A bit naff but who cares. COOL WALL

[Col]

Right then, the rules;

You can nominate upto ONE car in each category but ONLY cars from the VAG stable.

Categories are (as Topgear)

Seriously Uncool
Uncool
Cool
Seriously Cool
Sub Zero

Remember just one car in each category per post, you can change your mind and post again. Bonus points for colourful descriptions and reasons.

Oh, and remember by posting you possibly lay yourself open to unbridled ridicule.

I'll go first,

Seriously Uncool - Audi Q7 because it is pointless.

Uncool - New Beetle convertible. In my opinion you have to be either a Girl to drive a normal New Beetle and get away with it JUST, or if your a bloke you are a t*sser. There is one small saving grace with the covertable version in that at least you can hear people call you a t*sser if you have one which might make you realise what a t*sser / t*sser'ess you are and make you get rid of it.

Cool - Any MK2 Golf. Because they are.

Seriously cool - Mk1 Golf GTI 1800cc. It has never been bettered, is totally classless and will turn as many heads as a Veyron, except unlike the Veyron you can use, take and park it anywhere.

Sub Zero - The current VW Sportline Transporter. 170hp, leather and a face more evil than Hanibal Lector, just look at it !!! http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/transporter/sportline-panel-van/ That van is so hard it looks like it would come over and beat you up just because you looked at it in a funny way.


What are yours? And bring on the debate.

[hongkongstuey]

Seriously Uncool - mk3 golf base models, fat younger rusty sister of the mk2, an un-nescessary update.


Uncool - 2009 skoda superb, looks uglier than a dog scraping its behind on the patio.


Cool - golf rallye, do i need to put any more? ok then, 4wd and golf in perfect harmony


Seriously Cool - polo g40, insane idea and they pulled it off like 40 chimps at a beat off contest


Sub Zero - mk1 golf clipper convertible, so good they made it through 3 different designs of golf

[Col]

Seriously Uncool - mk3 golf base models, fat younger rusty sister of the mk2, an un-nescessary update.


Uncool - 2009 skoda superb, looks uglier than a dog scraping its behind on the patio.


Cool - golf rallye, do i need to put any more? ok then, 4wd and golf in perfect harmony


Seriously Cool - polo g40, insane idea and they pulled it off like 40 chimps at a beat off contest


Sub Zero - mk1 golf clipper convertible, so good they made it through 3 different designs of golf

I can't fault any of those bit harsh on the MK3 Golf though but totally agree.

[euroslap]

Seriously Uncool- Passat's because Stuey said that Mk3's were! :p

Uncool- Scrodda Felicia, they just are.

Cool- My Mk3 Golf VR6! :o

Seriously Cool- Audi UR Quattro, I'm sure everybody will agree. Awesome!

Sub Zero- The Split Screen Camper, I can't see anything topping it! :D

http://www.volksworld.com/imageBank/cache/b/bus3_e_d80b98234e644c6ea1470aa7b0f6b1e5.jpg

[Ben]

Remember the rules of the cool wall.

Seriously Uncool - any thing that we own.

uncool - any old golf or jetta that has been 'restored' using deep dish wheels. Were they on the car originally? no. then you are a chav.

cool - eos, just because the roof is a work of art.

seriously cool - Veyron, quite cheap considering the development costs.

Sub zero - This lambo (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=54029)

[euroslap]

Mine's got deep dish and is way cool! :p

I promise I'm not even close to being a Chav! :(

The Chav's wouldn't know what a BBS RS was if I hit one round the head with it, they'd just give a confused look back and mutter something in the region of you can't buy them at Halfords. :confused:

[Col]

Remember the rules of the cool wall.

Seriously Uncool - any thing that we own. Agreed.

uncool - any old golf or jetta that has been 'restored' using deep dish wheels. Were they on the car originally? no. then you are a chav. Wrong, deep dishes and stretched rubber are cool beause they are so so wrong and defy the laws of physics.

cool - eos, just because the roof is a work of art. Wrong, a car for hair dressers that have come good and now own a salon.

seriously cool - Veyron, quite cheap considering the development costs. Sort of agree.

Sub zero - This lambo (http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=54029) I'm having trouble with this as I don't see the point of convertibles of any kind.
.

