Yes..

Spends a lot of time of the road for some strange reason

My car is FMDSH.. 2 Owners etc.. serviced every 7000 miles..

David
A non fix or repair daily owner.

 

anyways nice plate david

 

Well you know what I think of scoobs.

I'd rather have the stigma of owning a "Datsun" than put up with all the failings of the impreza.

David, you even said yourself that you want a skyline... guess i could be seeing you at the NTOC meets sometime

 

Where you at Buckles then Marty?

Id like a skline. But Im scared of insurance costs There was one on here for £7500 with 350 bhp. Looked nice.

 

Raze,

yeah, I was there... Scottish bloke hidden away at the end of the table

 

RAFLMAO@this thread!

Thanks David you have cheered me up no end with this thread..

I spat stella all over my laptop but hey it was so funny reading page one!!

Raze-Buzz,

Whats wrong with Green and gold wheels?

JGM

 

well i disagree with some of the above comments i sold my modded scooby for well over £2500 book price because of the mods and i am after a new scooby and i would choose a modded motor over a standed scooby any day! because if i brought a standard one it would be off to the tuners then to the bodyshop and i wouldn't see it for weeks and it would cost me ££££s! so bring on the modded motors!

Cheers..

 

PS! you have to understand that scoobs are now cheap! and boy racers like me can now get their hands on them so the market has changed! people like me would'nt even look at a standed one but with mods we would be chucking cash at you !!!!

 

I'm counting on a boy racer buying mine from me.

There are too many 93-95 JDM cars about that i'd never get mine sold to someone sensible ... so .... exhaust, filter and pimp tints will make it a lot easier to offload to someone of the baseball cap wearing fraternity.

 

Got to admit that basic spec is pretty crap, but all in i am happy with mine, now!

Was happy to start with, but then it hits you, the brakes are not brilliant, neither is the power when you are cruising and you want to put your foot down. FFS a vectra gsi/sri will leave you/keep up with you from 70 upwards.

Personally, i would not buy a second hand scoob that had not been modified. I have been to too many dealers who have "standard" cars with full main dealer service history on them, that are having the engine repaired, because the owner does not have a clue about what is happening under the engine, has been run on normal unleaded and driven hard (which the majority of owners do, just observe them driving them on the road)

Now, a car that does this, squeaks, rattles, etc, etc are pretty poor, but they, they make a very good base for tinkering with.

Doubt my car has lost half its value, just because i have modded it.

FFS i could have it back in standard trim in less than a week, put the original plate on, and you would be no wiser. You would think you were buying a nice FSSH, standard uk wagon for a nice price.

The fact is, you would be buying a car that had been running 340bhp for a long while.

Just shows you, you can be fooled.

I will buy another one, dont know why though, guess its because i have a bug for them. MY03 JDM STi here i come

Or will i get a skyline, porsche, m3,????

 

Mine's "fit for purpose". Admittedly, I did think the brakes were a bit pony, and there's too much body roll, but on the other hand it's just about the best compromise between performance, practicality and price (especially price) I could find.

Given that I'm still on my first set of brake pads at 30k miles, I just don't drive it hard enough. Steve and David will concur, I'm sure

So they ain't crap, but they ain't the panacea or pinnacle of motoring from some perspectives

 

Nick, seeing as it yours birthday, treat yourself and stamp on the brakes.

Body roll is bad IMHO.

 

Raze,

If you (or anyone else for that matter) fancies a Skyline, take a look at Calder motors. Plenty of nice ones there. Especially the white R32 with the carbon bonnet in the "due in" section. drool....

 

Mine was an easier decision, being a legacy estate, I think it is more solid inside, and obviously has a cavernous boot.

Proper hideaways in the boot for tools, and just a general storage space. Full size spare, air-con, nice and cheap.

I was a bit shocked when I had a good look at Chuck's 22B when fitting his fuel pump, the interior wasn't high quality at all. Not saying mine is, but it was better quality (build).

Still if you want a comfy cruisemobile, buy a Mondeo V6 or Peugeot 3.0 406, both of which I considered. But less fun by far after the mods.

