Twinfan finally gets a new car! Woohoo!

[Ian Price]

b) Have no need of a family lugging people carrier

I have a need for one of those and have just bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager. It's quite big.

[FernandoDuarte]

b) Have no need of a family lugging people carrier

I have a need for one of those and have just bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager. It's quite big.

bus?

[Twinfan]

I assume you're on about Matt and his purple roofed monstrosity and not my Yaris?

Of course mate!

[MrBump]

b) Have no need of a family lugging people carrier

I have a need for one of those and have just bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager. It's quite big.

They're ENORMOUS, aren't they?

I went for the small/large family car - a Toyota Verso.

Thing is - I just can't get excited about cars.  They leave me pretty cold.  Guitars - yes.  Motorbikes - yes.  The perfect Lasagne - yes.  But not cars.  To me they're just utilitarian machines to get me and my family safely and cheaply from A to B.

Saying that Dave, your Skoda looks nice!  They've come on in leaps and bounds since the FSO days...

[dave_mc]

nice :)

[mikeluke]

Ian - I will honk if I see you clogging up the Basingstoke ring road....

[ToneMonkey]

I nearly had one of these (not the VRs though) but they ended the company car scheme early and I didn't get my order in on time.  Waiting for the new list to come through now, so god knows what I'll get.

I can recommend my mate over at Revo.  They'll have that thing knocking out 270hp(ish) by remapping the ECU.

[Twinfan]

Cheers mate - been looking at Shark Performance maps for 240bhp already(!)

[Ian Price]

240bhp - outrageous! Do you really need all that power?

[FernandoDuarte]

240bhp - outrageous! Do you really need all that power?

No, we need MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE :twisted:

[Twinfan]

^ what Fernando says!

I like fast acceleration, it's the biker in me...

[ToneMonkey]

Revo are supposed to be the nuts.  If you look in their site, they have the power and torque graphs.  Available power is usually a lot lower down too.

They had my mates Leon normally running at 360bhp and it was a right beast.  They put on F1 style traction conytrol where it cut cylinders.

They do a control unit so you can have multiple settings (power, standard and econamy) too.

Shobert - I bought the wife a Yaris.  Wicked little cars and more room inside than my Astra.

[Jonny]

Very nice mate - Jane's parents have a new Skoda and it's great. Very well built, decent price and a great performer. MAssively underrated cars.

They're massively underrated because they weren't VWs. Now they are VWs.

And not to rub it in Dave, but my mum got her delivery of the new Audi TT Sport :B
I like your car though!

(and we also got a new VW Polo for sister and me, that doesn't have A/C but like that's needed in good ol' Britiain - all it needs is windows.)

[Ian Price]

They're massively underrated because they weren't VWs. Now they are VWs.

Yep. My massively underrated comment was about the stigma attached to the brand name i.e. they are different now but some people still focus on the brand rather than the product.

[Roobubba]

Thing is - I just can't get excited about cars.  They leave me pretty cold.  Guitars - yes.  Motorbikes - yes.  The perfect Lasagne - yes.  But not cars.  To me they're just utilitarian machines to get me and my family safely and cheaply from A to B.

Saying that Dave, your Skoda looks nice!  They've come on in leaps and bounds since the FSO days...

This.

I love the idea of fast cars, I love Top Gear (okay that's not really about cars though!), I'll happily watch motor racing if I have some free time...
But when it comes to buying a car for myself, I want a small, economical (fun to drive, sure), reliable car that is not going to cost me the earth.

Roo