[Col]

Mine's got deep dish and is way cool! :p

I promise I'm not even close to being a Chav! :(

The Chav's wouldn't know what a BBS RS was if I hit one round the head with it, they'd just give a confused look back and mutter something in the region of you can't buy them at Halfords. :confused:

You have had to explain therefore UNCOOL.

[euroslap]

You have had to explain therefore UNCOOL.


Bleedin wannabe Clarkson! :p

:biglaugh:

[Col]

Bleedin wannabe Clarkson! :p

:biglaugh:

Using my now new favourite (for this thread) red and bold font, I say I told you it was naff in the thread title. We could however make the rules up as we go along, this would give rise to better banter, high jinks and petty japes.

Thinking about the MK3 (and I used to have one BTW) it is the most unloved and forgotten Golf of all, surely it has to be cool then?

[euroslap]

I must admit, personally I prefer the Mk2 and always have (owned two 8v Gti's) but I always wanted a VR6 so got one. I love the sound of the engine, not to mention the pull but I think I'll be selling it in the new year to make way for a home grown Mk2 G60 16V. :D

[paul b]

Seriously uncool: Skoda Estelle. Well it just is... see below...

http://www.parkers.co.uk/imagecache/file/300/archive/Skoda/Estelle%20(85-90)/skoda_1989_estelle.jpg

Uncool: New VW Beetle, for the same reasons BigCol mentioned.

http://www.open-air-feeling.de/uploads/pics/550_VW_Beetle_05.jpg

Cool: Audi S8. Do I really need to say anything?

http://www.lemonlawvehicle.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/audi_s8.jpg

Seriously cool: Audi RS6. A 5.0 BiTurbo V10. I bet its silky...

http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Audi/Spy_Shots/A6/Audi_RS6_main_spy_510.jpg

Sub Zero: Okay, so it doesn't go on our roads, but you try telling me its not ace...

http://www.itechnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/2008-audi-r10-tdi.jpg

Paul

[macmillions]

Seriously Uncool: VW Jetta.

Simply because my dad owned 4 of them... two at once! One a J reg 1.6l injection, and the 2nd a 1.8l carb.. which was slower than the 1.6! :confused:


Uncool: Audi A2. Hideous, expensive and you will have to explain to everyone why its made of aluminium.


Cool: VW Scirocco (both generations) but the new one is stunning, and as Top Gear correctly pointed out, you are paying more for less practicality.


Sub-Zero: Audi R8. No need for an explaination. Those LED lights do it for me!

[euroslap]

Jettas are well Cool!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/audiodyn/LRCDSFP.jpg

[Hex69]

Seriously uncool

Polo Harlequin - say no more....

http://www.carandclassic.com/uploads/new/310095.jpg

Uncool

A4 B8 - unfortunaltey driven by more and more *****.

http://www.caradvice.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/2008audia4.jpg

Cool

B5 Passat - just 'cos I've had 2 of them :D

http://www.clubb5.com/month/0902/image1.jpg

Seriously cool - Golf Mk2 GTI 16V in Oak Green

http://www.ltv-vwc.org.uk/wheelspin/ws_Oct_2001/Golf_GTI.jpg

Subzero - Passat W8, ultimate Q-car

http://www1.tu-darmstadt.de/fzd/images/tw/passat_w8.jpg

[Sam]

Seriously Uncool

Seat Panda/Marbella

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Seat_Panda_1985.jpg/800px-Seat_Panda_1985.jpg

Who in their right mind bases their car on a Fiat?

Uncool

Audi A2

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Audi_A2_L_Silber.jpg/800px-Audi_A2_L_Silber.jpg

<bleugh>

Cool

SEAT Leon TDi WTCC

http://www.oneighturbo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/web-wtcc-brazil-qualrydell.jpg

A Spanish diesel, racing, and winning - get out of town!

Seriously Cool

23 Window Samba

http://vintagebus.com/gallery/image/2001258.JPG

Nothing needs to be said.

Sub Zero

C6 Audi RS6 Avant

http://pictures.topspeed.com/cars/audi/2008-audi-rs6-avant-ar42905/IMG/crop/200801/2008-audi-rs6-avant-28_1600x0w.jpg

Would it be too crass to just type, "sex-wee"?

