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Old 12 September 2006 | 11:04 PM
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Just as the title says....

mine was a '96 toyota celica cabriolet
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:07 PM
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306 GTi 6 Phase 1 in silver.



With turbo diesel badges on the back.
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:07 PM
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2001 Focus 2.0 Zetec,

had a test drive in the scoob and the rest is history, 3 scoobs later
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:07 PM
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A saxo VTR before my first scoob and a SEAT Leon cupra before my current one.

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Old 12 September 2006 | 11:08 PM
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Peugeot 405 m16.......!!!
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Mitsubishi Evo 5 then 6 then 8 then downsized to a scoob to save some cash.
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2000 vw golf gt tdi
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rover coupe 220 turbo
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ESH
Mitsubishi Evo 5 then 6 then 8 then downsized to a scoob to save some cash.
and arent you glad you did that?
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:11 PM
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TT 3.2 DSG
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:17 PM
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BM 730i (10 yrs old when I got it)
Which was great until expensive things stopped working - gearbox, aircon, that sort of thing. Oh and the petrol of course, which was significantly worse than the Subaru.
Subaru has been 100% reliable in the 7 yrs I've had them.
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:18 PM
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'89 2.9 Sierra XR4x4. Better than a Scooby in the snow....
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:18 PM
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Honda Prelude 2.2 V-Tec. Fantastic car and still miss many things about it

Old 12 September 2006 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave R
'89 2.9 Sierra XR4x4. Better than a Scooby in the snow....
Nissan 200 sx s14, worse than a scooby in the wet
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:39 PM
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Renault 1916v with janspeed decat, k&n etc, it was a pile of sh1te

Pug 205GTI 1.9 before, that wasn't
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:41 PM
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Golf Gti mk 2, which i spent extreme amounts modifying resulting in 4 magazine features including a front cover on Performance VW magazine.
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:43 PM
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peugeot 206 xsi
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:52 PM
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lancer gsr 1.8 turbo...
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:52 PM
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Cav 2.0 16v CDX.

I liked that car.
Old 12 September 2006 | 11:53 PM
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205 GTi 1.9
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:07 AM
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Fiat coupe 20v turbo... not quite the sound of the scooby flat 4 but that 5 cylinder motor still gives out a nice note
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:40 AM
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3 DOOR COSWORTH RUNNING 306 BHP BURBLES BUT NOT LIKE THE SCOOBIE DOES
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:41 AM
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Nissan 200sx again, only an S13 - blinking super scary in the wet
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:46 AM
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Sapphire Cosworth 4x4 (300bhp) B4 1st Scooby.
Noble M12 GTO 3r (Modified 450bhp) before current one!
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:53 AM
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1995 Light metallic blue pug 306 s16, lovely car
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:57 AM
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Punto GT3 an a Saxo VTS both modded
Old 13 September 2006 | 12:59 AM
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Various Pug GTI's (309 + 205's), Astra GTE's, Cavalier SRI and Golf GTI



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