Daimo B
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Replaced wittttthhhh
Another bloody astra  
So, going from a VXR, to a 1.6 SXi, woooop. Looking forward to 120+bhp less, no nice dials, no colour screen, no bucket seats, no nice paint, no big alloys or strong (ish) brakes....
Still, 2 months, only 2 months.........
So Donnas bringing home the SXi Astra tonight, taking the VXR astra to work tomorrow, and being brought home by her younger brother in, yup you guessed it, another bloody astra (1.9 CDTi)......
can't escape the bloody vauxhalls Still, a positive is that i bet it goes ok on fuel, and won't have to clean any cars for another 2 months
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3CorsaMeal
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Astras are amazing cars, very cool and sought after, i aspire to owning one
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daymoon
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Cheer up, you could be driving this:
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belton
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Where's the astra Vxr going?
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Tom
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What's happening in 2 months?
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Ben J
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Boooooooo.
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Daimo B
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VXR is going off to the dealer.
Audi S3 is ordered and should be here in 10-12 weeks, so actually, not september at all, morelike Oct.
Bugger....
Daymoon, i'd just take the bike God what an awful colour.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
What's happening in 2 months?
He's getting a proper car.
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Nath
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
What's happening in 2 months?
He's getting a car with a nice badge.
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pow
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Hows the gearbox?
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mwg
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Nath, that one was for Ojvauxhallhitler
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
VXR is going off to the dealer.
Audi S3 is ordered and should be here in 10-12 weeks, so actually, not september at all, morelike Oct.
Bugger....
Daymoon, i'd just take the bike God what an awful colour.
spec and colour of the s3
My mate has a 07 one and just had it mapped - its very very quick now (approx 305BHP)
Thinks its sprint blue they call it - only thing that lets it down is the wheels
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ajscorsa
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I bet the 1.6 has worse mpg than the vxr when both are being driven normally.
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Nath
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Originally posted by ajscorsa
I bet the 1.6 has worse mpg than the vxr when both are being driven normally.
If its anything like the 1.8 it will be shit on fuel.
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ajscorsa
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mum had the 1.6 sxi, it worse just as bad on fuel as my mapped 1.8t golf and it was shocking
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aron
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VXR you need to change your username to SXI
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Daimo B
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Its white, brand new, full leather, sat nav, 18"s (new style), comfort pack, lighting pack, errrr, probably some fancy toys.
Didn't go for the black edition, deal was already signed.
I had a hire car 1.6 16v astra a few months ago. Ragged the hell out of it and still saw 400 miles to the tank VXR gets 300 if its lucky.
shame I can't take the VXR out for one final hardcore blast, but meh, not worth the hassle it could cause. So the last time I drove it in anger would have been a good month ago  Mind you, even then I didn't exactly drive it hard
I'll miss it, its been a great little fun car to drive. S3 won't be anywhere near as involving to drive, but it'll go over speed bumps better i'll bet
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Its white, brand new, full leather, sat nav, 18"s (new style), comfort pack, lighting pack, errrr, probably some fancy toys.
Didn't go for the black edition, deal was already signed.
I had a hire car 1.6 16v astra a few months ago. Ragged the hell out of it and still saw 400 miles to the tank VXR gets 300 if its lucky.
shame I can't take the VXR out for one final hardcore blast, but meh, not worth the hassle it could cause. So the last time I drove it in anger would have been a good month ago Mind you, even then I didn't exactly drive it hard
I'll miss it, its been a great little fun car to drive. S3 won't be anywhere near as involving to drive, but it'll go over speed bumps better i'll bet
Great choice - Black edition would have been nice with bose and tints
They have a very harsh ride however and my mate finds it very heavy on fuel
He doesnt do alot of long drives but struggles to get over 23mpg
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3CorsaMeal
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i find the brakes extremely sharp at parking speeds, going from one car to the other i nearly headbutt the windscreen when applying brakes in the audi
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whitter45
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yeah i find that on all VW's
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Daimo B
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tbh, I find the astras ride really stiff on the road, the audi did feel a little softer, but we'll see.
Its got the 265bhp unit it in, so expecting it to be worse than the astra, and thats about 5mpg less that we had, but Donna does a good chunk of motorway miles sitting at legal limits, so it'll be interesting to see how much more it uses.
Deffo an upgrade from the astra, whether its outright better yet, we'll find out in a few months time.
I was suprised at the exhaust note as standard, lot deeper rumble instead of the VXR's cat hiss And the turbos louder as well.
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
tbh, I find the astras ride really stiff on the road, the audi did feel a little softer, but we'll see.
Its got the 265bhp unit it in, so expecting it to be worse than the astra, and thats about 5mpg less that we had, but Donna does a good chunk of motorway miles sitting at legal limits, so it'll be interesting to see how much more it uses.
Deffo an upgrade from the astra, whether its outright better yet, we'll find out in a few months time.
I was suprised at the exhaust note as standard, lot deeper rumble instead of the VXR's cat hiss And the turbos louder as well.
yeah theya re quite throaty as standard - he loves his car but it suffered the genric steering rack probelm that seems ot get all high end performance audi's including RS4 and S4 etc
Peach of an engine though
the wait is the killer - Got ot wait until september for mine
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Daimo B
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Oooo interesting, i'll have to google that. tbh though, if it fails, it goes back and they can sort it. The good parts of a new car
Oct seems so far away, by then it'll be coming into winter. JUST the time to get a new car. Still, with its 4wd, it'll go through the snow though, possibly
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whitter45
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Originally posted by VXR
Oooo interesting, i'll have to google that. tbh though, if it fails, it goes back and they can sort it. The good parts of a new car
Oct seems so far away, by then it'll be coming into winter. JUST the time to get a new car. Still, with its 4wd, it'll go through the snow though, possibly
yeah exactly it just the hassle thats all but all covered by warrenty
as i say its quality car - wish i could afford one
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Daimo B
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So do I Its just lucky shes got a good job.
Im on a car hunt soon, fedup of winters on teh bike. But cheapo here can't buy one till after the wedding. Whilst she has a big budget, i'll be looking at about £1k.
Bummer.
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