what vauxhall do you hate and why?Anti vauxhall thread ftw
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I've hated the Omega since i did bottom arms on one and dropped the inner nuts into the subframe! and the HT leads, wtf is that all about?!
Few mate have had vectras and drove ok really, but underneath all have been hanging, suspension bits, emission failures for mot etc
All the petrol ones seem to have cracked manifolds or egr problems.
not really had much to do with the corsas.
Few mate have had vectras and drove ok really, but underneath all have been hanging, suspension bits, emission failures for mot etc
All the petrol ones seem to have cracked manifolds or egr problems.
not really had much to do with the corsas.
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paid £2800 for it which seemed alot tbf, i wouldnt pay over £50 for anything vauxhall now. My mate had a astra gsi turbo which went through 3 k24's, a afm ( with a cone filter) lambda sensor x2, boost pipes ( lower infront of bumper) and various other shit! i had to replace all that 2 years ago, car only did 50k too!
My mate was gonna get a vxr afm, injectors, another vxr turbo, front mount and 3" top hat etc but never took off as he had to sell it.
My mate was gonna get a vxr afm, injectors, another vxr turbo, front mount and 3" top hat etc but never took off as he had to sell it.
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Fords sporting line up is pretty shite at the moment. Focus is ok with the ST and RS, but obviously that's all going to change now with a new Focus coming out, so no doubt we'll end up waiting years and years for another RS.
And they seem to have lost the balls to make a Mondeo or Fiesta ST.
I don't like most of the Vaux range, but at least they have the guts to make proper performance variants of most models!
And they seem to have lost the balls to make a Mondeo or Fiesta ST.
I don't like most of the Vaux range, but at least they have the guts to make proper performance variants of most models!
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jamsport charged fiesta st? 350bhp standard bottom end? yes please!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
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really the focus is the best selling car in the world??so what sporting cars to ford offer apart from the focus rs/st?i work on vauxhalls and to be honest that aint unrealiable sure they have a few problems like any mass producer but fords certainly aint no better!and with the new astra vxr coming out i am sure its going to give the new focus rs a run for its money
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jamsport charged fiesta st? 350bhp standard bottom end? yes please!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
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jamsport charged fiesta st? 350bhp standard bottom end? yes please!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
Focus took over the 306 for the uks best family hatchback and i dont think its changed since? mondeo is obviously one of the best cars in the world ( apart from mk3 tdci pmsl) But the new mk4 mondeo ghia tdci's are so nice to drive!
Other manufacturs target the Focus handling when it comes to there equivilants as a bench mark so speak.
Woulden't go as far to say Mondeo is the best car in the world lol, best seller maybe, it's certainly loved by the public and reps alike which gave it the name we know as "Mondeo Man" and as an overall package it is brilliant.
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For the money id rather have a st though mate, at least they dont melt pistons and have redic prices for parts, parts are more popular too!
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really the focus is the best selling car in the world??so what sporting cars to ford offer apart from the focus rs/st?i work on vauxhalls and to be honest that aint unrealiable sure they have a few problems like any mass producer but fords certainly aint no better!and with the new astra vxr coming out i am sure its going to give the new focus rs a run for its money
The Focus has won multiple awards one being a German award for most reliable car so thats one up for a start.
So self releasing handbrakes arn't a major problem then?
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I actually meant in the UK, as you say you have the RS/ST but there again Vauxhall only have the VXR don't they as a hot model so far as I know? I know you get like SRI/SXI which AFAIK is the equivilant to Zetec S trim?
The Focus has won multiple awards one being a German award for most reliable car so thats one up for a start.
So self releasing handbrakes arn't a major problem then?
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The Focus has won multiple awards one being a German award for most reliable car so thats one up for a start.
So self releasing handbrakes arn't a major problem then?
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tbh i aint had any problems with them were i work bud not really checked on tis2web if there a known problem tho! the new astra vxr looks tasty imo,but yer the vxr is their hot hatch range,but remember the have corsa,meriva,zafira,astra.insignia all turbo charged cars,can you honestly say fords do this all they have is the focus st/rs
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tbh i aint had any problems with them were i work bud not really checked on tis2web if there a known problem tho! the new astra vxr looks tasty imo,but yer the vxr is their hot hatch range,but remember the have corsa,meriva,zafira,astra.insignia all turbo charged cars,can you honestly say fords do this all they have is the focus st/rs
Then there was the other dangeous recall with the Meriva steering.
No true about the modern turbo charged models but there again with Vauxhalls handling history is this a good thing, look at the Vectra VXR for example?
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I always liked the mk2 cavalier sri130 iv had 2 in the past very fast for what they were and dead reliable.My mates built a zafira vxr its pussing 650bhp and leaves all the cars @ bham and has got a corsa and thats going to be pussing 600 thats going to be a monster.But the new vouxhalls are shite but then so are the new fords if you want a reliable quality car the VAG group all the time lol.
