The Chief

Do you know anyone that is too tight to run their Scoob.

My buddy has one and i swear it sits on his drive for weeks at a time gathering dust i mean its not as if he is skint or anything but he hardly ever drives it. It seems such a waste (in fact why dont you sell it to me Paul LOL!)

Hopefully i will be getting one this year and i could not ever see myself out of it.
Even my last car was a thirsty old barge and i used to put £30 in it and go for a drive just for the hell of it!

(No doubt gill95 will respond very shortly as he tracks all my postings)

Put some fuel in Paul you tight ****!!!!

busanuta

me i did 340 miles last year and 500 the year before it sits in the garage 7 days a week nice dry day might come out might not who knows just a toy audi tt 225 coupe same sits there not doing much will someone drive them for me lol

The Chief

When i bought my last car it had Han Solo as thge last owner on the log book

Echo

Blimey - I've done an epic 94,000 miles in my WRX in two and a half years, plus zillions in the Sport.

Mike

The Chief

Yeah thats what its about, get out and drive the thing. I swear when i get mine i'll probably be bankrupt in six months but at least i would have had fun along the way!

rb5ban91r

had MY99 for one week and i think i've put about 100 quid in the tank already :/ .

sod it its only money you'd only be wasting it on something else right...

Floyd

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My MY00 has done 36k so far. It comes out on high days and holidays.

I want to keep it pristine. Its my hobby and that's how I justify it. I have a econosh1tbox to do the commute in and I don't feel the least bit guilty putting miles on that car! Some twerp in his new Stilo thought he'd cut me out of a queue this morning - he'd hadn't thought that the sh1tbox will ALWAYS win...

F

Scoob99

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I'm the same as Floyd, mine only comes out for W/E if it's not wet, I have an Astra for work, I cover about 4 to 5K a year in mine hand it 4 years done just over 20K in it
And no I am not tight
Cheers
Colin

Tim W

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In the last 3 years my car has done about 5k miles...before that it was my daily driver and had covered over 85k since I bought it new in '98 It's also worth noting that it's been in pieces for 21 months (and counting) of those 3 years...I now insure itt on a 4k miles limited milage policy which means I can run two cars for the price of one

Adam M

tim, if youj were really smart you would insure it with privilege for accidental damage and theft only! that would save you even more, and when it does go again, you can just call up and reinstate it to its previous level of cover.

Thats what I did when mine was at bill gwynnes.

Cost me something like £70/year

P20SPD

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Ditto what Adam said Tim.

Its how mine has been insured since October last year.

scooby-si

think mines done about 350miles this year to date

Tim W

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Adam, I'm not worried about the insurance at the moment what I meant was the combined total when I was running both cars was significantly less than the insurance cost of running the scoob alone.

Jake

Yep Me. I have a modded MY00 UK and owned it from new and its only got 18K on the clock.....

If someone made me a good offer I might just sell it.

IanW

Since i got a daily run about (which i have now broken opps!) last month my Scoob has done about 15 miles. And will now only be used at weekends when going to meets etc, or when I want to use it, to keep the mileage down on it, as over the past 12 months it has crept up to 42k on my MY00.

New_scooby_04

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When I got my MY99 it had only 15k on the clock. That was the best part of a year ago, it now has 18.5k. It's a play thing, I let the train take the strain and just spoil the car to bits!

NS04

Tim W

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Chris Pinnock could show us all up 9k miles from new in 5 years I think it was

stilover

Whe I had a Focus RS, I was talking to a guy who also had one and he was shocked that I dared use my car every day, rain, hail, or shine. He only drove his on weekends, and then only when it was bone dry ????????? Whats the point in buying a nice car then never driving the damn thing. The way car depreciation is, I dont think it matters what milage you have on it. Dealers just give you bottom price for the age, never the milage. Gone are the days of less milage = more money. Cars with really high milage are the only ones to really suffer. IMHO.

mgcvk

I think its true that a low mileage on an old model won't necessarily get you a much higher price than a good condition one with average mileage. You might as well get out and enjoy yourself in these things. World could end tomorrow! I've stopped putting mine in the garage now cos I found once I'd polished it and put it in there I didn't want to get it out to let it get dirty (I believe quite a common subaru owner condition). Do about 15,000 miles a year. Much better for your engine than sitting at home.

Echo

For me, it's the wet days that are the most fun

wrx bill

if u buy a car use it thats what i say done 16k in 10 months love every minute dread to think wat the fuel has cost me lol

Gillp95

Well Carl (the chief), looks like most people are on my side and have the same habits as me.


I've got service,mot and insurance all due in august and I want to make sure I have the funds to keep it going another year . I do generally drive it at weekends if it isnt raining.

And it doesnt gather dust because its under a car cover It gets cleaned almost every other week and is driven at least once a week.

And you will not be getting a scoob this year my friend, that I can tell you for nothing ! ! You must have brown eyes, because your that full of $hit . We can only sit and wait to see if you do get one, this century.

I know, I'll start a thread called "Do you know anyone that keeps saying they will buy a scoob, but dont ! !"