BSM - What do you think of the Cars ?

Question

Students and Instructors.

What do you think of the Vauxhall Corsa and Astra ?

I prefer to see the 5 door, rather than the 3 door vehicles.

Answer 1

you must be from england. yeah the 5 door looks better imo.

Answer 2

Well done Dave J, you put that so well, I don't think I could add to it.... d**n, there goes my 10 points.

As a BSM instructor, the old style Corsa was a dream.  With BSM they renew the cars every 16-17K and as I have a very wide area to teach I am always getting a new car every 3-4 months. When the new style came out  most of the older style car instructors came along to the office to see it, and they all commented on the indicators, the rear window, the side window, the view of the speedo from passenger side, in fact nearly everything was commented on.  The new style of Astra was a problem for BSM as their magnetic sign had to be redesigned so that it could fit onto the new body shaped roof.  I prefer the Corsa to the Astra.  

I'll get you next time DAVE J....    

Answer 3

i driven corsa wid Cats Eye

then new ford fiesta wid Dumps.

both cars are good, but i prefer ford.  

Answer 4

terrible and terrible! As with most modern cars the visibility is appauling, especially when trying to reverse - which, let's face it, is a pretty important part of learning to drive!

The previous corsa was a cracking car, with excellent visibility, it was a dream to teach people in - but i went and test drove a new one an knew straight away it would be a bad.

As far as the touch sensitive indicators - absolute nightmare - I don't know if there is a menu in the settings enabling you to turn off the "lane change (3 flashes)" function because it is a nightmare for learners who try to cancel the signal, and end up indicating the other way then panic and indicate the other way! Disco lights on the car!

The interior is bland, the astra is pretty ugly, but the corsa does look quite nice from the outside, but as far as teaching someone, I think they score pretty poorly.