View Full Version : Driving a nova
raymond
03-05-08, 08:50 AM
how many people get nasty comments for driving a nova reason for asking is twice this week someone has commented on my car
1st being a lad from work saying why the hell are you driving that shed for?
well that made me mad
2nd i pulled up outside the shop near my gf house one of the lads in there said "dont park that shed outside here" my reply being "you cheeky all nasty swear words under the sun" shouldnt have rose to him but i did and that made me mad for the evening. all the hard work and effort we put into them and comments like that did upset me lol
just wondered if people hit the same problems i think they should keep there opinions to themselves lol
Jeff16v
03-05-08, 08:55 AM
I've been putting up with it for years, i brought a brand new nova in 1992 so i've had 17 years of gob. 204 brake pisses all over anything they own though
most of us could easily go out and buy a sportscar for a couple of grand, most people just don't get it.
fluck em, i say:thumb:
meritlover
03-05-08, 08:56 AM
2nd i pulled up outside the shop near my gf house one of the lads in there said "dont park that shed outside here" my reply being "you cheeky all nasty swear words under the sun" shouldnt have rose to him but i did and that made me mad for the evening. all the hard work and effort we put into them and comments like that did upset me lol
and you wonder where the stereotypical nova-driver image comes from? :roll:
raymond
03-05-08, 08:59 AM
good point but if you spent a fortune on your car and someone was to abuse it would you smile at them thanks for the comment and drive away ?
meritlover
03-05-08, 09:04 AM
rise above it. ;)
It's part of the fun.
You just have to smile inside whilst thinking how much better a Nova is and how deluded they are!
MC
I just agree with them lol and tell them im a pauper and cant afford nowt else lol
pmsl its all part of the fun my nova has got more rust than the titanic, but the look on this tw@t in a paxo vts as i gave him a 3 car start on me and still went past the flunker hehe!!:thumb:
lmao. Just yesterday me and RJ were pulling out of the scrappies and some kids were sneering at the 1.2 lol
Trouble is, its also very slow :(
Smurf-Xx
03-05-08, 11:31 AM
You get all the chavs in millions of saxos and 106's. But most novas can piss all over them. I love people calling it a shed i think its funny! :D
mine gets called a tin can all the time especially by my mum lol just gotta laugh it off.
lmao. Just yesterday me and RJ were pulling out of the scrappies and some kids were sneering at the 1.2 lol
Yes, but those same kids were giving nuff respecktah y0 to the bling corsa in front of us lol
I did find the drive in the Nova most comical though. lol
If it doesnt scrub, and can go around corners more than 1mph, its definately not low enough lol
mine gets called a shed all the time but the thing is it is a shed lol
My mates say , orr you bloody chav !!! , at the end of the day i rather be called that than a noob hed like him , driving his little fiesta . the batty man !!lol
tom_beverley
03-05-08, 12:49 PM
I get a bit of stick about it but don't let it bother me, its only a bit of banter. Normally the boy racer cr@p but I just comment on how old Nova's are now and how the racer image has moved onto the Corsa/Saxo/106 - I can wind em up a little by stating the Nova is almost a classic :)
I get it twice as bad now though since the other car is a Skoda lol
i got laffed at in the baby blue saloon which was built as a pure piss take... anyways one guy was pointing and laffing at the car one morning which kinda annoyed me... anyways he lives on the same street as where i used to park my car. he had a shock when i walked over and said ****ing laff now you prick.
He didnt look twice at me after that.
Its always going to be the same!
Anybody who is clued in, will respect a Nova (most people around my area do see them as more than a chav-mobile luckily, as theres about 4-5 hatches, at most, on the road in my county).
But then you will always get the bandit driving his new fiesta, thinking his car is 10x better than a Nova in all departments, because its new etc.
I don't care tbh. All of my friends, despite the slagging lol, know what I'm about.
(I'm quite the opposite of a chav BTW lol)
all the little chavs round here give 'nuff respect yo' to the nova.i parked up outside some shops the other week and there was a group of chavs outside and as i was walking to the shop one shouted out
chav:nice car mate.what you had out of it?
me:hmm about 70-75mph
chav:is that it!??(with a very puzzled look on his face!)lol
i just walked into the shop laughinglol
CoolTiger
03-05-08, 01:53 PM
get most of the stick off my dad lol but other than that me mates just rip it "haha nova shed lolololol 1.2 wouldnt even pull me out of bed hahahah"
"so what you gonna have for your first car"
"a 1.6 corsa gsi"
good luck insuring that lol :)
Welsh Dan
03-05-08, 01:55 PM
good luck pulling that out of the ditch/off the tree
Corrected :).
