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big eck
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17th Dec 07 at 21:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd NEVER own another saxo, when I had the 106 GTI the wife bought a saxo VTS and tbh the gti was soooooooooo much better in all departments, hers was the MK1 model right enough
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17th Dec 07 at 21:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought they were the same car

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big eck
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supposidly but they felt so different to drive.

The driving position is horrid on the saxo, I sat really high up, so high up in fact I had to tilt my head slightly. The 106 was nice and low with loads of room for my head, bear in mind i'm 6ft tall

Handling wise my 106 was loads better, it felt more sure footed than the saxo

Finally its all about looks imo

The GTI look a milllion times better than the saxo and its doesnt have as much of a bad image
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saxo looks loads better imo, and ive heard more people say the saxo is by far a better car to drive over the 106, my mate had a gti and now got a saxo likes the saxo loads more.
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I know the saxo is very "chav" but if done nicely I think looks just as nice if not better. Ive driven a vts but not a 106 might have to do that then

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can i just ask how does a saxo have a chav appel to it? i really dont get how a car can be chav
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No Gav, dont even think about Saxo's.. PLEASE!!
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Of your choices there I'd have the clio. There's always a risk though that any car you get could turn into a money pit.

I think jr has the right idea.
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I needs to be a daily car though


I do like your 206 though

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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
No Gav, dont even think about Saxo's.. PLEASE!!



What about a saxo with a LET


Now that would be a money pit

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Go for the clio, you know you want to. We had a clio 182 traded in recently and I thought it looked really good.
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If its a clio its a black 182 with white wheels

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current car










choices



astra gsi




saxo vts and 106 gti







CTR






clio











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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by mark_gsi
saxo looks loads better imo, and ive heard more people say the saxo is by far a better car to drive over the 106, my mate had a gti and now got a saxo likes the saxo loads more.


suppose its each to there own I guess mate, handling wise the wifes saxo on the spax was horrid to drive compared to my gti with the full PI kit
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Thats a serious bit of difference you've got there mate

The price difference is HUGE for a start

The most reliable would probably be the honda altho I dont really like them. As for the astra it is a nice car but kinda bland for my liking, nice interior tho

The clio is a great car but there VERY fragile for such a new car

The saxo/106 is a bit of pot luck, I searched for months before I bought my GTI and in the year I had it I NEVER replaced a single broken part and it was so reliable. The same can be said for the missus VTS but I found the GTI a better car

The missus old 106 GTI was a great lookin car but was a complete money pit, everything that can go wrong with them did and it cost us an absolute fortune
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I'd say CTR Gav. Can almost garantee its the only one that wont be a money pit with Honda's excellent realiabilty. That would be my choice out of the ones you've got
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Honda

ftw
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quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
Honda

ftw


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I think the astra is easily the best looking, but as everyone has said the honda will win on reliability, a mate has got a saxo only 30,000 miles and has had a lot of problems with it.
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Yer price difference is alot. TBH if I got a saxo/106 it would be replaced in a year or so with the honda or clio probably anyway

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Astra or CTR all day long.
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wouldnt go for a saxo iown a vtr, drove a mates vts, and another friends 106 gti, quick and handle well but there just tin cans on wheels, everything is made on the cheap,

im turning back to vauxhall as im fed up with my vtr always braking, mainly electrical issues
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clio clio clio lol. i am biased as own a 172 but look mint and performance wise they great. Few pics of some for ya. look how pretty they are lol
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hmm well ive informed my dad we are going out to test drive cars on saturday chelmsford has a nice arden blue astra gsi and there is a ctr and a 182 down the road

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that red one on white wheels is very nice was it on pistonheads a little while ago?

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