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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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Tonsko said: Does anyone reckon that the MkIV R32 will eventually appreciate? Or will it just degenerate? it should do, the R32 has a cult following (Awesome noise) but unfortunately VW flooded the UK with cheap MKVs at the end of the production run making them more common, the MKIV is a rarer beast. There is about 2k MKIVs and 5k MKVs
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Liquid Knight
10,605 posts
53 months
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Classy and Hot Hatch?  Alfa 147 Gta 3.2 Whatever the R32 has going for it, it's still a Golf.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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Liquid Knight said: Classy and Hot Hatch? Alfa 147 Gta 3.2 Whatever the R32 has going for it, it's still a Golf. which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 
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Vitorio
464 posts
13 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 Meh, doesnt exactly add any credits to its claim of being a classy hot hatch, as it turns out, when it comes to cars, milions of people CAN be wrong. Not to mention that saying the Golf is the best selling car ever only works because VW kept the name, a MK6 has just about nothing in common with a MK1. Opel might be able to claim some ridiculous numbers as well, if they hadnt renamed the Kadet to Astra
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Liquid Knight
10,605 posts
53 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: Liquid Knight said: Classy and Hot Hatch? Alfa 147 Gta 3.2 Whatever the R32 has going for it, it's still a Golf. which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 Exactly; so classy they're on every single council estate across the land with the suspension springs cut in half and fluffy Smurfs hanging from the tow eyes. Either that or the answer from the owner when you ask them "What have you done to your car?" will be "like dub scene'd innit bruv".
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k-ink
4,709 posts
49 months
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I've owned most of these cars (147GTA, R32, S3). They all have plus and negative points. None of them are perfect at everything so it depends which compromises you want to trade off. One thing to note, for similar coin you can now buy far superior machinery, such as the Audi S4. Does it really need to be a hatch?
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Rammy76
576 posts
53 months
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Liquid Knight said: Classy and Hot Hatch? Alfa 147 Gta 3.2 Whatever the R32 has going for it, it's still a Golf. Whatever the GTA has going for it, it's still a 147!
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edition
673 posts
60 months
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130i gets the vote here :-)
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Prof Beard
6,554 posts
97 months
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I struggling with the term "classy" - what does the OP mean by "classy"?
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DoubleSix
2,620 posts
46 months
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edition said: 130i gets the vote here :-) + 1 Had an S3 before and the 130i is a far more engaging drive with much more interesting engine. Dare I say a little more mature too...  My old S3... bit boring tbh. 
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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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Prof Beard said: I struggling with the term "classy" - what does the OP mean by "classy"? any car that doesnt have a vauxhall badge on it 
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Prof Beard
6,554 posts
97 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: any car that doesnt have a vauxhall badge on it That's my point - is "classy" all about badges?
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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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Prof Beard said: Dave Hedgehog said: any car that doesnt have a vauxhall badge on it That's my point - is "classy" all about badges? life is about image and marketing, it affects everyone, in just about most aspects of life from hotels charging 5 grand a night for a room, to restaurants charging £300 for a meal to apple charging £1500 for a £700 laptop, to people paying 45 grand for a golf ever seen a knuckle dragger premiership footballer with a none fit woman?
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DoubleSix
2,620 posts
46 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 Why do people always point to ubiquity as evidence of quality, it's the opposite in my mind.. Carling vs A cask ale Walkers vs Kettle Chips etc etc... If the masses are in, I'm usually out!
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Dave Hedgehog
5,321 posts
74 months
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DoubleSix said: Dave Hedgehog said: which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 Why do people always point to ubiquity as evidence of quality, it's the opposite in my mind.. Carling vs A cask ale Walkers vs Kettle Chips etc etc... If the masses are in, I'm usually out! the usual jealousy from people not brave enough to buy the best, a golf
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DoubleSix
2,620 posts
46 months
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Dave Hedgehog said: DoubleSix said: Dave Hedgehog said: which will be the best selling car ever in a couple of years, maybe 2013 Why do people always point to ubiquity as evidence of quality, it's the opposite in my mind.. Carling vs A cask ale Walkers vs Kettle Chips etc etc... If the masses are in, I'm usually out! the usual jealousy from people not brave enough to buy the best, a golf eh?
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Ved
1,559 posts
45 months
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If the meaning of classy is a car that isn't chavvy and seen too often on council estates being driven by benefit cheats then for me it's either:
Alfa 147 GTA
MK5 R32
MK2 Audi S3
BMW 130i
I'd argue that no hot-hatch is ever classy though.
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crocodile tears
755 posts
16 months
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Ved said: If the meaning of classy is a car that isn't chavvy and seen too often on council estates being driven by benefit cheats then for me it's either:
Alfa 147 GTA
MK5 R32
MK2 Audi S3
BMW 130i
I'd argue that no hot-hatch is ever classy though. I think there are exceptions but in many respects the whole idea of hot hatchbacks was that they were ASBO cars
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Ved
1,559 posts
45 months
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crocodile tears said: I think there are exceptions but in many respects the whole idea of hot hatchbacks was that they were ASBO cars Certainly exceptions are there but it's more about the area they live in and the people that own them. A Williams Clio, like the beauty at the PHSS today, could be the alarm clock of a council estate or the envy of a posh borough. I've a R32 and I'd like to think it's a car that blends in nicely. Having said that there's a C30 T5 a few doors down and that's a really good Q-car.
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Baryonyx
7,042 posts
29 months
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Eighteeteewhy said: As much as I love the 309 GTi I have never been a big fan of that Goodwood green.
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