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255v6/sold what a heap
- Thread starter keirv6
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Drove a few mk1s at work and i thought they felt a bit loose when you got some speed up. Hard to put into words what i mean,but to be honest it might just have felt strange due to it being a completly different beast to all the other cars i normally drive. Havent drove the mk2 yet.
I have owned both versions and can confirm that the mk2 chassis has been extensively revised making it a much more sorted chassis. Not only that, but mid-range power is considerably better and smoother.
It doesnt matter what car you drive, you can always guarantee some little pr**k will sl*g it in some way, shape or form, even if it was a 360 Modena some jealous fcuker would try and pick fault.
I have my doubts about him (Keirv6) even owning one in the first place. It seems odd the way he bought and sold it so fast?!
Sorry for delay in my reply i have been busy.Iwill not go into the faults asof yet.Iwanted this car for over a year and had on order for about 12months,i wanted the option packs they offered but was told i would have to wait 6 months longer which i couldnt.The faults that were no my car happened in the first 12hours of having the car ,i took the car back the next morning and asked for a replacement/money back as i thought the faults were this bad,lets not forget i had just spent £27000!!!They said NO they would fix the car,if anyone of these faults had shown its self before i handed the cash over i would have rejected the car and had a different v6 and been happy, as it was i had to let them fix the car which took them 3 months to get the parts needed.So all in all i was pissed of with my v6 and had no faith in it so why keep for a year and never be happy and lose a large amount af cash so i sold it and lost a little. will put some pics up off my cars for you doubters
i HATE the vehicle dynamics.Quote: Originally posted by Simo on 27 March 2004
BenR, what exactly did you "HATE" (Strong word) about the way the V6 drove. I think mine drives great, as do the highly respected EVO magazine writers.
Tell us all in detail please, why you hate it and most other people love it. Im intrigued
Harsh word yes, but i do expect alot, espcially when its pinned as the premier sports model.
I dont hate the car, lovely bit of kit, but its not inspirering.
sl*g me all you want, but ive spent a lovely portion of my life in competitive racing, and started in karting when i was 8. So the V6s (MK1) flaws to me, wasnt the rear end as such (not until you REALLY pushed it, which most people cant), but the front. SOggy, soft, vauge, crap, dives on brakes, leaps on accel, heavy (although its light)......useless. The 172 you could fling this way and that way, you know what its going to do and where your going to end up, none of that boring smooth driving.
Sorry, im not pissing on anybodies fire, i paid nowt to drive either one......it was an option for me at the time, and i just always left in the 172.
And for the money........255bhp......come on!
Its just a personal opnion, and im sure many are happy with their V6s
But as for EVO mag, ive said it a billion times, and ill say it again....Rock Apes.
LOL it makes me laugh, some 1 comes on this forum and posts saying that they had a v6 but didnt like it so sold it, as they had faults etc, if they do not wish to comment on the problems why force it ??
as for people questioning ben who is a HUGE part of this site and helps out loads of people, i find that just plain wrong, it has been said he has done alot of propper driving alot more than half of you lot on here will do, i have seen him drive round a track and he is brilliant, he has had and driven alot of good performace cars, so i see no reason to question him, maybee the modderators should look after there more long term and valuble members, rather than deleting other posts.
Spending a load of money and then the thing going wrong would leave a bad tast in your mouth. He could probably see the thing was going to be a problem car so got rid. My 172 had small niggles even on the first drive home which mad me want to take it back, I even prayed somone would steel it and burn it out. its ok now it just makes you despise somthing that has taken your hard erned and then does your nut in.
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