Got my MY01 WRX a week last Saturday - first time I've owned a Scooby. What a car, scary but will soon get used to it.

Anyway, is it me or wot. Every man and spoilt brat seems to be on a mission to get past me, do Scoobs come with a "go on punk, make my day" sign on the boot or something. Think they've all got a death wish, certainly not got any sense, or is it me!!!!!

 

With a name like "Madman" are you surprised

Phil

 

I get it all the time mate. Its part of owning a high performance machine. Get use to it. Ive come to the conclusion that they just want to get past so they can have a noise at it.

Scrappy

 

Doesn't refer to the driving Phil - Honest!!!!

 

LOL

phil

 

New to this and trying to get head around these abbreviations - got most of them but still lost with that one Phil.

Explanation anyone

 

Laughs out loud. (But doesn't.)

 

Which one?

LOL = Laughing out loud

 

ROFLMAO

Speedking beat me

 

A bit slow I know but think that covers them all now

ta.

 

hmm, I'd say there was definetly something wrong with the car, I'd get it checked out.

Must be something wrong for you to be driving slow enough for people to overtake you

 

LOL = Licks Old Ladies

 

Andi

Who said anything about them overtaking??!!

 

i am the same new wrx 3 weeks. just smile to them knowing you can take them out if u want.
also you get flashed alot i've heard about it on here 'then it happened to me yesterday golf gti so i slammed on got out (i am not a rational man)asked him what he wanted (him midget toad me 6ft5 b.s.h.)he said he was "only acknowledging my nice car" so i told him not to do it to me or any other scoobs again! ever!

hehe

 

And I thought I was bad

 

Jez Funky Monk Flying? (Bizarre name)

what would you have done if he has cut you up?

bit weird someone flashing when in another type of car thoguh.

Get Scoobies flashing but nothing else.

You could have bought a 5door, you get a lot less attention..

I'd rather have a 4 door but needed the 5door... down point being no one moves over to let you pass in a 5door...

ho ho JGM

 

welcome to the club ! it happens all the time, pretty much every day this week for me... Peugeot 205 last night inside my exhaust, van this morning, cosworth the other day etc... goes with the territory... sigh.

Just keep an eye out because there are some real idiots around (see the MAX POWER post!) and could end up wacking you.

Scary thing happened on Friday... I was in coventry and waiting to pull out at a junction and there was an artic truck coming but a really good way off (i.e. a learner would use the gap) so I pulled out and got going. Next time I checked the mirrors I see this truck hurtling up behind and I thought 'oh ****' and I actually braced for impact (I also put my foot down at the time). Luckily I avoided any harm but either he wasn't thinking or was playing games. Artic truck + new scoob wouldn't mix that well :-(

M

M

 

Mattski - that happens quite a lot when I'm in the girlfriends car (a 106). Someone sees you pulling out a safe distance ahead then they actually accellerate and brake hard right behind you, as a 'punishment' for you having the nerve to pull out in front of them. They're trying it on, basically. When that happens I'll just slow down to like 20mph until they back off. Pr1cks.

This sort of bullying doesn't happen when I'm in the scoob. The girlfriend says she gets it all the time as she's in a small car, along with people going out of their way to not let her join motorways from the sliproads. They really need to get a life imho.

Whip