Erm, If I have to....

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:17 pm

330d is by far the best diesel I have ever driven, if i had not found the Audi at the knock down price i got it for then a 330d was on the cards!

Wicked engine, and solid as a rock, will be my next car if i am still battling with a DERV!

Dave

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:49 pm

How about this then.....putting "needing space" to the side, my car is into to MMC to get things fixed next week. If it's not (rattles etc) I am thinking about jumping off the Lotus ship to something new.

jj · Post by jj » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:58 pm

G,

I like the old R32 however, wont they drop value wise quickly now the new one is out?

If I were to be a family man, I`d be looking at an S4 avant. in Nogaro Blue, at about the 12k mark. Lot of car for the $. This one was a 55k miler up at 11.5k.

Post by ed » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:00 pm

I love the mark 4 R32.
Thats definently the best colour. Took one for a test drive, was a little disappointed TBH but i was only given a short run along calder road.
Im sure id would have liked it more through the twisties. They are quite heavy with that 3.2 litre lump and the quad system. What about the new GTi?

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:53 pm

New GTI with "tweaks" in Evo this month.... very nice.

Gareth · Post by **Gareth** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:59 pm

A lot of money for a Golf. Seem to be going for around £18K+

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:48 pm

The Mk 4 R32 is a tub of sh*t. Heavy, slow, synthetic, thirsty. I worked on them when they 1st came out and they're a total disapointment. Make a decent noise for a std car, and pulls well low down, but then it all comes to nothing. And you'd need to scandinavian flick the barsteward from abz to dundee to get it sideways coz all it wants to do is understeer. Its front wheel drive till they loose grip then the rear come in to play.

Plus, theres a black one does HM days and it couldnt out drag my piddly wee S1 up the straight.

If you want something a bit bigger and with abit of driver appeal get an Alfa. Beautiful design. The 147 GTV is a great car and does well for having all that power and being FWD. Revised Selespeed works well.

Post by **simon** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:51 pm

gordon wrote:The Mk 4 R32 is a tub of sh*t.

Well said. All Golf Mk4s are heavy piles of sh*t.

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:37 pm

Shug's other half has an S3, and its quite handy. Could be another option.

There's some good M5's for that sort of coin also

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:52 pm

Follow DPs route ...

jj · Post by jj » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:55 pm

... and buy two cars with only two seats?!

Post by **Shug** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:06 pm

Yeah, Elaine's S3 is a blinder of a car. She scares the sh*t outa me in it (as Andy will no doubt testify)

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:35 pm

Indeed, she does tend to liberate most of it ponies!

Wasn't sure if that was the way she normally drove, or if it was just our chat that was giving her the desire to shift it

gordon · Post by **gordon** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:46 pm

simon wrote:
gordon wrote:The Mk 4 R32 is a tub of sh*t.
Well said. All Golf Mk4s are heavy piles of sh*t.

I had a Mk 4 GTI turbo before the Elise. Well built, but boring and not that fast. And for some reason ( i had i while i was single) the ladies seemed to like a black golf gti as it looked like you had your head screwed on

apparently.

My mate had a Z3M roadster. Really quick car. Well felt reaaly quick but put it up against another mates Griffith 500 and it passed us. All in a straight line i might add.

Post by **Shug** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:12 pm

Mate, she drives like that to work....