[euroslap]

One good thing about the Marbella, you can remove the wiper linkage for a cheap single wiper conversion if you can find one at the scrappers. :o

The new RS6 certainly makes me have a Romantic Explosion.

[paul b]

They also saved weight on the Pandas/Marbellas, no wing mirrors! :o

[hongkongstuey]

Mine's got deep dish and is way cool! :p

I promise I'm not even close to being a Chav! :(

The Chav's wouldn't know what a BBS RS was if I hit one round the head with it, they'd just give a confused look back and mutter something in the region of you can't buy them at Halfords. :confused:

people cannot say this is uncool!!!

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9118/1serbeigewx7.jpg

[euroslap]

http://xs225.xs.to/xs225/08105/dsc_1318364.jpg

Euro Look Rocks! http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/1958.gif (http://www.clipartof.com/details/emoticon/1958.html)

[paul b]

I can't imagine its cool when you go over speed humps in them! :o

You'll need a couple of new wings and an ar$£!

Paul

[euroslap]

My Coilovers are currently residing at 120mm drop at the back and 90mm at the front, they do need to come up another good 30mm each though.

I had the fronts down at 120mm at first and the ball joints were about an inch off the deck. Looks well cool but definately not the most practical. :Blush2:

[paul b]

My Coilovers are currently residing at 120mm drop at the back and 90mm at the front, they do need to come up another good 30mm each though.

I had the fronts down at 120mm at first and the ball joints were about an inch off the deck. Looks well cool but definately not the most practical. :Blush2:
Do you use them as your daily hack? If so, you'll need a chiropractor and a new dentist! :biglaugh:

[euroslap]

It's not properly on the road at the minute, she's been having some tlc over the last couple of months to get her back to 100%. I've had to suffer the S3 for the time being. ;)

[paul b]

It's not properly on the road at the minute, she's been having some tlc over the last couple of months to get her back to 100%. I've had to suffer the S3 for the time being. ;)
"Suffer" :biglaugh:

Are you putting those BBS alloys on it? That would look really, really cool!

[euroslap]

"Suffer" :biglaugh:

Are you putting those BBS alloys on it? That would look really, really cool!


I sure am, it's winter wheel time at the minute though. There's also a brand new S3 brake conversion sitting in my bedroom that I can't put on yet 'cause they won't fit behind the aforementioned winter wheels. :approve:

[paul b]

I sure am, it's winter wheel time at the minute though. There's also a brand new S3 brake conversion sitting in my bedroom that I can't put on yet 'cause they won't fit behind the aforementioned winter wheels. :approve:
Alas, someone tuning a car properly! Not just adding power without thinking about how to stop the thing! :beerchug:

[euroslap]

Hell yeah! :beerchug:

[paul b]

Hell yeah! :beerchug:
Would you mind if I was nosey enough to ask what has been done/will be done to it?

This is like my Mini days, spending weekend after weekend in scrapyards, fitting better interiors and things! :)

[euroslap]

It's got Magnecor race leads, denso iridium plugs, K&N Filter and that's about it for the engine. It's a highline so it's up on power compared to the GTi VR6.

Bodywork wise, she's had a Vento front end conversion with late spec debadged grille, washer jets removed from the bonnet (Range Rover Sport jets fitted into scuttle panel), side repeaters removed from new genuine wings, new genuine bumpers front and back, new genuine side mouldings all round, Badges smoothed out of bootlid, wiper removed from bootlid, the lines where the rear quarters meet the back panel have been lead filled and smoothed out and the beesting has been smoothed out of the roof. That's about it. :biglaugh:

Oh and a full windows out respray with a new genuine top tint windscreen.

Inside she's got a Momo 280mm Team steering wheel, momo gear knob, factory leather with a Becker Navi head unit.

[paul b]

It's got Magnecor race leads, denso iridium plugs, K&N Filter and that's about it for the engine. It's a highline so it's up on power compared to the GTi VR6.

