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Sep 9, 2013 | 07:35 AM

#61

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From: Arborfield, Berkshire

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Originally Posted by LSherratt

Get yourself a 285bhp stage 2 Astra Nurburgring.... in some cases it'll beat a standard RS, other than that it'll be very close.... plus you'll have £10k change.... They hold their value well being a limited edition of approx. 500 made.

Clearly they dont if you can pick one up for 10k cheaper

Sep 9, 2013 | 07:41 AM

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Can't see the attraction of the ashtray vxr, they are common wether it is a nurburgring one or not! I know at least 5 people with nurburgring ones. One at stage 3 etc. I've driven all of them and can't say they particuarly set my pulse racing!

I've got a vectra vxr as a daily and that is much rarer on the roads than a nurburgring ashtray!

I think that james may got it right (one of the few times) when he said any car they stick a nurburgring package on is ruined...

Sep 9, 2013 | 07:56 AM

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From: Arborfield, Berkshire

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Originally Posted by toneh

Without a doubt scoobys are not what you would call quality but IMO the focus was worse that coupled to the spoon in a bucket gearstick made me walk away

Clearly neither are anywhere near a good German interior but as someone who was set on an MY11 STi Hatch I certainly don’t think you can say its agricultural interior is any better than the RS. For me other than the light grey trim the RS is actually better. Unless you have the poverty spec cloth Recaro’s.

As for the gearbox – it doesn’t have the reassuring clunk of the STi box but that doesn’t make it a bad box to use. This guy doesn’t seem to have any problems with it: