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DAIR

DAIR

DAIR

Soldato
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I've noticed that some of you drive some decent cars. So rather than ask (in random threads) what they were like to live with I thought I'd put this thread together.

Just a list of all the cars I've owned to date with details of the negatives and positives.

1. Renault Clio 1.2 Extreme (52 plate).

This was my first car. Great little A to B runner with a sun roof, auto lights and wipers.

+ Never experienced any issues with this. Then again I didnt have it for that long.

+ Running costs for this car were (as you could imagine) rather reasonable.

2. Vauxhall Corsa 1.8 SRI (05 plate)
This came with around 120bhp. a substatial gain over my the clio. Again, another decent runner. And pleasantly equipped!

+ Full leather interior, heated seats and wing mirrors and a few other goodies.

Running costs were slightly higher... This that was due to my driving style.

- Engine mount screw broke. so had the car taken to Vauxhall. They were rather surprised and asked whether the car had been in a accident. They even carried out a HPI check. In the end the mount was repaired

3. Mazda RX8 (55 plate)

This was the 190bhp version.

+ Most comfortable car I've driven to date. Great seating position
+ Oodles of room
- Pretty underpowered imo. Never really excited me.
- Went through oil and petrol as if there was no tomorrow.... Just didnt seem right for a car with so little torque to drink that much lol.
+ No issues with this car

4. Corsa VXR (58 plate)

+ Exciting car to drive (wanted one from the day VXL released details about it)
+ Turns a lot of heads and will either gain thumbs up or thumbs down lol.
+ Running costs are fairly reasonable.
- Its a Vauxhall. I’ve had it for two years now. minor things are starting to squeek. Being a VXL interior isn’t the best... lots of plastic.
+/- Seating position is great. Seats them self (Recaros) great for short blasts.... Not so good during a long journey.
- This time last year I got into a legal dispute with Thorney Motorsport (LONG STORY). In the end Vauxhall replaced my car's engine.
- Radiator had to be replaced
 
Fair enough.... It all happened back in October of 2009........


I'll be back soon!
 
Much more interesting.

So what happened at the end of that VX thread? I've read that one and still not too sure where Thorney come into it?
 
Fancy summing it up in brief? Really can't be bothered to read the rantings of a bunch of VX fanatics just to find one or two posts detailing the bits where you start threatening Thorney.
 
TMS are monkeys.

That said, none of the Vauxhall tuners fill me with much confidence. It seems Courtney are the closest to doing so these days, but their historic reputation is a put off (although, I'm told this shouldn't be a worry these days).

I recall when researching tuning options for my VXR, John Thorne started stuttering and spluttering when I asked him about their "warranty" on their remaps, and Regal told me I couldn't use WOT for more than 6 seconds! (And then proceeded to deny it on the forums).
 
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