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Stonedofmoo

Stonedofmoo

Stonedofmoo

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...such fun!

I borrowed my house mates VXT for the day. It's rapid with the stage 3 tune to 260bhp and uprated brakes.

As an everyday car it's next to useless with no space inside and you need to be a contortionist to get in and out with the roof on, BUT... once your in the drivers seat, omg! the grin on your face!

It's such a pure drivers car and great fun down the lanes, acceleration is smooth and very quick, brakes bite and inspire confidence and the handling is sublime going everywhere you point the front wheels

Love it!

(He's changing it back to standard VXT alloys tomorrow)

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The badge looks rubbish lol, thats why everyone removes it - it's massive!

I believe it weighs 900kg or thereabouts. He's going back to the standard alloys because only they are the correct offset, and also the 18's are a bit heavy for a car without power steering, it tends to tramline easily and jerk the wheel about when hitting pot holes.

He might sell it a bit later this year due to change in circumstances. I'll post it up if he does.
 
I disagree, I dont think it would look any better.

If the weather stays nice might get some pics of it alongside mine tomorrow after a quick car wash :)

Almost 580bhp on one driveway with only 2 cars! :D
 
In terms of straight line speed they are very similar, mine has a advantage in traction in poor conditions as I can put all the power down in anything but snow. The VX has to be driven carefully in damp or wet conditions as it's a lot of power for such a light car with RWD, the back end does skip out of line.

Driven well and good conditions I expect it to be almost the same if not slightly faster.

In terms of handling it is better than the Pulsar, the steering is just perfect. I reckon my Pulsar would have the edge in wet weather.

One thing I will say is I can and have driven my Pulsar round the track with one hand, leaving my left hand on the gearstick to change gears fast ;)
You simply cannot do that on the VXT, thanks to lack of PAS you have to have a firm two hand grip on the wheel at all times as the wheel moves around all over the place!
 
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Gibbo said:
I raise your 580BHP too nearly 700BHP on my driveway with my two motors, though one will be departing soon. :(
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I could probably squeeze on the Pug 306TD and a motorbike to match you :)

Sorry these cars are useless for an everyday car. If you can get away with using one every day for work i'd be suprised. I for one enjoy going out at lunchtimes and this often entails taking a few people in my car. How are you meant to do that with a two seater?

They are weekend toys which is exactly what they were meant to be :)
 
I hope you weren't being serious...
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I was actually lol, I drive just about everywhere one handed unless it's a tight corner :p

The VXT will have better power delivery than anything based on a VTEC style system such as the Toyota VVTI system in the Lotus as it's power comes up so quickly it's almost lagless, and it holds that power through the range.

The gearing also seems very long on the VXT. You can accelerate effortlessly from about 25-30mph to over 80 in 3rd without it even breaking a sweat

Most VVT systems dont come in until 6k so you end up with a six speed box to try and keep the revs up and make the most of the true power band.
 
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