Best 'cool' petrol car

comewatmay

Is the VW Golf the best cool car that is most widely available around?

Had ideals on a Ford Focus but the newer versions are all mostly diesel and not petrol.

Supergurrier

The one with the best aircon system i'd imagine

Sir Arthur Daley

One with 4 wheels always looks cool.

colm_mcm

Are Golfs cool now?

Oh dear...

Littlehorny

To the Cool Wall!

biko

Maybe OP you need to tell us your definition of a cool car.

For me it's a Chevy Impala 1967..

TheBigGreen

Skoda Octavia vRS is a cool car.

hi5

I thought the Audi A4 was the cool car to have.

CJhaughey

This is a cool car.

YbFocus

It's only cool if you have a 10" sunstrip, slammed "lower than your grannies nipples", has an "rs4" kit and badge to prove and finally molested with a set of 911 997 wheels.
Then it's "cool" and at this stage more generic than having a standard one :rolleyes:

Sobanek

Anything with a red D and a red I

:P

Pov06

Vitz 1.5 turbo

Cookie_Monster

the golf is possibly the least cool, generic car you can get.

mullingar

A golf is cool?


No.



Just clever Vw marketing for perceived coolness when it really is not.

alias no.9

Golf, the car that people who think they're supposed to be cool, think they're supposed to buy.

dgt

ZOMG veedubbers 4 lyf #vagfaglyfdawg

As for a cool petril car, perhaps one that keeps cool in traffic and doesn't overheat....?

ironclaw

Pov06 wrote: »

Vitz 1.5 turbo

Super rare and so much fun. Seen one in Ireland but there are mountains of them in the Canaries.

Moneymaker

Nothing German is cool.

If you want cool, buy Italian or French.

New Clio is cool imo.

MuppetCheck

Civic FD2 Type R based on rarity?

rustymetal

I would say a Citroen DS 4 or an Alfa Romeo Brera.

Donnelly117

rustymetal wrote: »

I would say a Citroen DS 4 or an Alfa Romeo Brera.

+1 for the Brera, pity they never made a fast one, I know there was the v6 but its a bit dull to drive by all accounts.

Staying in the relms of what you would see on the road on a day to day basis I think and RX-8 is cool... And an OPC Astra (in blue)

Rose35

rustymetal wrote: »

I would say a Citroen DS 4 or an Alfa Romeo Brera.

Instead of thinking 'cool' think of something you can sell on again easily and has reliability, nothing at all wrong with the golf, just a lot of vw golf bashing goes on in this forum OP

DoctorEdgeWild

Can't think of anything less cool than a Ford Focus or modern day Golf.

For me, Honda Crx mk2. You can get a nice one for under 2k and you'll have a reliable, fun to drive, stunning to look at car.

As with any discussion of this kind, 'cool' is entirely subjective.

Donnelly117

Rose35 wrote: »

Instead of thinking 'cool' think of something you can sell on again easily and has reliability, nothing at all wrong with the golf, just a lot of vw golf bashing goes on in this forum OP

OP asked for a cool car, not a reliable, sellable car... Im sorry but a Golf is just not cool... not even at all...

pudzey101

Integra type r not because i have one , but simply blows all the petrol cars iv ever owned in the past out of the water !!

Sobanek

The E63 Coupe (BMW 6 Series) in black looks cool imo.

And the W221 S63/S65 AMG

Rose35

Donnelly117 wrote: »

OP asked for a cool car, not a reliable, sellable car... Im sorry but a Golf is just not cool... not even at all...

Don't be sorry, I misread thought the OP was in the market and the Golf was one of his choices, it's seems to be a very popular car thouigh

Moneymaker

Rose35 wrote: »

Don't be sorry, I misread thought the OP was in the market and the Golf was one of his choices, it's seems to be a very popular car thouigh

It ain't because it's cool.

It's because people are sheep.

And the chape tax.

And the turbo daysullll lad.

Stallingrad

A3 saloon is kind of cool.

Rose35

Moneymaker wrote: »

It ain't because it's cool.

It's because people are sheep.

And the chape tax.

And the turbo daysullll lad.

Big generalisation there.....

Moneymaker

Rose35 wrote: »

Big generalisation there.....

Move to Finglas and you'll think otherwise :pac:

Anjobe

Stallingrad wrote: »

A3 saloon is kind of cool.

No.

CiboC

Mother of Jaysus, if people think that Golfs and A3s are cool there is no hope...!

Nothing particularly wrong with either of them, but cool they are most definitely not....