They'll front it on mummy and daddies insurance :(
tom_beverley
03-05-08, 02:00 PM
good luck picking up all the engine parts when it throws a rod and spits its guts out lol :)
Re-corrected lol Sorry, couldn't resist.
my easy solution to this problem would be to get out of your "shed" grab the bloke and put his face though the window of what ever "shed" hes driving, then comes the question "do you still think my cars a shed" if replys no kick him in the back and **** off, if replys yes pull his head out of the window (being very carful not to cut your self on any of the glass) drag him round to the other side of the car and repeat step one, one this is complete get in your car and fu ck off before his 4 rugby playing mates come out of the onestop that your parked out side and see whats happened.
NovaLad
03-05-08, 02:33 PM
The people that know their stuff about cars will norm give you nice comments from my experience.
Such as:
Nice car you have their don't see many about anymore.
I wanted a Nova when i was younger they were the car to have back in the day and i would still have 1.
I love how low it looks do you plan to put a 2.0 in it some day?Then you get the people that think they know everything but know nothing.
Giving comments like:
That belongs in a scrap yard.
Why spend all that money on it, you could have a new car by now.
Then you get the usual sniggering.Around my way i have only really had 1 or 2 at the most neg comments.
The rest have been good ones off drivers that have had one in the past or havn't and allways wanted 1.
I have 2 mates with mums that used to have um aswell and loved um.
All my mates like it and when i let them have a drive they liked it more lol.
All my mates like it and when i let them have a drive they liked it more lol.
The way my friends drive they don't even get to sit in the drivers seat lol!
mcgas001
03-05-08, 02:49 PM
I havnt driven mine on the road yet, So I cant really say on my experience of abuse. I have however, been a passenger back when my bother had his fleet of Nova's. We were in a 1.6 GSI Nova, Bloody rocket it was. Was fairly late, We were driving along and stopped at some lights. What do you know? a Saxo VTR and a Peugot 106 Rallye with a Stage 2 rally head, Pulled up behind, The road ahead was a dual carriage way. I think you can guess what happened, They started trying to race us. Got on the dual carriage way, Bye bye Saxo and 106 LMAO. :D When we got to the lights at the end of the dual carriage way, You should have seen the guy in the saxo's, face. LOL, I wish I had a camera.
It just goes to show, People always judge a book by its cover when it comes to Nova's. Thats the wrong thing to do, As the saxo guy found out - The hard way. lol
NovaLad
03-05-08, 02:54 PM
What had your brothers 1.6 had done to it :S
mcgas001
03-05-08, 02:56 PM
What had your brothers 1.6 had done to it :S
Only a K&N and a better exhaust?
tom_beverley
03-05-08, 03:14 PM
I can see this turning into one of those Nova GSi v Saxo VTS threads :roll:
NovaLad
03-05-08, 03:30 PM
We were in a 1.6 GSI Nova, stopped at some lights. a Saxo VTR Pulled up behind, ...
I think its one thing you just need to accept when owning a nova,
1/ they are crap in the eyes of most other people.
2/ you will get abuse from time to time!
paul james
03-05-08, 03:57 PM
If the general public think novas are crap and old, and that also filters down to car thieves so they don't want to take them, thats alright by me!
tom_beverley
03-05-08, 04:02 PM
We were in a 1.6 GSI Nova, stopped at some lights. a Saxo VTR Pulled up behind,
......
I'll get my coat...
craig green
03-05-08, 04:16 PM
I've always used my Nova ownership as a point in case of proving that we dont all conform to the stereo-type of what Nova drivers like.
The fact I've had my GSi for 9 years shows I wasnt owning it as a fad.
A while ago in my TD (nova), I heard some little kid laugh at my gippo car. Whatever! My TDi Fiesta is miserable compared to that.
MODERN CARS SUCK!
craig green
03-05-08, 04:19 PM
a Peugot 106 Rallye with a Stage 2 rally head, Pulled up behind,
How do you know? Was the cyl head strapped to the roof rack? lol
NovaLad
03-05-08, 04:23 PM
Their is 1 thing that i totally hate about about new cars and i hope the rest of you agree.
That thing is you can't feel anything benief your accelerator foot because everything is just powered by electric these days.
