Advantages: Small, Cheap Tax, Good On Fuel, Old School Styling
Disadvantages: Easy To Steal

...Oh the humble old nova what a fantastic car, the first of my nova's was the 1.2 antibes limited edition in a fantastic blue colour, what a car I absolutely loved it. I couldnt help but fall in love with it the moment I saw it. The Nova 1.2 8 valve what a great little car with a great little engine. This engine is brilliant I had no problems at all with the nova I had. I only finally got rid of it because I was short of cash and my friend offered me £300 for it. The nova has brilliant handling, great fuel economy for an engine which gives really good performance. It has a low tax band, great for you first time drivers and to be honest even now nearing 2007 it still has great looks (Well I think so anyway). It also has a really good ride comfort for such a dated car. If you are going to get a 1.2 nova and you want better styling... Read review

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Advantages: The nova is a great first car
Disadvantages: They lack the modern comforts of newer models.

...I have recently passed my test and bought a vauxhall nova, there are people that think this great little cars are terriable and that they are only for rude boys. I completely dis-agree with this ridiculas opinion because they make great first cars. There is many good points for the nova, as well as bad points. The good points are easy to see, The nova is a cheap car to buy and insure. The nova is only in insurance group 3, which makes it ideal for 17 yr olds that have poxy saturday jobs in McDonalds. The nova is very economical to run, they achieve a decent mpg for such a small car. Tax is also cheap because of the size of the car. Now I know that there are people who do buy nova's with the sole intention of adding body kits and thumping sound systems. I do love nova's that have body kits but i do not like the ones which are so... Read review

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Advantages: Covers tremendous ground on scientific topics
Disadvantages: The show is not as much for "Experts" on a topic, but for the general public

...Nova is seen in over 100 countries worldwide, and covers a vast array of scientific topics. Like National Geographic, Nova is most concerned with science, and bringing scientific understanding to the world. Nova has won nearly all the awards it qualifies for, many numerous times. The ground that Nova covers is vast. Subjects include: -Earth Science (Geology, Volcanology, Climatology, etc.) -Biology (genetics, marine biology, etc.) -Paleontology (Mummies, fossils, and more) -Archaeology (from aincent cities buried for thousands of years to the Great Pyramids) -Military Science (from Medieval siege engines to "Smart bombs" and war planes) -Ecology (Global warming, deforestation, The return of life to Mt. St. Helens, etc.) -Space Sciences (from Rocket-science, to Black Holes) -Robotics (from Mars landers to remote-controlled gizmos... Read review

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Advantages: Its nice to have baby clothes which are a little unusual
Disadvantages: Very expensive

...Can I just start by saying, i am not a millionaire, nor am I what I would called particularly rich. But I do like to dress my 10 month old baby in nice clothes. Burberry happens to be my favourite. I have to admit, I do like to follow the celebrities when it comes to fashion and would like to think I had a reasonable grasp of the latest trends. I became hooked on Burberry childrens clothes after little Brooklyn Beckham was christened in a Burberry outfit! The tv program "Footballers Wives" then confirmed it for me when they had their take-off Beckham family baby christened in a similar outfit for the show :o) The trademark Burberry design is a brown/cream check design called Nova plaid. A lot of the clothes (including the mens and womens) have an area of the Nova plaid design which makes it stand out as being a genuine Burberry... Read review

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Advantages: Gareth Barry!!
Disadvantages: Old, old, old players

...Aston Villa must be the most boring team in the premiership. Not that all of their best players want to leave but that the fact they are as entertaining as watching Coronation Street. Ugo Ehiogu and Southgate, the heart of the defence, are unhappy and want to leave Villa. I cannot see how this is helping Villa as they surely will not give 100 percent. If Gregory offloaded these players and added a quality forward and midfielder, they might be slightly more creative and entertaining. I feel Merson is very lazy as he unoften puts in a good performance like he always did for Arsenal. David Ginola will hopefully brighten up the Villa season and give them something to cheer about. But honestly i can see villa struggling as they lack ambition. they just will not break the bank and bring in top quality. An example of this was Robbie Keane... Read review