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tbh i aint had any problems with them were i work bud not really checked on tis2web if there a known problem tho! the new astra vxr looks tasty imo,but yer the vxr is their hot hatch range,but remember the have corsa,meriva,zafira,astra.insignia all turbo charged cars,can you honestly say fords do this all they have is the focus st/rs
I think Vauxhall got it spot on with the Corsa VXR, it certainly looks the part and sounds it too, with the right exhaust! I can't comment on what they drive like as I haven't had a bash yet. C'mon Ford, get a new Fiesta and strap a big dutty turbo to it lol!
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I always liked the mk2 cavalier sri130 iv had 2 in the past very fast for what they were and dead reliable.My mates built a zafira vxr its pussing 650bhp and leaves all the cars @ bham and has got a corsa and thats going to be pussing 600 thats going to be a monster.But the new vouxhalls are shite but then so are the new fords if you want a reliable quality car the VAG group all the time lol.
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to be honest i've had a fe vxs now and been more than happy with all of them have a calibra v6 now never once had a problem with it just past the 160000 mile mark and still running sweet as
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Ive seen the zafira and spoke to the guy,37 and owns a nightclub in birmingham, when i saw him he had the munchies after smokin bud in mpg's 1.2 corsa pmsl
It was 611bhp on a gt30, now it has a secret spec gt35x with a tial housing and is aiming for 700, Hes spent £50k on it and also has a 1.2 sxi corsa with a 600bhp gt35 z20, they both have m32 boxes and many other wizardry And even he says theyre pointless, homohamhead he was talkin about you sayin about a white 4x4 saph and magenta 4x4 saph lol, he also has a YB powered mk2 escort project and literally that day bought a gt30 impreza bugeye....
It was 611bhp on a gt30, now it has a secret spec gt35x with a tial housing and is aiming for 700, Hes spent £50k on it and also has a 1.2 sxi corsa with a 600bhp gt35 z20, they both have m32 boxes and many other wizardry And even he says theyre pointless, homohamhead he was talkin about you sayin about a white 4x4 saph and magenta 4x4 saph lol, he also has a YB powered mk2 escort project and literally that day bought a gt30 impreza bugeye....
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I did also hear it broke a block in half or something though so ended in true Vauxhall style !
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If your trying to imply its not massive power just because a fwd and heavy car with full interior and normal road tyres took 13 seconds to run a quarter I think you are too used to cars quite a few hundred kg less in weight.
Zafiras are NOT good at launching, I dont know the exact power of Ateeurs corsa when it ran the quarter you are on about but it was certainly "lots" to be managing to get an old bus like that to accelerate so hard on the 2nd 1/8th that it ran a 13 despite a crap start.
Bear in mind that Rod tarry with 650bhp was only doing high 11s and his car is a lot better off the line than a Zafira is.
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It spins in 5th in the dry with continental rain sports on it, he runs r888s but last a weekend
It may have soon to come 700bhp but remember it weighs 1.7 tonnes
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Ive seen the zafira and spoke to the guy,37 and owns a nightclub in birmingham, when i saw him he had the munchies after smokin bud in mpg's 1.2 corsa pmsl
It was 611bhp on a gt30, now it has a secret spec gt35x with a tial housing and is aiming for 700, Hes spent £50k on it and also has a 1.2 sxi corsa with a 600bhp gt35 z20, they both have m32 boxes and many other wizardry And even he says theyre pointless, homohamhead he was talkin about you sayin about a white 4x4 saph and magenta 4x4 saph lol, he also has a YB powered mk2 escort project and literally that day bought a gt30 impreza bugeye....
It was 611bhp on a gt30, now it has a secret spec gt35x with a tial housing and is aiming for 700, Hes spent £50k on it and also has a 1.2 sxi corsa with a 600bhp gt35 z20, they both have m32 boxes and many other wizardry And even he says theyre pointless, homohamhead he was talkin about you sayin about a white 4x4 saph and magenta 4x4 saph lol, he also has a YB powered mk2 escort project and literally that day bought a gt30 impreza bugeye....
I know him quite well now as I did the features of his zafira and his corsa c, and he's a proper petrol head and isnt interested in making up figures, all the figures quoted are what he has been told by the rolling road, wether that set of rollers reads slightly higher or lower than another set I cant tell you.
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haha he made me respect him tho for buildin the z20 himself and doin a vauxhall instead of a evo/skyline/impreza like alot of asians from bham do, the only thing quicker than it down the a38 is his mates 700bhp evo 3 rs apparently
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He's done a lot of it himself but I think his last bottom end was built by steveboyslim for him
I believe they race about 2 miles when they go down the A38, so im sure its pretty competitive there even against cars that would kill it on the quarter mile where it struggles for traction.
I believe they race about 2 miles when they go down the A38, so im sure its pretty competitive there even against cars that would kill it on the quarter mile where it struggles for traction.