the moose

They're very often driven by EXACTLY the same sort of people. That's one of the reasons I'd not be seen dead in an Impreza.

TaffyB

why you on an impreza site then?

carl

They weren't driven by chavs when I joined

Charlie WRXSTI

Oh dear looks like all the toys are out of the pram again

New_scooby_04

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Hmmmmm,

I have yet to see an Impreza driven by a chav; they wouldn't be able to afford the insurance with the tracksuits and coke habbit!

Personally, I don't have a problem with the kind of people who drive imprezas: If it's good enough for Colin Mc C and Richard B, then it's good enough for me!

Best.

Tiggs

chav has nothing to do with rich or poor.....i assure you there are chavs in scoobs!

New_scooby_04

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I don't know.....you can't be a real chav unless your means don't quite meet your aspirations; I think that's part of what creates the phenomenon!

Chavs in Scoobies? Noooo, My image! Ruined,runined, I tell ya!

Oh well, I guess we should keep in mind that a car isn't responsible for those who drive it!

Best.

carl

As you may have noticed, neither Colin McRae nor Richard Burns drives a Subaru any more (maybe they were concerned about the number of chavs driving them )

You could use the same argument for driving a Peugeot 405 (Ari Vatanen), Toyota Corolla (Carlos Sainz) or a Skoda Fabia (Armin Schwarz)

Fact is that around our way there are numerous tracksuit wearing, bling-bling chain sporting, Burberry cap wearing chavs driving Imprezas.

New_scooby_04

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Carl, yes you could: all fine cars...although I can't help but feel that the scooby has a little more in common with the rally car than the other models! ;-) And none of the other drivers- exceptional though they are- are from the UK! :-)

Honestly, I've yet to see a Scooby with a Chav at the helm! Must be the area I live in I guess!

Best

J4CKO

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Come on, anything aspirational like a Scoob, when it gets cheaper people with less money buy it, the first owners are either enthusiasts, loaded and clueless or its on the company, therefore as it gets older and cheaper people with less money can afford it, usually as a rule of thumb people with more money are more intelligent, very general I know buy bear with me, more intelligent people are usually more subtle and have more taste, this is why Chavs buy (and ruin) Scoobs it is also why they also buy and ruin Novas etc because this is what they can afford, when the claims direct cheque comes in they buy the Autotrader and scan for the K reg Scoob turbos.

Trouble is they are after the same cars that less well heeled enthusiasts are after as well, hence the confrontation, angst and unpleasantness between the 'Chavs' and the 'Chav Nots' we are seeing here today, a Scoob is only Chav if driven by a Chav, are you a Chav ?, think about it and answer truthfully to the following


1/ Have you ever been on Trisha ?

2/ Do you own any gold jewellry other than a wedding band and a nice watch ?

3/ Do you have a Staffordshire Bull Terrier (love these dogs by the way)

4/ Have you ever been in Cash Converters other than for a laugh ?

5/ Do you wear nylon most days

6/ Do you own your own home

7/ Do you have kids by three different women yet are under 18

8/ Have you at any time worn a baseball cap in public

9/ Do you tuck your nylon jogging pants in your Simpsons socks

10/ Rockport, what does it mean to you

11/ Posh 'n' Becks, do you really think they are posh

12/ Argos, sorted or ****e ?

13/ Do you lurk in packs outside Thresher, Londis or Spar

14/ Have you ever been decked by a 33 yr old sixteen stone bloke in a Fiat Coupe

14/ Carling Black Label, acceptable mid morning refershment

15/ At the first sign of sun, do you expose your malnourished torso outside an estate pub at 11:30 am whilst the rest of the world works to subsidise you ?

16/ Have you any qualifications other than for dole.

17/ Do you smell of Lynx ?

18/ Do you smoke, making your 45 quid a week go further than my 600, I couldnt afford to smoke !

19/ Do you speak in grunts, and take a sudden interest in your shoes when challenged

20/ Are you extremely thick yet can text quicker than an ADSL modem, fill out benefit forms and work out profit/loss on lighters (four for a pouind)

New_scooby_04

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J4KO: PMSL- Excellent test; should be checked for inter-rater reliability and then circulated to anyone who is thinking of buying a Scooby! Scoobies wil become cheap before they become classics and we cannot let chavs tarnish the cars reputation!

The only issue I would take up with you is the assertion that earnings correlate positively with inteligence. Upon finishing my PhD, I was a little dissapointed to find that I'd only get paid only marginally more than some local council roadsweepers! Needless to say, I couldn't afford a brand-spanking new Sti PPP

Still, I landed a great used classic and I've not started tucking my tracksuit bottoms in my socks. . . . . . yet!

Best.

wide

Chavs have all kinds of cars from scoobs to nova/saxo Im sure there is one with a boxster with bodykit too ha peeps get soooo sensitive

Dapster

Further to J4KO's test, check this to see if you are indeed chavvy or not. Regarding the question of money, remember that J-Lo, P Diddy, Rooney, and Posh & Becks are the chavviest people on the planet and they have more money than all of us put together.


