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ChrisBoom

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3rd Oct 07 at 20:55

My uncle and aunt got one

Cool as fuck, I like it far more than the astra VXR they had before this.

07 Plate in arden blue, the V6 sounds amazing, way better than the astra.

Will try and get some pics over the weekend when I get my new phone.

Old astra:

JonnyJ

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3rd Oct 07 at 20:58

Was following an Arden Blue one yesterday, lovely looking cars IMO

AndyCorsaSport

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3rd Oct 07 at 20:59

There ace, love em! Really liking the Vectras, like the non facelift one though, with the Square shape lights at the front.

Warren G

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:03

there rapid! and have a nice rumble

CorsAsh

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:04

Saw one at the ring on Sunday, and it wasn't understeering into the armco on every bend

Joe

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:08

Impossible Ashley.

Robin

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:09

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Saw one at the ring on Sunday, and it wasn't understeering into the armco on every bend

You'd been drinking though, right?

Adam_B

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:11

Maybe it was not being driven by Jeremy 'i cant drive FWD cars' Clarkson

[Edited on 03-10-2007 by Adam_B]

gavin18787

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:19

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
Maybe it was not being driven by Jeremy 'i cant drive FWD cars' Clarkson

[Edited on 03-10-2007 by Adam_B]

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

cunningham

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:35

always liked the vectra vxr over the astra and corsa vxr

CorsAsh

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:44

Well I didn't say it was going around, it was parked up, but I was under the impression they understeered even when motionless?

deano87

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3rd Oct 07 at 21:48

I followed one of these (or should I say tried to follow) out of Sainsburys. It had only just started up and the burble from the exhaust on idle was amazing.

Middle age with kids doesn't sound too daunting, when they produce cars like the Vectra VXR

I also like the Zafira VXR. The seats look mean.

AndyKent

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4th Oct 07 at 07:57

I often see a Vectra VXR estate going the other direction in the mornings......looks like a proper shed

Normal VXR looks OK tho but I prefer the Astra

CORSA NUT

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4th Oct 07 at 09:35

quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
Maybe it was not being driven by Jeremy 'i cant drive FWD cars' Clarkson

[Edited on 03-10-2007 by Adam_B]

Funny that he managed to drive the MK5 Golf GTI...Focus ST...Astra VXR all perfectly fine.Oh and just about every other FWD he's tested in his careeer.

And the stig drove it too and it was a shambles.The only thing i can think of is the geometry settings were fuked up etc making it bad on the day just like the Focus RS seems to be somtimes.

corsa_rob

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4th Oct 07 at 09:45

clarkson dont like FWD though lol...he did come to the conclusion that the astra vxr was great for its vices though haha

Daimo B

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4th Oct 07 at 09:46

If the veccy is such a bad handler...

Then why did Vauxhall change from a Mk5 Astra to a Vectra this year in the BTCC.... OF which they are doing very well too...

Veccy is not a bad car. Its a big car, with a big engine up front, its going to understear if pushed.

Wait for the new 300+bhp version

CORSA NUT

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4th Oct 07 at 10:29

Yeah daimo because BTC's are the same as road cars arn't they

Again the Stig drove the car too.There are lots of big cars with engines up front and they don't understeer like that did.

Superlite Ltd.

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4th Oct 07 at 10:40

TBH

rubbish car imo

Vectra B was better, although not by alot

Daimo B

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4th Oct 07 at 10:47

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Yeah daimo because BTC's are the same as road cars arn't they

Again the Stig drove the car too.There are lots of big cars with engines up front and they don't understeer like that did.

Not at all, but if a fully modified spec'd astra is out-paced by the vectra, it does mean that the chassis base has to be better.

Do the same amount of things, taking the chassis of both models to the extreme they can do, and the vectra performs better.

TBH, the veccy VXR is a motorway muncher, not really a sports track type hatch as of the astra.

Superlite Ltd.

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4th Oct 07 at 10:55

quote:
Originally posted by VXR
TBH, the veccy VXR is a motorway muncher,

Sandsy

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4th Oct 07 at 11:38

Dad has a vec vxr, and i must say its a nice all rounder, crap mpg when towing a cravan though

CORSA NUT

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4th Oct 07 at 12:25

quote:
Originally posted by VXR

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Yeah daimo because BTC's are the same as road cars arn't they

Again the Stig drove the car too.There are lots of big cars with engines up front and they don't understeer like that did.

Not at all, but if a fully modified spec'd astra is out-paced by the vectra, it does mean that the chassis base has to be better.

Do the same amount of things, taking the chassis of both models to the extreme they can do, and the vectra performs better.

TBH, the veccy VXR is a motorway muncher, not really a sports track type hatch as of the astra.

I suppose so but there might have been more reasons why the team decided to change it to the vectra chassis.Maybe it's can handle the extremes of the suspension/tyre set up better than the astra.

They are good enough cars though i quite like them BUT you can't promote a car as 'sporty' if it handles the way it does.That's assuming they really do handle like JC and top gear rekons.

Fad

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4th Oct 07 at 12:29

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT

quote:
Originally posted by VXR

quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Yeah daimo because BTC's are the same as road cars arn't they

Again the Stig drove the car too.There are lots of big cars with engines up front and they don't understeer like that did.

Not at all, but if a fully modified spec'd astra is out-paced by the vectra, it does mean that the chassis base has to be better.

Do the same amount of things, taking the chassis of both models to the extreme they can do, and the vectra performs better.

TBH, the veccy VXR is a motorway muncher, not really a sports track type hatch as of the astra.

I suppose so but there might have been more reasons why the team decided to change it to the vectra chassis.Maybe it's can handle the extremes of the suspension/tyre set up better than the astra.

They are good enough cars though i quite like them BUT you can't promote a car as 'sporty' if it handles the way it does.That's assuming they really do handle like JC and top gear rekons.

That was the early Veccy VXR the revised ones are good handlers and if you read decent motoring press such as EVO they rated it well.

Daimo B

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4th Oct 07 at 12:49

YEah, the Vectra has gone through a few changes.

CN - TBH, I don't tend to listen to anything Clarkson says, as it always seems to be the opposite of what everyone else says when the cars are tested. Whilst he can sometimes be funny, he does test the cars in strange ways.

Vectra's main benefit was slightly improved top end speed due to the shape of the car. I think the high speed cornering works much better on the longer wheelbase of the Veccy.

[Edited on 04-10-2007 by VXR]

CORSA NUT

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4th Oct 07 at 14:00

Yeah your right Fad EVO did rate it pretty well.

Must have been a duff car.I agree with you too Daimo that JC can be weird.One day he'll say one thing then the next another! One minute the GT3 Porsche was the best car ever now he hates them all of a sudden

I want his job

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