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5. Ford Focus
Really? I have a 2007 1.6 LX connection and I find it's a great car, really comfortable, nippy enough, decent on fuel, no problems with it yet(have it 6 months and theres 100k miles on it) and I dunno what I'd do now without the bluetooth radio, keyless entry and electrics all round!
Handles really well and the driving position is great.
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Couldnt disagree more with that opinion.
Good, without different opinions life would be boring.He thinks a 1-series and A-Class are better looking than an A3, and all Alfa's are ugly! Hate to see his missus!
a 1 series is nicer than an a3 IN MY OPINION!!!
A class are horrible yes, but a c class is nicer than an a4,, and an e class is nicer than an a6. IN MY OPINION
IMO i think All alfa's are ugly, and that giulietta looks like a pumped up micra.
Leave the personal sh!t and insults out of it buddy.
Opinions are what they are, opinions. Yours is welcome as much as mine. but if you want to talk shyte piss off somewhere else.0 -
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Overrated
BMW 1-series, ugly, ugly car with absolutely terrible rear leg room, A3 beats it by a mile.
BMW 3-series - so bland looking, the Vauxhall insignia looks a lot better!
BMW in general - dated interiors, particularly 3-series
Golf GTI - 210 PS and only 1 second faster on the 0-60 than a 170 PS TDI AudiA3. Very, Very Disappointing.
Ford Mondeo - Even more bland than the BMW 3-series :eek:
I disagree with the OP about the AudiA3 but only because you have to have driven a quattro 170 version* to see that it's a lot better than the other A3s, the quattro really does make a difference to handling, particularly on corners.
*Yes, I do own one, so may be biased 0 -
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Mine is a sport model, my arse agrees with your sentimentIt's the suspension and general lack of (or no) feedback about Audi's that I don't like.
That's something I think just needs getting used to, you won't pick that up in a weekend hire car (not that you'll get many quattros for hire). I'm used to it now and know when I'm pushing it too much.People confuse grip in corners with handling. They're different things. Sure an A3 quattro will grip, but it still doesn't like being unsettled mid-bend and doesn't give the sort of feedback to really let you know what's going on in the same way that many other cars do.
Indeed but I find the Golf GTI very disappointing nonetheless, the 0-69 was just a point. Too many people view the GTI as some sort of monster hatch that rips tarmac off the road because it's so quick from the lights...it's not. It's a poor car. Sorry GTI fansThere's much more to a car than 0-60 times!
I've had a blown turbo in mine, so I agree.Also they're not fantastically reliable!0 -
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Indeed but I find the Golf GTI very disappointing nonetheless, the 0-69 was just a point. Too many people view the GTI as some sort of monster hatch that rips tarmac off the road because it's so quick from the lights...it's not. It's a poor car. Sorry GTI fans
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Depends on which Golf GTi you're talking about. At worst they're all ok, hardly poor for the money.they/them/theirs
And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek
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That's kind of my point in a way. Take an A4 1.9 130bhp diesel for example versus a Mazda 6 141bhp diesel. More space in the Mazda for a start, more kit, and drive the Mazda and you'll know where the limit of grip is, you can hit a nasty bump mid-bend and it won't undo itself, you'll just get the feel for how it reacted and roll with it with minor intuitive corrections, and continue on. Very nimble and nice to push on through corners. It's also reasonable at soaking up crap roads (although not class leading).Mine is a sport model, my arse agrees with your sentiment
That's something I think just needs getting used to, you won't pick that up in a weekend hire car (not that you'll get many quattros for hire). I'm used to it now and know when I'm pushing it too much.
Indeed but I find the Golf GTI very disappointing nonetheless, the 0-69 was just a point. Too many people view the GTI as some sort of monster hatch that rips tarmac off the road because it's so quick from the lights...it's not. It's a poor car. Sorry GTI fans
I've had a blown turbo in mine, so I agree.
The A4 then commands a massive price premium, feck all space, feck all comfort on slow rough roads, and when not used to one the first time you'll know that grip is gone is the flashing VSC light on the dash and a faint feeling of something not quite right somewhere. Also hit a bump mid-bend and it will crash and bump over it and while it'll never let go or surprise you, it will just feel very uncomfortable and cumbersome in it's reaction to being unsettled.
I agree with you, you can learn it and get used to it, but personally I could never love it for those reasons. It's like Audi continuously can't decide whether to go for handling or comfort when designing their cars, and ultimitaly fall squarely between both stools.
I do like the interior of the newest A4 though.0 -
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