Bodywork wise, she's had a Vento front end conversion with late spec debadged grille, washer jets removed from the bonnet (Range Rover Sport jets fitted into scuttle panel), side repeaters removed from new genuine wings, new genuine bumpers front and back, new genuine side mouldings all round, Badges smoothed out of bootlid, wiper removed from bootlid, the lines where the rear quarters meet the back panel have been lead filled and smoothed out and the beesting has been smoothed out of the roof. That's about it. :biglaugh:

Oh and a full windows out respray with a new genuine top tint windscreen.

Inside she's got a Momo 280mm Team steering wheel, momo gear knob, factory leather with a Becker Navi head unit.
Bet that little lot has cost a few quid! No doubt she'll be turning a few heads when she's back on the road. :)

The removing of the washer jets for Range Rover ones in the scuttle panel, that's an excellent idea!

Paul

[euroslap]

Bet that little lot has cost a few quid! No doubt she'll be turning a few heads when she's back on the road. :)

The removing of the washer jets for Range Rover ones in the scuttle panel, that's an excellent idea!

Paul


Even better when you're old man works at Land Rover and can acquire brand new ones with the non return valve assemblies and t pieces. :biglaugh:

Lets not talk cost please, it'll make me upset. :(

If we could ever get a forum meet up and running then maybe she'll get seen by a few of our lot. :o

[paul b]

Even better when you're old man works at Land Rover and can acquire brand new ones with the non return valve assemblies and t pieces. :biglaugh:

Lets not talk cost please, it'll make me upset. :(

If we could ever get a forum meet up and running then maybe she'll get seen by a few of our lot. :o
What's the embarrassment? Think of the adoring fans she will have! :biglaugh:

You're right I shouldn't be talking cost either, my trio have cost me a fortune lately, a new turbo for two of them, a new exhaust from the middle backwards, plus a son who thinks I'm a walking, talking bank account that he can raid everytime he finds a mod! :mad:

The Octy also needs a timing belt and service, and an MOT, while the Audi needs a service and the fuel gauge putting right, while the van's central locking still doesn't work, oh and it needs a turbo. :(

They sound like a right load of sheds don't they? :biglaugh:

Paul

[euroslap]

What's the embarrassment? Think of the adoring fans she will have! :biglaugh:

They sound like a right load of sheds don't they? :biglaugh:

Paul

The embarassment is that in a forum of how ever many thousand members we've got we apparently can't muster a meet.

No Paul they don't sound like sheds they sound like bloody VAG's!!! :aargh4:

[paul b]

The embarassment is that in a forum of how ever many thousand members we've got we apparently can't muster a meet!
In the words of the thread title: "A bit naff".

[euroslap]

I do appologise BigCol, just realised got Uber carried away and.....


http://www.*******addicts.com/forum/images/smilies/thread%20jacked.gif

[paul b]

I do appologise BigCol, just realised got Uber carried away and.....


http://www.*******addicts.com/forum/images/smilies/thread%20jacked.gif
Oops me too...

Penalties for us tomorrow! :p

[Col]

Oops me too...

Penalties for us tomorrow! :p

Couldn't give a munkies.

Interesting read.

[MadMacStew]

Couldn't give a munkies.

Interesting read.
Back to the topic:

Seriously Uncool: Any Golf convertible - they look like prams!
Uncool: Mk3 Golf - overweight and underpowered - the dog of the range
Cool: Mk1 Scirocco Storm - still the best looking of all the coupes
Seriously Cool: Phaeton - the stealthy Bentley that doesn't make you look like a footballer
Sub Zero: The Veyron, of course, always and forever. The other example of what VAG can do when cost is no object (the first? - the Phaeton, of course!)

[euroslap]

Back to the topic:

Uncool: Mk3 Golf - overweight and underpowered - the dog of the range
course!)

Have you ever driven a VR6? I wouldn't go so far as to say underpowered!

[MadMacStew]

Have you ever driven a VR6? I wouldn't go so far as to say underpowered!

No, but I have owned an A3 3.2 with DSG box - a real hooligan's car. The Mk3 VR6 was quicker than a Mk1 GTI - but not by much!

[euroslap]

No, but I have owned an A3 3.2 with DSG box - a real hooligan's car. The Mk3 VR6 was quicker than a Mk1 GTI - but not by much!

