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Your scooby? Chav or non-chav?
22 February 2008, 01:12 PM
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Your scooby? Chav or non-chav?
Us at LJP have touched on a raw nerve. There are some of us who have gone down the route of personalising our own cars (as most people do to some extent). However there is a fine line to tred between 'chav or non-chav'. There is nothing wrong with either side of the fence, but it would be interesting to see what side you want to support. 
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22 February 2008, 05:02 PM
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Each to thier own, I say. My son wanted me to sticker up my scoobys but I politely declined, but what I will say is that I wouldn't say that scoobys are chavvy (is that a word !?) but there seems to be a few chavs driving them these days !!
22 February 2008, 05:13 PM
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are we all so perfect though ?
doesn't bother me one bit, we ALL buy a scooby because of the unique styling and the performance, most of us personalise it one way or another wheels ? exhausts ? if this is chavy we COULD all be guilty no ?
doesn't bother me one bit, we ALL buy a scooby because of the unique styling and the performance, most of us personalise it one way or another wheels ? exhausts ? if this is chavy we COULD all be guilty no ?
22 February 2008, 05:26 PM
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I think once theres that much going on with the wrong styling choices it hardly looks like the original car=chav for me.
I aint a fan of rally decals but wouldnt call a car chav for having em its just a choice.
I aint a fan of rally decals but wouldnt call a car chav for having em its just a choice.
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22 February 2008, 05:30 PM
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IMO they're all chav now. No longer is the Scoob a legend like it was years ago when only a few classics existed.
The scum have dragged them down to cozzzie and RS turbo status..
A shame as I loved mine and really miss it.
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The scum have dragged them down to cozzzie and RS turbo status..
A shame as I loved mine and really miss it.
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22 February 2008, 05:35 PM
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The only really visible things that is different from standard on mine is the mudflaps & wheels.
But people see the scoop, the spoiler, then the wheels and noise. Altogether they probably think somethink along those lines.
Being in a newage though, i fall into the mid-life crisis bracket. A classic......well, that's a different matter.
But people see the scoop, the spoiler, then the wheels and noise. Altogether they probably think somethink along those lines.
Being in a newage though, i fall into the mid-life crisis bracket. A classic......well, that's a different matter.
22 February 2008, 06:41 PM
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Chav I am afraid. There's too many cheap classics knocking about now that lend themselves to "customisation".
It's the big spoilers in particular that give the car a bad name as that styling is used widely by the boy racers who can't even yet afford a cheap classic.
It's a shame. Who knows... the new one may redeem the marque in that respect.
It's the big spoilers in particular that give the car a bad name as that styling is used widely by the boy racers who can't even yet afford a cheap classic.
It's a shame. Who knows... the new one may redeem the marque in that respect.
22 February 2008, 10:16 PM
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Not Chav I guess.....as it's a STi Limited...silver wheels, leather interior and only a little boot-lip spoiler....
Discreet, but that's how I like it!
Discreet, but that's how I like it!
22 February 2008, 11:06 PM
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Completely stock Version 6 STi Type RA Lightweight model in Cashmere Yellow. Has STi skirts which were fitted prior to arriving in the UK so may remove these and the generic gold OZ Supertourismo's lol
Next year going for a pure stealth look (if you can with a Yellow car!), removing the STi 6 rear Spoiler, skirst and changing the wheels for some dark grey or anthracite alloys.
Next year going for a pure stealth look (if you can with a Yellow car!), removing the STi 6 rear Spoiler, skirst and changing the wheels for some dark grey or anthracite alloys.
22 February 2008, 11:49 PM
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Completely stock Version 6 STi Type RA Lightweight model in Cashmere Yellow. Has STi skirts which were fitted prior to arriving in the UK so may remove these and the generic gold OZ Supertourismo's lol
Next year going for a pure stealth look (if you can with a Yellow car!), removing the STi 6 rear Spoiler, skirst and changing the wheels for some dark grey or anthracite alloys.
Next year going for a pure stealth look (if you can with a Yellow car!), removing the STi 6 rear Spoiler, skirst and changing the wheels for some dark grey or anthracite alloys.
Keep the wheels, bud. They're quite rare now, plus one of the best looking wheels, IMO. I'm a little biased, though.
Just get them resprayed if you go for the stealth look.
23 February 2008, 01:42 AM
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Us at LJP have touched on a raw nerve. There are some of us who have gone down the route of personalising our own cars (as most people do to some extent). However there is a fine line to tred between 'chav or non-chav'. There is nothing wrong with either side of the fence, but it would be interesting to see what side you want to support. Place your vote now!
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23 February 2008, 08:09 AM
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23 February 2008, 02:18 PM
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23 February 2008, 02:53 PM
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i have an estate so that's a no...but at present my new bonnet is unpainted, I haven't swapped to a quieter back box and its still running big silly sti spoilers... 
if its got a bloody great scoop and a noisy exhaust then by definition it must be
if its got a bloody great scoop and a noisy exhaust then by definition it must be
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23 February 2008, 03:11 PM
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lol this is funny, mine is rally graphiced up with sti rear spoiler and a loud exhaust but i dont think mine is chav, my car still looks nice with it, i dont think a car can ever really be chav (unless your talking about the burberry fiesta on ebay) merely the person who is driving it, the thing is as well that people think just because a younger driver drives one they are also making a bad name, i am 21 and drive perfectly fine and have no points or crashes in the 4 years i have been driving (touch wood), so anyway enough of me jabbering on.
23 February 2008, 03:34 PM
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For sure i've seen some heavily chav ones around Bristol, motorsport sunstrips and bailey dumpvalves to the max. Terrible. Sleepers are definitely the way forward. I remember a feature in Jap performance a couple of years ago, a guy had a silver late classic with 'UK 500' badges, it looked otherwise very standard but was an animal. I cant remember who did the work, but it lived up to its badge.
23 February 2008, 04:32 PM
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Good point, they need a refurb as they have a few scuff marks so probably a good excuse to get em done in anthracite or white
23 February 2008, 06:45 PM
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I think people are taking the term 'chav' too literally.It doesn't neccesarily mean you are a spotty faced,glue sniffing,light fingered git with your tracky bottoms tucked into your socks..just that you might have have particulary poor taste in what you have done to your car
.. perhaps more what the Americans would term as a 'Ricer'.Those that have added pointless modifications,dumb valves and fake roof scooops and a shoppping list of stickers down each door for example.
Not forgetting of course,the increasing number of plebs who insist upon driving this type of car everywhere as tho their hair is on fire which doesn't do us many favours either
.. perhaps more what the Americans would term as a 'Ricer'.Those that have added pointless modifications,dumb valves and fake roof scooops and a shoppping list of stickers down each door for example.
Not forgetting of course,the increasing number of plebs who insist upon driving this type of car everywhere as tho their hair is on fire which doesn't do us many favours either
23 February 2008, 06:53 PM
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I think people are taking the term 'chav' too literally.It doesn't neccesarily mean you are a spotty faced,glue sniffing,light fingered git with your tracky bottoms tucked into your socks..just that you might have have particulary poor taste in what you have done to your car
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