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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Lagondanet on 02 April 2014, 12:27:38
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Anyone got a Vx Adam. Her indoors has just ordered one.
Views?
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Well, it's certainly a car for the girlies. ;D ;D
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Way over priced IMO
Keith B
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Way over priced IMO
Keith B
I have to agree.
A cute little car but....... :'(
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Her money.
;)
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There was a 'review' on fifth gear on Monday night. Probably on 5OD now. They tested it by looking at the outside of it for a bit, then driving over some cobbles until a tyre burst. This, of course, was fun......not. Tossers.
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There was a 'review' on fifth gear on Monday night. Probably on 5OD now. They tested it by looking at the outside of it for a bit, then driving over some cobbles until a tyre burst. This, of course, was fun......not. Tossers.
Thanks but couldn't find it. Tossers!
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There was a 'review' on fifth gear on Monday night. Probably on 5OD now. They tested it by looking at the outside of it for a bit, then driving over some cobbles until a tyre burst. This, of course, was fun......not. Tossers.
Thanks but couldn't find it. Tossers!
My mistake, it was actually on discovery, sky ch 520. It's repeated at 1.00 am tonight/tomorrow.
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Of course nobody pays the list price fer one!
Very much targeted at the girlies
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Was behind one on my commute today. From the rear, it looks like it's a load of left-overs from the parts bin screwed together with self-tappers, but each to their own. :y
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Well SMBO.
;)
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Would love to see the options sheet for it. Apparently there supposed to be 1 million different combos of interior :o
That's what fifth gear said :)
Looked like a quirky car but not for me I'm afraid
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Would love to see the options sheet for it. Apparently there supposed to be 1 million different combos of interior :o
That's what fifth gear said :)
Looked like a quirky car but not for me I'm afraid
The basic model options...Jam, Glam & Slam says it all doesn't it?
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Pick it up for the Mrs on Tuesday.
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Pick it up for the Mrs on Tuesday.
What colour have you chosen ::)
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She was dithering on the day but she chose grey with a white roof, I think. She wanted the coffee coloured one but was told the colour had been discontinued.
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was told by a guy at vauxhalls it's based on a fiat 500 with the boot floor modded to take a spare wheel.
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Dark blue with white top looks good :y
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Her sister has a purple? one with a white top. :-*
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was told by a guy at vauxhalls it's based on a fiat 500 with the boot floor modded to take a spare wheel.
I did think that it bore more than a passing resemblance to the Frod Ka(k) ::)
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Its the jointly developed GM/Fiat SCCS platform (Small Common Components and Systems) which is exactly that, a platform (which interestingly is AWD capable to)
So no, its not based on any other car, its a car desigend from the SCCS platform.....as is the Fiat 500 (and Alfa Mito etc etc) ;D
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looking at the power , customer profile would likely be girls.. but if you double that power , customer profile may likely change ;)
how many of you would say no to this one ?
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/clitv6_zpsd5234997.jpg)
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Saw one of those on the road a few weeks ago - rare as hens teeth so nice to see. I wouldn't say no, it's a proper bonkers Renault from the very tail end of the era of bonkers hot hatches :y
But then I am fond of the older Renaults having had a very reliable Renault 19 16v and a Renault 5 GT Turbo that was also bulletproof (beside me grenading the turbo twice by asking far too much of it!), always quite fancied a clit Williams.
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looking at the power , customer profile would likely be girls.. but if you double that power , customer profile may likely change ;)
how many of you would say no to this one ?
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/clitv6_zpsd5234997.jpg)
That's just an engine and four wheels. No actual car included. ;D
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looking at the power , customer profile would likely be girls.. but if you double that power , customer profile may likely change ;)
how many of you would say no to this one ?
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/clitv6_zpsd5234997.jpg)
That's just an engine and four wheels. No actual car included. ;D
indeed ;D
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That's just an engine and four wheels. No actual car included. ;D
Unfortunately, it's just an engine, four wheels and French electrics. ::)
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Rather like the other car in picture
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It would never be my choice.
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As it happens all the running gear, engine etc from a Corsa VXR will all fit into an Adam. So stripped out, cage front buckets only, matt black wrap and dropped by about 30mm, oh and remove the reverse lamp and fog lamp and use holes for exhaust tail pipes.
Just need to find a cheap rear ended VXR and an Adam!
Andy
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Just need to find a cheap rear ended VXR and an Adam!
Andy
Its a problam that as because the Corasa is front wheel drive they tend to understeer and go head first into the tree, rather than rear wheel drive with over steer where they go arse first!