If I was spending more money, the JDM Sti8 looks nice, and I really do fancy a skyline.

Paul

 

I have the upmost respect for David for actually having the ***** to do a lot of things himself rather than paying some con artist garage to sit around having cups of tea at this expense. His spec sounds the bollocks albeit he is a mad man :lol (well i wouldnt have the guts to start cutting up my turbo and inlet manifold anyway) But hes a very talented one and ill definately be coming to him for some bits on my car

I bought my scooby because theyre very affordable and i wanted something to modify for a show car and an escort cossie to tune up for everyday fun (yeah its a daggenham dustbin but its cheap as u like to tune to big bhp and they hold their value better than pamela anderson **** lol)

Have to say i was a bit skeptical about the subaru at first because id heard for years they were **** and seen lots loose really easy races. However, ive now come to realise its the uk spec crap that drags the prestigious subaru name down. I reckon if you can afford to insure/run a scooby youd be mad to buy a uk turbo with about as much bhp as a clapped out nissan micra when you could pick up a decent import with higher spec, more bhp and a lot more prestige.

 

The interior is a joke, I mean, the early ones didn't even have a frigging clock!

Brakes are poo.

Suspension seemed fantastic to me when I first got it, compared to the soft set-up on the Lexus, but yeah, it does roll too much and there's too much understeer.

Everything else seems average on it, which you'd expect for an average Jap saloon car.

But, for the money there's not much else to choose from. There's a reason why Porsche's etc are more expensive

 

They really addressed that one fully in the later models by including the clock and the bright button

As mentioned, it's an average Japanese family saloon that just happens to have 4wd and a quite potent engine

 

Out of the 17 cars I've had, it's easily my favourite all rounder (and no, the other 16 weren't all dagenham dustbins either )

And that's all folks

 

The bright button......

.......aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

What a wonderful use of development resources

 

How can you say the car is crap ???

The 30 odd OEM parts in my garage are STILL not rusting

I'm sure there are better cars to take as a basis for modifying, but I'm having quite a bit of fun (and sometimes less fun) in the process.

Resale value ? Pah. Not selling anyway.

Maybe I should do a garage sale though, I always thought I'd keep al that stuff to bring the car back to standard, but I've given up on that idea now.

Garage list:

Nardi steering wheel
Blue alcantara seats
OEM springs & dampers
OEM spoiler
OEM brakes & pads
OEM front rollbar
OEM rear rollbar
OEM thingies that get replaced with ALK
OEM slightly broken gearset
OEM slightly broken gearset again
OEM turbo (ok, if I ever get it back from the person I helped out with a broken turbo )
OEM hoses
OEM intercooler
OEM radiator
OEM fans
OEM indicators
OEM rear light clusters
OEM downpipe
OEM centrepipe
OEM exhaust
OEM wheels
OEM spark plugs
OEM fuel pump
OEM air box
OEM spacesaver
OEM speakers
Knackered DMS rear shocks
2 x OEM MAF housing with knackered sensors
Obsolete Unichip

erm... that's it.

All in excellent condition.

LOL

<ps, I'm not really selling, so don't tell me to go to For Sale >

 

They're crap, they understeer, the engine has a narrow powerband, but hey: they're still better than most other cars, and better than ANY other car for the money!

 

Claudius, where the hell have you been?

 

Oh my God I agree with a Claudius post.

I'm going for a sit down and a nice cup of tea, and hope that this soon passes.

 

Like the Evo?

 

Nick, worrying isnt it

 

Strange thread Dave?

MR2s are best

 

Can I sit down with you chiark ?

Claudius... it this ... really you ?

 

Can't really be Claudius as he hasn't told us all how good his Evo is in comparison and that he isn't really French......

 

FAST GOOD CHEAP
Pick 2

 

Guys,
Just an observation, but there are a lot of scooby fans in here that seem to think that Subaru is a Japanese motor manufacturer!

The reason why the build quality is ****e is beacuse Subaru are Korean!