How does your scoob make you feel
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19 May 2016, 07:52 PM
#37
I love mine. It's noisy, thirsty and unrefined. It'll probably break down at a really bad moment. My in laws keep asking when I'm going to get a grown up car. A golf tdi would probably be a better car 80% of the time.
However, when it's good, it's really good. On the right b roads it drives better than anything I've driven before. The 4 wheel drive means you can mess up a corner and still launch it at the next one. It makes the best noise of any 4 cylinder car in the world.
It's mechanically simple enough for me to tinker with.
It's got huge a amount of character.
When I park it up among all the grey VAG's at work it stands out, and I still look back at it as I walk away, happy that I have the coolest car in the car park.
It's a car I've wanted to own since my first ride in one aged 14. And now I do!
However, when it's good, it's really good. On the right b roads it drives better than anything I've driven before. The 4 wheel drive means you can mess up a corner and still launch it at the next one. It makes the best noise of any 4 cylinder car in the world.
It's mechanically simple enough for me to tinker with.
It's got huge a amount of character.
When I park it up among all the grey VAG's at work it stands out, and I still look back at it as I walk away, happy that I have the coolest car in the car park.
It's a car I've wanted to own since my first ride in one aged 14. And now I do!
20 May 2016, 05:31 PM
#40
Scooby Regular
Probably should have qualified that a bit more -
1/. Don't know bhp of my Scooby (suspect around 300bhp), but it's not standard car
2/. I drove an oldish Lamborghini Gallardo on one of those driving experience jobbies. I had someone sat next to me governing my enthusiasm, and it wasn't on the road which maybe made it feel slower. Also, I was surprised how big/cumbersome it felt compared to a normal family car, never mind an Impreza.
That said, Clarkson kept up with a Gallardo on the Top Gear track with an Evo FQ-360, so I think "different league" is unfair...
1/. Don't know bhp of my Scooby (suspect around 300bhp), but it's not standard car
2/. I drove an oldish Lamborghini Gallardo on one of those driving experience jobbies. I had someone sat next to me governing my enthusiasm, and it wasn't on the road which maybe made it feel slower. Also, I was surprised how big/cumbersome it felt compared to a normal family car, never mind an Impreza.
That said, Clarkson kept up with a Gallardo on the Top Gear track with an Evo FQ-360, so I think "different league" is unfair...
20 May 2016, 08:46 PM
#42
Scooby Regular
I love mine. It's noisy, thirsty and unrefined. It'll probably break down at a really bad moment. My in laws keep asking when I'm going to get a grown up car. A golf tdi would probably be a better car 80% of the time.
However, when it's good, it's really good. On the right b roads it drives better than anything I've driven before. The 4 wheel drive means you can mess up a corner and still launch it at the next one. It makes the best noise of any 4 cylinder car in the world.
It's mechanically simple enough for me to tinker with.
It's got huge a amount of character.
When I park it up among all the grey VAG's at work it stands out, and I still look back at it as I walk away, happy that I have the coolest car in the car park.
It's a car I've wanted to own since my first ride in one aged 14. And now I do!
However, when it's good, it's really good. On the right b roads it drives better than anything I've driven before. The 4 wheel drive means you can mess up a corner and still launch it at the next one. It makes the best noise of any 4 cylinder car in the world.
It's mechanically simple enough for me to tinker with.
It's got huge a amount of character.
When I park it up among all the grey VAG's at work it stands out, and I still look back at it as I walk away, happy that I have the coolest car in the car park.
It's a car I've wanted to own since my first ride in one aged 14. And now I do!
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