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Goodbye to
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/Corsa/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00993_zpsf9a9af3e.jpg) (http://s108.photobucket.com/user/Lagondanet/media/Corsa/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00993_zpsf9a9af3e.jpg.html)
and hello to
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00996_zpsd6344734.jpg) (http://s108.photobucket.com/user/Lagondanet/media/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00996_zpsd6344734.jpg.html)
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00994_zpsb995513d.jpg) (http://s108.photobucket.com/user/Lagondanet/media/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00994_zpsb995513d.jpg.html)
(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/Lagondanet/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00995_zps3521c6d1.jpg) (http://s108.photobucket.com/user/Lagondanet/media/Adam/CentralBedfordshire-20140619-00995_zps3521c6d1.jpg.html)
;)
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Bottom rear light holes look ripe for twin exhausts ;) Nice car
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Nice little 'gender specific' car. :y
I quite like it. :y
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Nice little 'gender specific' car. :y
I quite like it. :y
Yes, of course! :y
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The wife 'loves' her new car. ;)
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Nice, but can't help wondering what is under wraps in the garage.......... :D :D
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Nice, but can't help wondering what is under wraps in the garage.......... :D :D
+1 maybe another Omega :-\ And your grass needs cut ::)
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Nice, but can't help wondering what is under wraps in the garage.......... :D :D
+1 maybe another Omega :-\
His Aston Martin Lagonda maybe? ;)
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Nice, but can't help wondering what is under wraps in the garage.......... :D :D
+1 maybe another Omega :-\ And your grass needs cut ::)
You are right the grass does need cutting. Tomorrow maybe? :-[
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Got a recall letter from VX yesterday re a steering column component. F**k! >:( >:(
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Got a recall letter from VX yesterday re a steering column component. F**k! >:( >:(
Seems to be a fair few recalls lately of all car makes .. Toyota have another recall :(
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Got a recall letter from VX yesterday re a steering column component. F**k! >:( >:(
Corsa, adam and quite a few others. Twas on the news last week.
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http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/recall.html
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I'm a massive Vauxhall man. I'll just say that. So when I saw the Adam I thought with sadness "We have forgotten how to style a small car"
Seriously. The Fiesta is a stylish little vibrant design, but it needs 19" wheels to stop the back wheels looking like castors. The 205 and 206 were beautifully proportioned little things, the latest (well, last 10 years of) offerings from Pug are overblown, gaudy. So much is like the Automotive equivalent of that disorder where you shout uncontrollably. LOOK AT MEEEE. I'M MORE STYLED THAN YOUUUU. We're turning into American car design excess of the 50s, but on a worldwide scale.
I genuinely think the last actually beautifully proportioned small cars were the Corsa B 3 dr, 206, that generation. Or, to put it another way, look at the understated grace of a Carlton or Omega, vs the LOOK AT MEE of an Insignia or Mondeo, BMWs.
I'm not having a ranting downer, I mean there's beauty in the car world. Of course, I could list 20 stunning designs that will go down as classics. My point is that the current trend of excess doesn't work too well on a smaller package.
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I actually quite like the Adam - it's not as OTT as some of the French rivals (C3 et al), small, funky, individual (although that is clearly the sales tactic du jour - "Different colour roof, madam? Why of course!")..
Shame the steering column might, y'know, snap.. :o
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Looked at the Adam for the missus. The thing that killed it was the boot lip at the back was very high and as she would use it to go the airport a lot it was a no-go. I must admit it did drive pretty well for a small car and even I had plenty of space in the driver seat.
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Trouble nowadays is that, particularly with the small car market, there isn't much money in it... The Adam is as styled as it is because the only way to stop it looking like the Ford Kak/Fiat 500 that it's based on is to take the Kak shell, add a swooshing chrome strip to the upper window line and tweak the Fiat 500 front end onto it and stick a Vauxhall badge on each end :-X
The only reason there are so many options is that each trinket added will make it look less like the Kak ::)
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What about the Cygnet then? A Toyota i? with a fab interior and AM badges. Not many built. ;)
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Amazingly I've seen two of those on the road around here.. proving that there are indeed plenty of people in Berkshire with more money than sense ;D
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Good news! Nicole's Adam does not have the faulty steering component. :)
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Good news! Nicole's Adam does not have the faulty steering component. :)
That's a relief :y
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Good news! Nicole's Adam does not have the faulty steering component. :)
Does she prefer the Adam to her clit?..... ;) ;D
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I seem to recall she was rather tasty (the Nicole of the advert, that is!).. Estelle Skornik, Google tells me, and Google Images confirms my recollection ;D
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I seem to recall she was rather tasty (the Nicole of the advert, that is!).. Estelle Skornik, Google tells me, and Google Images confirms my recollection ;D
Note to self: Aaron needs a waterproof laptop for Christmas ::)
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I seem to recall she was rather tasty (the Nicole of the advert, that is!).. Estelle Skornik, Google tells me, and Google Images confirms my recollection ;D
Note to self: Aaron needs a waterproof laptop for Christmas ::)
Strewth !!!!.....First he deflowers an innocent young girl with the promise of an elderly RX8. Now he has his sights set on posh french totty. ;D ;D
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I seem to recall she was rather tasty (the Nicole of the advert, that is!).. Estelle Skornik, Google tells me, and Google Images confirms my recollection ;D
Oh, yes. :-* Right up there in the "wouldn't kick her out of bed for farting" category. :y
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Just been told wife's Adam needs a new ECU (won't start). Under a year old and under 5K. opps! >:(
ps. under warranty though. :y
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Just been told wife's Adam needs a new ECU (won't start). Under a year old and under 5K. opps! >:(
ps. under warranty though. :y
Poor Adam :( Wonder if its a common problem ..
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What do you call a Vauxhall that fills with water and doesn't drain? ADam.
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I think they're ugly little bastards. ;D
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ECU failure is a real rare one off. :y
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ECU failure is a real rare one off. :y
The garage were surprised.
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Should get it back tomorrow. :y