Subaru Impreza.

[stu]

Re: "Golfs are basically shit."

Originally posted by schadenfreude
The ones I have seen have been variable, but I can take my time and find a good one. If anyone can suggest a credible alternative, given my criteria, I'd like to hear it.

Corrado VR6. It's significantly more agile and better to drive than the Golf, and there's loads of room in it. It's only a 3-door, but the benefits over the Golf outweigh that, imo.

Oh, and I wish BMW would just fucking fire Chris Bangle before he fucks up their entire product line.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Re: Re: "Golfs are basically shit."

Originally posted by stu
Corrado VR6. It's significantly more agile and better to drive than the Golf, and there's loads of room in it. It's only a 3-door, but the benefits over the Golf outweigh that, imo.

Thanks Stu, and it is certainly tempting.

I know that the Corrado has a larger engine, 2.9 instead of 2.8, and is almost a second quicker to 60mph.

I did think that this would increase the insurance, and I was right, an equivalent quote to the one I got for the Golf is a whole £9 more expensive .

The downside is that they are 3 door, and this makes the whole child seat thing difficult. I am quite happy to put the seat in the front, I very rarely use the back seat, but I imagine the Corrado will have apassenger side airbag, the Golf does, and this would have to be disconnected.

The other main problem will be that a good one, for the money, will be even harder to find than the Golf, but now that I have got such a good insurance quote I will certainly try one when I find one.

Thanks again

s

 

[stu]

The extra second to 60 doesn't really sum up the difference though. It's just a totally different car. Golfs for a long time now have just felt... slow. Fat and slow. I remember getting straight out of the Corrado and into the Golf for a test drive, and the difference was unbelievable. Where the Corrado turned in on hard corners, the Golf just understeers and lifts a wheel. Where the Corrado beds in and takes off when you plant it in third, the Golf coughs a bit and kind of eases up to speed.

As far as I can remember (been a few years), it didn't have a passenger airbag. They may have added one for the last ones (Storm) though.