Mk1's don't keep going to 150mph and they're about half the size and weight. Mine's a highline so it's quicker than a GTi VR in standard trim and if I do decide to keep mine it'll have a huge great charger slapped to the side of it in the new year, I'd like to see a 3.2 A3 keep up with that. ;)

[MadMacStew]

Right then, the rules;

You can nominate upto ONE car in each category but ONLY cars from the VAG stable.

Categories are (as Topgear)

Seriously Uncool
Uncool
Cool
Seriously Cool
Sub Zero

Remember just one car in each category per post, you can change your mind and post again. Bonus points for colourful descriptions and reasons.

Oh, and remember by posting you possibly lay yourself open to unbridled ridicule.

I'll go first,

Seriously Uncool - Audi Q7 because it is pointless.

Uncool - New Beetle convertible. In my opinion you have to be either a Girl to drive a normal New Beetle and get away with it JUST, or if your a bloke you are a t*sser. There is one small saving grace with the covertable version in that at least you can hear people call you a t*sser if you have one which might make you realise what a t*sser / t*sser'ess you are and make you get rid of it.

Cool - Any MK2 Golf. Because they are.

Seriously cool - Mk1 Golf GTI 1800cc. It has never been bettered, is totally classless and will turn as many heads as a Veyron, except unlike the Veyron you can use, take and park it anywhere.

Sub Zero - The current VW Sportline Transporter. 170hp, leather and a face more evil than Hanibal Lector, just look at it !!! http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/transporter/sportline-panel-van/ That van is so hard it looks like it would come over and beat you up just because you looked at it in a funny way.


What are yours? And bring on the debate.

I agree with your 'Seriously Cool'. My next door neighbour has had one *from new* and sold it last year. Even had the Pirelli wheels - and I didn't know he was selling it until it was gone (sob!). He's a retired bus driver, it did about two ten-mile trips a week and was polished every Sunday........

[MadMacStew]

Mk1's don't keep going to 150mph and they're about half the size and weight. Mine's a highline so it's quicker than a GTi VR in standard trim. If I do decide to keep mine it'll have a huge great charger slapped to the side of it in the new year, I'd like to see a 3.2 A3 keep up with that. ;)

Yeaahhh. Well, I guess your Mk3 VR6 has an interestingly calibrated speedometer! Perhaps you didn't notice that the whole point about the Mk3 being a dog is that it's *way* too heavy, hence no competition for a Mk1 - especially the 'runout' 1800s. No problem for a 3.2 A3 overtaking a Kompressored VR6 BTW, you just follow until the gearbox explodes - say 3 miles? :biglaugh:

[euroslap]

Yeaahhh. Well, I guess your Mk3 VR6 has an interestingly calibrated speedometer! Perhaps you didn't notice that the whole point about the Mk3 being a dog is that it's *way* too heavy, hence no competition for a Mk1 - especially the 'runout' 1800s. No problem for a 3.2 A3 overtaking a Kompressored VR6 BTW, you just follow until the gearbox explodes - say 3 miles? :biglaugh:


I haven't driven mine to 150, check the model specs. ;)

You do realise an A3 is actually a heavier car than mine don't you??? :confused:

Do you really think that a 250bhp N/A car in auto is going to be quicker than a 300bhp supercharged car that doesn't weigh as much in manual? Standard 02A box/clutch will take 300bhp all day long.

[Sam]

<cough> Cool Wall </cough>

[MadMacStew]

Specs are one thing, real-world capability another. Autocar couldn't get the slippier Corrado above 145, and it had a bigger and more powerful engine!

My A3 OTOH showed 156 *on the TomTom* on a trip up to Scotland - obviously, that section of the M74 was closed for private use at the time....

And remember (as a Mk4 GTI-owning 'chipper' friend of mine found out) it's *torque* that kills 'boxes, not power.

However, we're all pals on this forum, so have a nice day! Getting too old for all this 'boy racer' stuff these days (my wife tells me!), so I'll be wafting home from work in me Phaeton in a couple of hours. Less than 2 years old, 24k miles, just paid less than £16k for what is basically a Bentley Flying Spur - can't be bad!:beerchug:

[MadMacStew]

<cough> Cool Wall </cough>

Quite right, sorry, getting a bit 'petrolhead' carried away there!

I never could decide if the old Karmann Ghia was Seriously Cool or indescribably ugly - and I was around when they came out!