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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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Anybody had any experience of these?

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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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yup..

I've got one!

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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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i have very fast car,and really nice all round,loved driving my mates when he had his!
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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This the one with a fly off handbrake? If so get one just for that
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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erm not sure!

Its got IC water spray
DCCD - electronic centre diff control

erm and 280 bhp as std

oh and its all in a light weight shell! Alloy pannels etc
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whats the one that LOOKS like a P1 but has a different splitter and the rear spoier is slightly different


infact what it ALL the scooby options for when i go shopping for one
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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Its the one tha should come with no spoiler and windey windows? Mainly on M or N plates?
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:42 AM
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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 11:09 AM
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anyone got piccys of the STI type R turbo jobby then


they confuse the crap out of me and any website that want to be read needs piccys
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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
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This my mates one,not even sure if its the right one now looking at that scooby list there all the same to me........................pants

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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
Depends what road your on.but it is a good town car.where I live im not too far away from alot of moorland long roads ect,and belive me that scoob cant keep up with a cossie no doubt is a cracking car but just not my cuppa t
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eh?no,the top speed available legally on ANY road is 70mph there 140 is twics the legal limit,so quick enough! and top speed is nothing,its all about how quick you get there!
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eh?no,the top speed available legally on ANY road is 70mph there 140 is twics the legal limit,so quick enough! and top speed is nothing,its all about how quick you get there!
I know its about how quick u get there but what do you do when u get there,u want to go FASTER ,im lucky the cossie gets to 140 around the same as his scoob BUT its fucking great waving BYEBYE ,dont tell me you dont do stuff thats not legal?
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didnt say that,just said 140 is quick enough! if you accelerate quick enough u rarely need to use this speed as its all over before then!
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My neighbour used to have one and he loved it
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Originally Posted by big_wig_074
didnt say that,just said 140 is quick enough! if you accelerate quick enough u rarely need to use this speed as its all over before then!
Im sorry im a speed freak
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Originally Posted by Mr.worth
Originally Posted by big_wig_074
didnt say that,just said 140 is quick enough! if you accelerate quick enough u rarely need to use this speed as its all over before then!
Im sorry im a speed freak
We know weve seen your videos
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Is this the new one? Came up on a Google search
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Originally Posted by staffi
Originally Posted by Mr.worth
Originally Posted by big_wig_074
didnt say that,just said 140 is quick enough! if you accelerate quick enough u rarely need to use this speed as its all over before then!
Im sorry im a speed freak
We know weve seen your videos
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Thrush


Is this the new one? Came up on a Google search
Looks like a bastard Subaru/Seat love child
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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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cheers guys...can anyone clarify what top end ur looking at in one of these cars as ive heard conflicting stories
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yep they are nice car's , but we have had 3 in at work that have spun big end shell's , not sure if that is a problem , just something to look out for
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Originally Posted by Mr.worth
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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
Depends what road your on.but it is a good town car.where I live im not too far away from alot of moorland long roads ect,and belive me that scoob cant keep up with a cossie no doubt is a cracking car but just not my cuppa t

So your cossie can 0-60 in about 4.1 seconds??
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Originally Posted by st3v3
Originally Posted by Mr.worth
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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
Depends what road your on.but it is a good town car.where I live im not too far away from alot of moorland long roads ect,and belive me that scoob cant keep up with a cossie no doubt is a cracking car but just not my cuppa t

So your cossie can 0-60 in about 4.1 seconds??
Never said it did?,never had it timed so dont know!bet its not far off though

aduz,is the one your talking about the same as the pic?if so it tops out at 145 on his road angel
just had it painted here.then crashed it

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Originally Posted by st3v3
Originally Posted by Mr.worth
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A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
Depends what road your on.but it is a good town car.where I live im not too far away from alot of moorland long roads ect,and belive me that scoob cant keep up with a cossie no doubt is a cracking car but just not my cuppa t

So your cossie can 0-60 in about 4.1 seconds??
As I have found with numerous Subaru's they are quick off the line but soon run out of puff once rolling.
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Originally Posted by Mr.worth
Originally Posted by st3v3
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Originally Posted by Mr.worth
A freind of mine has one with 350bhp,yes very quick,sound cool,but dont expect to do more than 140mph but gets there so quick.i'll see if I can find some pics of it.
140 is only twice the limit on ANY road in the uk so its fast enough aint it?
Depends what road your on.but it is a good town car.where I live im not too far away from alot of moorland long roads ect,and belive me that scoob cant keep up with a cossie no doubt is a cracking car but just not my cuppa t

So your cossie can 0-60 in about 4.1 seconds??
Never said it did?,never had it timed so dont know!bet its not far off though

aduz,is the one your talking about the same as the pic?if so it tops out at 145 on his road angel
just had it painted here.then crashed it


img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Mr.Worth/scoob3.jpg[/img]
sounds like the one mate..im just looking for something with rapid acceleration and someit a bit different..not sure i could live with 140 top end though
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He owend one before untill he went to put it on a register and found out someone built a replica,paid top money for it too ,havent seen him in a while but meeting tomarrow at a jap meet so can find out the exact model .it does feel fucking rapid when your in it though,but looks slow when you pass it at 140
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PM Mr Whippy....

He has 1...

Pete..
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i see what ur saying m8
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PM Mr Whippy....

He has 1...

Pete..
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Originally Posted by Mr.worth
This my mates one,not even sure if its the right one now looking at that scooby list there all the same to me........................pants

thats a type R...

an RA is a 4 door
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^^^^^^^^^^^
thats mine!
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I prefer the Type R - 2dr is much nicer
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Originally Posted by J871yhk




^^^^^^^^^^^
thats mine!
u av pm m8
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^^^^^^^^^^^
thats mine!
Another mate of mine had one of those,but was still limited to 112mph.
dont let it end up like his did ,he aquaplaned going up a duel carridgeway near my house

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He fitted the new front mount a couple days before
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