chrisritch
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Originally posted by smcGSI16V
No. I would expect it to be a hard/firm ride tat couldn't tackle speed bumps and pot holes at speed.
You are after all buying a sports car. Which will cope with road conditions in this country different to those compared with a regular gtc bottom of the car.
If you were hoping for a smooth comfy ride when buying one of these and got a hard bumpy ride, then more fool you.
Sports Car  Its a fucking Vauxhall hatchback.
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Steve
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It either is or isnt a sports car, i dont particularly care enough to make that distinction tbh, however you cant say a Vauxhall Astra is a sports car but a Ford Focus isnt.
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Cybermonkey
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Originally posted by chrisritch
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Originally posted by smcGSI16V
No. I would expect it to be a hard/firm ride tat couldn't tackle speed bumps and pot holes at speed.
You are after all buying a sports car. Which will cope with road conditions in this country different to those compared with a regular gtc bottom of the car.
If you were hoping for a smooth comfy ride when buying one of these and got a hard bumpy ride, then more fool you.
Sports Car Its a fucking Vauxhall hatchback.
I agree. The term hot hatch is more appropriate for cars like this.
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smcGSI16V
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Sports car, hot hatch, what ever the fuck type car you want to catogorize it in to.
You know what I mean.
but the same applies across the board for anything sporty.
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3CorsaMeal
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They need a coupe, and not an astra with the roof cut off this time
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smcGSI16V
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Or a Vauxhall equivalent of that horrid new mini coupe thing.
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Ben G
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it's categorised a performance hatch iirc.
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Ben G
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Originally posted by smcGSI16V
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Originally posted by Ben G
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Originally posted by smcGSI16V
No. I would expect it to be a hard/firm ride tat couldn't tackle speed bumps and pot holes at speed.
You are after all buying a sports car. Which will cope with road conditions in this country different to those compared with a regular gtc bottom of the car.
If you were hoping for a smooth comfy ride when buying one of these and got a hard bumpy ride, then more fool you.
is an astra vxr is a ''sports car'' as you put it, how is a focus st not?
As I never said it wasn't. But now you mention it, it isn't really. Only available in 5 door which means its not exactly a sports car/hot hatch. More a breathed on family car.
My god are they ugly as well, front bumper looks like a 5 year old designed it.
And the fuel filler cap. Don't get me started on that. It's the size and the shape of a small country and a complete after thought.
The new global ford focus is a big fat ugly walrus and who ever designed it needs shooting.
i agree with you but to say the astra is a sports car makes you as bad as an outsourced photographer.
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