Cosworth in front again.............
30 October 2006, 07:38 PM
#31
Originally Posted by Bat-Fink
I find Scoob people very blinkered.
Also some Cossie people are the same.
Tho Cossie people know alot more about cars in general.
Also some Cossie people are the same.
Tho Cossie people know alot more about cars in general.
NOT ALL!!, But certainly too many scoob owners know dick all about cars or tuning unfortunately and a subaru is probably the fastest car alot of people could ever hope to own.
When i have enough dollar to have a few cars i'll definitely buy another cossie and build one from a bare shell.
IMO the ultimate scoob would be YBT powered
30 October 2006, 07:56 PM
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From what ive seen of track videos etc, cossies are always whooping scoobs,yeah,you get the odd one that might beat a cossie, but i saw a vid of a scoob chase a cossie, finally overtook it and then woooooooooooop, the cossie comes from behind and overtakes the scoob as if it were stood still, madness power !!!!
granted there are slower cossies too, all have been escort cossies by the way
granted there are slower cossies too, all have been escort cossies by the way
30 October 2006, 08:00 PM
#36
Originally Posted by The Rig
From what ive seen of track videos etc, cossies are always whooping scoobs,yeah,you get the odd one that might beat a cossie, but i saw a vid of a scoob chase a cossie, finally overtook it and then woooooooooooop, the cossie comes from behind and overtakes the scoob as if it were stood still, madness power !!!!
granted there are slower cossies too, all have been escort cossies by the way
granted there are slower cossies too, all have been escort cossies by the way
<<Waiting the devoted scoob owners to go mental @ me now
30 October 2006, 08:05 PM
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Is it the RSOC RS owners club
Or the ROSC the radically optimistic speedo owners club!!
Oh no there's my headgasket again.....
Or the ROSC the radically optimistic speedo owners club!!
Oh no there's my headgasket again.....
30 October 2006, 08:06 PM
#39
Originally Posted by AudiLover
if it wasnt for the fact that its a ford I might have one.
Scooby>>cossie
Only good cossies are the audi and MB ones IMO.
Scooby>>cossie
Only good cossies are the audi and MB ones IMO.
Unlike alot of people think a scoob is the ultimate because its a subaru.
Ive said before im not chasing numbers with my STI.... im just chasing that sick feeling you get when you bury the throttle in a cosworth.
I love my scoob, i just wish it was exciting.. once youve been bitten by a seriously exciting car.. nothing any less can come close
30 October 2006, 08:12 PM
#40
Originally Posted by pnbond007
Is it the RSOC RS owners club
Or the ROSC the radically optimistic speedo owners club!!
Oh no there's my headgasket again.....
Or the ROSC the radically optimistic speedo owners club!!
Oh no there's my headgasket again.....
As opposed to the oh look my scoobs shat a bigend again
.. oh no its just the chocolate piston melted again
Theyre all the same mate.. dont you see
30 October 2006, 08:14 PM
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ok im the second scooby to go by yes i have been in a 500 bhp rs500 some years ago now in a straight line it will beat me just wait for the corners and 75% of how fast a car will go is down to the driver
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30 October 2006, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by frayz
Unfortunately found blinkerd owner number 1
As opposed to the oh look my scoobs shat a bigend again..
oh no its just the chocolate piston melted again
Theyre all the same mate.. dont you see
As opposed to the oh look my scoobs shat a bigend again
.. oh no its just the chocolate piston melted again
Theyre all the same mate.. dont you see
I had an escort cosy it was crap in comparison.....
30 October 2006, 08:21 PM
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I've had 2 escorts and a saff and an STI5 typeR and now 04 STI UK.
Agree with frayz, the cossies feel totally different to drive to the scoobs but I gotta say that powerwise, the cossies have had their day.
I don't mean bhp figures, I mean real world acceleration.
My 370bhp escos struggled to pull away from my mates 265bhp 2000 classic. I only started to leave him over about 70.
My 2p
Agree with frayz, the cossies feel totally different to drive to the scoobs but I gotta say that powerwise, the cossies have had their day.
I don't mean bhp figures, I mean real world acceleration.
My 370bhp escos struggled to pull away from my mates 265bhp 2000 classic. I only started to leave him over about 70.
My 2p
30 October 2006, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by PPPRob
I've had 2 escorts and a saff and an STI5 typeR and now 04 STI UK.
Agree with frayz, the cossies feel totally different to drive to the scoobs but I gotta say that powerwise, the cossies have had their day.
I don't mean bhp figures, I mean real world acceleration.
My 370bhp escos struggled to pull away from my mates 265bhp 2000 classic. I only started to leave him over about 70.
My 2p
Agree with frayz, the cossies feel totally different to drive to the scoobs but I gotta say that powerwise, the cossies have had their day.
I don't mean bhp figures, I mean real world acceleration.
My 370bhp escos struggled to pull away from my mates 265bhp 2000 classic. I only started to leave him over about 70.
My 2p
30 October 2006, 08:44 PM
#53
Originally Posted by Leeroy
Finally a sensible view on cossies - they've had their day! A standard saff/2-door cossie is basically slow as **** in todays world of 200hp+hatchbacks, never mind Sti Scoobs.
In standard form cossies are dog slow.. IMO so are stock scoobs.
My point is the excitement factor.. im not interested in a cossie/scooby slanging match.. i just want my scoob to excite the same as the cos did
30 October 2006, 08:47 PM
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I am pretty sure that is the stretch of road I think it is and I am pretty sure which Scooby 'crew' that lot is. Often done the same off the lights from there with the lot of them but unfortunately without a Cossie as a pace car.
