hello, i previously owned a 2.2 vectra CD before getting my coupe a few months ago. I owned my vectra for over 7 years and loved it. gave it a complete facelift , with genuine gsi bumper, genuine irmscher spoiler, 18"alloys, angel eyes head lamp, complete stainless steel exhaust, dbilas turbo kit ( sorry for going on about my veccy ! )

the point is, there is a mini roundabout by where I live, in my vectra, i could do a turn around with ease....but I cant with my coupe...

is it only me or does the coupe actually take more space to turn around, pull out of parking...etc...

bad turning circle.
not as bad as having a vectra tho!

It's not you, they all have a large turning circle.

ok, thats cleared now. I thought it was me !
also, i am getting used to parking it. The distance , the various mirrors portray are very confusing ...

i love the coupe though...

when i had my modded veccy, i use to have a lot of cars up my a**e trying to nudge me etc...with my coupe no one dares to!!!

the coupe has a truly horrendous turning curcle.

its so refreshing to get in the missis car, that thing turns on a penny

Lol, the parking and turning problems of a Coupe are all part of ownership fun

Yeah it can get kinda embarrassing doing a 3 point turn to get round a corner in a multi-story

I actually quite like it having a crap turning circle. I'm sure Ferrari's and other super cars as the same . Sort of emphasises that your not driving a normal car when you need to do a three point turn to go around a tight corner.

Yup, I like to think they are getting something interesting to look at when you're making a meal out of a mini roundabout

Wait until you go to a meet and watch them all trying to park. Brakes squealing as they get within a mile, it's all part of the deal with a coop

I wonder if it is as bad as a Nobles M12s' turning circle? I saw that old Topgear review when they compared the M12 with the Vectra the other day.

I thought the Coupe had a bad turning circle but I replaced it with a Volvo S60 T5 which has a very similar turning circle. I was looking forward to easily sneaking into tight spaces and not having the dread of a mini roundabout ahead but I still get the same fear

I had an old mini cooper before I got my coop......had some interesting times adjusting......

Mrs Mona had her first spin in the Coupe last year - did a few tunnel runs before she has to navigate around a mini-roundabout in town - I advised her to adjust her speed as it wouldn't go round in one go - she didn't believe me until she was forced to do a three point turn to get round it!

You could always do a handbrake turn as a last resort...

...oh hang on, the handbrake is crap too

while my cambelt is being done, i have been driving round in my girlfriend's Seicento- now thats the other end of the spectrum!

sonic, snap, my missis has a seicento
amazing little car, turns on a penny

when i first got my coupe i didnt know about the turning circle till i got to asda

The oil tanker turning circle coupled with the squeeky breaks give the car character,character flaws that is :P.

Hmm!

Another (rare) occasion where the non-turbo is better

Are the 16V turbo cars as bad as the 20V turbos?

Nearly, but not quite as bad!