I did, Bluemotion Sportline. Specced it up a bit (well, about £3k's worth of extras actually!) and the lease was way cheaper than an equivalent Octavia. 3 years servicing for £250 was a bit of a winner too 🙂
Nice. Let me know how you get on with the mpg in real life, I am quite interested.
Will do. Drop me a mail to remind me if you want, don't get it until Nov/Dec so I might forget before then 🙂
Here you go guys, the 335d gets a comedy bashing in this rather hilarious thread.
NB - a VXR8 is still a Vauxhall though... 😉
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/6863749/
Xtranormal is ace.
Can make some cracking p takes of people on there. Great for forums like this.
The one posted above (about the car geek recommending silly cars) is also hilarious and a wee bit close to the bone! 😆 😳
I did enjoy the first one about the single mum. It gets like that sometimes on here, doesn't it MAT! 😉
I like Tron's view on the A-B in a sports car can be a nice ride and fun experience than ordinary LX etc but if you have 2 bikes on the roof and 2 in the boot -flying around bends can send your gear flying and eat your fuel.
I miss driving sports cars and now driving boring comfort functional cars -will wait for mid life sports car?
If I were rich I'd have many cheaper cars of various flavours rather than a couple of expensive ones...
I miss driving sports cars and now driving boring comfort functional cars -will wait for mid life sports car?
That's the thing. I've driven a fair few cars, but still one of the most entertaining I've driven is the original Ka. There's naff all power, but the steering is absolutely incredible. Any car can be built to be as good as it can be, which is why I dislike cars with dull handling.
The Puma is very good too despite having little power.
And the mk3 MR2 (RWD) - again not that quick or expensive but handles soooooo well.
A lot of expensive/heavy cars don't actually handle that well at all - Audi RS6, some big Mercs and almost every SUV, etc.
Guess what muppet boy did last night? Left the Jimny roof (it's a softop) open - we now have a mobile swimming pool! Drove it to town and it's flooding down here and all works fine but very steamed up inside - DOH!!
The old Jag XJ40 with a LSD was a giggle. Wallowy, but so easy to control.
Would possibly consider fitting better springs to my Passat one day, if I were feeling rich...
Eibach Pro Kit will work nicely.
I've tried to get away with it by buying the sports option e.g. GTI,Si, etc
just so it has more power for safe overtaking without dropping a gear and better brake/suspension handling yet still good on fuel and grin factor and caryying bikes and garden waste without driving like a moron too! yes it is possible! anbd no 30mph is 30mph watch that child too etc
Driving a sports model round A roads and you don't need to lift off and watch everyone poop themselves and brake after they just overtaken you lol shoddy suspension? 😆
Ok if you don't like hard suspension buy the LX 😳
My first car was RWD, it was a Marina TC it had terrible handling.
My father had a 1981 BMW 3 series, that too was RWD and was awful.
My missus has a Chevette, RWD not much to note in the handling stakes.
Mk2 Escort Sport was excellent though.
My Mkii Golf GTI was superb, even better when the suspension was uprated and lowered, same goes for the XR3i I had.
Pug 205 GTI was no slouch either, or the XR2i.
And the 4 Alfasuds were simply amazing. All FWD
Alfasud 1.5 ti cloverleaf, one of the best handling cars of all time. 🙂
My first car was also a Marina. Utterly tragic handling. Had a mk2 Gti for two years. Well made but handling overrated IMO. My Saxo VTR handled way better.
Alfasud 1.5 ti cloverleaf, one of the best handling cars of all time.
Too true. So controllable on the throttle.
Eibach Pro Kit will work nicely.
It's hard to work out if it's what I want tho. Some internet folk say 'oh it's fine' but you just dunno what their criteria for 'fine' are. All I know is that the stock VW 'sport' option was awful. Rock hard and really bumpy. I think I want it lower, to roll less and still be fairly comfy. Moon on a stick, I know.
This thread is brilliant! 😆
Some of your comments Mat are funny, not sure if they are meant to be?
Molgrips - Certainly possible suspension wise, PM if you want.
We've decided against a £2 Astra Estate and are going to spend £800 or so on a T-reg diesel Volvo instead.
I had a Fiesta Supersport (W reg), which handled like nothing on earth -I don't know what mods it may have had, but it was a 1.3 version of the 1.6 XR2, but waaaaaay cooler and better looking - it kept up with the XR2 anyway. With a little bit of damp on the road it'd wheelspin in the first 3 gears.