When i get in my nova i feel the shakes the power (of the 1.2) lol
almost all the people I meet respect me for keeping it going. Christ! I drive a mk3 fiesta and a mk1 nova - I am a 90's chav, but both cars are minty mint and tastfully done. I normally end up hearing about when they had a nova/fiesta and how good it is to see such a tidy one on the road still (more the nova)
boyle_46
03-05-08, 05:59 PM
i take the abuse and get on with my life lol doesnt bother me i just laugh it off .
its all part of the appeal of owning a nova imo
mcgas001
03-05-08, 07:18 PM
...
What?
Im getting the feeling people arnt totaly happy with what im saying, Would someone mind explaining? We did beat it thats for sure. It was right behind us, but we beat it. This will only turn into a Saxo Vs Nova thread if you guys make it.
mcgas001
03-05-08, 07:19 PM
How do you know? Was the cyl head strapped to the roof rack? lol
When we stopped at the lights, after the little race he told us.
NovaLad
03-05-08, 07:19 PM
No my post was aimed at tom_beverley. (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/member.php?u=4158)
mcgas001
03-05-08, 07:21 PM
No my post was aimed at tom_beverley.
Im a little confused, Was my post wrong? Have I done something wrong? :confused:
i used to get it all the time in mine from people in work , most people outside used to pass comment on how tidy it was , been off road for 13 months now , but should be back on next month so ill see if i get it again lol
someone once came the garage with mine outside and said "what a shed.. chav mobile".. i said "at least mines not impounded dikhead.. then when we were getting his car out i farted in it lol
L33 LEG
03-05-08, 11:39 PM
try working at a petrol station. on average every 10mins somebody will comment about my car, whether it be old people giving me dodgey looks, people asking why i drive a nova or even worse, chavs telling me how wicked it is!
its all part of the fun though :)
Mine is a shed and a track car in 1.
But i still love and thats what counts.
Bloody thing lol.
I've got Odd wheels on mine and i still havn't sorted my rear bumper - It makes it even more fun. Occasionally i'l hear the odd passer by telling their friends "that's on carbs" but apart from that its mostly laughs.
When i was at croft once i didn't get anything but praise. I was outpowering alot of nicer looking cars down the pit straight, and everyone was commenting on how surprising it is, and how good it sounds !
Nova_Loon
05-05-08, 01:13 AM
i get it all the time by all my mates because thar all drive big jap car ie starlet turbos skylines evos and i got a nova i love my nova so F**k Tham lol
I know what you all mean but i think its just funny tbh. but its great when you bite back and they dont know what to say back. I.E the other week i was getting out of the loon and a group of bloke were walking past and one was rippin the hell out of it. So had to bite back as he has the attitude of a bmw driver and said ( got to be better then a crap bmw like every other wan#er with a small d##k owns and think they are a pimp )
You get the same with any old car, im used to it now with owning a 5 door mk2 golf (in beige too lol )
I just agree with the comments, then say "its what I like, i dont give a sh*te what you like"
What annoys me though is when people think their cars are better than they are lol :tard: and will argue that its the best car in the world :tard:
yea i hate that, they try and say how good there car is just becasue they bought it. but a good tip if you know someone with a bmw thats says something about your car. just say its a shame you wasted your money on one of them and didnt go for a audi
What annoys me though is when people think their cars are better than they are lol :tard: and will argue that its the best car in the world :tard:
Funny you should say that Walsh, as there are people on here who do that! lol
yea i hate that, they try and say how good there car is just becasue they bought it. but a good tip if you know someone with a bmw thats says something about your car. just say its a shame you wasted your money on one of them and didnt go for a audi
Wouldnt that depend on what year BMW tho, as 90's BMW's (E36's) are IMO superior to the 90's AUDI's.
Example (a mates car) - 1996 BMW 328i Coupe Auto in white
89k miles with full BMW history including dealer stamps
Red heated leather seats
202bhp in Sport mode
150bhp in "normal" mode.
Insurance group 16 (IIRC)
Cost - £1800
What 90's AUDI is similiar to the above for the same money?
Rick Draper
05-05-08, 10:10 AM
I can honestly say i dislkie driving a nova. When in the past i have had a corsa b i honestly say i felt far more respectable driving the corsa! I used to love my nova when i was 20 but now i think with it been off the road so much its just not the same anymore. Yes i appreciate a nice clean nova but i dont admire anyone driving one day to day!
I can honestly say i dislkie driving a nova. When in the past i have had a corsa b i honestly say i felt far more respectable driving the corsa!
Yes!! Last time i raised the same point (having had a Corsa B aswell) all i got was abuse!! I found my Corsa far more comfortable and pleasant to drive too.
