Top Gear.... Returning to your screens on 2nd February... BEWARE!
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Personally I never thought it was great but it's light hearted fun that makes you laugh and definitely can't be beaten by any other rubbish on at the same time on a Sunday evening.
Everyone has an opinion I guess but surely watching it then complaining about it is a little daft when the following week your back watching it again, get the car started up and go for a Sunday night spin for an hour instead, that's definitely always going to be fun and make you smile
Everyone has an opinion I guess but surely watching it then complaining about it is a little daft when the following week your back watching it again, get the car started up and go for a Sunday night spin for an hour instead, that's definitely always going to be fun and make you smile
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As I said I think you had to be there to rememebr it clearly! I ate, slept and breathed hot hatches in the 80s, had my first in 1983 and owned several throughout the decade and with my mates we owned nearly all the classics. The only ones we look back on today with any fondness are the RS Turbo, the 205 and the Golf!
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agree with the above
but would probably put the R5 GT Turbo in there as well
they where proper quick
it seemed to me that by the time the 1.9 205 and GT Turbo came out - the Golf was well into MK2 guise and going for a slightly different (day I say mature) market
but would probably put the R5 GT Turbo in there as well
they where proper quick
it seemed to me that by the time the 1.9 205 and GT Turbo came out - the Golf was well into MK2 guise and going for a slightly different (day I say mature) market
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In the what's to come bit at the start of Top Gear looked like some pretty nice cars to be tested
Did I see a glimpse of an Alfa 4C? Like the look of those
Did I see a glimpse of an Alfa 4C? Like the look of those
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Was it just 3 door hot hatches that they were comparing ?
I'd like to have seen a few cars like the Nissan Pulsar GTi-R and a Sunbeam Lotus representing the hot hatches of the past, the Integrale Evo would have blown them all away but that was a 4 door, 4 wheel drive hot hatch, still a hot hatch tho
I'd like to have seen a few cars like the Nissan Pulsar GTi-R and a Sunbeam Lotus representing the hot hatches of the past, the Integrale Evo would have blown them all away but that was a 4 door, 4 wheel drive hot hatch, still a hot hatch tho
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The Golf was the only one that still looked great today as a design. I had a red MkII 16v in the early 90s and it was taut and quick. One of the best cars I've ever owned. It would be on my list if I was in the market for a hot hatch today and they were still making it.
The TG episode was very silly but still entertaining - especially the supermarket laps.
The TG episode was very silly but still entertaining - especially the supermarket laps.
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MG metros were great! In that the brakes, inlet manifold, Su carbs etc were a direct fit on my Mini
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It was a yuppie mobile, for the people who didn't want get their hands dirty
The kind of person who could afford British Gas shares and would tread on anybody to get to the top. A true child of the Thatcher generation
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although the production runs of the above may have overlapped slighty with the Golf - they were in fact cars from two different eras
the Golf - modern design looking forward to the 80's and 90's
Chevette HSR, Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - aging designs looking back to the 60's
but I am sure they were fun
the Golf - modern design looking forward to the 80's and 90's
Chevette HSR, Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - aging designs looking back to the 60's
but I am sure they were fun
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although the production runs of the above may have overlapped slighty with the Golf - they were in fact cars from two different eras
the Golf - modern design looking forward to the 80's and 90's
Chevette HSR, Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - aging designs looking back to the 60's
but I am sure they were fun
the Golf - modern design looking forward to the 80's and 90's
Chevette HSR, Lotus Talbot Sunbeam - aging designs looking back to the 60's
but I am sure they were fun
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In my opinion and when it worked,pound for pound the best 80s hot hatch was the R5 turbo for out n out acceleration,handling.
The only car that ever beat my 197bhp gt tuned r5 was a pulsar, so I sold the r5 and bought a gtir lol. A Nissan sunny touched by the devil.
Loved my little 5 though,had character.
The only car that ever beat my 197bhp gt tuned r5 was a pulsar, so I sold the r5 and bought a gtir lol. A Nissan sunny touched by the devil.
Loved my little 5 though,had character.
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i would say its a toss up between a 205 gti or a astra gte 16v
golfs were and still are very boring cars
fords back then were ok-the xr2 was a laugh but anything else they did lacked the grin factor
remember a hot-hatch isnt just about speed its about fun and how the car makes you smile etc
one of the best hot hatches of the last decade i think is the honda civic type r ep3 shape,it is a right laugh when you go hooning past old duffers @ 8500rpm![Smile](images/smilies/smile.gif)
like f1 said-lotus talbot sunbeam was a pocket rocket and rare so i can imagine people feeling very happy in it
i know people slate vauxhalls but back then their cars could be driven to work and back and then spanked around a track without missing a beat
golfs were and still are very boring cars
fords back then were ok-the xr2 was a laugh but anything else they did lacked the grin factor
remember a hot-hatch isnt just about speed its about fun and how the car makes you smile etc
one of the best hot hatches of the last decade i think is the honda civic type r ep3 shape,it is a right laugh when you go hooning past old duffers @ 8500rpm
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like f1 said-lotus talbot sunbeam was a pocket rocket and rare so i can imagine people feeling very happy in it
i know people slate vauxhalls but back then their cars could be driven to work and back and then spanked around a track without missing a beat
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If you don't like Subarus why are being such a sad ******* and staying on this site. Why don't you go on the Mercedes forum with the rest of the tiny *****
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A lot of German cars are on the verge of behind labelled 'sh1tboxes', Mercedes included. They used to be well engineered but now the manufacturers are resting on reputations of old and cutting corners like never before. Out of the Subarus, Mercedes, VWs it was the German cars that gave me the most problems and I will be leaving German crap behind and looking for a well engineered Japanese car (2.5 Subarus aside).
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Mercedes - the pinnacle of well engineered cars (maybe 40 years ago). I bet your C180 with AMG wheels really shifts!
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Mercedes - the pinnacle of well engineered cars (maybe 40 years ago). I bet your C180 with AMG wheels really shifts!
If you don't like Subarus why are being such a sad ******* and staying on this site. Why don't you go on the Mercedes forum with the rest of the tiny *****![Thumb](images/smilies/thumb.gif)
If you don't like Subarus why are being such a sad ******* and staying on this site. Why don't you go on the Mercedes forum with the rest of the tiny *****
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+1 I really dont understand why some people are on here goin on about Impreza's being ****boxes and trying to persuade us in thinking that the cars we drive are ****boxes and that the car they drive are so much more superior than Impreza's. I would never get pleasure in being on another car forum e.g Vauxhall, Ford or Mercedes etc and go on and on about their cars being ****e. Impreza owners drive and like their cars for various reasons and maybe thats why their on this site called ScoobyNet .
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