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welsh_roadrally
23-01-08, 04:58 AM
I've just logged in after quite a long spell away due to no longer owning a nova,just thought i'd see what people on here were up to.
I've noticed in a few threads that you seem to dislike honda vtecs?:tard:
I've recently purchased an accord type r after owning a civic 1.8 vti for nearly two years,both in my opinion the best everyday performance cars you can buy for the money!....
I've owned a lot of cars,most makes/models and can honestly say that the most disapointing/unreliable/bland cars i've owned have been vauxhall's,i know this will offend a lot of you but it's true,i've driven the latest models aswell,the astra vxr is a straight line car,show it a corner and it all goes wrong.
I post on a lot of forums for different makes of cars and you dont get the clouded 'everything else is ****' mentality on other sites.
I think what a lot of you need to do is to go out and try other cars before coming to the conclusion that what you have is superior,rememmber the nova is a cheap and cheerful budget hatchback from the early 80's that used far older engines and was designed to be made as cheap as they could get away with.
I've had great fun in SR/SRi/GSi's iv'e owned over the years but in comparison to what you can buy for similar money these days they just dont even come close.
As for the latest vauxhall range (with the exception of the holden models) there is not one model that i would consider buying.
I'm going to get a lot of stick for what i've just wrote but i had to say it.
I'm not a nova hater at all,i like them but as i'm not a one make one car enthusiast and i like a variety of makes i'm looking at the whole picture and to me a lot of comments come across as very immature.

Please feel free to tell me if any part of what i've said above is untrue?

draper
23-01-08, 06:27 AM
woo there

its not that people dont like the car/engines its the muppets who claim vtec power is the greatest ever invention ever made (even after sliced bread) people are having a dig at

Stuart
23-01-08, 08:29 AM
its called banter.... get off your high horse!


yes there are some narrow minded views on here (as one lots of other car/brand forums too) but its in the minoroty. The Vtec stuff is just comedy pictures and a bit of a laugh at Lee for his vtex dropping out yall

Jack
23-01-08, 08:38 AM
Somebody needs to lay off the serious pills lol

Most things are said in jest, and the Vtak y0 posts are far from limited to this forum - do a google image for it and you'll see! Most VTEC owners do however seem to think their cars are the best in the world, and that VTEC is some kinda honda-only gift from God that makes the universe stop when it "kicks in y0". But then I'm jaded as I don't see the point in a car that has fcuk all torque and all its power from 7500-8500rpm - give me a charged engine with plenty of torque and power in a drivable range anyday :D

We get a lot of this on the Celica forums, G7 owners tend to be a little fanatical about the vvtli engines, thinking they're better than a turbo etc. Lift "kicks in" about 7000rpm, maximum power at 7800rpm. Under that its exactly the same as a bog std 140 engine. So you have to drive everywhere at >7krpm to actually make your car faster than the 140.

I'd agree though, vauxhalls are sh!t. lol

[edit] Just done a little digging to compare honda and vauxhall. Fans of Vtec may wish to look away now

...

'96 Civic 1.8 VTi: 167bhp, 122lbft; 0-62 8.8 seconds (62 = 100kph)
'94 Astra 1.8i Sport: 123bhp, 124lbft; 0-60 7.9 seconds

Whoops lol

Dar
23-01-08, 09:27 AM
http://a778.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_425a11f5e3d45b88b33ce6e874758599.jpg

lol Chin up Mr Serious!
I guessing a bad day at work or something ;) You seem to be working under the false impression that most people on here just own/drive Novas and that what we take the piss out of we hate which is wrong.

Here take these
http://www.exceler8ion.com/wp-images/Chill-Pill.pnghttp://www.exceler8ion.com/wp-images/Chill-Pill.png

and come see us tommrow morning:p

s14a
23-01-08, 12:53 PM
i see your point and i personally hate honda owners for thinkin that vtec is the best thing ever but they have good reason, try vtec for a while and youl see, the reliability, power and cornering of a cheap car like a 94 civic vti....

157 bhp standard, will piss all over a gsi nova, is alot more reliable than 1 and where did you get this vtec from 7500 to 8500??? on most its around 5500-8000ish, il still pick a nova though lol

i know its a bit of craic but they are way more advanced and reliable than vauxhalls painfull and all as it is to say...


please dont insult urself by sayin a asta sport will beat a vti civic lol, in reality they wont...

Jim
23-01-08, 12:57 PM
Closed before it gets out of hand, nothing else needs to be said.

Stuart
23-01-08, 01:01 PM
just an addition, S14a, only warning regarding text typing... more and you go in the sin bin ;)