stew
10-03-2006, 21:56
A bit of a happy post, after many people getting the "winter blues!"....
I had to drive my mums 1.6 astra yesterday. I learned to drive in this car (3 years ago), i drove this car for 1 year before getting my first clio. :) It seemed fairly nippy back then when giving it some stick.
Not bad cars, built well, good commuting kinda car, but something was missing.....
....It was sooooo boring to drive! :roll: No power, no good driving position, no tasty turn in. It seemed like twice the size and weight of my clio :cry:
It made me remember a few things about why we put up with the high running costs, the amount of time we spend footering about fixing things on them.....clio's are fun cars.
All the hassle of the impracticalities of a stripped out 2.0L clio are worth it when you get behind the wheel. Its made me realise that im happy to freeze my ass off on cold mornings with frost on the inside of the windscreen, to put up with only having 2 seats, no sound deadening, loud exhuast, slammed on coilovers, harnesses etc......anything rather than drive a STANDARD BORING CAR!
The only 3 things that will ever make me change is....
1)If i have to do massive commuting journeys
2)If i come into some major money (aint gonna happen!)
3)When i become old and boring (got a fair few years before that happens!)
*Sorry is a tad random *
*Gets my coat....
I had to drive my mums 1.6 astra yesterday. I learned to drive in this car (3 years ago), i drove this car for 1 year before getting my first clio. :) It seemed fairly nippy back then when giving it some stick.
Not bad cars, built well, good commuting kinda car, but something was missing.....
....It was sooooo boring to drive! :roll: No power, no good driving position, no tasty turn in. It seemed like twice the size and weight of my clio :cry:
It made me remember a few things about why we put up with the high running costs, the amount of time we spend footering about fixing things on them.....clio's are fun cars.
All the hassle of the impracticalities of a stripped out 2.0L clio are worth it when you get behind the wheel. Its made me realise that im happy to freeze my ass off on cold mornings with frost on the inside of the windscreen, to put up with only having 2 seats, no sound deadening, loud exhuast, slammed on coilovers, harnesses etc......anything rather than drive a STANDARD BORING CAR!
The only 3 things that will ever make me change is....
1)If i have to do massive commuting journeys
2)If i come into some major money (aint gonna happen!)
3)When i become old and boring (got a fair few years before that happens!)
*Sorry is a tad random *
*Gets my coat....