Thoughts on these cars
21 July 2010, 10:28 PM
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This car is pretty special. I've not seen one before.http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1875765.htm
This car is pretty special. I've not seen one before.http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1875765.htm
and it has the rare recaro interior (2k extra) Tony
21 July 2010, 11:29 PM
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I must admit I quite like the look of the Astra in that picture. My main issue with it is that I just cant stop thinking of 2 words.. fcking chav. . all chavved up with an England flag, furry dice baseball caps...... you decide
Megane - see them at track days - they are too slow and 'French'.. Renaults have HUGE reability issues... HUGE - AVOID!! - do not touch
Seat Leon Cupra - nippy and you can add to the power - they have very poor rear visibility due to bad corner pillars, one I drove had aircon that stunk and I'd question reliability
Focus ST - hmmmmm you'd always be thinking of the Focus RS which is a great car
Golf GT Edition 30 - bit boring, heavy.. etc
I cant believe someone mentioned a Civic Type R - ahhhhh. Intregra - now your talking... yes please.. but needs some mods as thats the issue with Vtec's - as they say they needed a catchy phrase for the lack of power this makes until the last 2000 rpm - bit like an oversized turbo on a 2 litre without the actual grunt!
I'd be boring and go for the golf
Steve
Megane - see them at track days - they are too slow and 'French'.. Renaults have HUGE reability issues... HUGE - AVOID!! - do not touch
Seat Leon Cupra - nippy and you can add to the power - they have very poor rear visibility due to bad corner pillars, one I drove had aircon that stunk and I'd question reliability
Focus ST - hmmmmm you'd always be thinking of the Focus RS which is a great car
Golf GT Edition 30 - bit boring, heavy.. etc
I cant believe someone mentioned a Civic Type R - ahhhhh. Intregra - now your talking... yes please.. but needs some mods as thats the issue with Vtec's - as they say they needed a catchy phrase for the lack of power this makes until the last 2000 rpm - bit like an oversized turbo on a 2 litre without the actual grunt!
I'd be boring and go for the golf
Steve
Last edited by Fangoria; 22 July 2010 at 12:28 AM.
vw = not as reliable as you think 
22 July 2010, 08:39 AM
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The last A3 Turbo I had.. had the coilpack issues
Surprised the Golf has issues - I'm not as well read these days on these kinds of cars
Then again on a renault I owned not so long ago.. coilpack failure, electrics failure, aircon failure... all done under warranty but I sold the Lemony Turd a month later
Surprised the Golf has issues - I'm not as well read these days on these kinds of cars
Then again on a renault I owned not so long ago.. coilpack failure, electrics failure, aircon failure... all done under warranty but I sold the Lemony Turd a month later
22 July 2010, 09:10 AM
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VW reliabilty!?Don't make me laugh!I've got a Galaxy TDI with the VW Pumpe Duese engine and I've had nothing but trouble with it blown turbo,dodgy electrics etc the whole VW relaibility thing is a myth!
22 July 2010, 06:52 PM
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So to sum up..............
VW = Boring and unreliable
Seat = Unreliable and it's a Seat
Megane = Unreliable and it's French
VXR = Chaviot and crap dash
Focus = Heavy on juice and has a better big brother
I think I had better invest in a Burberry baseball cap then. lol
VW = Boring and unreliable
Seat = Unreliable and it's a Seat
Megane = Unreliable and it's French
VXR = Chaviot and crap dash
Focus = Heavy on juice and has a better big brother
I think I had better invest in a Burberry baseball cap then. lol
22 July 2010, 08:31 PM
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VW = Boring and UNACCEPTABLY, APPALLINGLYunreliable
Seat = Unreliable and it's a Seat
Megane = Unreliable and it's French
VXR = Chaviot and crap dash
Focus = Heavy on juice and has a better big brother
Seat = Unreliable and it's a Seat
Megane = Unreliable and it's French
VXR = Chaviot and crap dash
Focus = Heavy on juice and has a better big brother
22 July 2010, 09:35 PM
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Surely they're all heavy on juice if they are 225bhp plus??
FWIW with my ST usually gets around 250-275 miles from a tank. Not as bad as people make out really.
FWIW with my ST usually gets around 250-275 miles from a tank. Not as bad as people make out really.
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