182, 106 Rallye, 135i & GSXR 600 up Hartside

[Šįk]

All I can say is the 106 is epic. Here's a few pictures.

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Hartside drive by PSJHodgson, on Flickr

Piers.

 

[Tunst]

Russ' rallye?

 

[Fletcher]

Nice rallye.

 

[Russ Rallye]

Pics look ace mate, was a good run today if mega slippery! Just battling with the go pro now to view the vids.
Russ

 

[Joe#]

Great photo's dude.

Always had a soft spot for 106 Rallye's, and that one looks mint!

 

[Šįk]

Cheers

 

[Lawro]

Great shots, that rallye looks lovely!

 

[Nashy]

Nice! Love the 106. Who's was the gixer?

 

[Mr Plums]

Love the 135i

 

[mr.pink87]

Superb vehicles! Rallye looks immense.

 

[UKBraderz]

All look ace!

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

Rallye look's awesome! cool little car, what's it like compared with the 182 ? i can assume you had some fun on them road's

 

[Ash']

They all look great! That rallye is lavly mind!

 

[Mr Plums]

Has the rallye got the same engine as the vtr?

Im new to french hatches

 

[Russ Rallye]

The rallye is mine, there's a thread in the general and motorsport media about it. Standard engine is a 1.3 8v with 100bhp mine is a 1.6 16v jp4/j4 hybrid motor with approx 140bhp and short ratio box good for 120mph on the limiter in 5th. Very evenly matched with piers' 182 and yes we did have fun on those roads today, rallye is a bit of a handful on the cold damp roads!
russ

 

[Mr Plums]

Standard series 1 is a 1.3 and series 2 is a 1.6 according to this so yours must be the series 1

http://www.rallyeregister.co.uk/specs.htm.

Nice car mate.

 

[Russ Rallye]

Yeah that's right mate, series 2's are less special IMO, just the same to look at as a gti with a vtr motor basically. S1 has a lot of unique parts and was built to homologate the rally cars.
Russ

 

[Mr Plums]

Yeah that's right mate, series 2's are less special IMO, just the same to look at as a gti with a vtr motor basically. S1 has a lot of unique parts and was built to homologate the rally cars.
Russ

Thanks for clearing that up mate

 

[Chris205]

I had some fun with piers in my saxo on the way up there a few weeks back, shame I could'nt go flat out down to penrith as my brakes aren't very good

 

[Šįk]

Thanks guys

The 106 is ever so slightly quicker on the straights, but nothing in it in the 'twistys' great evenly matched cars tbh. but the Rallye has the edge for me, being 'old school' and having a lively rear end. Looked so much fun to drive when I was chasing it over Hartside! So raspy and pops for fun through the gear changes. Very enjoyable to chase!

blackgold - yea u will have to join us next time!

 

[Kid A]

Sold my S1 106 a few months ago. Still miss it very hard to replace that feeling of old French hatch. The 172 Cup would capture a lot of that feeling though I think.

 

[Russ Rallye]

IMO a 172 cup doesn't come close, even a 172 cup is massively civilised compared to a 106!
russ

 

[Fletcher]

I was thinking the same. I was actually looking at 106 Rallyes earlier. Great little cars.

 

[Chris205]

Piers - Will do mate, just drop me a pm when you're thinking of going over and I'll come up.

As for the s1 rallye, Black is the only s1 rallye colour I haven't owned, I used to have a stone mint white s1 with a 16v in and that thing flew, there's nothing quite like hussling a 106/saxo down a back road. I think the fact that one slip up and your dead kind of makes it more exciting for me. I always felt my s1's were more stable on the back end, cant remember if it was the s1's that had the thicker torsion bars on then as well as thicker ARB?

 

[Russ Rallye]

I've had a white s1 previously aswell just a 1.3 though and a couple of s2's. s2's have a thicker rear arb so are a bit stiffer on the back, I've got a one in mine now aswell. Turns in really fast but can be nervous in the damp but that's how I like it setup.
Russ