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VTS of course outhandling all mentioned in this thread so far
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also out do them on attitude as well
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No, I am un-sure whether it out does the CTR with regards to "Attitude" drivers.
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Anyone see the repeat of 5th Gear on Discovery H&L the other day? With the CTR, Focus RS & Leon Cupra (dunno if it was the R)... which one did Tiff choose at the end? It can't be that bad a car then
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CCC rate it up there too, won best modified car of 2003
Ian S
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CTRs are VERY over rated, wheres your torque at?

Astra sri turbo- standard sri with z20let in, not a patch on a gsi, interior, exterior are far superior on the gsi.
I'll let Ian waffle more on this as his brother has an sri T and his mum a gsi.

Personally id rather have my tb'd nova, but for a car thats quick and practical it has to be the gsi, its just gettiing run in and getting quicker, power whenever you need it (no having to rev to 9k to make it shift) smooth quiet and quick, interior is good in them, the brakes are top too. and they look a lot better than ctrs and dont have the 20yr old boyracer image like the ctr has already.

heres my current runaround


Ian S
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and as for journalists opinions well we all know they talk bollocks. ps ccc has now closed.

oh and definitely go check the article on the ctr on sniff petrol too!!

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/

moped campaign is quality too
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It's still an Astra. The CTR doesn't need torque, the iVTEC engine is not about torque, you need to rev it but thats common knowledge surely? The Civic is not slow by anymeans outside of the vtec, still feels more lively than my 106 GTi. Once you hit 6250rpm it really takes off. I'd rather take a Seat or something than an Astra imo but it's all about personal taste
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Yes that site looks very informative, written by a complete ''Penis'' by the looks of it eh? Agreed with the 318 ranking at #1 mind...
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i think they are aiming for pisstake rather than informative lol
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Ian, I think I love you. Seriously.
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the think i like about the astra is the amount of torque is has low down, going all the way to the redline. no need to change down, just put your foot down and go
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This new ranking has been bolstered by other activities, in particular the hyper aggressive defence of the car on one-make internet discussion boards and a refusal to acknowledge that it isn't necessarily the best hot hatch in the entire world. Honda must be delighted. That really is the kind of utterly twatty behaviour you just can't buy

lol
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian Storey
i think they are aiming for pisstake rather than informative lol


Yes, much like my reply
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i did find this funny

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CTR = no torque? yea right... it may not have a turbo and therefore not much torque but it is still a very fucking torquey car... u ever been in one ian storey?
and i'd rather have a CTR over that astra looks wise ANY DAY
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I'd rather have an Astra Max
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www.sniffpetrol.co.uk - Possibly the funniest thing I have seen since I left school LMFAO
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quote:
Originally posted by nik
I'd rather have an Astra Max


at least they are both vans then
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id rather an astra sorry2 say dont class the type r as a top of the range sporty model for a civic, much like wen u c a 1.6 sport was vauxhalls flagship model 4 corsas an tha lookd fuck all different frm the otha models
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quote:
Originally posted by paul_spurrell
quote:
Originally posted by nik
I'd rather have an Astra Max


at least they are both vans then


class!!

re sniff petrol read back some of the archives, funny as fuck, look for the scooby guide one absolute class
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i had to go find it to laugh again
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quote:
Originally posted by nik
It's still an Astra. The CTR doesn't need torque, the iVTEC engine is not about torque, you need to rev it but thats common knowledge surely? The Civic is not slow by anymeans outside of the vtec, still feels more lively than my 106 GTi. Once you hit 6250rpm it really takes off. I'd rather take a Seat or something than an Astra imo but it's all about personal taste



thats the point though Nik. the Civics engine needs to be rev'd. without revs it's like driving around with a normal 2.0L under the bonnet. turbo cars nowadays have very little lag before the turbo hits full boost. you can drive in a more relaxed fashion. you don't drive a car like it's on a track every day which is what pisses me off when you see mags saying the focus is the best car and all they have done is run it on a tight flat track.
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quote:
Originally posted by DanielJ
id rather an astra sorry2 say dont class the type r as a top of the range sporty model for a civic, much like wen u c a 1.6 sport was vauxhalls flagship model 4 corsas an tha lookd fuck all different frm the otha models


What you mean not a top of the range sport model?! You thick or what? 0-60 in 6.4, 0-100 in 16.2 and 146mph from a 2.0 16v isn't sporty enough?? The Type-R looks miles different from other Civic models
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not really

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