THE BEST/WORST/FUNNY EXPERIENCE IN YOUR SCOOB

[philip_wilson]

BEST EXPERIENCE-

Have had a few and some I can’t say on here but I think the
best two have to be the run to Alford and the run to Crail seeing all the Scoobies
rumbling thought little villages and towns was just great [H].   

 

WORST EXPERIENCE-

I’ve not had many but getting beat by a fecking Evo at Crail
has to be the worst.

 

FUNNY EXPERIENCE-

Trying to follow even see Blue Thunder after BHP & Andy
F worked their magic was so funny  [][] running off the track at Alford on the
warm up lap opps [:$][]. Also seeing all the Evo Girls faces [:'(] when Blue Thunder gate crashed
there rolling road day and showed them all up []

 

[craigwrx]

BEST EXPERIENCE-

The day i first got into my first scooby, after that it has to be the  September 2006 run ....

 

WORST EXPERIENCE-

Crail - made me relies PPP is not what it should be for the money - glad my car came with it fitted ...

 

FUNNY EXPERIENCE-

Changing my exhaust system without the wife knowing, problem was i left the old one in the boot - that evening we went food shopping and where do the bags go !! [:$][8-)][:S]  ...thankfully after seeing the expression on my face, she did see the funny side of it ...

Craig

[wilky]

BEST EXPERIENCE-

Orginising and actually doing the RB Memorial Relay, meeting Alex Burns and John Reid.

Or The May Run in 2005, or being able to share certain driving techniques with someone who was prepared to listen and learn, then watching him develope his own style.

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WORST EXPERIENCE-

being ripped of by a "reputable" Tuning company about 5 years ago when I knew very little about forced induction tuning. And being ripped off by an importer many moons ago also.

 

FUNNY EXPERIENCE-

Taking advice from playsatan on how to launch at crail, launching at full tilt in the rain, sitting still with all 4 wheels spinning as satan dissapeared down the strip waving at me.

Or when I was locked in racing mode with Gumball, and he had been doing very well all day, his car was standardish then, mine only had about 340/330, but he had matched me all day. on a hill I pulled out and utterly smoked him ouber aller der platz. Shocked he asked how I managed to sudenly muster the power?

The look on his face when I told him I had been on low boost all day and flicked to high boost for a change was priceless.

[ANDYJDMSTI]

BEST -

Picking up my STI in 2004.

Listening to and implementing advice from Mr F.

 

WORST -

Not having my car on the road for the past 5 months

 

FUNNIEST -

May Run 2005 - Myself, Gummy and Wilky making some serious progress in the wet whilst leading a stretched out convoy. We got ourselves that far ahead that it came to the point we had to pull over and stop before one of us visited the lovely scenery, we all got out and stood about puffing on Regals finest, shaking from the adrenalin and giggling like kids at our antics whilst agreeing that we need to screw the nut as the conditions were getting rather bad.  Smokes were dispatched, we mounted up and proceeded to totally disregard everything we just agreed on in the space of about 100m.

 

[Gumball]

WILKY post

 

just to clarify, he called me at 18.21:41hrs tonight to remind me about this incident and said

Remember that time you were smoking me all over the place on the may run and i couldnt keep up !! (swiggi witnessed the phonecall at the time)

but yeah ill accept for this instance that "i matched you all day"[]

toucher of mens pee pees

[wilky]

Such nonsense.

[Gumball]

Sorry i have to go, theres a reverse charge call come through from Catherine Zeta Jones

[craig mac]

FPMSL [:'(]

I would have loved to have seen the look on Gumballs face when that happened[]

Quality

Craig

[Gumball]

well the hill climb incident did happen but my question for the man that couldnt keep up during the the run is-

If he couldnt keep up surely he would have switched to high boost during the run to catch up?

This comes from someone who will tell you the song Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty is about a street in Greenock.

call the snooze polis, im shattered[]

[wilky]

Utter tripe, as always, a stranger to the truth.

[Gumball]

you should have that as your signature you poler of goats in the shower

[wilky]

Whatever.

