Utterly pointless cars

You were quite obviously implying with a post above that you believe that i do not have first hand knowledge of everything which has been mentioned, which i most certainly do.
 
Jez said:
They are icons in motoring history, but ultimately are now old bangers for children unfortunately.
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I think that pretty good at discrediting any 'first hand knowledge' you get from NOT owning a car you are talking about. I assume your Golf owning 'peer' is a child, is not actually your friend, as that would be far to embarrassing to associate with one whom owns a hatchback
 
Jonnycoupe said:
I think that pretty good at discrediting any 'first hand knowledge' you get from NOT owning a car you are talking about. I assume the your peer whom is a child, is not actually your friend?
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It was quite clear that i was talking about my group of friends from when we were all 16/17/18. At the time they were fantastic. At the time, for our age.
 
Yes I know, thats why I was so confident in taking the mick, knowing a lot of people will be reading this thread thinking. What planet is this Jez guy on.

I mean EVERY 18 year old several years ago had aging hot hatches didnt they?
 
Jez, mate you're digging a hole here because 40% of the forum own hatches of the hot & not variety and you've just insulted them.

Not good! :p
 
merlin said:
Jez, mate you're digging a hole here because 40% of the forum own hatches of the hot & not variety and you've just insulted them.

Not good! :p
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Hehe i know, its comedy gold. Tuesday evening = not boring :D I am going to ponder over to the SL350 3.5L thread now as that's looking better now.
 
merlin said:
Jez, mate you're digging a hole here because 40% of the forum own hatches of the hot & not variety and you've just insulted them.

Not good! :p
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Meh hatchbacks are utility cars that are mainly to go shopping in. ;)
 
Most 18yr olds couldn't afford to get insured on a proper hot hatch anyway, even the likes of the Ford ASBO are out of reach of the typical 18yr old.

Jez obviously comes from a rich background, has a good education and now has a decent job and a decent living, fair play to him, I can respect that (a lot more than I can respect someone who has rich parents and does bugger all to earn their own wage)

For those of us with more modest salaries hot hatches can offer a decent amount of bang for the buck and can compete pretty well in terms of fun with similarly priced saloons and coupes (don't forget to include running costs before you look at that cheap Porsche!) whilst still offering a sufficient amount of practicality for someone who doesn't want to run two cars.

FWIW I don't own any sort of hatchback, hot or otherwise (last one I owned was a Mk4 Escort 6 years ago) so I don't have any sort of axe to grind. My last car was a Subaru Legacy B4 RSK twin-turbo (a sporty 4wd saloon) and I'm in the process of replacing it with a Nissan Cefiro SE-4 (a sporty 4wd saloon, based on the R32 Skyline and S13 200SX). I still have a lot of respect for a decent hot hatch though, be it a Mk2 Golf GTI, a Ford ASBO, Sierra Cosworth, RS Turbo, for the money they're damn good.

But then I don't care about whether a given car impresses a bunch of city w... erm... bankers ;)
 
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FWIW this thread has veered off into something of a joke, its no secret that a few of us are total snob's when it comes to cars and most of my opinions are real thought. But my god this forum plays to it when its put to the test. :)
 
Clarkey said:
I'm sure Jez can come up with a good insult towards a modified S14a too :p
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Well I can probably come up with a few myself but then Im under no illusion and know that my car is an old, battered, bland looking Japanese coupe but it is damn good fun driving it. :p
 
[TW]Fox;12967069 said:
I actually got an X3 stuck on a small grassy bank. I had to take a runup in the end.
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What is the point in an X3 over a 3 series? The X3 is rubbish off road? I'm sure there is a 3 series which would do the same job for less money. (whilst looking better)
 
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