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Over-rated Cars

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  • 24-08-2011 9:20am
    #1
    Mr.David
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭


    Inspired by Volvoman's thread on under rated cars...........

    I'll get the ball rolling with my suggestions (all cars I've driven that didnt live up to expectations at all).

    1. Audi A3
    2. Audi A4
    3. BMW X3 (1st Gen)
    4. VW Passat
    5. Ford Focus
    6. Aston Martin AMV8 & DB9
    7. Maserati GT
    8. Mercedes E Class
    9. Lambo Gallardo

    Anyone agree/disagree/got any others to add?!


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    #2
    homer90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    1. Octavia.












    :o


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    #3
    INEEDANID
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭INEEDANID


    Octavia - A cheap big reliable car. But a Sh1tbox to drive really!

    I think people see cheap reliable cars as great cars.


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    #4
    Bandara
    Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭Bandara


    De bleedin GlanZAAAAAA

    its shoite


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    #5
    homer90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭homer90


    Going to get flamed for this,

    3394489183a10153878204l.jpg

    Twin Cams, Could never see the point of them........ Or the stupid prices people used to look for them when up for sale...


    Edit: Lambo & DB9 ----> Get out of it !!


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    VW Passat.


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    #7
    Magic Beans
    Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭Magic Beans


    homer90 wrote: »
    1. Octavia.












    :o
    Boot too small?


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    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,266 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Magic Beans wrote: »
    Boot too small?

    More like it's a case of being a boot half empty or boot half full type of person.

    Or in the case of an engineer, the boot is twice as big as it needs to be.


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    A4. Can't figure out why they're so popular.
    Mondeo. It handles nicely with nice steering feedback, but in every other way it's either slightly disappointing or a lot disappointing. It's a good car, but not the bee-all-and-end-all.


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    Deminiman
    Registered Users Posts: 166 ✭✭Deminiman


    A4 for sure! I think all audi's are overrated, I'd stick to the skoda!

    Twin cam, for me can'n be overrated,


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    #11
    yupyup7up
    Closed Accounts Posts: 845 ✭✭✭yupyup7up


    I can't believe no one has said VW Golf yet........


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    #12
    Lurching
    Registered Users Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Lurching


    Anything Korean.
    Why would you buy a terrible car like that and not just get something a few years older with a bit of soul? (Not Seoul!).


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    R.O.R
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    I've driven quite a few different Alfa's from 2003 onwards, and really don't see what's meant to be so special about them. Both Petrol & Diesel models, 156/147/159/GT.

    The new Giulietta is pretty good, but didn't feel special to drive in comparison to a Focus / Astra.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Mr.David wrote: »
    ............
    1. Audi A3
    .............5. Ford Focus
    .......Anyone agree............


    Yep, can't fathom how anyone would part with the cash for an A3, had a 140bhp diesel 5 door for a weekend a year or so ago, doesn't justify the premium over other VAG products. Re the Focus, the handling is so much over hyped it's unreal.


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    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    Vw Golf, Most VW's actually "theyre a great reliable make" - me hole.

    Alfa romeos: I just dont see it, they're ugly and piles of scrap, i reckon its a case of people taking everything that the Clarkson gobshyte says as gospel.

    Audi A3, A4.. Even the new ones havent a patch on new BMW's/Mercs in the looks department anyway.

    Korean cars.


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    yupyup7up
    Closed Accounts Posts: 845 ✭✭✭yupyup7up


    Mr.David wrote: »
    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. :confused:


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    b318isp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭b318isp


    Really disappointing cars I've driven:

    - Nissan Almera
    - Ford Focus 1.4
    - Toyota Avensis (one of the worst modern cars I've driven)
    - Mazda 626 (models before the 6)
    - Audi A6
    - C Class Mercedes
    - Fiat Brava/o
    - Ford Escort, mk. IV
    - Toyota Corolla h/b
    - BMW 318i
    - Opel Omega (way too soft, but great car otherwise)
    - Opel Corsa
    - Volvo S40
    - VW Passat
    - Mk 3 & 4 VW Golf
    - Renault Megane
    - Peugeot 306
    - First gen Lexus IS200


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    #18
    Mr.David
    Registered Users Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭Mr.David


    OSI wrote: »
    Care to elaborate why they "didn't live up to expectations at all"? Were you expecting the Lambo, Maserati and Astons to give you a blow job while you drove them or something?

    Obviously they are hugely desirable cars and quick etc and of course I would love one.....but relative to expectations they were disappointing.

    Without going into lots of detail, the Lambo is dull to drive (very Audi like!), the Maser is just poor in so many respects (despite the glorious noise and way it looks), the Astons are just poor versions of Porsches (I know they look great but thats not enough at that level).