1/ Whilst driving you must have the seat back set at 45 degrees and your back vertical - it is essential that no safety belt should be worn during this time. If you find yourself fo
rgetting, cut it off.
2/ Never, never leave home without your cap and gold jewellery
3/ Alwyas remember to realign your seat belt pads so the logo shows through the open drivers window
4/Remove all trace of treble and wack the vol to 10
5/make sure your trackies are 3/4 length.
6/ Fly plastic England flags from your rear windows, even after Euro2004
7/ Make sure you end every sentence with "innit"
8/ Burn off every car from the lights as you know the Max Power sticker in your rear window makes your 1 litre Nova the fastest thing on 4 wheels.
9/ Make sure little blue light are fixed to the windscreen wipers and are on at all times.
7a/When referring to a previous conversation you held with someone make sure you start every sentence with " so i turned around and said" .
8a/Remember that addition of huge chrome tail-pipe, body kit and enormous alloys will definitely make your 1 litre Nova the fastest thing on 4 wheels.
9/ Don't forget that all important *** tucked behind you right ear
10/Make sure the blonde bint in the co-pilot seat is burberried up.
11/ Peaked burberry cap , gold curb chain from Elizabeth Duke
12/ Tax disc holder saying "mission aborted , gone for a spliff"
10a/ Burberry cap must be worn back to front at all times - no exceptions
13/ Mystify nutritionalists the world over by surviving on 4 Maccy Dee Quarter Pounders (pronounced “Corter Pandas”) and 60 King Size Royals every day
14/ Keep the interior of your Saxo/Nova/106/Punto in pristine condition by throwing all your fast food packaging out of the window
15/ Achieve the amazing paradox of wearing the most revealingly manky vest tops and short skirts all year round while never allowing your complexion to deviate from “Cold Tip-Ex”
16/ Extend the hand of friendship to your fellow pedestrians by gobbing on the pavement whenever the fancy takes you
17/ Demonstrate your confident, reassured authority in looking after very young children by shouting at them and slapping them in public
18/ Make sure window are blacked out by using sitcky back plastic and leaving as many air bubbles as possible.
19/Enchance performance by adding Fast As F*ck sticker to rear window.
20/rRev it to the max when you see a Boxster at the lights and burn rubber when you accelerate
21/[Girl Chav Only]Ensure your underwear is clearly visible from the outside - must be in poor condition
22/[Bloke Chav only]Ensure that your boxer shorts ride at least 3" above your trousers
23/Make sure your trackies, if not 3/4 length are tucked in your Rockports
24/ Ensure you Ockley fake sunglasses (£3 off the any market) are clearly visible on your head or shirt
25/Have stickers saying "Cruise........(insert local town/city name)" displayed in the rear window of your nova
26/ Chew gum - ALWAYS - mouth open
27/ Spit regularly
28/ Shop at Lidol
29/ If in doubt... tell em darren's bruvver did it!
30/place large speakers on parcel shelf ..wiring in optional

ian_sadler

My grandad had one of these. Does that make him a bad person?

New_scooby_04

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Dapster, excellent stuff! :-) Really enjoyed reading that.

EddScott

So, according to the scoobynet rules of what is and isn't chav this car isn't a good looking, reasonably swift practicle 4 door. Its a chav mobile?





Gold wheels, stickers in the window (even though its the scoobynet url).

"Pass me my burberry cap"
"Which one is it?"
"The one with Bad Mo Fo written on it!"

This chav business has put me off wearing my cap. I've only got 1 and its a williams F1 one. Only wear it when I'm having a bad hair day

New_scooby_04

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Ed, not as far as I'm concerned its not! That's a great example of a classic Scooby! I still don't think Scoobies are nearly outrageous and in-yer-face enough for chavs. Just look at your average maxed nova and corsa and you'll see what I mean!

Best.

PS I'm afraid the cap must go, though!

carl

This is my chav cap. I wear it when I'm playing golf and on hols (otherwise I get sunstroke).

I've also got one of these, but it's getting a bit tatty now:

Brendan Hughes

The car's great, not sure about the neighbourhood though...

Tiggs

lol....all the pic above needs is some slapper with a pram and a few druggies hanging around a lock up!

Chavtastical!





edit to add...im sure car,area & owner are lovely..........just poor choice of photo

EddScott

I thought some comment would be made about the houses.

Actually the estate used to be owned by the M. O. D. not the council. The houses are bought in job lots and sold on. There not pretty, but 48K for a 3 bed semi was too much of a bargain to pass up.

And anyway I needed somewhere to house my sprog born out of wedlock to almost a teenager well 20 but close enough to 19 to get front row seats on Trisha.

JackClark

You forgot the STi stickers on a Non-STi car.

EddScott

Is that another black mark in the Scoobynet book of right and wrong?

King RA

ABSOLUTELY!!!! almost as bad as a COSWORTH sticker on a normal escort