AK
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Nath
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VXR Astra is a lovely car, but the Scooby is much more special
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Half Pint
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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Scoob interior
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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not sure why folk are saying crap
We have an STi IV (98) and its quite nice.
The earlier cars upto 97 i think (STi III inc) was the more basic bland plastic micra/blubird type interior. That is a long time ago now. Move on, subaru has.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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OMG the scoob is so much nicer i wish i had the choice to choose the scoob
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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SetH
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quote: Originally posted by Jules
Don't Scoobys have a nickname where their pistons are likened to chocolate?
japanese fuel is 102 octane i think, There have been a lot of classic JDM STi`s that have suffered detonation and holed a piston. This is due to people running them on 95 octane or even super unleaded, not having them remapped or using octane booster and or fitting silly boost controllers.
Its not due to subaru making a crap engine.
Have seen storys posted on SN where dealers have imported cars in or bought from auction filled them up with supermarket standard unleaded and killed them. If you dont educate yourself on how to look after these cars then you are asking for trouble.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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See!! Now how is that fuckin VXR interior nicer than the scoobs?!! It's fucking not!
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SetH
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are there options for the interior on the VXR or are they all like that?
[Edited on 18-12-2006 by SetH]
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Andy Stocker
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quote: Originally posted by AK
not sure why folk are saying crap
We have an STi IV (98) and its quite nice.
The earlier cars upto 97 i think (STi III inc) was the more basic bland plastic micra/blubird type interior. That is a long time ago now. Move on, subaru has.
Mines a STi II btw
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Daimo B
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Registered: 20th Mar 00
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VXR is one of those cars that doesn't photograph well inside. Not seen 1 attractive 'picture' yet, but when you sit in the car, it all works very well together.
SEats are fannytastic, great support, 2 hands on stearing wheel type focus.
Agreed though, i don't like the silver plastic round the stereo. SERIOUSLY lowers the dash tone, otherwise, everythign else inside is of a good material.
Scoobies are all over the place as well. Don't see too many VXR's.
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Daimo B
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quote: Originally posted by SetH
are there options for the interior on the VXR or are they all like that?
Can come in leather, but tbh, the part leather as standard is the better seat.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Your a lovely lad Daimo.
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TNM
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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i have been in a new impreza and in an Astra VXR.
I can say the worst interior is the Astra.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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quote: Originally posted by VXR
Scoobies are all over the place as well.
I love it when people start playing the "common card"
They're common for a reason! Because they're fuckin ace!
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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From a exterior asthetic point of view the VXR wins hands down in my opinion.
Scooby looks a mess from any angle, the front looks stumpy and very tall and the arse just seems huge, big scoops and bigger spoilers on a Corsa look gay to fuck yet on another car they are acceptable? Yes I appriciate that they (well possibly only the scoop) serves a purpose but they look fucking daft and I know I'd be embarrased to drive what is essentially a 14 year olds wet dream!
It's be the VXR for me (well it'd be a Thurlby 888 infact), but it's not my money!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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jules you retard the scoop is there for the TMIC and the spoiler will make a difference at speed.
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TNM
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
jules you retard the scoop is there for the TMIC and the spoiler will make a difference at speed.
There is no helping some people steven.
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Daimo B
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quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote: Originally posted by VXR
Scoobies are all over the place as well.
I love it when people start playing the "common card"
They're common for a reason! Because they're fuckin ace!
So is/was my olds mans old Benelli Tornado bike (till someone wrote it off), but you didn't see hundreds of them, maybe 50 in the country.................
Re-read my posts, i've not put the cars down at all, you lot are doing that, im just saying, for me, i don't really want something thats as commen as muck.. Hence why the other bike i want it quite rare, hence why D4 was different (but the same) to many corsas etc......
Stop only reading negative things. I see lots of Scoobies every single day (of which are quite old now, so going to be a lot more, astra is a new car, commen sense would know there isn't going to be as many about), and i see a VXR maybe once or twice per week.
I filter between well over 1000 cars per day into central london, each way, to work... So i see quite a few cars...
Also the same way I wouldn't want a rarri or anything like that if i had the cash, i'd go for something rarer.....
Whats wrong with that???
[Edited on 19-12-2006 by VXR]
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Brett
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If you want to settle for the under dog to be different then be my guest.
I think there are more VXR's on the road than you think, just they're not noticable like scoobies. Just "another astra" imo.
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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quote: Originally posted by Steve
jules you retard the scoop is there for the TMIC and the spoiler will make a difference at speed.
Steve you retard read what I put, I acknowledged that the scoop is there for a reason and personally do you really believe that the spoiler is their as a stability item primarly and not a asthetic item?
Please! Pull the other one!
Subaru knew that by putting a fucking great scoop on (the latest model scoops are twice the size of the original phase ones - why? For asthetic "appeal" imo) and a even fucking greater great spoiler on the back it would make thier car iconic in the way that the original Escort Cosworth was with it's huge bonnet vents and boot spoilers - the spoiler is nothing but eye candy that appeals to the Fast and Furious market, can't see it making much difference at 70mph on a motorway, I know my Corsa manages to stay safely stable without a need for a gay ironing board on my boot - as do the majority of cars (How many Ferraris or Porsches have a spoiler that size?)
And why do they still use a top mounted FMIC? Thought that they'd of learnt that proper front mounted FMIC's are the better option, what's the first thing owners of Sunny GTiR's do? They remove the top mounted FMIC - asthetics Steve, asthetics to appeal to that market.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
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Been in both, scooby all day long, its something special...
Astra is still an astra...
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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quote: Originally posted by TNM
quote: Originally posted by Steve
jules you retard the scoop is there for the TMIC and the spoiler will make a difference at speed.
There is no helping some people steven.
Two people that need to learn to read.......
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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your a lovely lad
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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quote: Originally posted by Rob B
Been in both, scooby all day long, its something special...
Astra is still an astra...
Impreza is still an Impreza though
TBH I like both of them. But I would rather have something else
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