Corsa VXR... it's mad!

Paradigm

motorguy

Strider590 wrote: »

I wouldn't go back to having a "quick" small car for every day use. You get bullied to hell in a small car and the speed just turns bullying into road rage.

I have enjoyed them in the past, but they are a young persons thing mostly.

Stoke

martinthebandit wrote: »

AUDI - Attention! Useless Driver Inside

BMW - Big Muppet Waggon

I owned an Audi once

Strider590

alanrowell wrote: »

I don't know, annoying the [STRIKE]owners [/STRIKE]drivers of Audis and BMWs helps pass the time.

Not really a great idea as most will be company vehicles and the owners don't give a damn if they cause an accident. When it comes to cars, unless your on a race track with no traffic, it's not speed that wins, it's driving like a lunatic and barging through.

P1ss of Mr Audi/BMW driver and he might well go as far as driving down a footpath JUST to save face, at which point said lunatic becomes a danger to innocent parties.

Vehicle and driver skill (and common sense) will always lose out to shear blind luck, arrogance and stupidity.

It's all about how far your willing to go and who "chickens" first.

onomatopoeia99

Stoke wrote: »

I owned an Audi once

I still own one, it's a boring diesel estate so I'm not entirely sure why a certain type of forum poster gets upset about them. I drive the same whether in that or my HIllman Imp or my VW type 25 and don't notice any particular difference in the road manners of other people as a consequence, except people in other VW vans tend to wave hello when I'm in that (not enough Imps on the road so the chances of seeing another are very low).

I suspect there's a lot of keyboard warrior syndrome going on here.;)

fred246

It's sad. 1.25 million people a year get killed by road traffic 'accidents'. Year after year it's the same. Mostly caused by stupid driving. Terrorists kill the odd 20 to 30 and people take note.

onomatopoeia99

fred246 wrote: »

It's sad. 1.25 million people a year get killed by road traffic 'accidents'. Year after year it's the same. Mostly caused by stupid driving.

Not in this country they don't. It's about 1,700 / year, half what it was 20 years ago and a third of what it was in the 1970s and 80s.

Gloomendoom

fred246 wrote: »

It's sad. 1.25 million people a year get killed by road traffic 'accidents'. Year after year it's the same. Mostly caused by stupid driving. Terrorists kill the odd 20 to 30 and people take note.

Do you have a solution?

Perhaps we should reduce the speed limit to zero and ban reverse.

motorguy

I've bought my sons 2012 Clio RS 200 as hes off to Australia for a couple of years and they're a slow seller, so i've bought it and will resell it at some point.

Its a bit too "in your face" for me, being a Cup edition in white with black wheels and red Brembo calipers. My last Clio RS's were a silver 197 and a silver 172 - much more subtle.

Its as mad as a bath full of otters to drive. We live out in the country and close to a known motorbike road racing circuit so theres good roads to take it out on.

Its relatively nippy with 200BHP but its either our Passat TDI that gets taken on the long runs, or the AMG A45 with 380BHP for sheer power but with an auto box and all the creature comforts.

I wont have much choice but to keep the Clio until it sells at some point. I'm not prepared to "give it away" to the likes of WBAC as its a great car, so i'll be waiting until the right man buys it.

Fun in the meantime, but a bit too "look at me" for my liking. At least the A45 looks like a A180d AMG Line.....

fred246

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Do you have a solution?

Perhaps we should reduce the speed limit to zero and ban reverse.

How about motorists abiding by the rules.of the road. Do you really believe someone buying a Corsair VXR abides by speed limits?