I'm proud enough to say I have never owned a French car. I even made my missus sell hers and buy something non-French before i'd let her move in with me, she thought I was mad but I stuck to my guns! hehe
Oooohhhh La la lol poor girl....
I think she did rather well going from a Citroen AX to a Golf GTI!
Putting up with me on the other hand clearly proved too much of a challenge, many a women has failed there!
Aw! you all hard work or are women too complicated and hard to please lol
The VW does look good. The S3 would probably have won that 3 years ago but how quickly times change.
So, the Reno looks well, drives well, and is good VFM.
Hands up who wants one
Will be a cracking used bargain I bet.
Soooo wish VW had given the Rocco 4wd.
Paul
is that because none of the other cars in the test actually existed 3 years ago!
Yup.. that's just what i am saying. the poor old a3 platform is nearly 7 years old now so its a little unfair rolling it out against the latest kit. Odd that they dont do a price section if your going to compare cars in a test like that.
hmm even in the dry when exiting corners and from a standstill the Haldex makes a huge difference! don't know how you can say that.
Lucky they didnt do a "value for money " section eh Paul
But as has been pointed out before, the A3 platform is very similar to that of the Scirocco. The Mk6 Golf platform was actually designed to be cheaper than the Mk5, rather than just improve handling and ride.
The Scirocco is a very very good car, and it doesn't surprise me that it beat the S3. I think it's a shame that it's not 4WD, but on relatively dry roads, I'm not sure you'd miss it as much as you think. The only time I've been really pleased to own a Quattro was when it was snowing this winter... other than that, I could take it or leave it.
hmm even in the dry when exiting corners and from a standstill the Haldex makes a huge difference! don't know how you can say that.
In 3 years time the reno will only be worth £50 a bag of buttons and a frozen chicken,complete piles of *****
You know, its not all about the best and the quickest. sometimes a car thats on the ragged edge at 80mph is a lot more fun than my A3 at 140mph...
My old tuned up MGB was just brilliant fun !! you could drift that on the bend down my local bypass at 80mph !! My R1 Yam was fun at 100mph !! but not nearly as much fun as my ducati at 70mph on the same road ..
You know, its not all about the best and the quickest. sometimes a car thats on the ragged edge at 80mph is a lot more fun than my A3 at 140mph...
My old tuned up MGB was just brilliant fun !! you could drift that on the bend down my local bypass at 80mph !! My R1 Yam was fun at 100mph !! but not nearly as much fun as my ducati at 70mph on the same road ..
Wouldnt disagree Paddy, but ones idea of `fun` is subjective and down to the individuals tastes.
How `capable` a car is, is some thing different. More fact based.
However some see `capable` as boring, maybe, but capable none the less.
I haven't decided yet if it's going to be a 1967 Mustang fastback or a Caterham R500
I suppose what i am saying is that if 4WD is a must then "akash_sky"1 is shutting a lot of doors. fun can be super capable, a car that can be put on the apex to the inch every time. but then as Bean says...A R500 has non of the refinements but its probably more fun than most cars and in this case fun is that smile that you just cant hold back
Please get the Mustang. It's a thing of beauty. My third car will be a Mustang convertible in baby blue.
My dad's mate had exactly that! well it was metallic light blue with a white convertible roof, very good looking. The only problem with the Mustang, is I just know I will still yearn for something that I can really throw about and take on track days, but then with the Caterham the down side is that unless it's an absolutely dry day i'll never use it, and they look rubbish with the weather gear on....and I can't rent yet another garage!!!
Sounds like you need 4 cars
Most sensible people would get rid of the XR2, but I can't bear to part with her!