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    Astra VXR Nurburgring

    Astra VXR Nurburgring, spotted in livingston

    Mr Dempsey, have you been treating yourself???
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    Surely you are only pulling it one way though? ie. you are pulling it along its length.

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    I see one on my way to work in Musselburgh. Same one maybe?

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Quote Originally Posted by Lugy View Post
    I see one on my way to work in Musselburgh. Same one maybe?

    Could be, nice tho
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    Surely you are only pulling it one way though? ie. you are pulling it along its length.

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Nope not mine. We did have one in the showroom that I sold and now resides in Portsmouth.
    Theres a few in Edinburgh so could have been one of them.
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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    saw one today 08 plate it took off up the road and kept making loud popping noises like its backfiring

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    They do look the absolute bo**ocks! There's a Nurburg VXR on Youtube dynoing at 258 as standard with 262lbft of torque, seems Vauxhall are understating. They run 1.2 bar as standard I heard, so I'm not surprised the 237 is a little low.

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Just at the local shops and guess what parked beside me Yup the VXR

    Fckn sexy on wheels, sounds amazing
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    Surely you are only pulling it one way though? ie. you are pulling it along its length.

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    i spotted one going south on the M56 on bank holiday monday just gone about 5PM

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Seen one coming off Newbridge roundabout about 5pm tonight,

    Looks well tasty

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Sorry to dig up an old thread but I drove one yesterday - I started work at a vauxhall dealership and we had one in - the exhaust is so different from the standard vxr it's unreal. It's sounds like a jet and pops like a bloody rally car at every lift of the throttle. I only drove it for 10 miles but the looks I got were worth the extra £1,100 over the standard VXR, I drove a red one (with 19"s) on the same route a few hours earlier and didn't get anywhere near the attention the nurburg did. An awesome bit of kit, and the sound of that remus system is to die for.
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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    saw one in rubery,birmingham

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Quote Originally Posted by Mitch2.0 View Post
    Sorry to dig up an old thread but I drove one yesterday - I started work at a vauxhall dealership and we had one in - the exhaust is so different from the standard vxr it's unreal. It's sounds like a jet and pops like a bloody rally car at every lift of the throttle. I only drove it for 10 miles but the looks I got were worth the extra £1,100 over the standard VXR, I drove a red one (with 19"s) on the same route a few hours earlier and didn't get anywhere near the attention the nurburg did. An awesome bit of kit, and the sound of that remus system is to die for.
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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    They have made it across the pond to the Emerald Isle also. Guy I know is driving this one. It helps that the Opel dealership is his families lmao Heres a pic of his car:

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    I took some cars back from our motor show, one of my fellow sales execs took an auto VXR8 and I took a Nurburgring... best race of my life. 0 -*10mph down the duelly in no time. The 3rd one i've driven now, and the last, as I've now left Vauxhall. Ford here I come...
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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Quote Originally Posted by Mitch2.0 View Post
    I took some cars back from our motor show, one of my fellow sales execs took an auto VXR8 and I took a Nurburgring... best race of my life. 0 -*10mph down the duelly in no time. The 3rd one i've driven now, and the last, as I've now left Vauxhall. Ford here I come...
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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    The nurburgs do sound so nice. The one I saw got my attention through noise. I love them.
    it's a C20XE not a fookin Redtop FFS

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    Re: Astra VXR N*rburgring

    Quote Originally Posted by Byron View Post
    1 week employment? fpmsl.lmao

    Ah ha sir! 6 weeks!lmao

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    Re: Astra VXR Nurburgring

    About five of these near me. Nothing special.
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