flashgordon666

ive just booked disney land for a hoiday going by car then train.

DO you think it be ok to go all that way in the scooby?? or should i hire a cheap car for £100?? Just thinking its a performance car maybe it cant take high millage for long perod. without something going wrong.

GazTheHat

I drove my Classic all the way to Chamonix. It handles it just fine. I don't know what would make you think it can't handle a few hundred mile drive.

Prolonged hHigh speed with the small scoop is not advisable. But the G's are very sneaky, so you might not be caning it.

Got pulled by the G's MY04 WRX last year.

flashgordon666

whats the g's?? france coppers?

Gear Head

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I should blo&dy hope so!
Just make sure you check all the fluids, take spare oil/coolant with you, make sure spare tyre is in good etc etc. Basic stuff really.

GazTheHat

Similar, but with more attitude. The Gendarmarie. When living in the alps, we just called them "it's the G's maaaaan."

We did have a good chat about his modded WRX. €90 for 170km/h.

flashgordon666

cool i remember going to spain and heard dont mess with the cops cos there **** and they all carry guns.

p1doc

it will be fine as long as you dont run for long times at high speed-mine took me to phantasialand/nurburgring last year fully loaded with wife and 2 kids no bother
martin

Paul3446

Can you drive a Subaru to Paris?

Of course you can. It's a car, not a NASA space rocket.

The Zohan

I once took mine to Milton Keynes, I did contaxct the AA and RAC + got a weather check and contacted the local police to see if there was anything to worry about.

we took two mobile phones, food, flask of coffee and spare clothes and passports.

In the end it worked out just fine, i covered the 12 miles with ease and got back in one piece. Clever things these scoobs

P.S. i covered some 60k in mine some at well over 100MPH where roads, conditions and plod would allow. Never, ever missed a beat.

stoneface

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Martin2005

W R X

Drove my old trusty '96 WRX to Ze ring last year and it was utterly faultless. 600 miles there (approx) a good 30 laps and then 600 miles back. It was literally faultless. Never had such a reliable car as that and Ive had a few over the years. Petrol wasnt cheap mind.

satancom

I probably drive mine 200 miles a week or so.. I check tyre preasures, oil/coolant on the weekends unless i not something amis... In the 9 months I have owned her, i had a slowe leak from power steering resevoir and I have a slow puncture in my rear tyre. Other wise It hasn't missed abeat.

I bought the subaru as i wanted a reliable daily driver with a bit of bottle behind it.. However If I go for a weekend away in my land rover, i have ep90,engine oil, coolant, hydraulic flud, ratchet set, spanners, lump hammer, recovery kit all with me just incas ethe inevitable happens lol

mgcvk

Pre '96 Japanese cars might not have the EU deflanging inverted spatchcock fitted required for driving on the right for more than five minutes. Failure to have the spatchcock fitted could result in your wheels falling off and the spontaneous combustion of your windscreen wipers.

Removed.

Been to France numerous times in 3 different scoobies. Biggest trip was in my 2000 turbo wagon, 4,800 miles in 3 weeks including about 1,800 miles on autoroutes, before the French cracked down on speeding, so a typical speed of 120mph for long periods. Not a single problem. And my typical daily drive is 3 miles each way to work, twice a day at no more than 35 mph. Long gone are the days of touring kits. Always assuming your car isn't a liability already of course.

DaveD

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Did a 2,000 mile round trip in my WRX a few years ago.

Headed to Italy via France (in two days), and then came back via Stelvio Pass, Switzerland and France to spend a weekend at the Le Mans 24 hour race.

The car has also done a few miles of high speed driving in France - never had a problem that stopped me getting home!

nik52wrx

I dont recall every reading 'dont drive for long distances' in my owners manuals

burns

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No probs ,a few years ago drove down to Torrevijaca on the Costa Blanca 1528 miles door to door in 22hrs never missed a beat,lots of petrol stops though

Ryo

What's all this about the standard scoop on a classic not being any good and that high speed for prolonged periods is bad?

This is the second thread I've seen this mentioned in this week. What is considered high speed?

Can someone please explain - I do over three hours a day in my car, 80% motorways.

Cheers!

ScoobyDoo555

Don't forget that all post-97 cars have the issue with the reciprocating flange bracket and foo-foo valve. If not correctly attended to, this can result in serious damage to the turbo.
Most members have fitted a DFA(*) button, which can eradicate the anomaly in one fell swoop.

Hope this helps

DAn






























* DFA = Does **** All

NeilP1

lol drove to Spain to see wrc rally did 490 miles in 4 1/2 hr in a P1 on the way home sat at 110 for hr after hr just have it looked over first

flashgordon666

you ask a question and you get silly answers.

I heard from someone that if you drive for long preiods at highspeed on the motorway it can damage your car cos its high performace.

And as my cars 94 well i had problems with my 96 car. so just wondering cos the age and its a subaru which is more complex is it ok. thats all.

ScoobyDoo555

Only joshing

The *ONLY* issue was extended high revs (ie high speed), stopping for fuel, then going back up to the speed without cooling the engine down.

I can remember many moons back there was a new P1 (goes to show how long ago it was!! ) and the picture was that of it's engine in component parts on a garage floor in France.......

Jjust ensure that the cooling is correctly observed - it wil be fine. These cars are built like brick ****-houses!! As long as you look after it in the right way


Dan

The rookie

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Sorry that's very silly, you think Subaru don't do any high speed testing (making them the only manufacturers that don't)?

Took mine to ED last year, I cheated and blocked the BCS pipe to keep it on just actuator boost, kept speed below 90 most the time, average just over 30mpg (Ok it was 30.13!) for the trip, no probs...

Simon

+Doc+

No that version is in your wallet

Chelspeed

I am the only one that wondered how he was planning to drive to Florida? Oh well just me then......

New_scooby_04

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Three figures and above! Basically aerodynamics of the bonnet design means that at high speeds, incresingly the air is just going over the bonnet scoop rather than in it and into the intercooler. Temps rise and detonation can set in....hello engine rebuild.

That's why the hawkeye has a different bonnet and smaller scoop - better aerodynamics.

It's not an issue for most people mate, unless you do sustained high speeds, so wouldn't worry about it! Tends to be a bit overstated on here.

Ns04