Cars that I thought would be shit but weren't.

CLINT · Post by **CLINT** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:07 pm

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

Sri05 · Post by **Sri05** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:12 pm

CLINT wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:07 pm 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

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

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:30 pm

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.

quietside · Post by **quietside** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 2:42 pm

Yes on the MGB GT, but they still bore me shitless.

LynehamHerc · Post by **LynehamHerc** » 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.

Sri05 · Post by **Sri05** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:47 pm

chadders 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.

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 it

Cruiser45 · Post by **Cruiser45** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:55 pm

my panda was the worst car ive ever owned.maybe my hope of it being good compounded things

LynehamHerc · Post by **LynehamHerc** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:56 pm

This was in 1992 so they certainly had a long life if they were still in 05 plate cars.

bub2006 · Post by **bub2006** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:42 pm

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.

Sri05 · Post by **Sri05** » Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:49 pm

bub2006 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:42 pm 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.

This was a very late Astra G, I'm certain it was the Isuzu engine, could be wrong though!

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