Astra VXR or Exige?

[Lefty Guns]

Thought you chaps may find this amusing - from the Scotlands Finest Spotted thread.

Here:

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

Lefty Guns said:

SXi Lad said:

Blukoo said:

Lefty Guns said:

Have to laugh at this page.

F50, Bentley, XJ220, Carrera GT, Noble, Exige.

Astra.

Edited by Lefty Guns on Tuesday 24th March 19:35

I guess when you drive a 1.2 Corsa, an Astra VXR is a big step up, and probably considdered one of Scotlands finest.
The reality of it is, i'm sure its not even classed as one of Vauxhalls finest

Hey, to me it was a good sighting. I would rather have a VXR than an Exige

Quoted for posterity

[TOENHEEL]

Just a typical "new type" member on PH, there should be laws against people like him being allowed to post. Still funny all the same..

[Lefty Guns]

Yeah it caused some disbelief on the spotted forum...

But it's OK because later he went on to clarify that it was only the S1 Exige he was talking about...

[TIPPER]

Poor lad is only 17 - lots to learn!

[boobles]

Is he fu**ing stupid or something? Twa*.

[cyberface]

Different strokes for different folks. The VXR Astra is a laugh of a car for the right type of person. Plenty of capacity for tuning it up to be even more unruly on the road Over-turbo'd FWD lairy hatches are pretty much the polar opposite of Lotuses, you wouldn't expect fans of one to be that enamoured with the other

If the Exige is this:


then the Astra is this:



Good, robust engine though. Would be great in an Exige...

[JTBUSH]

Lad in our office much prefers VXRs to Elises/ Exiges. He proved this by going out and spending late Elise 111S on a stupid corsa VXR Arctic with 220 bhp. Ive not had a drive in it yet because he cant afford to put petrol in it!

[TOENHEEL]

Astra VXRS are great on roman roads, however when a bend appears they just go through a fence or hit the nearest object they can understeer into.

VXR= balls to handling just make it quicker

[boobles]

They can have as much power as they want but i still wouldnt want one over an Elise/Exige.
My current car would murder a VXR anyhow.

Edited by boobles on Thursday 2nd April 15:20

[TOENHEEL]

I was being sarcastic there completely ste cars..

[Lefty Guns]

I remember, when I was a student, in some class at uni the lecturer asked a random guy in the class what car he want, money no object.

The point of it was something to do with opinions, cultural differences and demographics (I forget exactly, I wasn't really paying attention and it was 13 years ago).

Anyway, money no object and this spotty 18-year-old replied:

Impreza Turbo.

There's no accounting for taste, especially amongst the young and daft!

[cyberface]

I don't know... there's a perverse sort of appeal to a car that can be tuned to a metric st-load of power but simply can't lay it down. Especially if it's a torque-steering monster that jumps from lane to lane as you apply the power, and even better if it has a habit of wheelspinning at any speed and best of all, mid-corner as the turbo spools up.

Then again, as an 18 year old I had free rein of my Dad's Saab 900 turbo company car Axle tramp, torque steer, bloody marvellous

The Exige is all about delicacy and fingertip control, even at the ragged edge you don't have to bully it. Sometimes a wildly uncontrollable thug of a car is fun (if a big dangerous)... my MG ZT is massively unruly but steers from the other end

[300bhp/ton]

boobles said:

Is he fu**ing stupid or something? Twa*.

Nah, just that age and mentality. When younger I had some mates that thought a Nova was the best car in the world, even if they won the lottery they'd still have a Nove and turbocharge it.....

[boobles]

300bhp/ton said:

boobles said:

Is he fu**ing stupid or something? Twa*.

Nah, just that age and mentality. When younger I had some mates that thought a Nova was the best car in the world, even if they won the lottery they'd still have a Nove and turbocharge it.....

funny you should say that because a few years ago whilst having my haircut, this young dude was sat next to me explaining to the young women cutting his hair that he had bought a Nova for £500 & then spent a further 2k on spoilers & I.C.E. I couldnt help but laugh.

[HeavySoul]

He was the same chap that was causing Soovy loads of anguish over in the BMW forum

[LivinLaVidaLotus]

boobles said:

300bhp/ton said:

boobles said:

Is he fu**ing stupid or something? Twa*.

Nah, just that age and mentality. When younger I had some mates that thought a Nova was the best car in the world, even if they won the lottery they'd still have a Nove and turbocharge it.....

funny you should say that because a few years ago whilst having my haircut, this young dude was sat next to me explaining to the young women cutting his hair that he had bought a Nova for £500 & then spent a further 2k on spoilers & I.C.E. I couldnt help but laugh.

Always make me laugh as well, they get some crapper of a car then spend thousands on it - when they could have just bought a decent car in the first place. You ask them why they did it, "Couldn't afford the insurance on something else" is often the answer - but then you find they've not told their insurance about all the mods on their current car, so it's most likely invalid anyway (if they've got any).

If I was asked when younger what car I wanted, money no object then top of the list would have been an Esprit SE in BRG.

[dom180]

If you drive them properly they are ok. The irony is that the handling was tweaked by Lotus. Extremely fast around the 'ring but throttle mapping is too aggressive - having said that I'd doubt any Exige owners would keep up with one driving around a wet Nurburgring!

Not my cup of tea and agree with the scapel analogy but the handling balance is reasonable for a fwd.

TOENHEEL said:

Astra VXRS are great on roman roads, however when a bend appears they just go through a fence or hit the nearest object they can understeer into.

VXR= balls to handling just make it quicker

[Gooby]

You are not looking at the bright side - the moron doesnt want a 'zige. When morons like that want ziges, we end up with tts like that welsh moron, Twpbugger....

[Mr_C]

S1 Exiges are one of the best looking cars ever, IMO.

Astra's most definitely aren't.

[anonymous-user]

Had a standard Astra as a loaner when the Exige was in for servicing once. Got back ache 5 minutes into driving the thing and however I adjusted the seat it didn't go until the car went back the next day. We have them as company cars and a couple of the lads with them have said the same thing. The VXR would likeley have better seats but that aside I still wouldn't take an Astra in place of an Exige.