As for the Cossie apparently being some mind blowing experience that a Scooby can simply not match - I don't personally believe all this the way it is posted here. I reckon at the best the Cossie just felt less under control and therefore faster. It you enjoy being scared because the car effectively isn't coping then fair enough... as for the whole power delivery thing - that is easily rectified with a big turbo if you want that. The most scared I've been was in a mates old Metro Turbo thingy... felt very dangerous... does that mean I'd rather have one of those than my current car - no. How many RWD cossies ended up getting wrapped around trees btw? Quite a few I would guess. Can't be more than a handful with a straight chassis left.
As for the Cossie apparently being some mind blowing experience that a Scooby can simply not match - I don't personally believe all this the way it is posted here. I reckon at the best the Cossie just felt less under control and therefore faster. It you enjoy being scared because the car effectively isn't coping then fair enough... as for the whole power delivery thing - that is easily rectified with a big turbo if you want that. The most scared I've been was in a mates old Metro Turbo thingy... felt very dangerous... does that mean I'd rather have one of those than my current car - no. How many RWD cossies ended up getting wrapped around trees btw? Quite a few I would guess. Can't be more than a handful with a straight chassis left.
30 October 2006, 08:55 PM
#55
Originally Posted by Ben v7
I am pretty sure that is the stretch of road I think it is and I am pretty sure which Scooby 'crew' that lot is. Often done the same off the lights from there with the lot of them but unfortunately without a Cossie as a pace car.
As for the Cossie apparently being some mind blowing experience that a Scooby can simply not match - I don't personally believe all this the way it is posted here. I reckon at the best the Cossie just felt less under control and therefore faster. It you enjoy being scared because the car effectively isn't coping then fair enough... as for the whole power delivery thing - that is easily rectified with a big turbo if you want that. The most scared I've been was in a mates old Metro Turbo thingy... felt very dangerous... does that mean I'd rather have one of those than my current car - no. How many RWD cossies ended up getting wrapped around trees btw? Quite a few I would guess. Can't be more than a handful with a straight chassis left.
As for the Cossie apparently being some mind blowing experience that a Scooby can simply not match - I don't personally believe all this the way it is posted here. I reckon at the best the Cossie just felt less under control and therefore faster. It you enjoy being scared because the car effectively isn't coping then fair enough... as for the whole power delivery thing - that is easily rectified with a big turbo if you want that. The most scared I've been was in a mates old Metro Turbo thingy... felt very dangerous... does that mean I'd rather have one of those than my current car - no. How many RWD cossies ended up getting wrapped around trees btw? Quite a few I would guess. Can't be more than a handful with a straight chassis left.
I ... Like you, own a V7 STI, its on a 20g turbo so not small exactly and i guesstimate around 340+bhp
The cos was a similar spec with a T34 and the power delivery was much much much different.
The scooby i feel doesnt have anywhere near the balistic power delivery of ths cos.. if this means my car is better, smoother etc then so be it but i just dont find it exciting enough
30 October 2006, 09:18 PM
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Unfortunately having owned a fairly standard Type RA and a highly modified RWD saph 
it's hard to compare. The saph running 430bhp to the scoobs 280bhp. I would describe my scoob as still being in the normal realms of sports cars, highly capable, easy to drive fast A-B struggled top end.
The saph could not be floored unless the road was anything other than dead straight. Playing the game of acceleration round bends was the difference between 80bhp and 430bhp in the flick of a boost guage. I would not have been able to keep with my scoob down bendy roads, infact I would be left far behind in the saph.
Straight line I never found another car that could live with the saph, indeed only a friend with a R1 motorbike manged to creep past it, and I mean creep.
I would love one day to drive a scoob with similar power so I could make a better comparison. But for me the scoob is the far more balanced car however, given the choice, I would ask for the saph's keys back so I could have one more terrifying blast of adrenaline.
it's hard to compare. The saph running 430bhp to the scoobs 280bhp. I would describe my scoob as still being in the normal realms of sports cars, highly capable, easy to drive fast A-B struggled top end.The saph could not be floored unless the road was anything other than dead straight. Playing the game of acceleration round bends was the difference between 80bhp and 430bhp in the flick of a boost guage. I would not have been able to keep with my scoob down bendy roads, infact I would be left far behind in the saph.
Straight line I never found another car that could live with the saph, indeed only a friend with a R1 motorbike manged to creep past it, and I mean creep.
I would love one day to drive a scoob with similar power so I could make a better comparison. But for me the scoob is the far more balanced car however, given the choice, I would ask for the saph's keys back so I could have one more terrifying blast of adrenaline.
30 October 2006, 09:59 PM
#58
Originally Posted by scooby_blah_blah
I think the difference is, to drive a high powered cossie fast youve got to be a decent driver, but to drive a high powered scooby fast, you dont.
Newage cars might aswell drive themselves
30 October 2006, 10:07 PM
#60
Originally Posted by AudiLover
lol and some more comments 
anti scooby crew out in force! Wheres the scoobynet representation?
anti scooby crew out in force! Wheres the scoobynet representation?
I think its nice people that still have their feet on the ground can discuss what they dont like about their cars as much as what we do like about them.
I for one am a complete out and out petrolhead and enjoy all things big power and fast.. that includes cars that are not of the subaru marque.
I love my scoob, else i would sell it... i just want it to be more exciting