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Title: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Peskarik on 19 September 2007, 20:40
Traffic schools are using normal GTIs here for driving lessons.
I thought that would not happen to Ed30, but today, to my surprise, I saw 2 Ed30s (black and silver, both with black rims) belonging to a suburb traffic school!  :shocked: Fairly expensive performance car as a traffic school donkey. That's it! Time to sell it!  :sad:

P.S. GTIs are getting more common here these days, and Ed30s also.  :sad:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: TagnuT on 19 September 2007, 20:49
Imagine if they hit the gas instead of the brake during an emergency stop,!!!!!! :shocked: :shocked:

Reversing around a corner.......Mind the alloys :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: TeddyKGB on 19 September 2007, 21:48
That's just crazy.
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: boneybradley on 19 September 2007, 22:19
don't know why thats terrible..i would of loved to learn in either a gti or an ed30  :drool:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Hurdy on 19 September 2007, 22:37
Yeah, beats the 1.2 micra that I learnt how to drive in :embarassed:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Cass on 19 September 2007, 23:17
Ed30 - the bubbles burst :grin:

Cass
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Chardy on 20 September 2007, 02:07
you guys understand why they do it though dont you?

They do the same thing here is Aus. I have seen Subaru WRX's and Mitsubishi EVO's are learner cars - they want to attract people to learn how to drive.

Think about it, if you were 16 or 17 and learning to drive, would you pick the company that has GTi's as learner cars or Toyota Yaris's????

I know what I would choose.
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: RedRobin on 20 September 2007, 09:10
you guys understand why they do it though dont you?

They do the same thing here is Aus. I have seen Subaru WRX's and Mitsubishi EVO's are learner cars - they want to attract people to learn how to drive.

Think about it, if you were 16 or 17 and learning to drive, would you pick the company that has GTi's as learner cars or Toyota Yaris's????

I know what I would choose.

....Excellent point! It's a no-brainer really  :grin:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: 08micsta on 20 September 2007, 09:18
I would take the Ed30.

.....................................................................

And wont return it....................
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: phil1101 on 20 September 2007, 10:20
Bright orange Focus ST as driving school car in Stafford town, at least you can see it coming I guess! :wink:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: 08micsta on 20 September 2007, 10:24
Bright orange Focus ST as driving school car in Stafford town, at least you can see it coming I guess! :wink:

Thats my surname lol
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: AlanD on 20 September 2007, 10:32
Just the other day there was a learner in a Cooper S doing reverse parking next to my car. Needless to say I watched out the window to make sure there was no contact.

As much as it would have been nice to drive a WRX or Evo, there is no way in hell id like to LEARN to drive in one. It was hard enough learning in my little 1.2 Corsa, let alone a 2.0T salon.

Crazy if you ask me.
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Peskarik on 20 September 2007, 12:16
you guys understand why they do it though dont you?

They do the same thing here is Aus. I have seen Subaru WRX's and Mitsubishi EVO's are learner cars - they want to attract people to learn how to drive.

Think about it, if you were 16 or 17 and learning to drive, would you pick the company that has GTi's as learner cars or Toyota Yaris's????

I know what I would choose.

why not ferrari, lambo, or even better up - a viper? It's really easy car to drive, especially in wet.  :wink:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: wellsy on 20 September 2007, 20:27
I learnt to drive in a brand new white Nova GTE... It was pretty cool in 1988!  Better than the MK1 Renault 5 GTL that I had waiting for me at home when I passed.
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: Peskarik on 21 September 2007, 09:00
I learned in Alfa Romeo 156 2.0 T-Spark. The pedals were sporty as hell. When I later changed to Volvo, my feet kept going into the floor for a while.  :smiley: Also, 156 had no engine noise isolation (what is it called?) compared to Volvo. I always thought engine was about to explode when I pushed over 4000 rpm.  :lipsrsealed: :embarassed:
Title: Re: Terrible, terrible news about Ed30...
Post by: RedRobin on 21 September 2007, 10:02
I always thought engine was about to explode when I pushed over 4000 rpm.  :lipsrsealed: :embarassed:

....The GTI tends to scream at high revs, but everything is under ECU control and there's no problem. :cool: