![]() 04/05/2015 at 06:59 • Filed to: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, Opel, Corsa, Datsun, Note, Innovation that excites | ![]() | ![]() |
Took this after easter breakfast with my sisters and her BF. Me mums Datsun and me sisters Corsa united. Doesn't this just scream excitement? Wooooooooooow.
Bonus: Somewhere hidden in this picture is my mother. +5 Fiat points for the one who spots the old witch lovely matured woman.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 09:01 |
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God I hate driving Corsas. Notes are okay cars though.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 09:25 |
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As an appliance, yes. But if you want your car to have, lets say, noise insulation (not an issue if the engine had a nice sound, and it doesn't) or front legroom (seriously I'm only 6 feet tall and my knees almost touch the dashboard even though I always put the seat as far back as possible) it is terrible. I could go on why I utterly hate this car.
As to why my sister keeps buying Opels (her previous car was an F Astra which incidentally broke down once or twice a month), I have no idea. She has had it for a week and already the fuel pump appears to be broken. At least the Nissan which happens to be a british built french car is dead reliable.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 10:13 |
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Don't get me wrong I'm not a fan, but you could've done worse in that segment. Ever been in a mk1 Vauxhall Meriva? Blech.
We had nothing but trouble with our old Corsa too.
They build the Note 10 miles away from me, we North Easters know what we're doing.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 10:48 |
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Don't remind me of Mk1 Merivas. Hateful uhm, "car". A friend had one of those, btw. And one of those Astra convertibles (shudders). He now has a Kawasaki Dirtbike.
Speaking of horrible early 2000s euro GM products, this reminds me of THE most stupid line on Top Gear... in the world... ever. It was a segment about the then new Astra H VXR, I think. So Clarkson stated that Vauxhall was "on a roll right now". Case in point: The Speedster (-__-), the Monaro (-__- x2), the Vectra VXR (-____________-), and the Zafira. If you know what I mean.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 11:31 |
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Haha so the Vauxhalls were so bad they got put off cars and bought a bike. Understandable.
The speedster is a Lotus the Monaro is a Holden and the VXRs are excellent powerful engines in rubbish cars. I drove a 1.7 diesel Astra H. I absolutely hated it.
![]() 04/05/2015 at 11:32 |
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Exactly.