Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 13:32:15 +0100 From: Sleeker GT Phwoar <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: NG900 owners, what are you opinions of it?
In article <o%wBe.136498$Vo6.109113nospamnews.blueyonder.co.uk>, alistairdorenospamo.com says... > Merely that C900's are becoming more and more sought after by us > enthusiasts, it's merely supply and demand thats keeping C900 prices high. Exactley. They are finally starting to get the recognitiom they deserve, and have passed from banger status for the ordinary populace, to modern classic, or usable utility classic for those who don't like how complicated modern cars are. > Sadly many of the C900's are no longer with us, i.e. the supply is > dwindling, whereas there are still plenty of good NG900's to be had. My thoughts exactly, and exactley why I even considered them, when the missus suggested one. > Many of our number (wrongly IMHO) poo poo the NG900. Again, exactley why I considered one even in the slightest. It might not be as good as a C900 (It might just be different except in the slightly less able handling), but that doesn't make it bad, it can still be better than the majority of cars. > Paul, > none of my ripostes above are meant as a personal slight, so please don't > take offence! I don't really think he wants a NG900, it is after all a > completely different kettle of fish to a C900. BUT a NG900 is a far better > car IMHO than any Vauxhall, and I'm a Vauxhall fan, I drove em for 12 years > before I finally got the C900 I'd always hankered after. Thats what I like to hear. My normal daily drive is motorway, and urban A road NSL commute. The Celica is great except the Mongoose exhaust drones a little as slightly more open stainless exhausts are prone to doing. But last weekend, we went out to Delamere. On the way out we used the motorway. But on the way back, we used a nice country A road with NSL. Lots of twists, turns, dips and rises. I finally got to throw the car arround a little. I was taking bends (nice open sight lines) at 50 and 60 flowing through the curves, swapping cogs where needed, and even having a play with an Evo 8 (like a timewarp WRC with 2 Jap legends doing what they are best at). On out and out performance, the Evo should have slaughtered the GT4, but we were both content to stick to the speed limit most of the time, and just play with passing on the short straights. It was great. Missus said she hadn't seen "that grin since my Saab" and did I still want to sell it? Answer still had to be yes, because even though I was having fun, there was still a Pug 106 infront that was handling the corners just as well at similar speed, and faster on some. But it was good to do it. And doing it while chilled by the aircon, while the tarmac was sticky was great. Now doing it in an open top C900 would have been perfect. -- Carl Robson Car PC Build starts again. http://smallr.com/rz Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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