Club G40 Forum
Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: PeteG40 on August 18, 2009, 03:02:53 pm
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I find myself thinking about getting an Ibiza cupra (01 plate ish) or a Lupo Gti or was quite taken by Yoofs renault clio.
i'd have more time, more money, a better relationship!! a cleaner house etc. Maybe its time to grow up?
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boooooooooooo!
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I'd not have a chavvy anything - but something nice and stock. Its the stock cars at shows I like and its not as if i even bloomin drive anywhere these days!.
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Yep, but I bought the most practical motor I could afford and kept the Polo for when I want some fun.
The Passat is awesome for avoiding the low points of G40 ownership, but it never raises a pulse. Great for long distances and hauling my stuff around, and doing epic mileage on sod all fuel without needing a service every 5,000 miles, which is what I need it for.
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I have a practical motor for everyday use with a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGe lump and effortless in traffic. Called a train. Getting to work take 5 less minutes a day, and costs £10 less a month. Set up costs were £30 for a brolly and waterproof though!
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I bought lots of new sensible cars since my first G40 ..... and then sold them all and bought another G40!
Went through a Mini Cooper S, BMW Z4 and Smart car then finally back to the G.
Sometimes it's nice to have a new car but it's never quite the same. For a start they don't have that Volkswagen/G40 smell!
I guess the ideal would be to have both? I also did that and ended up driving the G40 more than the new car.
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That's why I bought my Saab Pete - it looks boring, handles like a turd, but eats miles with ease has all the toys and goes alright too. I couldn't be arsed with driving a G40 daily now - not when I might need to cart around work colleagues, or spend hours on a motorway going to and from customers' sites. It's also bloody handy for DIY shopping, could probably fit a Polo in the boot.
If I only ever used the train for work though, then I wouldn't be so bothered about having a more 'normal' car instead of a G40. If your bird wants a sensible car get her to buy one! ;)
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I'm after a bora tdi as a sensible car that I can drive everyday, but no way would I sell the G to get one. I'm just making my G the week night an wekend car :)
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I think getting a second car is a good idea but it totally depends on your lifestyle. I use mine daily to and from work but then I don't hit any traffic on the twenty minute journey so its not a problem. If I lived down south where the traffic is considerably more so I dont think I could manage it as a daily and if I did stupid miles for work I'd need a cruiser too, like what Alex has done. Great cars as a daily if your travelling locally and not in trafiic, otherwise they'd be a pig of a car...
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my everyday car is now my G, to start with it wasn't the most reliable daily use car as it saw the back of a recovery truck on more than one occasion. tho now it seems to be very reliable and i don't think i would ever part with it. my other car is a mercedes C230 kompressor which i've owned for about 6 or 7 years and was probably the most reliable car ever made (tho you'd expect that from a new car) last year my afr meter packed in and i just thought bollocks, and took it off the road. luckily my G had just been tested so i've ran that since. still going strong :)
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doesnt that say something that youd rather drive a polo shit box than a mercedes kompressor ha ha
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it's why I have my passat tdi too, no way would I want to drive my polo every day doing a 40 mile round trip to work and back. public transport isn't an option, it'd turn a 25-30min drive into an epic 2.5 hour journey!
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My "more sensible" effort's a Skoda estate. A 1.9tdi with the poor man's quattro drive train. It's a slug but carries everything in comfort, quiet and at 45mpg. It's also a fucking hoot on twisty roads and lets you embarrass what should be much more capable machinery. Still can't wait to get back in the G though.
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doesnt that say something that youd rather drive a polo shit box than a mercedes kompressor ha ha
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lol, suppose so, just miss the very comfortable ride and space ;)
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I bought a Golf R32 as a more sensible car, seemed like a good idea at the time but I've decieded it's not that sensible really costs too much to run but it's worth it
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Clio is fun enough to use as a sensible weekend car, but I was blown away by hayesey and andy easily at polo show in it- that's with them on low boost maps!
I think you need a car which is opposite to the g40 in size, power and economy- then you can have the best of both worlds! A 150bhp g40 turbo would make a sweet daily though...
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I think you need a car which is opposite to the g40 in size, power and economy- then you can have the best of both worlds!
This was my thinking. The Passat is slow, soft, economical and quiet. Everything the Polo isn't! Which ever way I swap, the other car always feels good. :)
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Budget?
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quite like
mk3 ibiza cupra r 180 20vt
fabia vrs 130 tdi
s1 lotus elise
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Lotus are hit and miss to be honest, and less practical than the G40 by miles!
Out of that choice I'd get the diesel- the 20v is slow for what it is, and the diesel can be remapped to over 350Nm still with 50mpg!
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the cupras are 180bhp... not to be sneezed at.
the fabias are 4 door and tbh look a bit like a granny car.
hmm unsure. think either i might become bored.
might consider a 1970s/80s landrover
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difference between octavia and fabia is huge (not only size) as octavias are 1.8t petrol and fabia 1.9 tdi.
Octavia petrol unlikely to be fuel efficient! may aswell buy an ibiza or audi or golf
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Any VAG estate really, as long as its TDI! Borrowed my dads TDI Passat for a euro trip this year and it was so good, couldn't fault it! 130bhp TDI engine was awesome!
Or a polo TDI, dont really need the space as im 19! tbh, any VAG Tdi would be sweet!
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those Fabia VRS are great cars, my mate has recently bought one. Wasn't cheap but it's bloody good, not the fastest thing on 4 wheels but by no means the slowest and it goes round corners well too in totally standard form. One them remapped and with a bit of fettling would make an awesome daily driver and still do 50+ mpg.
Annoying thing about my passat is that when you find yourself on a nice b road in it you just can't have fun. It's comically bad round corners and the brakes are rubbish (over heat in no time).
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A3 2litre TFSI......................;-)
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fuck it........... The Bat Mobile, seriously ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D lol
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Ever thought....? Thats why I bought my self a New Scirocco ;D
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fuck it........... The Bat Mobile, seriously ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D lol
i've got one reg plate that sums it up really... "ECTO 1"
is that not Ghostbusters?