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    now i'm not sure about the continent with opel, but why is vauxhall always seen as been slightly chavvy?

    now i know that the nova had a bad image through boy racers and poorly modified examples but fiesta, 5's, clios and golfs etc have had the same modifications. I just dont get it.

    i am probably been biased but just wondered what you lot think?
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    yup, vauxhall nova, the automotive equivalent of herpes... The symptoms may come & go, but the disease is permanent
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    I think its a load of bollox,being that vauxhall have been making cars for decades and the word "chav" has been around since around 2004

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    I dont see Vauxhall alone being seen as chavy.. I think its just the cars

    For me its corsas, pug 106's, saxos etc.. I think pretty much every manufacturer has a "chavy car" in its range... purely because they are cheap for the new young drivers..

    for example when the new saxo came out, it came with a years free insurance.

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    A lot more charvas drive Vauxhalls thats why.

    Take our recent Vauxhall meet on Sunday for example, you walked around and all you can smell is green and see people wearing track suits, I bet it wouldn't be like that if you went to a Honda meet.

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    Vauxhall as a marque and it's origins is as chav as Rolls Royce. If it weren't for the first world war we'd probably need to be much richer to buy one as they used to make high end luxury cars like a Roller.

    I think, as mentioned, it's certain aged drivers, what they do and how they drive them which has given them a 'chav' reputation. In Europe as far as I have seen they seem to have a slightly different (better) reputation.

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    Just don't worrie about it I don't, I wear what I want, I own what ever dog breed I want and drive what ever I can afford/want, life is to short to care if other people think there better then you, just let them crack on with it.
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    I'd say it's more of a case of how you act and your attitude that makes you a chav and not what you wear or what dog you have on a lead.

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    Cheap. Like the budget.

    Leaving more spends left over for the green ya get meee y0 s4fe brapz.

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    Balls, Cavs are well more chav at least I used to get the sympathy vote in my Nova.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lynsey View Post
    Balls, Cavs are well more chav at least I used to get the sympathy vote in my Nova.
    Corsa C's are well more charver then any Cav. And every chavver & his me julie drive boyed up C's around here.

    Oh wait :/

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