Superlite Ltd.
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Anyone ashamed to answer this question...
"so what car do you drive"
with "a vauxhall corsa"

...even more so if you then have to say "its modified though!"

Had a conversation at work about this today. One of the lads loves this question as he gets to say "a VX220", to which most people say "whats that?"
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I just tell folk I drive a golf diesel
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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No, its my first car, im happy with it
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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nope i just feel a arse explaining its a xe and its fun
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psycho sport
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Registered: 27th Mar 03
Location: Guildford Surrey Drives: Vauxhall Monaro
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try answering it with 'skoda'
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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telling people i drive a diesle corsa is abit hard sometimes i think
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Did'nt used to bother me at all.
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote: Originally posted by psycho sport
try answering it with 'skoda'
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Jordan C
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Registered: 3rd Dec 07
Location: Dundee City Drives: Valver Corsa
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nah im proud of my car,always ready to defend it tho haha!
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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don't care really, I like it thats the main thing
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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quote: Originally posted by AlunJ
don't care really, I like it thats the main thing
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RCoughtrie
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Registered: 31st Oct 04
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its a struggle to make it sound impressive
like say when you in a pub and someone asks "what you driving these days mate".. a corsa... but its got... and then you just crash and burn
now i just mention the escort 
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
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It gets worse when you have to explain thats its faster than a space ship because then you just sound like a complete tool.
[Edited on 20-12-2007 by phil_sutton]
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SAL
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dont give a monkey's what people think.
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Jenko_Sport
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Registered: 25th May 06
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Yea tryin explain an xe corsa to someone who hasnt got a clue is fun
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mark_gsi
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nope i just say i drive a corsa gsi. no one has laughed at me they all like it.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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tbh stra is just as bad
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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When i use to drive my dads car, try saying an automatic corsa B.........
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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I used to hate saying Corsa, now I feel that Astra is a bit lame so I say Astra Coupe Turbo
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
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If anyone askes me what I drive I normally reply with,
"Just a Corsa"
I never hype it up at all though, as anyone who has seen my car in person always make a point of the bad things no matter how small they are lol.
I always get asked what engine spec it is, and thats when it starts to become embarassing.
Not fussed about anyones opinions anymore though, I just don't put my car out there and show pictures all the time like I used to.
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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corsaal
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had a conversation with an old college bud of mine the other week, he used to be into his cars. went a bit like this;
friend "what you driving now then?"
me "a corsa"
friend "oh... is it a redtop then"
me "na 1.2"
friend "oh...erm...nice"
me "i like it, what you driving like?"
friend "porsche 911 gt"
me "ok if you like that sort of thing i suppose, bit homo for me like"
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Jenko_Sport
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quote: Originally posted by corsaal
had a conversation with an old college bud of mine the other week, he used to be into his cars. went a bit like this;
friend "what you driving now then?"
me "a corsa"
friend "oh... is it a redtop then"
me "na 1.2"
friend "oh...erm...nice"
me "i like it, what you driving like?"
friend "porsche 911 gt"
me "ok if you like that sort of thing i suppose, bit homo for me like"
Im guessing he did abit better in college than you then
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Bez_SXi
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I don't feel ashamed telling people I drive a 206, but I always feel the need to go further and tell them that it's not your average 206 - that it's a Grand Tourisme and there were only 600 RHD one's made. Then once I've told them that I feel like I've come across like I'm trying to brag and be all smug about it 
Sometimes, if it's someone asking me who isn't into cars, I just feel like calling it a GTi rather than a GT.... everyone knows what a 'GTi' is and what it represents... 'GT' doesn't have quite the same stigma!
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Superlite Ltd.
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quote: Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
quote: Originally posted by corsaal
had a conversation with an old college bud of mine the other week, he used to be into his cars. went a bit like this;
friend "what you driving now then?"
me "a corsa"
friend "oh... is it a redtop then"
me "na 1.2"
friend "oh...erm...nice"
me "i like it, what you driving like?"
friend "porsche 911 gt"
me "ok if you like that sort of thing i suppose, bit homo for me like"
Im guessing he did abit better in college than you then
FLOL
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Mike
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Never had a problem telling anyone I drive a Corsa, I've had people assume it's a 1.6, I just said, nah 1.2, usually just say, s'pose you've gotta start somewhere
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