going to get beat, they just want to see how fast your car is.
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
get a fooked up remap
sorry, i dont remember giving you permission to talk...
Old 11 February 2007, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dazza30
has anyone came up a wana be boy racer who pulles up beside you and gives it the biggen and trys to rev there engine to try make it sound louder than yours but they always loose
came up a wana be?

pulles?

biggen?

there engine?

loose?

WTF are you actually talking about?
Old 11 February 2007, 07:41 PM
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i was a boyracer with a modded mini.and i would thrash around and race anyone that would have a go.and just acting the ***.and after owning alot of cars (some sporty some not)and now owning my 3rd scoob i cant be **** with it all.i had a lad in a saxo reving it up at some lights side by side.i rev it a bit. lights went green he went off like he had a rocket up his **** i just carried on as normal (i must admit the wife was shocked )
Old 11 February 2007, 09:01 PM
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Yeh................usually chav chariots like the one below

Old 11 February 2007, 09:15 PM
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not really as most the chav boy racers have classic scoobys round my end anyway lol.
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Originally Posted by gillyz20let
not really as most the chav boy racers have classic scoobys round my end anyway lol.

please dont paint all young classic owners with the same brush...

im 22, have a classic, and im in no way a chav
Old 11 February 2007, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gillyz20let
not really as most the chav boy racers have classic scoobys round my end anyway lol.
true,so very true
Old 11 February 2007, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dazza30
has anyone came up a wana be boy racer who pulles up beside you and gives it the biggen and trys to rev there engine to try make it sound louder than yours but they always loose
Yep, usually they drive these Jap things with a big spoiler.

...they lose.
Old 12 February 2007, 10:24 AM
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i live in the countryside, i have a MY05 WRX PPP and always get boy racers up my **** around the town centres, revving, when they pass, driving at 50 etc in a 30 zone but as soon as they get out into the country lanes their rally driving ability falls to bits......... only one reason there are no bus stops with kids in to watch them!

not sure im making myself clear as im knackered but hopefully you will get the jist of what im saying!

cheers

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Old 12 February 2007, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by dazza30
has anyone came up a wana be boy racer who pulles up beside you and gives it the biggen and trys to rev there engine to try make it sound louder than yours but they always loose
And breathe!

Commas and full stops went this way <------
Old 12 February 2007, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by AudiLover
get a fooked up remap
another display of AL's superior knowledge of the subaru marque and cars in general...ta.
Old 12 February 2007, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by trails
another display of AL's superior knowledge of the subaru marque and cars in general...ta.
On the note of backfire. I used to have a VW Golf mk2 with Carb when i was 17. Great fun revving it till it screams let go of the throttle and switch the engine off as the rev hit 1000rpm from 6000...........Bang...... Back fire. But be warned it doesnt do no good to the distributer.

Now im 21 looking at buying my first scooby. And now know the concequence of stupidity.

Monki.
Old 12 February 2007, 11:04 AM
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Just sold my subaru so now I can say............I ragged the **** out of it whenever I could .....The engine never went bang and the car never missed a beat.......with around 340horses and 315lbft thats not all bad

I loved putting my foot down whenever there was the smallest straight ahead and would never be beaten off the lights by anything.

If I was cruising along the motorway and something mildly sporty such as an Astra VXR came past, that was it, down to third, on his bumper pushing him along......

Have never had any points on my license, have full no claims yet I drive like a loon because thats how I like to drive......***** out, foot to the floor mental.

All the morons that don't like driving over 4k should sell their car and go buy a TDI of some-sort.....

I'm no "boy" racer or chav......i'm a slightly older generation of performance enthusiast that's on a misson to put them all in their place.....
letting them sometimes go first, passing them with the five-knuckle-shuffle out the window and laughing.......soon wipes any smile off their face and makes them think twice before doing it again.....

The difference?
I can own up to driving like this without saying, "Oh I just let them get on with it and laugh when they pull off....." or "I now understand why fast cars drive on the inside lane, because they have nothing to prove" muppets.

I'm the kind of bloke to tell his girlfriend to shut up when they huff and tut next you to when YOU decide, **** it, lets go....Not just laughing and saying, "I've got no point to prove...." when you secretly thought...******* little b@stard, if she wasn't here.....

LOL
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Originally Posted by MonkiP1
On the note of backfire. I used to have a VW Golf mk2 with Carb when i was 17. Great fun revving it till it screams let go of the throttle and switch the engine off as the rev hit 1000rpm from 6000...........Bang...... Back fire. But be warned it doesnt do no good to the distributer.

Now im 21 looking at buying my first scooby. And now know the concequence of stupidity.

Monki.
nothing to do with revving the nuts out of the thing, it's down to the way the car is mapped; i rather like the pops, bangs and flames from over-run so my car is mapped to behave in that way on any gear change over 4k

ian
Old 12 February 2007, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by trails
nothing to do with revving the nuts out of the thing, it's down to the way the car is mapped; i rather like the pops, bangs and flames from over-run so my car is mapped to behave in that way on any gear change over 4k

ian
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Originally Posted by chocolate_o_brian
tidgy you naughty boy
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erm how do i get flames pops bangs when changing gears (without a ghey flmer kit i may add lol)

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its a slight tweek to the map to make add a slight amount of extra fuel in the over run, runs a bit rich mostly.

depsite what audi claims, its not a **** up, it was a request by me

speak to Pat, he mapped mine
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Do actually get it quite a bit, i can only think it's because i am a female driving an STI.
Had on bloke (NOT CHAV) pull up and ask me why i didn't drive a woman's car and give the hubby the STi.
He got a few choice words and a sharp hand signal, as the car is mine not his. So ti's not just chavs that have a death wish, but i must add it must be a male thing, never had a woman challenge me at the lights/junctions
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Originally Posted by donnas roo
Do actually get it quite a bit, i can only think it's because i am a female driving an STI.
Had on bloke (NOT CHAV) pull up and ask me why i didn't drive a woman's car and give the hubby the STi.
He got a few choice words and a sharp hand signal, as the car is mine not his. So ti's not just chavs that have a death wish, but i must add it must be a male thing, never had a woman challenge me at the lights/junctions
im dazza30 girlfreind and i get it all the time cause most men think we cant drive but i end up showing them a thing or tooooo
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this boy racer question makes me wonder some times...i mean, i was 17 once and it was an alfasud 1.5ti cloverleaf i had at the time . i ragged it about everywhere and goaded the odd cossie owner (usually much older at the time) it went fast (but not as fasty as it rotted ) anyhow, i always think people forget their young roots and write off these young enthusiasts. they could easily be spending their time breaking into your house or drinking wine on a street corner shouting abuse at old ladies etc.. youthful exuberance (or confidence ) usually leads them into the thought that they can keep up or have a go ! i for one dont really mind. most of the time they wave or a thumbs up . certainly no more than that ! remember what you were like then ?? i never done any harm and i am sure i am not the only one to have been like this either ?? they will probably grow up to have cars like evos, skylines, scoobies etc etc. like most of us and i hope they remember where they came from(not geographically of course !)

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