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Advantages: GREAT THINGS TO COME AT VILLA PARK
Disadvantages: HARDLY ANY , THINGS ARE LOOKING UPWARDS

...ASTON VILLA FOR ME ARE THE BEST UP AND COMING TEAM.I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL GAIN A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPOT NEXT YEAR.ALL THREE OF THEIR FOOTBALLING AREAS ARE STRONG , ESPECIALLY THE DEFENCE WITH SOUTHGATE , BARRY , WRIGHT AND EGIOUG.THE STRIKEFORCE IS THAT OF TOP QUALITY WITH JOACHIM ON TOP FORM.ASTON VILLA ALSO I FEEL OF A SUPERB CHANCE TO WIN EITHER THE WORTHING CUP OR F.A CUP THE WAY THEY ARE PLAYING.TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT ASTON VILLA AND THERE PROGRESS E-MAIL ME AT MATTHEWJOURNEAUX@care4free.net HERE IS A SONG TO REMIND YOU OF WHATS TO COME FROM VILLA WERE THE BEST , WERE THE BEST AND WE WILL STUFF THE REST... Read review

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Advantages: An in-town runaround which is cheap to insure and run
Disadvantages: Boy racers have spoiled the image of a reasonable car.

...Before I continue, if you own a Vauxhall Nova or in particular a modified Vauxhall Nova, you probably won't like this opinion. I am writing this in order to vent anger at something that myself and many of my friends find to be a particularly amusing, but annoying syndrome. That of the boy racer. The Vauxhall Nova was originally designed as a cheap run-around car for the ladies to do the weekly shopping. A small engine coupled with light bodywork made for an easier to drive car. Please don't take this as being sexist in any way..this was the reason for this car being made! For the reasons above, it was a decent little car. It suffers from the normal cheap car troubles like corrodability and so on, but for it's purpose it was an okay car. The only trouble with the Nova was that it was cheap to insure and as such the boy racers decided... Read review

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Advantages: Clean beach, plenty of bars.
Disadvantages: Lack of local food.

...We have just returned from Palma Nova and had a good time. The resort has a wealth of bars and restaurants so there's plenty of choice. There was a mix of ages although the top end, towards Magaluf seemed to cater mainly for the younger 18-30 groups, with bars that stayed open until 6am. As a pair of 40 something lightweights, however, we were happy to stay at the quieter end!!!!! The prices are reasonable and most bars seemed to have a happy hour where cocktails and some beer were cheap. They also had live entertainment. A particularly good one, although a bit more expensive, was the Stadium, which had karaoke until about 1130pm then would have a tribute band on. We saw Queendom and they were much better than we expected. The only downside for us was that it catered for English food but we like to eat local cuisine when abroad... Read review

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Advantages: Value, DIY, Performance.
Disadvantages: Boy racer image

...I bought my Nova a year ago, and it has been proven to be a reliable and quite nippy little car. The only things that have went wrong with my car was that the back box needed replacing as did the speedo cable. I picked up a nearly new back box for £5 from the scrap yard, and a new speedo cable cost me £12. I fitted both of these myself, so the cost was minimum. The cars list performance and consumption is as follows: bph - 55 mph - 94 0-60 - 14.5 mpg - 43.2 Insurance group - 3/4 As for performance goes I think the car can do slightly better than that stated, I have had my speedo reading 110mph although they arn't the most accurate. These figures show what great value the nova is to own, and I think you will be hard pushed to find more econimic car. I feel that although many boy racers do own nova's, it is not a good reason... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Unfortunately most things.

...Have been reading other reviews with interest. Wow. We must have been unlucky. The reviews are so good and in so much detail that they almost could have been written by James Villa holidays (joke) My wife, 3 children and mother and father in law and myself of course took a 2 week holiday to Majorca in August last year. The list of problems we had was unbelievable. James Villas holidays were not prepared to fix our problems. Even though we had spent £3,648.27 (this was without flights). We telephoned them for the 1st three days complaining. We even sent them a solicitors letter on the 3rd day and they still refused to accept that there were problems. When we did complain we even telephoned head office in the Uk in Maidstone in Kent. The staff were rude and sarcastic. They told us to complain when we get back home. Not much good when... Read review

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