Autosfeer car test day 28okt2006

[1zippo1]

Yesterday me and my dad went to another car test day from Autosfeer.
The title of the event was: belines, breaks, monospaces and ludospaces. (I have no idea what ludospaces stands for)

There were 44 cars present. That's a lot but sadly there weren't so many high powered vehicles as with the last couple events.


The cars my dad drove:

Cadillac CTS 3.6: shitty gearbox, black monotome interior
KIA Carnival 2.9 CRDi: good engine, lots of space
Lexus GS300: superb in every way (except we didn't get to drive the more powerfull 450h)

The cars I drove:

Audi Allroad 3.2: good car, but get the normal A6 instead of this useless semi-offroad thing
Cadillac BLS 2.8T: lots of power in a car with FWD and soft suspension = downright dangerous, swing left and right under acceleration and directional changes
Jaguar X-Type 2.2D: Nice car, good engine, swift and relaxing at the same time
Skoda Octavia Combi 2.0TDi RS 170hp: the surprise of the day, good handling, nice feeling interior for the price and superb engine!! Something (2.0TDi) I would certainly consider having in the Audi A3 of the VW Golf.

[P_Zero_Rosso]

Strange, when we had VGV-977 in test it was a 1.9 diesel.


Ludospace is the designation for the segment of vehicles like Renault Kangoo, Skoda Roomster, Citroën Berlingo etc.

[TopGearNL]

I like the Smax, was it the one with the Focus ST engine?

[Kiran]

Originally Posted by P_Zero_Rosso Strange, when we had VGV-977 in test it was a 1.9 diesel. Ludospace is the designation for the segment of vehicles like Renault Kangoo, Skoda Roomster, Citroën Berlingo etc.

there were 3 Caddilac BLS's present. One of which (a silver grey one) was a 2.8 turbo.

Btw, what did you think of the BLS? I thought it was dreadfull.

[Kiran]

Originally Posted by TopGearNL I like the Smax, was it the one with the Focus ST engine?

Nope sadly only 3 2.0 TDCI's and one 1.8 TDCI

[pterps]

Yesterday I also went to a car test day. I drove the 2.8 V6 Cadillac CLS and a Seat Leon with 190 bhp TDI engine. It was a bit short, but had a lot of fun.
The 190 bhp TDi didn't impress me, it felt as if it only had 150-170.

[Kiran]

Originally Posted by pterps Yesterday I also went to a car test day. I drove the 2.8 V6 Cadillac CLS and a Seat Leon with 190 bhp TDI engine. It was a bit short, but had a lot of fun. The 190 bhp TDi didn't impress me, it felt as if it only had 150-170.

There is no 190hp TDi Leon, it's the same 2.0 170hp as in the Octavia vRS

[pterps]

Originally Posted by Kiran Originally Posted by pterps Yesterday I also went to a car test day. I drove the 2.8 V6 Cadillac CLS and a Seat Leon with 190 bhp TDI engine. It was a bit short, but had a lot of fun. The 190 bhp TDi didn't impress me, it felt as if it only had 150-170. There is no 190hp TDi Leon, it's the same 2.0 170hp as in the Octavia vRS

I know Kiran, I forgot to mention that it was a Leon 2.0 TDI 140 Sport up, with body kit and chipped to 190.

[P_Zero_Rosso]

Originally Posted by Kiran there were 3 Caddilac BLS's present. One of which (a silver grey one) was a 2.8 turbo. Btw, what did you think of the BLS? I thought it was dreadfull.

Haven't driven the petrol version and I'm not intending to...
The diesels are okay to transport yourself but nothing more either.

The only car I haven't driven from these pictures are the Roomster and Allroad, time to make an appointment

[1zippo1]

Originally Posted by P_Zero_Rosso The only car I haven't driven from these pictures are the Roomster and Allroad, time to make an appointment

The list of cars that were present:

Audi Q7 3.0 TDi
Audi Allroad 3.2 FSi
BMW 320d touring
BMW 520d
BMW 530xd
Cadillac BLS 1.9d, 2.8T, ??
Cadillac CTS 3.6
Chevrolet Nubira break 1.6 LPG
Chevrolet Epica 2.0 LPG
Ford S-Max 3x 2.0TDCi + 1x 1.8TDCi
Jaguar X-Type 2.2D break + berline
Jaguar S-Type 2.7d
Kia Magentis 2.0 CRDi
Kia Carens 2.0 CRDi x2
Kia Carnival 2.9 CRDi
Lexus GS450h
Lexus RX400h
Lexus GS300
Lexus IS250
Mercedes R350
Mercedes B180 CDi
Mercedes E220 CDi
Nissan Nota 1.5Dci
Seat Altea XL x2
Seat Leon TDi DSG
Seat Leon FR
Skoda Octavia Combi 2.0TDi x3 (normal, 4x4, vRS)
Skoda Roomster (2x1.9TDi, 1x1.4TDi, 1x1.6)
Skoda Superb 1.9 Tdi
VW Passat TDi 140
VW Jetta TDi 105