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Bad luck about the near stealing.
Did your girlfriends parents take the thief to hospital? How bad a state was the guy in? If youre lucky he wont press charges etc. but if youre unlucky - he may bring in the police and you could get very stiffed id have thought. Id recommend u get some...
If i were you id go for just the alloys and suspension. If you want just noise, get the exhaust and induction but you wouldnt notice any performance changes really. 75 bhp from a 1.2 is pretty good as it is as standard id have thought, i doubt you can get much more from doing small "mods" like...
The 1.9s are best in standard trim. Any mods like the 2 litre conversion puts too much weight in front of the front wheels and craps up the handling - understeer city. My friend has a Miami Blue 205 gti 1.9 and its gorgeous - absolutely standard apart from balanced crack, polished head and...
Sometimes my car feels slow - usually when its cold or when it hasnt been thrashed believe it or not!
Hmmm, these Cups seem to be pretty quick! Im thinking when this next gearbox blows up i might ask them to slip in a mk.2 gearbox with its shorter ratios....
sorry to hear that cr172 - I can imagine how upset you must be feeling right now. I nearly tore my hair out when some idiot reversed out of the space next to mine not realising my car was there swinging their front into it. They just drove off and didnt leave a note!
I totally agree with...
i have test driven the CTR....
I love the ITR. Why on earth didnt i buy one!!!!?
I have to test drive one of these babies......Whats the insurance like?
Its blatent hes getting a rise out of everyone - fair enough, hes bored and obviously hasnt downloaded Live For Speed yet!! ;)
Heres my honest opinion on the CTR:
I think they are nice, quick, look good, sound good, respond to tuning, good build quality(?), good handling.
Now - if i had...
I got into a race against a "borrowed" customers car a while back. It was no ordinary car: a Bentley continental turbo R - well turbo charged bentley. Huge thing! I saw them drive past me as i was waited at a junction and thought "they look pretty young!" so followed them. They were driving...
just run a pipe from your a/c vent inside the car, out of the window and into the air intake of your airbox - extra 50 bhp instantly! "setting 4" = ram air!!! ;)
Are you talking about a new car? or second hand? If it was second hand id go for a 205 gti 1.6 if insurance is a problem - not sure what group they are in. Im only suggesting these as alternatives to the saxo. I like the looks of the saxo vtwhatever and they handle very well too. If its a...
2.0 litre vs 1.6 litre, 166 bhp per tonne vs 130 bhp per tonne, 148 lb/ft vs 110 lb ft?. I know which one id choose. Also you dont see a 172 around every bend you turn or every car park you use. Insurance is only 2 groups higher i believe. Build quality is probably a bit better than the saxo...
who was the guy that i toasted ages ago in a 16v and came up next to me at some lights and said "thats a ***in tool mate!" Blue 16v with filter and exhaust by the sounds of things. The corsas ive driven handle like a banana.
But i forgot to mention the main factor - that is the driver. Put 2 equal drivers in a 172 and a car with less bhp/tonne and physics speaks for itself.
Heres an unbelievable similar example, but it features me having a pop at a higher car than mine: a standard Pulsar GtiR. My friend bought...
Quite impressive those times for the 306 rallye seeing as its 128 kg heavier than the mk.1 172! I always wonder why people say that 1 second between cars 0-100 times "arent that much different" on the road but when they race on the quarter mile "strip" 1 second is an absolutely HUGE gap! On...
But i forgot to mention the main factor - that is the driver. Put 2 equal drivers in a 172 and a car with less bhp/tonne and physics speaks for itself.
Heres an unbelievable similar example, but it features me having a pop at a higher car than mine: a standard Pulsar GtiR. My friend bought...
Quite impressive those times for the 306 rallye seeing as its 128 kg heavier than the mk.1 172! I always wonder why people say that 1 second between cars 0-100 times "arent that much different" on the road but when they race on the quarter mile "strip" 1 second is an absolutely HUGE gap! On...
OK my car has all sorts of creaks. Heres a description of them all - ill try and give them in detail.
Creaking suspension/steering over bumps. You know that junction that you let me out of the other day, when i turn into that road -slowly- and go over the speed bump i get the creaking...
A friend has a VTS and ive lost count to how many times weve raced. Even when he goes on orange i can still overtake and beat him. Even beat him when i was 4-up, and him 2 up. If i take him onto a large runway then he is toast by a long way. Possibly his is a slow example?? and mine the other...