zs vs hot hatches and wins
 

well some may remember from the other forums about this thread but i thought i would post one up on here, basically as the title says, all be it a little blast from the traffic lights to a track day, or at santa pod just nice to know what u can beat or cant beat, hey its all a bit of fun and we all do it now and then so share your stories :)

james

Wooped a clio 197 a while ago :) Made me gigle lol.In fairness the driver gave credit when I slowed to a reasonable speed & he eventualy came past

Shroon

Is this a good idea? :unsure: The last one got out of hand and had to be cleaned up because of that GTI baiter. We'll see, I for one got sucked in! :whistle:

If people still want to post about their fantasies then let them, it will run its course and no harm will be done hopefuly but i think it's best left well alone as these threads always lead to arguements and trolls.

if it gets outa hand then the people respomsible should be delt with accordingly!
ive hard;y had a chance to drive my 180 due to get it taxed 1st lol how do the compare to the like of
- subaru imprezza wrx (uk)
- ford focus ST
- renault clio 182
- seat lean cupra R

It will be fine as long as any 'outsiders/trolls' don't register! :box:

yup keep it clean and easy going, dont want to start falling out on here :)

Yep, and we'll deal appropriately with the 'nasties'. :whip:

I've driven a Leon Cupra (180bhp not the 225 bhp R) and the ZS is sharper, doesn't feel as heavy and is a bit quicker. Mrs Snail had a 2002 Bug-eye WRX for 5 years - real good car - ultimately faster than a ZS180. WRX is quicker on the straights, ZS is much sharper and quicker around the corners. ZS180 is more involving than both the above cars.

I haven't had a go at either ST or Clio 182.

Mrs Snail has taken delivery of a WRX with a 2.5 litre, 4 cylinder boxer engine which we can already tell is a quicker, sharper, more communicative car than the 2002 model we traded in. I will know properly after the 1000 mile run-in period (we're limited to 4000 RPM for another two weeks:yucky:)

Still, neither WRX can be put in 5th gear and driven round a roundabout at 15mph like the ZS.

As for 'running alongside' other cars:

Civic Type R - nothing in it.
Boxster - nothing in it (he must have been a crap driver)
Vectra V6 (don't laugh) not much in it in a straight line, different kettle of fish around the corners
Volvo S60 D5 (I said stop laughing) - nothing in it, which, as you can imagine, came as a surprise.

With things like this, I think there's more influence form the driver than the car and then there's who gets their foot on the throttle first and who's the biggest idiot willing to drive like a loony.

'garythesnail' when you say Vectra V6, are you referring to the 2.8L VXR? When it comes time to change i'm thinking of a VXR Vectra (a bit away as i need to give them a little time to depreciate :)) so all info appreciated....