 

 

[Gumball]

no one else have experiences in their scoob to share???

[st3ph3n]

I'll share some more:

Coming back from the "central big one". PaulC555's first meeting as RO. ally-b, with some G. Mac ballast and I decided to call it a night and head south. Halfway home a 350z joined in the fun too and tailed ally all the way to the south side but I dived off to bomb down the 73. I think we saw the speed limit twice that night. Or have I got my words round the wrong way? Twice and speed limit certainly spring to mind.

Last time I saw Gumball in the deathstar - Wee jaunt down the M8 then on to the Bellshill bypass, where he flew past me like I'd engaged the handbrake when I was actually foot to the floor in third. The noise was exceptional, like the four horsemen of the Apocalypse tuning up their instruments. Plus he kept up nicely round the previous two corners which was something that I'd not seen since I went from the bambi on ice Vectra to the scooby.

Oh and setting fire to a picnic table at the Glasgow BBQ. I'm an idiot.

[Gumball]

LOL, i remember that day. good fun. That should be part of the scottish scoobies commuting thread i think.

Even a simple run home from work in a scoob can turn to mayhem.

Another-

Whilst driving on the track at night"a single headlight behind me closing in fast.The myserious vehicle was gaining on me very very fast.I slowed down a touch to allow it to catch up.Next thing i see is a fire red DUCATI 999R sitting right on the offside of the winerack spoiler. The guy was leaning so far forward to keep low he was almost horizontal !!!We approached a long long long sweeping left hander where i thought he was going to take me.I pumped up the jam relying heavily on the suspension upgardes on teh deathstar and hammered on the power through the bend. To my suprise the DUCATI backed off and the driver slowed to change his shorts. Coming out of the bend i looked down and the speedo and realised why he had closed the throttle off a touch. The needle marking speed had positioned itself off the clock on the scoob !!!!!

This was after teh days when the limiter kicked in and fuel cut was an issue in relation to 165mph. This was the fastest i had/have ever been and estimate about 170-180mph.Yes i was a year or so younger than i am today and enjoyed the rush, but at the same time i wouldnt do it again.

I just thank my lucky starts the Toyos could take it and i had my helmet on with stewards close by to monitor the safety aspects of the circuit !![]

Finally- WHilst racing with Wilky in the pax seat the day he got back from the USA, we appraoched a ferrari 350 spider, slowing down to gesture that he "have a go if he thought he could". The ferrari driver looked at us and signalled that we were on !! We thought at the time we were defo punching above our weight but accelerated hard as the farrari adopted a line right behind us.The ferrari closed on me for a couple of seconds before dropping further and further to the rear until he eventually had to give up. We were whooping and hollering like a couple of handbags off the rikki lake show as we realised we had destroyed over 70k worth of sports car. He appeared again as we reduced speed to show us his happy face and demand that we go again. Dont know if he jumped a gear, dont know if his car wssnt a fast enough for the 400 odd ponies but it was amusing and i hope he left and went home and traded in for an STI. lol

[fai17]

Quality m8

[wilky]

The ferrari incident was exactley as described.

We both couldnt believe he was smoked.

And a second smoking confirmed we were the quicker car, very impressive.

[pedals]

  Quote

well the hill climb incident did happen but my question for the man that couldnt keep up during the the run is-

If he couldnt keep up surely he would have switched to high boost during the run to catch up?

This comes from someone who will tell you the song Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty is about a street in Greenock.

call the snooze polis, im shattered[]

 

Baker Street or Bakers Brae, just up from the fire station. Magic.

[Gumball]

Im not kidding either, ask him. He still swears its a song named after that road in Greenock.

The Fact that the video shows baker street W1 signs and London buses means nothing

pmls

[wilky]

I know im right, rant on.

 

Your not even old enough to remember it in the charts,

Your Guardian prabably played it to you as they tried unsuccessfully to drown you.

[Gumball]

HERE USE THIS LASSOO AND GET IT RIGHT ROUND YE YA MAD TADGER