RE: PH Carpool: Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst S
Discussion
Caractacus said:
StefanVXR8 said:
As a fellow VXR8 owner I can totally agree with Gary's enthusiasm for the car, they are very special and a car you really have to have a go in to see and feel the appeal!
I've sat in Gary's and had a nose around it and the amount of work he has put in to it is truly unbelievable!
Simply amazing cars!
Mine in all it's blackness................
Stef
Hi Stef I've sat in Gary's and had a nose around it and the amount of work he has put in to it is truly unbelievable!
Simply amazing cars!
Mine in all it's blackness................
Stef
Cast your mind back three years or so...was it you over Tweseldown chasing a dark blue Astra (swmbo company car) that 'let' you past on Sandy lane in Hants? We just wanted to hear the noise!
Mind you, we dropped you in the last tight twistie
Cheers,
C.
Stef
Love these things.
Probably going to end up getting the US version of this, the Pontiac G8 GT or GXP, and throwing a blower at it for a laugh. They are great cars although annoyingly they lack some fairly basic mod cons such as memory seats/mirrors and factory sat nav etc. (neither are even options??) which I find rather odd.
Oh and what's the deal with the glove and the 1000 yard stare? I know it's an "in" joke as I've seen it before, but I want to be in on it.
Probably going to end up getting the US version of this, the Pontiac G8 GT or GXP, and throwing a blower at it for a laugh. They are great cars although annoyingly they lack some fairly basic mod cons such as memory seats/mirrors and factory sat nav etc. (neither are even options??) which I find rather odd.
Oh and what's the deal with the glove and the 1000 yard stare? I know it's an "in" joke as I've seen it before, but I want to be in on it.
They remind me why our money was invested in Aussie muscle three years ago, rather than something Germanic.thewheelman said:
Crimson Dynamo said:
With all the fantastic cars available in the UK you bought an Australian Taxi with a 1950's truck gearbox. I just don't get it!
Well written article though.
Ummmm............Well written article though.
Go to YouTube & search VXR8 Bathurst, then you'll see what the fuss is about.
I for one am horrified by what I just read.
"Why I bought it:
With the imminent arrival of our first child, I was on the look-out for a four-door saloon."
So Mr Handa is about to have his first child. And what does he buy, a rebadged Vauxhall built in Australia. A nation that is known so much for the high quality of it's cars that they get exported all over the world. Not.
Not only does he buy something built by a few alcoholics married to someone called Sheila he buys a model with over 500HP with RWD, how dangerous is that going to be on a greasy road in the Autumn with some leaves just dropped from England's finest trees? And I bet that thing hasn't been NCAP tested either.
And then there is Global Warming, while Mr Handa is writing how smug he feels with the Prius drivers truth be told he is murdering Polar Bears who are drowning today because of the selfish people like Mr Handa. You should be ashamed of yourself Mr Handa, you have baby Polar Bear blood on your hands, try and hide it if you like with those gloves but it will never wash off from your conscience.
OK, I get the whole cool Dad thing, I've done my fast driving and track days in the past but when I first child I chopped my Westfield SEi for a Toyota Auris Hybrid and I havn't looked back and it has 5 NCAPS unlike that Waltzing Matilda bag of nuts you have.
10 years from now unless you mend your ways Mr Handa you'll be in a refugee camp on Snowdon Mountain watching the waters caused by the melting ice caps heading for your feet. Your child will look at you with tears in his eyes asking “Daddy, Daddy why is the world covered in water?” and it will be all your fault.
Damn you Gary Handa, damn you to hell.
"Why I bought it:
With the imminent arrival of our first child, I was on the look-out for a four-door saloon."
So Mr Handa is about to have his first child. And what does he buy, a rebadged Vauxhall built in Australia. A nation that is known so much for the high quality of it's cars that they get exported all over the world. Not.
Not only does he buy something built by a few alcoholics married to someone called Sheila he buys a model with over 500HP with RWD, how dangerous is that going to be on a greasy road in the Autumn with some leaves just dropped from England's finest trees? And I bet that thing hasn't been NCAP tested either.
And then there is Global Warming, while Mr Handa is writing how smug he feels with the Prius drivers truth be told he is murdering Polar Bears who are drowning today because of the selfish people like Mr Handa. You should be ashamed of yourself Mr Handa, you have baby Polar Bear blood on your hands, try and hide it if you like with those gloves but it will never wash off from your conscience.
OK, I get the whole cool Dad thing, I've done my fast driving and track days in the past but when I first child I chopped my Westfield SEi for a Toyota Auris Hybrid and I havn't looked back and it has 5 NCAPS unlike that Waltzing Matilda bag of nuts you have.
10 years from now unless you mend your ways Mr Handa you'll be in a refugee camp on Snowdon Mountain watching the waters caused by the melting ice caps heading for your feet. Your child will look at you with tears in his eyes asking “Daddy, Daddy why is the world covered in water?” and it will be all your fault.
Damn you Gary Handa, damn you to hell.
Edited by StripeyMiata on Monday 25th June 20:18
trunks82 said:
A modern muscle car good for 200mph with 4 doors and can go round a corner?whats not to like?well maybe the vauxhall badge ;-).
Dead easy to change the badges VXR8 will be my next car, so StripeyMiato I suppose Ill be joining Mr Handa in murdering the Polar bears. Ill be a selfish b
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