So yesterday being my birthday and having not much to do since i had the day off work i decided i would head into town for some clothes and maybe a test drive.
So i walked into the Vauxhall garage (i hate Vauxhall) but i fancy a new car and the Arctic VXR was appealing to me, little tuning, big performance, looks good and fits what i fancy in a car (the clio is just a hassle when i want to nip to the shops and stuff).
So as soon as i walked into Peter Vardy i was bombarded with sales ****s. Do the usual details, tell him what i want blah blah, gives me a **** price for the clio etc etc. But we got onto things and i got into 'the last ever Arctic'.
First impressions, seats hug me a load more than the Clio's for some reason, but i pulled out of a junction and liked the steering and the feel of the car etc. So i put the foot down expecting a huge explosion of power which people go on about with the VXR. My face just dropped.. I was very very dissapointed.
It hadn't lived up to what i expected. It felt slow and comfortable (it is a fast car and got up to speed fast, just not what i expected). So i drove a few miles, round a roundabout and floored it from first and damn it got up to speed quick, but still felt something missing..
The sales man said all excited 'what do you think?' my reply? 'nothing compared to the clio, obviously not as fast, but the clio has just got a raw race feeling when booting it up and the VXR just feels boring'. The dealer was gob smacked! He said thats the first person to say that. He wants to test drive a clio and tried to say id love his stage 2 VXR (which i probably would).
So i went away and thought about it, been in my mates Arctic with a Remus and the car felt much much better than the one i drove!
So heres me left making a decision.. Honest opinion? The car doesn't feel like a hot hatch, but would i have one? I think so..
Pointless story but just thought i would share.
Oh and he tried to tell me the LY R27 is more rare than the DB.. Vauxhall dealer trying to tell me about Renaults.. He got put in his place
So i walked into the Vauxhall garage (i hate Vauxhall) but i fancy a new car and the Arctic VXR was appealing to me, little tuning, big performance, looks good and fits what i fancy in a car (the clio is just a hassle when i want to nip to the shops and stuff).
So as soon as i walked into Peter Vardy i was bombarded with sales ****s. Do the usual details, tell him what i want blah blah, gives me a **** price for the clio etc etc. But we got onto things and i got into 'the last ever Arctic'.
First impressions, seats hug me a load more than the Clio's for some reason, but i pulled out of a junction and liked the steering and the feel of the car etc. So i put the foot down expecting a huge explosion of power which people go on about with the VXR. My face just dropped.. I was very very dissapointed.
It hadn't lived up to what i expected. It felt slow and comfortable (it is a fast car and got up to speed fast, just not what i expected). So i drove a few miles, round a roundabout and floored it from first and damn it got up to speed quick, but still felt something missing..
The sales man said all excited 'what do you think?' my reply? 'nothing compared to the clio, obviously not as fast, but the clio has just got a raw race feeling when booting it up and the VXR just feels boring'. The dealer was gob smacked! He said thats the first person to say that. He wants to test drive a clio and tried to say id love his stage 2 VXR (which i probably would).
So i went away and thought about it, been in my mates Arctic with a Remus and the car felt much much better than the one i drove!
So heres me left making a decision.. Honest opinion? The car doesn't feel like a hot hatch, but would i have one? I think so..
Pointless story but just thought i would share.
Oh and he tried to tell me the LY R27 is more rare than the DB.. Vauxhall dealer trying to tell me about Renaults.. He got put in his place
