James
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TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
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Robin
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£22k is top of the range Audi A3 territory...
give or take 15 and a half grand, yes.
I thought Audi were releasing the new S3 at around £27k?
[Edited on 24-11-2006 by James]
they are, my 37.5k was for a fully specced 3.2 quattro s-line 
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mike16v
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22k ?
get a mk1 xr2 
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MarkM
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TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
Why?
Also what would you spend over 10k on...and again why?
spanks
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James
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TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
Why?
Also what would you spend over 10k on...and again why?
spanks
If I had over £10k to spend on a car I would go for something VAG.
Or possibly Jap.
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Joe
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I'm with James personally, would never spend that sort of money on a Vauxhall.
Out of the 2 though i'd have the 888, VXR is a bit garish for my liking.
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MarkM
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Originally posted by James
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Originally posted by MarkM
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Originally posted by James
TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
Why?
Also what would you spend over 10k on...and again why?
spanks
If I had over £10k to spend on a car I would go for something VAG.
Or possibly Jap.
Why though?
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James
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Depreciation mainly, if I bought a VXR for example brand new, after say 2 years, it would have lost so much value.
For over 10k, you are looking at a tidy A3/Golf/LCR
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MarkM
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Depreciation mainly, if I bought a VXR for example brand new, after say 2 years, it would have lost so much value.
For over 10k, you are looking at a tidy A3/Golf/LCR
I see what your saying...BUT depreciation alone isnt the only factor to take into account...
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James
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OK, VAG cars are notoriously more reliable and well built than Vauxhall.
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Ojc
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Don't be ridiculous James, VAG cars aren't all they are hyped up to be.
In regards to the 888 Vs VXR debate, as much as I love the 888 I think I would get bored and wished I had bought the VXR in about a month.
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James
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I don't have anything against Vauxhall, infact my next car is going to be an Astra GSi Turbo, but when I've graduated and I'm in a better financial position, I want a new Audi S3 
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I don't have anything against Vauxhall, infact my next car is going to be an Astra GSi Turbo, but when I've graduated and I'm in a better financial position, I want a new Audi S3
tbh the reliability really isn't all it's cracked up to be, go jap if you want reliability. My mates DC5 gets driven how it is supposed to be every day and he hasn't had one problem, with 22k in my pocket thats wot i'd get, and i'd have 7k to spend on it!!!!!!!
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broster
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22k, id have a 330d sport tourer, then re-map it, and be happy knowing that id have a bmw estate with lots of toys thats faster and will leave me with lots of change to make it look sexy.........
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MarkM
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That will be the V-tec
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Cybermonkey
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TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
Monaro?
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James
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TBH I would never spend more than about £10k on a Vauxhall.
Monaro?
I'm going to hazard a guess that something better could be had for the money.
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Robin
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yeah, second hand E46 M3.
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Carl
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888 over vxr for me, Plenty fast enough for the road imo, and decent mpg, spot on.
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Cybermonkey
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yeah, second hand E46 M3.
a Monaro is sooooo much cooler, and the 500 is much much faster
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TomH
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I can imagine the majority of owners begin to love the car, then soon wishing they bought a VXR..
here is mine and ive not regreted it one bit its fantastic
[Edited on 25-11-2006 by TomH]
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Hammer
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Personally I too would have the petrol car, purely because I'm currently too snobbish to go with the sensible cheaper option but also because as you quite correctly say ownership of the car should be about not worrying about such things.
I personally don't feel that I could enjoy owning a diesel. Maybe I'll own try it one day and love it, but right now my list of favorite cars is populated by those which sound and feel like they should.
Shame that, fair enough they sound like a bag of spanners on a winter morning but the upturn in performance gains turbo dervs are now seeing over the petrol rivals is night and day.
The main point here though is disregarding the engine and the performance difference as minimal, the 888 looks a far better car.
All personal opinion though of course.
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Robin
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I'd agree with your personal opinion Hammer.
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mav
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looks the part but I don't care about Petrol consumption and would buy the VXR every time
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Hammer
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I'd agree with your personal opinion Hammer.
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