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Warren G
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5th Sep 10 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After driving my 1.8 astra about, i drive like a granny getting in 5th as soon as i can, just cruise at 65-70mph dont bother putting my foot down happy getting 400miles to a tank

picked up another car yesterday (only a 1.8 corsa c) but i just total change, been hammering it about, sliding it about corners reving the tits of it to over 7k and just been having a bubble, basicaly how i used to be

do bigger more sensible cars take the fun out of driving?
Ojc
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Yes deffo. When I had my black Nova SR I thrashed it everywhere.
Ben J
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Yep definaley. When I drive the wifes 1.7CDTI Astra I just waft about like an old man.

I get in the VXR and its like its got me round the throat telling me to drive it faster & faster. Which I tend to do!!



[Edited on 05-09-2010 by Ben J]
Adam_B
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I used to proper hammer my Corsa most of the time and drove my £300 shitter hyundai like a right twat but the VX220 i take it down a couple of notches as i know what happens when it goes just a little bit wrong
redtom
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yes but it makes no sense in my case.

gtir - drive pretty slow unless there is something half decent to play with
land rover - give death everywhere
e46 - give death

random.
Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_power
yes but it makes no sense in my case.

gtir - drive pretty slow unless there is something half decent to play with
land rover - give death everywhere
e46 - give death

random.


I understand that because I used to hammer my 1.2SXI Corsa back in the day. Sometimes the low powered cars you feel the need to try and drive them as fast as possible.
Robin
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I beat the crap out of both mine
SportBoy
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im old now so just drive slow all the time.
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Need to sell my astra i want a corsa c .. soon be selling on ebay again yay
LeeM
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i drive my corsa slowly because its slow. my old lowered vts got hammered everywhere
mwg
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Yeah driving my Dads LR Freelander I pootle about, it doesn't encourage you to drive fast at all. Wallow and comfortable so you dont throw it round corners.
Ben G
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when i had the focus i never done a full tank of petrol just driving normally. always ended up going for a run down the country lanes.

with the puma i drive a bit different. i think i realise it's a lot less safe so if i crash, me or the mrs won't look too good after
daymoon
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not really.
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I've always driven my corsa like a granny. The only times I usually drive it hard are if I'm going out specifically to take it for a spin or if someone fancies a play My old 106 was thrashed a lot though. Didn't care for it like I did the corsa so I wasnt really arsed about it. Used to chuck it about like nobody's business
Fro
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I've calmed down alot in General since owning the 350, probably had something to do with it nearly punishing me on a bend not long after i got it
sc0ott
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When i had my 1 litre corsa i drove slow. 9.9 times out of 10 was because it wasnt fast.
djgritt
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5th Sep 10 at 20:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Warren Gdo bigger more sensible cars take the fun out of driving?


Not IMO.

I smash the shit out of my Daily Smoker Mazda, just as I do with my Corsa
Did the same with my previous Octavia vRS Daily runner, and with loads of Mondeos, Passats, Focus' etc etc

I also had a LWB Frontera that i used to leave in RWD and made a habit of trying to get the arse end out around every Roundabout that was big enough...
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Ive hammered all of my cars but they are all in the same catagory

Corsa gsi all the power was up the revs so got abuse

Civic was flat as a pancake below 6k so got a work out

VTS is just a rattly shed so I drive it hard and it makes me remember why I put up with it and smile just I like playing with the diff

Drives supercharged Tec with torque
Warren G
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the worse thing is now, i think a standard corsa c sri handles well...i realy need to get out more

Mark.W
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Drove my 1.2 8v corsa like a granny but when the 1.6 was fitted i do give it a bit more welly and do have a little play with some cars now and then but getting bit sick now cant be arsed with little divvys sitting on my bumper trying to push because its a modified corsa.
Graham88
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Yeah definetly. Get in my work van or my Berlingo and I drive proper slow. But then at the same time I drive my car quite sensibly 90% of the time, but same as Ben I'll never have a tank of fuel and not thrash it at some point. My old Zetec S I always used to thrash but if I drove my MPS the same way I'd be banned in a month lol
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In my Corsa's and french hatches I used to give it absolute death everywhere. In the ovloV I tend to take it easy, until there is something worth playing with. Which seems to be once a day just now
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i find its the opposite way round, i hammer the shitter that i drive and drive the vx like miss daisy
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i drive like a twat on public roads. Especially past schools at 3:15
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
getting bit sick now cant be arsed with little divvys sitting on my bumper trying to push because its a modified corsa.


i know what you mean my sisters bf came over today as i was gonna show him my new exhaust. I thought it is best to get out on some b roads. obvisously i was revving highier than i would usually do and there was a saxo vtr/vts on my back for while although i wasnt racing but he wanted to

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