new ASTRA VAN :)

[TW]Fox · 3 Jul 2008 at 01:22

Chopper said:
as usual the bmw snob brigade mock first and think last.

, you just have to look beyond the pretentiousness of your little ocuk bmw club.

olv, Silane, Scoobydoo69, hxc, ethos, oweneades, etc.

None of these posters own or wish to own a BMW yet 'mocked' the van. So if you could possibly explain what you are blabbering on about that would be appreciated.

Begbie · 3 Jul 2008 at 04:12

Sounds like fun for a van.

How much torque is in that? Assuming its a fair bit.

( |-| |2 ][ $ · 3 Jul 2008 at 04:48

monty166 said:
torque 402nm nuff said

But that's complete rubbish. The rev limit is still 4.5k rpm, that's mean at any given speed your using a higher ratio than you would be in a petrol.

The fact is when your doing 65 and the 330i is only just changing to 3rd you'll be near the red line in 3rd. (maybe i'm slightly out on speeds but you get the point) The torque at the wheels wont be as great as diesel lovers make out.

monty166 · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:02

( |-| |2 ][ $;12013645 said:
But that's complete rubbish. The rev limit is still 4.5k rpm, that's mean at any given speed your using a higher ratio than you would be in a petrol.

The fact is when your doing 65 and the 330i is only just changing to 3rd you'll be near the red line in 3rd. (maybe i'm slightly out on speeds but you get the point) The torque at the wheels wont be as great as diesel lovers make out.

Rong. it revs to 5.5k for a start. you all talk like a 330i bmw is uber fast when there just not tbh. ive been in a few and there nothing speacial at all.The M3 is a fast car. 330i hmmmm its luke warm kinda like my van tbh

Diesel · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:14

monty166 said:
you all talk like a 330i bmw is uber fast when there just not tbh.

Says he who is talking about a diesel Astra van in the same manner!

monty166 · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:21

Diesel said:
Says he who is talking about a diesel Astra van in the same manner!

so your saying a van that can take on a 330i is not a fast ? VAN

anyway im sick of this now. Close the post i cant be aked to talk about it anymore..........................

Booner! · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:39

MrLOL said:
people tend not to take you serious when you come all over boy racer "but i was racing scoobys with my van innit" style.

Yeh, he could mean like this Rover 200 racing and beating a Bugatti Veyron..

Diesel · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:50

monty166 said:
so your saying a van that can take on a 330i isant a fast VAN crack on son

No, I'm saying that if a 330i isn't "uber fast" then neither is a diesel Astra van.

But lets not let that get in the way of it ripping cars left, right and centre, innit like, son.

oweneades · 3 Jul 2008 at 13:55

monty166 said:
Rong. it revs to 5.5k for a start. you all talk like a 330i bmw is uber fast when there just not tbh. ive been in a few and there nothing speacial at all.The M3 is a fast car. 330i hmmmm its luke warm kinda like my van tbh

It may rev to 5.5k rpm (or does the rev counter go up to this?!) but its peak power would have tailed off well before then.

Hedge · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:15

I dunno why people are ripping this to shreds. I drove an older astra van, and a transit connect, and to be honest even them with their less impressive specs were fun. And although my car is only an Accord 2.0ise, these diesel vans rock up hills

what Chopper said wasnt far wrong though. I read on this forum and dont post much. but the BMW rim licking is rife!

Fothsn · 3 Jul 2008 at 14:45

Hedge said:
I dunno why people are ripping this to shreds. I drove an older astra van, and a transit connect, and to be honest even them with their less impressive specs were fun. And although my car is only an Accord 2.0ise, these diesel vans rock up hills

what Chopper said wasnt far wrong though. I read on this forum and dont post much. but the BMW rim licking is rife!

Hehe sure is!

My dad has the Astra estate SRI 1.9 CDTi 150BHP engine and it dose shift, trying to get him to fit one of those boxes to make 200

Wicksta · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:12

monty166 said:
ive had loads of quick cars in my time scoobys/M3s/RS turbos ect ect and this van is right up there with the best of them.

So is it up there with the M3 or just a 330i as you have now said? I'm confused. :confused:

Phal · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:20

I want an Audi RS6 Van

olv · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:28

monty166 said:
you all talk like a 330i bmw is uber fast when there just not tbh.

And you talk like a 200bhp diseasel van is a "rocketship"...

You can't have it both ways

Berger · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:33

0-60 will be crap due to the diesel first and needing third gear to hit 60 wont it, once rolling i imagine its fairly quick.

Septh · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:39

Berger said:
0-60 will be crap due to the diesel first and needing third gear to hit 60 wont it, once rolling i imagine its fairly quick.

All diesels are like this (why don't diesels have longer first gears?), mines rapid once moving but only just keeps with my work mates 1.6 focus -.- but on a rolling start hes left for dead, whats going on with that R8 diesel? wonder if that will have better gearing than your average diesel!

monty166 · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:43

its all relative isant it.

some people on here would disagree if you said the sky was blue i think....

ps this is my work van i also have fast cars and own my own company.i know what im alking about.

THE END.....

close the post ffs mods

jamief · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:48

Surely, the most chavvy thing in the world - racing people in your van.

Septh · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:52

jamief said:
Surely, the most chavvy thing in the world - racing people in your van.

The most chavvy thingy is calling someone chavvy on an internet forum for owning a van and claiming its fast lol

jamief · 3 Jul 2008 at 15:52

Septh said:
The most chavvy thingy is calling someone chavvy on an internet forum for owning a van and claiming its fast lol

Aye, you're quite right. I'm a total chav. I'm sitting here in work wearing a tracksuit and everything