jeromelo

Since I've had my Scoob, there have been a few admirers of the car.

I had young lad in an Escort Cabriolet come up to me in a petrol station today and ask how much the car's running... I replied about 225bhp as it's standard. His reply was "is that it? I thought these cars have 300+!"

Last week had a guy ask me the what the top end was, which I replied about 140, to which he replied... "is that it? aint that fast then! I can do 133 in my Golf!"

Anyone else get stupid comments like these?

turbodan

All the time. People feel the need to say something (anything) on times. You can either be someone who just ignores it or make a bit point of putting the record straight, personally I just say nothing.

subaruturbo_18

petrol station cashier : what type is it

me: an impreza turbo 2000 All Wheel Drive

Petrol station cashier : oh right, so is it front or rear wheel drive.


also not me, but i have heard of other peoples comments on here about how people say that there engine is not running correctly and sounds like a mis fire (obviously the un-equal length headers)

pimmo2000

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I had the owner of a Seria Cossy come up to me and say ah you can get one of those on eBay now for £1000 !!

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A MY99 in the condition mines in with 60k on the clock ... hmmm

I just looked at his £500 rust bucket and laughed

bighead

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the cosworth are now Classics wish i could get one for 500 !!!

"Taylor"

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Had this comment many times...i just chuckled to myself

Clarkie172

scoobies are slow once moving, theyre only quick to 60- tranny losses I guess?! lol

Mifo

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must admit Ive had a few stupid things said. Sometimes for my own amusement I just go along with them. This guy asked if this was the twin turbo version , so I said yes it is .

JimmyBFC

All the time mate, and tbh I was once like that, its once you own one you appreciate the beauty of the 0-60 or 0-100 for that matter, or the beauty of AWD on corners etc, ppl get caught up in power figures and top end speed which mean *** all really.

JimmyBFC

speak for yourself, mine to 120mph is super fast.....erm...I was told that...lol

Clarkie172

haha I have just remembered what a lad at work said to me actually!

'It's nice that, is it a P1?'
'No mate P1's were the classic shape'
'Ah ye, sorry. P2-nice cars'

Mikkel

Is this thread about people saying stupid things... how apt

I'm assuming you are quoting someone here of course

Clarkie172

yes mate I am. This is the feeling of many clio owners! It used to be said over on cliosport quite a bit.....silly boys

hux309

There is a twin turbo legacy

pete higham

well done for editing quickly as you could have looked silly

turbodan

Makes perfect sense to me that a car would suddenly develop large transmission losses at 60.1 mph.

urdad

There's abit of a car~war thing @ work.
One of my m8's had a 911 and another one bought a Hyundai Coupe(about 4 years ago),the owner of the Hyundai indicated that he believed his Hyundai would see off the 911,which aroused many a smile,alas he never tried to prove it..
Then a few months later another friend challenged the Hyundai owner to put up his Pink slip against,wait for it......a.....R...o...v...e...r ZT(I think)...,he declined.
So his line of thinking is that his Hyundai would beat a 911,but not a Rover,which would mean the Rover is a Porsche eater.....

The Hyundai owner has now got a newer coupe,if we ever get into a discussion he avoids the power,speed,etc and just brags that his car is 2 months old...as long as he gets his curlers and drier in there eh.....

P.s why do non-scooby owners delight in telling you the shortfalls compared to another model...why are they so knowledgeable...***...

Ginge !

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pmsl at 500 quid cossie,,,,, though rust bucket id agree with !

to be fair its down to general opinions, the guys at my work place and garages still confuse the uk classics to the STI and think there not worth as much being a import

was asked how much i paied for mine and i never answered so was then told " gotta be worth 2500 to sell though if you got it cheep,,,, i paied 4500 for mine ffs

Jeem

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P.s why do non-scooby owners delight in telling you the shortfalls compared to another model...why are they so knowledgeable...***...[/QUOTE]

Coz they cant get one so they sit lookin at pics an stats of there dream car ready to tell any scoob owner there knowledge even if it is wrong as above shows

JimmyBFC

Coz they cant get one so they sit lookin at pics an stats of there dream car ready to tell any scoob owner there knowledge even if it is wrong as above shows[/quote]

pimmo2000

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not sure if your laughin at me or with me

It was a pile of ****e

scoobiesnax

I picked up a friends boyfriend from the train station and he said, oh this is one of those cars that feels really fast but is slow really isn't it? So I laughed and put my foot down till he pleaded for mercy! lol

slipstream_uk

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Always getting asked about the bhp question, I just them ignore now

Not stupid comments, but why is it everytime im out in the car. Theres always some little chav in a beat up heap trying to goat you for a race.

Cream

Ah but that might have just been proving his point. Maybe he thought it was quick but really you where only doing 30

Ginge !

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well considering that a cossie BLOCK sells from 800 quid and the head for around 350 quid ,,,,, show me a cossie worth 500 quid thats on the road as they sell for 3k for a wreck to 7k for a above average condition one

they do tend to have rust issues though,,,,,,, reason why i bought a scoobie and not another cossie i guess

scoobiesnax

I was only doing 30 when he said it lol! Wasn't by the time that i let him out though!!

B0DSKI

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Bloke comes into work i know, with his mark 3 Golf GTi outside...."Still got the scooby then m8". "yeah still got it at the moment"............."Oh right whats the top end on it then"..........Dunno M8 never tried finding out, according to my mapping print out it'll top 160, but not interested in finding out on the public roads, i fancy keeping my license"........"Oh!! Why not!!! I've had 160Mph out of my Golf"............Me acting soooooo very impressed......"oh right never realised a Mk3 GTi would top 140??"............."F#cking right it will!!! Beaten 911s Evos & Scoobys in it, it's REALLY FAST!!!"

MikeCardiff

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Had a few daft questions like those above - it seems like everyone has a 'mate' who has an Impreza that is tuned to 800bhp and will do 200mph. ( I did once get a deilvery driver telling me that his tuned 200SX had done over 200mph on the motorway, and then he backed off as he didnt want to damage the engine ! ).

If anyone asks how many bhp it has now, I tell them 4 - one for each wheel, and if they ask how fast it goes say 'enough'

Lemster

A lad at work picked up a Fiesta ST at around the same time I collected MY00 classic, so he tried playing top trumps. I beat him on the BHP - 230 to his 140, but he was addimant that his would still be quicker to 60 than mine due to it being lighter!

Apparently the salesman had told him it would do 0-60 in 6.9 seconds. A little research on my behalf gave me great pleasure in telling him it was actually 7.9! His face was priceless!!!

Coc-ker

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Random Bloke in Petrol Station '' What BHP is this then'' ''215 as standard'' ''Oh Alright(Sniggers and walks back to baby blue 318)''

''He says his 2.0 Litre Corsa would dick you, especially as you don't know how to use a turbo''

''His Skyline (2.5 NA) would be so much faster than this''

I just laugh right in peoples faces now when they start talking rubbish. Little do they know...