    All subjective opinions of course!

    Re the Focus, agree with RoverJames the handling hype is just so silly. Yes its tidy and better than most in the class but its no Ariel Atom. And in most other regards I think its competitive but not class leading.


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    #19
    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    b318isp wrote: »
    Really disappointing cars I've driven:

    - Nissan Almera
    - Ford Focus 1.4
    - Toyota Avensis (one of the worst modern cars I've driven)
    - Mazda 626 (models before the 6)
    - Audi A6
    - C Class Mercedes
    - Fiat Brava/o
    - Ford Escort, mk. IV
    - Toyota Corolla h/b
    - BMW 318i
    - Opel Omega (way too soft, but great car otherwise)
    - Opel Corsa
    - Volvo S40
    - VW Passat
    - Mk 3 & 4 VW Golf
    - Renault Megane
    - Peugeot 306
    - First gen Lexus IS200

    Yeh but most of those I would expect to be sh!te. The point of the thread is cars that you think would be great but aren't.


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    Suprab1
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭Suprab1


    Subaru Impreza


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    #21
    Gophur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭Gophur


    Toyota


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    #22
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    A4. Ride is awful, price tag is massive for a car that poor.


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    b318isp wrote: »
    Really disappointing cars I've driven:

    - Nissan Almera
    - Ford Focus 1.4
    - Toyota Avensis (one of the worst modern cars I've driven) - What's so bad about it?
    - Mazda 626 (models before the 6) - No. 626 was a very good car compared to the competition.
    - Audi A6
    - C Class Mercedes - Which one? Newest one is excellent.
    - Fiat Brava/o - Depends - 1.4 was dung, 1.2 was excellent, and chassis was actually quite good, much better than the dung Mk 4 Golf
    - Ford Escort, mk. IV
    - Toyota Corolla h/b
    - BMW 318i
    - Opel Omega (way too soft, but great car otherwise)
    - Opel Corsa
    - Volvo S40
    - VW Passat
    - Mk 3 & 4 VW Golf
    - Renault Megane
    - Peugeot 306 - Wrong. Best car in it's class, bar none. And it wasn't rated highly either, so I can't see how it could be over-rated!
    - First gen Lexus IS200
    Fixed your post.
    As for the Alfa bashing, I agree, many Alfa's are over rated, but the 156 was ahead of the rest in terms of handling. And Alfa's ugly? Please. Stop while you're behind. The Gulietta is the best looking hatch ever. And a Focus or Astra are NOT special!


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    [Deleted User]
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    Gophur wrote: »
    Toyota

    All of them?


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    gebbel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,354 ✭✭✭gebbel


    Thatnastyboy wrote: »

    Audi A3, A4.. Even the new ones havent a patch on new BMW's/Mercs in the looks department anyway.

    s.

    Couldnt disagree more with that opinion.


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    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    gebbel wrote: »
    Couldnt disagree more with that opinion.
    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! :D


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    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    yupyup7up wrote: »
    Handles really well and the driving position is great. :confused:

    It's great til you sit in something properly comfortable and going back to the focus feels like sitting in a babys high chair.


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    #28
    cadaliac
    Registered Users Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭cadaliac


    A4 - overpriced and nothing special to drive.

    Passat - ditto since the B6 (and 5.5 was sh1te to drive too).

    most BMW 3 series petrols below 2.0 ltr. Sorry, I just don't like them. Small and cramped.

    New Superb (105 bhp 5 speed) - Fcuking awful to drive.


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    #29
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    gebbel wrote: »
    Couldnt disagree more with that opinion.

    Good, without different opinions life would be boring.
    Tea 1000 wrote: »
    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! :D

    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.


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    #30
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,922 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    b318isp wrote: »
    Really disappointing cars I've driven:

    - Nissan Almera
    - Ford Focus 1.4
    - Toyota Avensis (one of the worst modern cars I've driven)
    - Mazda 626 (models before the 6)
    - Audi A6
    - C Class Mercedes
    - Fiat Brava/o
    - Ford Escort, mk. IV
    - Toyota Corolla h/b
    - BMW 318i
    - Opel Omega (way too soft, but great car otherwise)
    - Opel Corsa
    - Volvo S40
    - VW Passat
    - Mk 3 & 4 VW Golf
    - Renault Megane
    - Peugeot 306
    - First gen Lexus IS200

    The problem with most of those cars was they probably that they were underpowered. e.g. a Golf with a 1.4 is crap, as would a BMW318 or a 1.6 Volvo S40.

    I don't think that makes them over rated though. They shouldn't be rated to begin with.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #31
    dharn
    Registered Users Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    caddilac, bmw 3 series are all the same size, so an m3 would be small and cramped what a stupid comment


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