One week in a VECTRA CDXI

[McTwistie]

First up, every car I have owned in the last 20 years has been a Holden Commodore. I know nothing of fast/performance cars or small cars, so here is what I have learned after being in a Vectra CDXI for 1 week.

1. Leather seats are Niiiiiice
2. Torque Steering is kind of cool if you expect it.
3. There are VERY FEW Vectra's on the road.
4. Vectra's accelerate FAST in a straight line.
5. Gear changing is sometimes ODD.
6. Accelerator Pressure is important (Be consistant)
7. Vectra's take a long time to change into 5th gear
8. Smaller cars corner well.
9. A commodore's field of view is MJCH better
10. The Dash Controls are excellent (If you RTFM)
11. Blaupunkt 2620 stereo's are a little flat (speakers might be ok with a decent Head Unit)
12. They are VERY VERY comfortable to Drive.
13. You can fit 2 push bikes in the back easily
14. Trip computers LIE!!!
15. 17" Tyres are expensive.
16. I now know how a flat torque graph feels.
17. Engine growl gives me a hard on.
18. Bigger Mags make sense
19. Don't buy a JS Dash mat for your ZC by mistake.
20. Vectra's are awesome fun to drive

Cheers

Warning: This is an Old Thread This discussion is older than 120 days. information contained in it may no longer be current . Please think of the children before resurrecting this ancient thread!

[gmonkey]

remove #7 man

[McTwistie]

Done

[gmonkey]

just incase the big boys dont like it

[CNBLU]

remove number 4 aswell

[McTwistie]

Now cmon!

No#4 is about acceleration !

No #7 was about raw speed.....

Cheers

[gmonkey]

#4 is fine, i think he was pulling ur leg

rules in this forum only apply to admitting to breaking laws or hooning of some type

u stating that it accelrates fast is no worse than stating its 0-100 time

but for what #7 was, that speed was above any limit in australia (so without saying it was done on a private road or track, its illegal )

just looking out for ya man lol

[McTwistie]

Thanks mate. I got off to a rocky start around here so I am being extra cautious.

Massively looking forward to meeting the QLD Contingent on the cruise next weekend though, and Neeko is going to be Tinting my car in a few weeks. I am checking out those 19" Snowflakes too

I have already ordered some Opel bits, and will go further. I just love that damn Vectra so it's hard not to get excited

Cheers

[Ice]

#4 is fine, i think he was pulling ur leg

he was thinking comparatively ! he drives the slowest G in Vic thats all.

[gmonkey]

yeh check out the New members section and the guy from UKs car Twistie, snowflakes = hot!