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Old 28 April 2007, 07:50 PM
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200 bhp, 330 lbs of torque, 47 mpg.

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Old 28 April 2007, 10:18 PM
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330 lbs of torque steer how fun?
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Old 28 April 2007, 10:23 PM
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I love Torque steer myself, looks nice that Astra.
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Old 29 April 2007, 09:21 AM
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It does look sweet.

Needs a black panel above the zorst, tho', to hide the soot marks
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Old 29 April 2007, 09:40 AM
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Looks nice and I haven't thought that about a Vauxhall in a long time
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Old 29 April 2007, 11:56 AM
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One VERY nice looking car

Good choice

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Old 29 April 2007, 01:03 PM
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thanks for the sensible replies. decided not to rise to the bait of reply no. 1

would have loved to keep the scooby, but needed something capable of returning over 40 mpg, for some long work trips.

Yes it does torque steer, but out brakes (Alcons) and handles (888 suspension) a petrol VXR for example.

best compromise i could find, and with only 100 built, should hold its value. There are also a few other former scooby owners running them too.
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Was this in Touchwood in Solihull last night? If it's the same car, looks great
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Old 29 April 2007, 02:57 PM
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That looks swish

Are they all that colour?
 
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Old 29 April 2007, 04:01 PM
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33 black, 33 white with the remainder Silver or Red (not sure how many of each) total run of 100. Apparently there is also 1 in Gold which was a prototype/Concept
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Nice car mate. Looked at getting one myself, but the vauxhall dealer was shockingly useless, so they never got my money...nor my STi PPP in part-ex.
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Old 29 April 2007, 06:23 PM
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Nice! From a fellow oil burner! I also considered one but the Dealer in Louth wouldn't give me a test drive! Thurlbys isn't it?

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What mileage do you get when your being "naughty"? Not 47 mpg I guess.
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Old 29 April 2007, 06:33 PM
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does looks nice :-) and 47mpg sounds great
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Originally Posted by Blue Dragoon
What mileage do you get when your being "naughty"? Not 47 mpg I guess.
I've got an Octavia vRS TDi with 170bhp and 350Nm. On my way home from work, If I drive as if I have the kids in the back, the journey average is 50mpg. If I drive like I stole it, it drops to 30ish.

Bearing in mind, when I did this in the Clio 182 Cup, it was 40mpg on careful mode and 20mpg on Blitzkrieg!

The Clio was a lot more fun though but it didn't half rattle

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Yes Thurlby's were the supplying dealer of these new. Haven't nailed it yet, so averaging 45 mpg at the minute.
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you can prob grab a tunning box for it too...

looks quite nice
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I like that a lot
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Not heard of these before. Is it a factory standard Special edition or something?
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Originally Posted by joey_turbo
Not heard of these before. Is it a factory standard Special edition or something?

Special Edition, tweaked up by Thurlby. Fookin Rapid Diesel. And I want one.
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Old 01 May 2007, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wrx-kris
you can prob grab a tunning box for it too...

looks quite nice
I think you'd find it's probably tuned up to the point of near destruction already!

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Old 01 May 2007, 08:33 PM
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apparently the 1.9 cdti is good for in the region of 240bhp and 385lbft using a re-worked turbo and new FMIC.

down to 41.5 mpg now due to over-use of the Sport button. Still bullying fast lane hoggers in their BMW pluto barges
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Originally Posted by imprezarb5
down to 41.5 mpg now due to over-use of the Sport button. Still bullying fast lane hoggers in their BMW pluto barges
u wont be bullying any bmw 535/335d's, they would just laugh at u!
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