jrsteeve
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
|
Just got back from test driving one, and oh my god how fast is that car! Didn't seem to have much traction in the wet and span through 1st-3rd gears. Think its a bit too quick for me at 21 - wouldn't have my liscence for much longer.
Had a go in an ST170 as well, nice and quick but gears were a bit mushy and the dash board looks really cheap.
So i'm 95% certain its gonna be the 2.2 astra coupe.
Anyone else had a go in any of these?
|
PainZ
Member
Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Camberley, Surrey - Drives a Black Vectra VXR Esta
User status: Offline
|
i know how you feel,
i took one out when my dad bought a jazz for my mum,
just stupidly fast, did it feel to you that it wanted to change gears all the time? its revvy as hell,
mad car,
|
TJSRi
Member
Registered: 23rd Mar 04
Location: Harwich,essex
User status: Offline
|
i was looking at getting one before i got my C sri. it was the insurance that stop me really. i'm 21 2yrs NCB best quote was £2800 fully comp.
|
jr
Member
Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
get a xe corsa then you can beat these all the time 
|
whitter45
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
User status: Offline
|
im 22 with 2 yrs and my cheapest quote for a type R was 1500. i really want one but not paying that much for insurance. Changing my car soon and its insurance thats an issue or i would have a type R on my drive now
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
Interiors are suprisingly nice on these for a honda, i like ST170's too, i hate fords generally but i found the st170 way too expensive to insure for how quick it was and expensive too!
|
whitter45
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
User status: Offline
|
i also like the ST170 but that was dearer to insure than the type R and the type R is a much better car i feel. u can't beat japenese engines. 15 million VTEC engines and not one has gone wrong
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
Im not a fan of vtec. More of a race bread engine than a road engine
|
whitter45
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
User status: Offline
|
yeah but they don't go wrong
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
i bet they do
|
whitter45
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
User status: Offline
|
well everyone i know who has had a honda has never had problems. we used to have the Accord 2.2 Vtec and then we got the accord Type R
|
jrsteeve
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Manchester
User status: Offline
|
Yeh the civic was going up to 8k revs without any bother, the insurance will cost me £1200 on that but £900 on the astra coupe.
It was scary how fast it was, but seemed really easy to drive, and just kept going.
Couldn't afford a brand new one without taking out finance, so i'm looking at spending around £14000.
Might be going for am astra coupe turbo now though, but still shopping around.
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
We used to have an acoord blew up, had 3 mitsubishis 1 was ace, 2nd borke down was muccho xpensive to fix and 3rd fell to bits.
Jap cars get this thing about reliablilty just liek bmws and the like and its just a myth all cars have problems. They all break and have some form of reliability issues.
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
Get a coupe turbo 
If i could afford it id buy the convertible as i am a hairdresser 
|
Andy
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
User status: Offline
|
Honda have never had a single VTEC engine fail under warranty
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Andy
Honda have never had a single VTEC engine fail under warranty
How long do their warranties last?
|
Skinz
Member
Registered: 15th May 03
User status: Offline
|
3 yrs or 90000 miles i think
|
whitter45
Member
Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
User status: Offline
|
3 or 5 years isn't it.
Still fucking good in my opinion
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
Yeh thats a decent claim
|
Nath
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
User status: Offline
|
Better than my dads Vauxhall Warranty on his Coupe. The ECU went after less than 3 years of registration. Then the rear springs needed replacing after 50k/37 months, just 2 weeks after his Warranty ended, bit suspcious if you ask me!
|
Super_si
Member
Registered: 4th Mar 01
Location: lurkin' somewhere........................
User status: Offline
|
Good cars, but today in the wet the rear was very very twitchy going to donny show!
|
Andy
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
User status: Offline
|
As Jambo says - all cars can and do have problems, but when it comes to overall reliability. there are very few people in the industry who would dispute that Jap cars are about as reliable as they come. I've owned 2 VWs in the past and all I can say is 'never again'!
|
GY52
Member
Registered: 29th Dec 03
Location: Eastbourne
User status: Offline
|
Yeah I've taken CTR 4 a test drive - awesome is the only way 2 describe that 1/2 hour of pleasure!! I then tried to get an insurance quote ( am 19 with 2yrs NCB ) everyone laughed at me down the phone!!! Can't understand why???!!!
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
we've had like 6 beemers all but 2 have had major problems!
My dads off to buy his audi S4 soon
Oh and if you wanna talk reliability just ask my dad aboutthe words Range rover
|
DJGoMatt
Member
Registered: 5th Nov 02
Location: Leeds
User status: Offline
|
if you're worried about the interior in the focus, i've got the astra coupe and its nothing to shout about inside, its the look of the car outside that's the best
|
