Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.
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Ah yes Panda there is another that surprised me. I had an one on an F plate I think. It has the FIRE engine. What a great little car. Really did think that one would be rubbish but that engine was superb
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It was a 1.4 FIRE engine in the 100hp which was also used in the Punto of the time I believe. Really suited the car well. A turbo version would have been hilarious, it's a pity they never done an Abarth model
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My last two cars ... In-fact going by my past cat history, if it seems that a proportion of people think a particular car is shit, I end up buying one. Even if I don't like them (e.g. Saab 9-3, Audi TT, etc)
Audi TT MK2
Boring car but incredibly competent and being a reasonably proficient road sports car
MGB GT
Everyone says they're a pile of shit. Well compared to modern cars they are of course and on the motorway they are not great. However they're pretty fun to drive on a-roads and b-roads. Suspension that actually soaks up rough roads. Performance is better than I expected and very perfectly capable of overtaking modern 30-40mph bimbbling/old biddy traffic in NSL zones without danger.
Audi TT MK2
Boring car but incredibly competent and being a reasonably proficient road sports car
MGB GT
Everyone says they're a pile of shit. Well compared to modern cars they are of course and on the motorway they are not great. However they're pretty fun to drive on a-roads and b-roads. Suspension that actually soaks up rough roads. Performance is better than I expected and very perfectly capable of overtaking modern 30-40mph bimbbling/old biddy traffic in NSL zones without danger.
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Re: Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.
Yes on the MGB GT, but they still bore me shitless.
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Cavalier 1.7td with the Isuzu engine.
A pretty good motorway cruiser and family car, which is what I needed at the time.
Not a patch on the mark2 Golf GTi that preceded it but after having a bust up with the finance director I was lucky that it had 4 wheels.
A pretty good motorway cruiser and family car, which is what I needed at the time.
Not a patch on the mark2 Golf GTi that preceded it but after having a bust up with the finance director I was lucky that it had 4 wheels.
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Vauxhall used those 1.7 lumps for a fair old while did they not ? I had an 05 plate Astra that had one of those engines in itchadders wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:44 pm Cavalier 1.7td with the Isuzu engine.
A pretty good motorway cruiser and family car, which is what I needed at the time.
Not a patch on the mark2 Golf GTi that preceded it but after having a bust up with the finance director I was lucky that it had 4 wheels.
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my panda was the worst car ive ever owned.maybe my hope of it being good compounded things
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This was in 1992 so they certainly had a long life if they were still in 05 plate cars.
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Re: Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.
05 plated astra would be the cdti engine with 16v and around 100bhp minimum. Joint venture with another manufacturer maybe? The GM and Isuzu was a different engine altogether.
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This was a very late Astra G, I'm certain it was the Isuzu engine, could be wrong though!