123 replies to this topic

[chris_uk]

Why would you base buying a car off what other people think is cool? And asking the very question on the owners club forum for that very car seems like a daft thing to do if you actually wanted a genuine idea..

[Madmitch]

So, should we have a neat little sticker for the sills, rear clam or wherever, which says 'Lotus Type 116' perhaps with the yellow Lotus CABC badge?

[yogiontour]

I think I might stick some land rover or JCB badges on my vx220 to really throw people off

[vocky]

the vx220 is a VAUXHALL, not a poxy lotus

 

Too many lotus owning vx220 wannabes on here

[Ormes]

If cool is a raw, connected driving experience for peanuts and a permanent grin whenever you are in the seat, then yes it is cool

 

If cool is a 20 year old panel van with windows cut out and a flower selotaped to the dashboard, or a Lupo with 245's and -45 degree camber and a rusty bonnet, then no, it really isn't cool! 

 

From my perspective, the only motivation for buying a VX is the driving pleasure... with the added bonus of a great community.

 

[yogiontour]

Looking as some of these supercharged beasts tramping GT3s on youtube, I prefer a vauxhall to a lotus haha

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

Tried chasing down one of these porkers but couldn't live with its corner speeds

Edited by CHILL Gone DUTCH, 13 February 2017 - 09:18 PM.

[smiley]

You need a BGW chill

[CHILL Gone DUTCH]

It's a sleeper Sssssshhhhh

[Mani]

Ultimately I think a lot of members on here have the money to buy whatever they want within reason and choose a vx on merit. Personally I don't give a crap what badge is on it or what others think of it, as it drives great.

  Lets be honest, a lot of us bought one because it was a lot cheaper than the equivalent elise 

Bull crap. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

[Mani]

I'm at loss as to why anyone would even consider a sensible response to this topic.

Agree Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

[Mani]

Buy a Vauxhall zafira vxr..... Daddy coool Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

[Mangham54]

Buy a Vauxhall zafira vxr..... Daddy coool Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk

Get one with manual air-con and it'll go from from Daddy Cool to child incinerator hot at the drop of a hat.

[MartinS]

My wife wont drive mine as she gets fed up with so many people looking at her and from my point of view its definitely 'cool' whern a small Vauxhall goes past stuff worth many more than its value which, if you ever go and watch vxers on track you will witness time and time again.

Whether the car itself is cool I cant say but most of the people I've met who own them are, in their own special ways and one of the best reasons to buy one.

 

Martin S

 

[james_ly]

I think they're cool largely because they are so rare that no-one knows what they are. Hence people will tend to show a lot of interest in them. The coolness disappears when you say "it's a Vauxhall... technically it's a Lotus though"

[ChrisS1]

some kids were there with their parents, they walked past a row of Porsches and the like to quietly sit on the floor next to my car and draw it in their colouring books!!!  

 

They only had a ruler so it was the easiest one to draw

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

Looking as some of these supercharged beasts tramping GT3s on youtube, I prefer a vauxhall to a lotus haha

come for a drive in mine, you will drive it home

[yogiontour]

Looking as some of these supercharged beasts tramping GT3s on youtube, I prefer a vauxhall to a lotus haha

come for a drive in mine, you will drive it home

If only i had the extra cash...If I can sell my transporter for enough I will get a supercharged vx and save me somw hassle. The most uncool thing I have ever heard.... "It's a Proton, but has styling and handling from Lotus" I agree that vxs are awesome 'Unknown' cars though. If you drove one in America or somewhere where Vauxhall don't have the dreadful 'rep sales taxi' image, I imagine that they would be very very cool.

[TFD]

A petrolhead buying a car because it's cool..... right 

 

A petrolhead buys a car because of the drive .. 

 

.. and looking cool in a VX is a bonus.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

Looking as some of these supercharged beasts tramping GT3s on youtube, I prefer a vauxhall to a lotus haha

come for a drive in mine, you will drive it home

If only i had the extra cash...If I can sell my transporter for enough I will get a supercharged vx and save me somw hassle. The most uncool thing I have ever heard.... "It's a Proton, but has styling and handling from Lotus" I agree that vxs are awesome 'Unknown' cars though. If you drove one in America or somewhere where Vauxhall don't have the dreadful 'rep sales taxi' image, I imagine that they would be very very cool.

only allowed them in the US for 6 months before it has to leave the road. you can import anything to Canada if its over 15 years old.. I am in no hurry to sell, its a good car and I don't really want to sell it