Depressing cars
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Currently living with a car (on finance) thats frankly depressing to own and drive.
A Clio Renaultsport 200 with Cup pack, for a list of reasons (mentioned in other threads, so im not going to repeat them now) its become a car which I never thought I could hate with such a passion.
Its got to the point where I prefer taking my girlfriends 1.2 corsa to the supermarket. Thats how hateful I find the thing.
Because of the financial hit of moving it on 3 months into my HP agreement, its just depressing.
But this isn't a thread about how god-aweful the clio rs200 is, I'm just interested to know whether others have had cars that they hate or bring them down? Any surprises?
A Clio Renaultsport 200 with Cup pack, for a list of reasons (mentioned in other threads, so im not going to repeat them now) its become a car which I never thought I could hate with such a passion.
Its got to the point where I prefer taking my girlfriends 1.2 corsa to the supermarket. Thats how hateful I find the thing.
Because of the financial hit of moving it on 3 months into my HP agreement, its just depressing.
But this isn't a thread about how god-aweful the clio rs200 is, I'm just interested to know whether others have had cars that they hate or bring them down? Any surprises?
Don't own them but have driven some of them, May be technically good cars, but a bit white good in my eyes, not inspirational cars in my eyes by any means.
Vauxhall Corsa
Vauxhall Astra
pretty much all people carriers
Most french cars
Cant think of any more at the moment, but I'm certain there are more
Vauxhall Corsa
Vauxhall Astra
pretty much all people carriers
Most french cars
Cant think of any more at the moment, but I'm certain there are more
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving". 
RumbleOfThunder said:
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving".
Yea, I used to think that until the clio, its become pretty evident that for being a hatchback (running errands and popping to the shops) - the asthmatic corsa is a better car :/ That says more about my feelings on the clio than the corsa, i'd never choose one.
RumbleOfThunder said:
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving".
That is not at all true, there is a huge Corsa following, I used to own a Corsa C 1.8 SRi with high lift cams, Inlet manifold, 4-2-1 race manifold etc and was a lot of fun to drive.crosseyedlion said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving".
Yea, I used to think that until the clio, its become pretty evident that for being a hatchback (running errands and popping to the shops) - the asthmatic corsa is a better car :/ That says more about my feelings on the clio than the corsa, i'd never choose one.
sgtbash said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving".
That is not at all true, there is a huge Corsa following, I used to own a Corsa C 1.8 SRi with high lift cams, Inlet manifold, 4-2-1 race manifold etc and was a lot of fun to drive.
RumbleOfThunder said:
Why can't you get on with the Clio? I know you say you've alluded to it in the past but I can't really find much from your replies.
The discussion occured here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...Reading back, it must have been a very very good day. Can't stand the bloody thing.
RumbleOfThunder said:
Funnily enough OP, I was going to mention the Vauxhall Corsa. I really detest them. The default choice for those with zero interest in cars. Ubiquitous, dull as ditch water, crap to drive and with no redeeming features whatsoever. They have the gall to market it with "put the fun back into driving".
Bit of a stupid statement, you could say exactly the same about any number of cars.I had a Volvo S40 as a courtesy car from Stratstone for a weekend. There was nothing objectively wrong with it, but for some reason I despised every molecule of its construction. I almost felt sorry for the car I hated it that much and for no identifiable reason. I almost cancelled a trip to an airshow I'd been looking forward to for ages just so I wouldn't have to spend hours in it.
crosseyedlion said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
Why can't you get on with the Clio? I know you say you've alluded to it in the past but I can't really find much from your replies.
The discussion occured here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...Reading back, it must have been a very very good day. Can't stand the bloody thing.
RumbleOfThunder said:
I see. The pitfalls of such a "focussed" hot hatch I suppose. I'm sure something more flexible like the new turbo'd Renaultsport Clio or Fiesta ST would serve your needs much better.
Oh I'm never getting another modern small hatch masquerading to be a performance car unless its really cheap. It's clear they're not for me. Interesting. I impulse bought a MINI Cooper S recently. It's not a JCW but there's a lot of JCW options fitted (suspension, 17inch split rims, exhaust etc) Great fun for a blast but very wearing in every day use. Skitty, bouncy, when the lift off oversteer kicks in downright scary, frustrating in that if I redline it in any gear other than first or second I lose my license, noisy, harsh, slightly unstable.
I've owned some fast cars in the past and enjoyed them a lot more. Recon the reason I did was they did more than just go fast. The Cooper S, Clio 200 Cup etc are a bit one trick pony. Don't get me wrong, there are times I love my car (problem is if seen by traffpol at those times I'm in borderline going to prison territory). There are, however, also times when to be perfectly honest I'd rather be pottering along in my work's Fiesta Van or Mum's Hyundai i10.
I've owned some fast cars in the past and enjoyed them a lot more. Recon the reason I did was they did more than just go fast. The Cooper S, Clio 200 Cup etc are a bit one trick pony. Don't get me wrong, there are times I love my car (problem is if seen by traffpol at those times I'm in borderline going to prison territory). There are, however, also times when to be perfectly honest I'd rather be pottering along in my work's Fiesta Van or Mum's Hyundai i10.
crosseyedlion said:
RumbleOfThunder said:
I see. The pitfalls of such a "focussed" hot hatch I suppose. I'm sure something more flexible like the new turbo'd Renaultsport Clio or Fiesta ST would serve your needs much better.
Oh I'm never getting another modern small hatch masquerading to be a performance car unless its really cheap. It's clear they're not for me. Everyone's different and all that, but I guess I just can't see the point in a sensible shaped little car that's too hot to actually enjoy driving normally. Each to their own though - but instinctively the Clio wouldn't be the car for me either.
An A3 S-line 3.2 V6. Sounds great on paper, an absolute pain in the arse to live with. I drove it up to Skye (from Camberley) and back and after that refused to drive unless I really had to and in the last two months of ownership, didn't drive it at all. The suspension was rock hard and it really was all or nothing, the throttle was so sensitive that you just couldn't drive it around town for fear of looking like a right t
t. Hated the thing and was glad to get shot of it.
t. Hated the thing and was glad to get shot of it.lamboman100 said:
I always get a "2 year itch" when the novelty wears off, no matter how good the car is.
Agreed, im the same, I just get the need. Usually after a year.
For me, I cant think of any car that actually depresses me though. I find that its the experience that puts me off a car, the ownership, not the car itself.
Its just me, but if a car has issues and I have to battle a dealer to get it fixed etc etc, it takes the shine away hugely and I get fed up quickly.
Some of my most loved cars are the least exciting, purely as they gave me no troubles. Yet I do still class myself as a car person.
I'm sure I need a therapist
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