Im the same as you Rick, i too dislike driving a Nova lol god knows why ive just bought another one!
I had a Nova at the same time as the Celica. I think I drove it about two or three times then sold it. Need I say more? lol
....although that doesn't account for why I bought another one lol
someone once came the garage with mine outside and said "what a shed.. chav mobile".. i said "at least mines not impounded dikhead.. then when we were getting his car out i farted in it lol
My hero :tard:
Novadaftman
05-05-08, 02:31 PM
I get it all the time in my work from the guys but simple fact of the matter is i love my car and i couldn't give a f*** what they say cause at the end of the day its my car not there's so who gives. The nova is a classic car in my mind and in most of your minds also i guess. We love our cars and no matter what anyone says that aint gonna change!!!!!
. So had to bite back as he has the attitude of a bmw driver and
Rather hypocritical there :thumb:
My Dad drives a BMW, Yet he loves the odd go in the nova. Meh, who gives a **** really, if you get aggitated by such insignificant things i think you need to chill out a little.
General Baxter
05-05-08, 03:46 PM
Yes!! Last time i raised the same point (having had a Corsa B aswell) all i got was abuse!! I found my Corsa far more comfortable and pleasant to drive too.
yes and when it rains, just go over 70mph and the wipers come up the screen, its like a posh car with auto rain wipers :thumb:
But i couldnt see a 1.2 Nova managing to do 100mph with 1 passenger and an Integra Type R engine in the boot (about same weight as a V6) though Nick lol lol
Rather hypocritical there :thumb:
My Dad drives a BMW, Yet he loves the odd go in the nova. Meh, who gives a **** really, if you get aggitated by such insignificant things i think you need to chill out a little.
Yea maybe i should, dont get me wrong there are alot of nice drivers out there that let you out ect. but from what ive seen id say about 90% of bmw drives think they really do own the road. And tbh it is funny when i bite back to see what they can come up with next :D
Being an enthusiast doesnt mean you own the best car. It means you have a completely dillusional and sideways view of the car you have chosen to love. I repeatedly curse the affection I have for the little feckers, continuously wish i'd got into a more contemporary or reliable car, but hey, thats not what its about.
I have to spend at least an hour or so a week keeping the 1.2 on the road, and the track car has imploded more than a fat mans bowls, but i still keep at it for some bizarre reason.
If someone insults your car, 9 times out of 10 theyre not a proper car enthusiast, because they dont understand what its all about. Banter is a completely different thing though, and shouldnt be mistaken for insults. My comments about RS Turbo's are always Banter, because I can understand why their owners keep at it. They have fallen in love with a lemon, like I have, and have no fecking escape!
Luckily though, being 6 foot 3 kind of stops people saying anything lol
When the saloon eventually gives up the ghost I'll probably turn to VW to satisfy my inner German. I'll be attempting to take you with me :p lol
Pfft, been there, done that. Cant get on with the VW scene. Arrogant bunch of feckers lol
Plus VW's are too heavy because theyre built properly lol
When the saloon eventually gives up the ghost I'll probably turn to VW to satisfy my inner German. I'll be attempting to take you with me :p lol
Come over to the better side :D :thumb: theres a seat under my wing reserved for you :)
*arrogance mode* sod you Lee, were much better than you and always will be, VeeDub FTW *arrogance mode* lol ;)
We organised a small Nova meeting in our local town once, me, Keith Robionson, Beaney and a few others. Now, 1 Nova is enough to attract a small crowd in my town, so Imagie what 8 did. We had all the chavs of the day snooping round then, pointing and saying "Thats been filled" or "My 1.4 Civic would beat that" and of Co**** the obligitary "Wanna race?" Comments.
Its hard to loose the Stigma that comes with the Novas, but it does seem that the Chavs are moving on to more stupid cars so its not too bad. Its like Cavalier SRi 130s. Every Burbury, Nike and Gold Jewelery wearing tw@t of the day had one, but now it seems that they dont anymore!!
I don't mind driving one every day. Sold my last XE Nova and had a fairly respectable Celica GT4 which didn't attract any attention but was ultimately boring and slow so sold it and built another XE Nova.
Was getting quite a few positive comments about how quick it was at York dragway this weekend and even got a cheer when it beat a Trans-am up the strip.
Also get a few negative comments, mostly from the people at work who have newer cars which instantly means they are better and that i'm jealous!!
