Your choice of car and why
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220 or the 330 for a commuter. I already have a DC2 with added roar and raw.
DC5 - sheer cornering ability mixed with an absolutely stunning noise. And on a personal note, i like the fact they are rare and "exclusive".
Impreza STI - Awesome straight line speed, the image and the ability to keep up with cars twice the price.
Impreza STI - Awesome straight line speed, the image and the ability to keep up with cars twice the price.
Neither am I
Loads of 200-250hp FWD would be faster in the real world driven by 95% of drivers than a equivilant RWD.
I just don't understand how you can rule out a car just cause of the wheels it powers. What FWD cars have you driven other than a Bora
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Can't even be bothered to form a coherent response, as it's too damned predictable 
I have sat in over 1000 of my cousin's cars don't you know? I know a good car when I see it....
I have driven enough FWD cars in various states of tune to form a valid opinion. I can rule out a car for having FWD in the same way I can rule out a car for having a diesel engine. No matter how well a FWD car is set up, it doesn't drive like a RWD car. I prefer RWD, it's as simple about that. What part of that can you not understand?
The Bora cheap shot was both pathetic and amusing, though.
I was just wondering what you had driven as all I remember is you having a VW type car, sorry I got it wrong.
Budget = £10,000
Choices:
Focus ST Not driven, seems ok but a bit common
Focus RS Not driven, bit better than an ST in my books
Mondeo ST220 Not for me at all
Civic Type R (older) You either look like a little asian man who can't see over the wheel and hangs his arm out of the window, or it's great
Civic Type R (newer) Bread van tbh
Astra VXR Torque steer much
Vectra VXR Rep.com
BMW 330ci (will probably win but for a budget of £10,000 would you want to?) Not driven, would love to though so I can join *** BMW discussion. Still too common for my liking
Leon Cupra R great car !!!!!!!1
Golf GTi (older) MK4 not too bad at all
Golf GTi (are newer ones within reach?) Latest mk5 is amazing, still prefer the latest cupra, although the older cupra r is great value
Mazda3 MPS Been in one, not driven, but nice inside, and probably goe slike a rocket
Mazda6 MPS Meh family car
Accord Type R Not soo bad
Integra DC2 I want a teg
Intergra DC5i still want a teg
Octavia vRSWould also love to drive one of these !
Impreza STi CHAAAAV and that burble is just boring now
Evolution VI (lol @ service intervals) Big bald footie hooligan, but great car
Please feel free to add more to the table.
(Yes this is a hidden spec me thread
What height is the op, seeing my dad get into one at his trackday was funny. No roof was the only way
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Yeah i made quite a downgrade. I used to drive my parents Volvo 940 Wentworth Estate but had to jump to a FWD DC2 
The lack of LSD made the Volvo even better than its purebred RWD setup would suggest.
The lack of LSD made the Volvo even better than its purebred RWD setup would suggest.
What is there to figure other than your preference for a DC5?
The fact a FWD offered a more RWD experience than a RWD?
My Rover Turbo also drove like a RWD around corners.
It drove like a RWD? So you are in a corner, you apply lots of power and the back end breaks free into a slide? Yeah, okay.
Yep on the track you steered it with the throttle.
There is FAR more to handling than RWD = Oversteer and FWD = Understeer.