VX220s, why are they all broken?
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If anything the chassis is set up to be easier to drive than an S1 Elise, probably on a par with the S2.
Maybe the Vauxhall badge opened the car up to more "mainstream" buyers, Or maybe it's because the turbo was both relatively powerful and a bit laggy, making it harder to accurately judge throttle input.
Maybe the Vauxhall badge opened the car up to more "mainstream" buyers, Or maybe it's because the turbo was both relatively powerful and a bit laggy, making it harder to accurately judge throttle input.
A snapped hub carrier bolt caused my first one to be introduced to a lamp post - issue on the Elise S1 too.
Big power to weight, means lots of spinning wheels in the wet.
Cheaper insurance so younger drivers.
Value of the car - very easy to write one off even if you damage just a couple of panels.
They're f'ing brilliant though.
Big power to weight, means lots of spinning wheels in the wet.
Cheaper insurance so younger drivers.
Value of the car - very easy to write one off even if you damage just a couple of panels.
They're f'ing brilliant though.
They are performance cars but alot of people use them as daily drivers compared to the elise.
The ABS is maldesigned so you either turn it off or take the risk of it cutting your brakes exactly when you need them most (it pretty much turns the brakes completely off).
People modify them ALOT (for example 380bhp is fairly cheaply achievable using the GM superchargers made exactly for the engine they use, almost straight bolt on), they are almost all used on track and the clubs are very performance tuning and track orientated.
When they lose rear grip they dont drift smoothly like an FR car, they hold on to the last second and then completely lose it, and unless youre lucky or very experinced oppo aint gonna save you when the rear wheels are already in front of you.
Mine was killed when a tit drove into me going round a roundabout, it was quite a light tap but fibreglass is very unforgiving and the car nearly undressed itself to the aluminium
I drove mine as a daily driver and found that it was a car you had to keep thinking about driving, you couldnt switch off and do the commute type driving, if you did you got snapped out of it by a moment of terror when you suddenly had to brake and the ABS had turned this ability off, or something similar.
So easily damaged, and also the cost is a big factor in why they are written off alot, the parts are rare and totally mental prices, if you broke both headlights and nothing else your car could be an economic write off.
The ABS is maldesigned so you either turn it off or take the risk of it cutting your brakes exactly when you need them most (it pretty much turns the brakes completely off).
People modify them ALOT (for example 380bhp is fairly cheaply achievable using the GM superchargers made exactly for the engine they use, almost straight bolt on), they are almost all used on track and the clubs are very performance tuning and track orientated.
When they lose rear grip they dont drift smoothly like an FR car, they hold on to the last second and then completely lose it, and unless youre lucky or very experinced oppo aint gonna save you when the rear wheels are already in front of you.
Mine was killed when a tit drove into me going round a roundabout, it was quite a light tap but fibreglass is very unforgiving and the car nearly undressed itself to the aluminium
I drove mine as a daily driver and found that it was a car you had to keep thinking about driving, you couldnt switch off and do the commute type driving, if you did you got snapped out of it by a moment of terror when you suddenly had to brake and the ABS had turned this ability off, or something similar.
So easily damaged, and also the cost is a big factor in why they are written off alot, the parts are rare and totally mental prices, if you broke both headlights and nothing else your car could be an economic write off.
(was close at lunch though, had someone not looking as they pulled out of a junction infront of me, thank god the stupid pee poor abs didnt kick in!)Eighteeteewhy said:
Why is it every pic of a VX220 on PH It's broken. It's either broken in half, on it's roof or stuffed in a ditch/hedge. I know they're based on the Elise but I don't see so many of them crashed, did Vauxhall change something for the worse?
Are they the modern day "widow maker"?
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0r, maybe you're mental.Are they the modern day "widow maker"?
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TVR MAN said:
Decky_Q said:
when you suddenly had to brake and the ABS had turned this ability off, or something similar.
Scary when that happens! Going to have a switch put in to my ABS system tomorrow so I can turn it off.Mine feels very safe in terms of handling, never even getting close to oversteer.
tangerine_sedge said:
They are absolutely mental dangerous. Only a highly-skilled-big-balled-driver could possibly manage to use one as a daily commuter for the last 4 years without incident or accident. 
lol, you must be powerfully built to (man)handle such a car 
...and just for the record I didnt kill mine, someone killed it on me
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