Drove the nova for the first time today with the carbs splutting and popping - no-one battered an eye lid.... but then with all the chav's in their badly maintained cars, its a fairly normal thing 'round 'erelol
michael squeak
07-05-08, 04:06 PM
i hate it round here when i pull up next to my mate he has a fiesta with a massive body kit on it an the worst spray job in the world (he sprayed it him self and he cant spray for toffe. he didnt even prep it just washed it and painted it. then it rained about 20 mins after painting it an it looks like sh1t) the kit has been cracked an snapped everywere from speed bumps. but all the little sh!ts are like w4nking over it and telling me to get a body kit for mine.
my reply ... dont be a c0ck!!!! lol
thedjse
07-05-08, 04:30 PM
It used to upset me even my mates at first were taking the piss when i brought home a flame pink (faded red) nova loon home but its gone from strength to strentgh i still get the funny comments but i let it breeze over my head they aint worth it plus half of the people that say it mummy and daddy bought there car anyway we can all purchase the same ordinary cars but it takes a really person to buy a car with charictor so in answer to the 1st post i think its part of owning a nova!!!
:cool:
dave_bates
07-05-08, 04:37 PM
My next door neigbour has three teenage boys, they laugh at mine everytime i pull out of the drive.
I asked the eldest what car he wanted when he was old enough to drive....
reply......... " a cinqucento... there ace"
the yoof these days, havent got a fecking clue!
a2lt16v
07-05-08, 04:41 PM
i get it all the time but slowly im converting my home town and they are all beginning to want them again becuase they are cheap to fix and are so much more fun than a new car.
they are making a come back slowly but they have definatly got a bad name when people ask me i say i have a corsa-a and they say they like them!!!!!!!!!
I want a ride in it :D
tuff, I just pulled the carbs off again :mad:
*mumbles* - fecking 2nd hand carbs - bloody... *mumbles*
i always get my car called a shed, by people who have common, chavvy newer slow cars, whereas a most of the older lads or people with a genuinely fast car have respect for mine and have never called it a shed, the dub/skater lads are the worst for it
edit: my old nova
DW-Nova
08-05-08, 12:06 AM
Not driving my nova round at the moment as it's been off the road for almost a year whilst i use it as my long term project, however i did drive round for a year in it from being 17, it was my first car. Got loads of mixed comments about it to be honest, such as Why are you spending so much on that? you could buy a better car !! ??? whats the point of spending so much money on that etc did get loads of good comments on it though! such as Nice car mate, thats well nice! (from the local chavs lol) they create alot of attention because they are getting rarer and they look totally different to any modern car, in response to what a couple of people have said a couple of pages back about not liking driving Novas, my response is why are you on this forum? and whats the point of owning one? it's a waste of money if you dont like the result! lastly i do admit that whilst i do love my Nova i do agree that it's not the best daily driver! they require quite abit of maintenance and whilst i was driving mine through winter i kept worrying about it going rusty lol, They do go well for what they are though! i had a 1.4 carb model and it was absolutley bang on the same peformance wise as my mates T reg saxo VTR.
i get it all the time but slowly im converting my home town and they are all beginning to want them again becuase they are cheap to fix and are so much more fun than a new car.
they are making a come back slowly but they have definatly got a bad name when people ask me i say i have a corsa-a and they say they like them!!!!!!!!!
As am I and at the minute no one has anything other than respect for them. THere was a few Chav'd Novas around but luckily they've all phased out. Which is nice. The make big money over here now and because they're rare due to lack of maintanence etc. So roll in the Money!!
BRoadGhost
08-05-08, 11:14 AM
In all honesty this kinda image will never totally go as peeps our age will remember them and the sort of peeps that would abuse them.
For the sheer pleasure of driving the time effort and money put into any car will be evident if done properly.
The stage i'm interested in doesn't have any crap on it that would detract from the functionality of one purpose.
With this in mind it doesn't matter what shell the car is built upon ~ so long as it's relatively lightweight.
Looking into the various engine layouts, making a shining example of that design type is all you can do I suppose.
Some like certain shapes and others don't, but most will agree on key ingredients mixed properly ~ ride height & wheels being the most dramatic way to communicate purpose.
Quality of components will only provide driving consistencies and reliability.
Suppose the biggest poi is essentially over engineered cars.
That said there needs to be a clear focus for it's given purpose and an overall balance for useability.
craig green
08-05-08, 11:18 AM
I asked the eldest what car he wanted when he was old enough to drive....
reply......... " a cinqucento... there ace"
Thats comical.. I was expecting something along the lines of 'Skyline' lol
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