I've driven one with a proper roof and it was awful. I can only imagine how rubbish it is with more weight and a leaky roof. It's not a proper 2+2, unless you have many amputee friends. It's competition is equally as hopeless, it doesn't detract from how terrible the 206 is. I'm not the only person with this opinion.
Ho hum ....
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Ignoring the 206 because it's a metal roof most convertibles are heavier than the coupe equivilents. Although the roof itself is light, the mechanism for it and more importantly the considerable extra strengthening required once you remove a roof makes for lots more weight.
Pugs used to be ok - in the early 90's. These days they appear to have lost it
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To my eyes, this car has one sole purpose. It looks nice and girly, its fine for girls to toddle down to the shops in, and at the same time it makes them appear more attractive than they actually are.
In my experience, people who usually buy this type of car couldn't care less about the finer points of handling dynamics and its certainly not a car I'd entertain buying....
BUT I don't think this car was ever intended to be the ultimate B road weapon or motorway cruiser. So in a class where it doesn't have many competitors - if at all - at this price range, why is it so bad? It meets its target audiences expectations, is readily available in pretty colours, and lets girls get topless
Whats the problem???
mk1_salami
mk1_salami
To be fair I've never driven a mk3 astra. I'm just kidding 
To my eyes, this car has one sole purpose. It looks nice and girly, its fine for girls to toddle down to the shops in, and at the same time it makes them appear more attractive than they actually are.
In my experience, people who usually buy this type of car couldn't care less about the finer points of handling dynamics and its certainly not a car I'd entertain buying....
BUT I don't think this car was ever intended to be the ultimate B road weapon or motorway cruiser. So in a class where it doesn't have many competitors - if at all - at this price range, why is it so bad? It meets its target audiences expectations, is readily available in pretty colours, and lets girls get topless
Whats the problem???
I was a pug enthusiast through and through, had a number of hot 106's, a couple of 306's and a 306 roadster. I went to the motorshow with a pug VIP pass when that thing was released, it looked funky but then I sat in it.. OMFGG what had they done.
The roadster was the last new pug I ever bought....
ROFL
Makes more sense when you take into account the trade aspect of it
Most women buy crap cars. One of my gf's mates had a Ka that rusted like mad so she went out and bought... another brand new Ka
I asked a couple of my female friends what car they'd buy for 16k today.. one of them said a Ka and the other a Focus
Admittedly the Focus isn't a bad choice, but for 16k? And a Ka??
the 206cc is not a 2+2
the term 2+2 would imply a convertible you can actually get people in the back of, like an A4 convertible or 3 series convertible
the 206cc rear seats are nothign more than a glorified parcel shelf.
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ZOMG terrible car 
Can't do much now, enjoy what it has to offer.
Can't do much now, enjoy what it has to offer.
Yes it is. End of debate. It has rear seats with seatbelts.
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Completely pointless rear seats are one of the criteria for any true 2+2... just like the Evora
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More pics of girl needed
//edit - I mean the WOMAN not the girl.
HA YOU'RE ME!
Ask anyone that went to Silverstone.
Your missus looks very nice SB118, obviously you went for looks rather than car knowledge.
I decline to answer that question on the grounds i may incriminate myself
My backyard is at the end of the lane, means i effectively get the parking space outside
It's a nightmare when the kids open the doors into the walls
I usually reverse down the lane, much easier to control.It's a nightmare when the kids open the doors into the walls
Well at least they can just climb out of this one without opening the doors
It's an awesome car because:
1.) It's a girlie car that looks cute.
2.) *Repeat above to infinity*.
That is all that matters in this case, and if she could have got a perfect F430 for the same price, she wouldn't have because it isn't as cute. Woman logic
1.) It's a girlie car that looks cute.
2.) *Repeat above to infinity*.
That is all that matters in this case, and if she could have got a perfect F430 for the same price, she wouldn't have because it isn't as cute. Woman logic
My brothers girlfriend has one the same as this, it's horrible. I have been in the back and it was the scariest most un-comfortable moment of my life. In a crash the front head rests would be what stops you from going forwards way before the seatbelt stops you.
At least the headrests are soft
Doesn't that result in severe injuries to the person in front? Transmission of kinetic energy through the seat into the person in front, worsening their trauma?