new ASTRA VAN :)

monty166 · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:48

DONT BOTHER

olv · 2 Jul 2008 at 22:59

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

*and breathe*

hahahahahahahahahahaahaha

*ahem*

sigma · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:00

Congratulations...

OllyM · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:00

Are you... joking?

ScoobyDoo69 · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:01

200bhp (from the addition of a box???) in a big old heavy van, and you kept level with cars lighter and more power... sniff sniff do you smell what I smell?

oweneades · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:01

monty166 said:
also had a 2 mile blast from 40mph with a VXR astra and it was neck and neck prolly due to the fact they share the same 6 speed gear box.

Is this actually possible? Surely th gearing would be completely different given that one is a petrol and one is a diesel?

Wicksta · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:04

I call shenanigans. Obviously a wind up.

DRZ · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:04

*gets out the popcorn*

wez130 · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:04

lol, even posting a thread like this is asking for trouble.

monty166 · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:08

ScoobyDoo69 said:
200bhp (from the addition of a box???) in a big old heavy van, and you kept level with cars lighter and more power... sniff sniff do you smell what I smell?

big old heavy van ? erm its a 2 door astra shell with all the interia stripped out mate ?.........

do some research on the dtuk boxs its been proven hundreds of times they give 200bhp. ill link if i have to.infact

http://www.diesel-performance.co.uk...AUXHALL&model=ASTRA&type=Astravan+Sportive+SE

also follow the link to the fourams from that page navigate to the astra talk and find hundreds of owners all saying things like me

its the worst kept secret in motor history the fact the 1.9 cdti with a box is a rocketship

Hxc · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:12

hahaha

ethos · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:13

Sounds alright, not sure about the race claims but 200bhp in a van sounds fun

ScoobyDoo69 · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:13

Fair enough I'll be quiet, maybe I should buy one of them then

Sparky · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:14

FAIL!

olv · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:16

monty166 said:
the 1.9 cdti with a box is a rocketship

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA

i haven't had a good laugh in ages. cheers

oweneades · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:17

monty166 said:
just had to share this with you guys as its the most fun ive had at work in years lol. and watch out for these vans as you might come unstuck

No I really won't!

ethos · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:19

Same curb weight as you roughly oweneades and only 20bhp down, but a lot more torque.

GreenMint · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:19

Pics of said rocketship?

On the subject of being caned by Astras, I had the Misfortune to get raced (I wsn't actually racing, but he was being an annoyign git!) by someone in an Astra VXR Nurburgring, think he must have mistook the Civic for a Type-R, or REALLY wanted to leave someone for dead, either way, looked good, sounded great, then, it was a dot

danza · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:20

Can't be bad for a work van!

Sparky · 2 Jul 2008 at 23:21

What are the people at Vauxhall playing at? all that development they put into the VXR range

when they could have just stuck a box on.