Pov06

ironclaw wrote: »

Super rare and so much fun. Seen one in Ireland but there are mountains of them in the Canaries.

Wish they'd be more common. I have a 1.0 yaris and wish it had the 1.5 turbo motor :L

07Lapierre

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Something like an old E-type Jag is cool.

It doesn't have to be old does it?

http://www.eaglegb.com/pages/eagle-etypes#.VD5odGd0wps

CathalDublin

Sobanek wrote: »

Anything with a red D and a red I

:P

and when people ask you what car you're driving you have to say
golf GT red I or T, red D, red I:eek:

JC01

Stallingrad wrote: »

A3 saloon is kind of cool.

God no. I was behind a brand new one of these the other day. Really uppity looking woman driving it. Probably though I was admiring her expensive new Awwwwdi. I was looking at it thinking you poor foolish sheep your ina slightly glorified golf could ya not stretch to the friggin a4 at least... The polar opposite of cool maybe?

Odyssey 2005

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

One with 4 wheels always looks cool.

There was a couple of cool 3 wheelers too...

Stallingrad

JC01 wrote: »

God no. I was behind a brand new one of these the other day. Really uppity looking woman driving it. Probably though I was admiring her expensive new Awwwwdi. I was looking at it thinking you poor foolish sheep your ina slightly glorified golf could ya not stretch to the friggin a4 at least... The polar opposite of cool maybe?

She has good taste and you seem to have a lot of brand baggage. Everyone has a different definition of 'cool'. But a small footprint, impeccable design and build, understated looks that don't try too hard, super classy cabin. All comes closer to 'cool' for me than most.

ShaunieVW

Entirely subjective. To me golf GTIs are cool, especially the mk7 as its gone back to the days of being nimble and lighter than the standard golf Alu roof etc. Hondas are for knackers( save a couple) and Alfas are definetly cool. I drive an a3. Ancient being an 01 but its a 1.8t so a little bit different to the normal daysul stuff. Its cool to me but I dont expect people to be jealous when I drive by lol! Again this is only my opinion. If we all had the same opinion then it would be boring.

Cee-Jay-Cee

You cannot use the word 'cool' and VW Golf in the same sentence. 'Boring' 'dull' 'drab' uninspiring' 'mundane' are all perfectly acceptable but not cool. The same goes for the Ford Focus. It's an econobox car and will never be cool, not even the RS/ST versions.

Donnelly117

OSI wrote: »

So's the late late show :pac:


(And I say this as the owner of a Golf)

GTi is a different story! Regualr golfs...not cool. In fact is there a cool hatchback on sale at the moment?

I think the BRZ and GT86 are pretty cool actually, and whatever the american variant is called... Scion something

tossy

This is Irish motoring all over, there isn't just one Golf, there isn't just one Focus, or A4, or 3 series.

It is possible to buy a very cool Golf and a very Dull one,same goes for every model of car. You can buy a golf that is 'cooler' than a 5 series, if by cool you mean better spec'd,faster,better to drive etc.

You can buy an A4 that's cooler than an A8. You can buy a Focus that's cooler than an A4 etc etc

Do you get it OP ?

pcardin

Smart Roadster Coupe is cool petrol car

Packardb

Golf GTi's were cool for a short while in 1985
That was also the last time VAG were as reliable as people think they are
Any petrol car is cooler than a diesel

tossy

Packardb wrote: »

Golf GTi's were cool for a short while in 1985
That was also the last time VAG were as reliable as people think they are

Jesus really? how did i get away unscathed with the last 5 VAG cars i've owned over the last 12 years and put up maybe 150k ? Some of them cool to my eyes and all of them bullet proof. Am i the lucky one ?

Skylinehead

Nissan GTR. Although "widely available" is stretching it.

JoeA3

Packardb wrote: »

Golf GTi's were cool for a short while in 1985
That was also the last time VAG were as reliable as people think they are
Any petrol car is cooler than a diesel

More boards.ie sweeping generalisation bullcrap. How many have you driven or owned since "1985"?
For some realistic balance (to support Tossy!) I've owned various VAG's over the last 10-12 years including 2 GTI's, a GTD, and an Audi A3. I can't recall any of them causing me a moments bother outside of regular maintenance.

porsche959

Here is a cool Golf:

CianRyan

I object to Lightning.
DC2's are cool.
22B's are pretty cool too.

YbFocus

A nismo 34 gtr z-tune.
I still melt the same way I did when I was 12

I think that'd rock a Monaco hotel!