greggors84
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| posted on 3/10/04 at 12:53 AM |
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106 Rallye
Just bought me one of these. Very impressed with it, handles very well, amazing to drive a car with next to no body roll. Its only got a 1.3, but its
100 bhp and revs up to 7300 rpm. When you get above 5 grand it comes on cam and just takes off! Its brilliant.
The roundabout near where i work gets abit greasy when its wet and its a little too easy to get the back out! Been testing how easy it lift off
oversteers with the torsion bar on the back. Good fun to understeer into a roundabout lift off a bit feel the back come out and catch it. Never got
that in the fiesta!
 
106 Rallye
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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colibriman
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| posted on 3/10/04 at 01:31 AM |
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my alfa 145 is good like that.....get it on a track......you'll love it.....!
it's addictive...!
need a bike engine? - www.colibriman.com
SVA ready Mk Indyblade possibly for sale.....if the offers good...!
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 3/10/04 at 02:03 AM |
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Nice car, my mate's got a 106 gti and that's a great laugh to drive, bloody fast as well!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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phelpsa
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| posted on 3/10/04 at 08:42 AM |
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My favourite car on Gran Turismo!
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mackie
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| posted on 4/10/04 at 11:39 AM |
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Ooo, cool car 
I've had a few friendly jostles in my Puma with a local guy with a really tidy blue Rallye.
Since you're quite local we could maybe pay a visit to a track day sometime and go in convoy
I've done one airfield handling day in my Puma and am now quite keen to get out on track and play with some liftoff oversteer
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Jasper
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| posted on 4/10/04 at 12:01 PM |
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Remember VBH reviewing the car - she loved it.
Had a 205 GTI 1.9 for a while - just endless fun......  Followed one around Brands (had a big engine in) interesting to watch the inside back
wheel lift up around 6 inches at Paddock 
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 6/10/04 at 08:04 PM |
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I've got an AX GTi as a "get to work banger" which has the same engine, only it's a bit lighter as well. Has the structural
integrity of a wet paper bag, but is really rather fun to drive Best thing is even I can get over 40mpg from it, nearly double what my MR2 Turbo
does.
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mackie
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 08:30 AM |
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I was just about to say that I thought the AX GTI had about 85bhp, but I suspect that's the GT I'm thinking about.
100bhp in 795kg (810kg for the 106) is sweet! Better than my puma in fact (which is just a smidge over a ton with 125bhp)
I saw a very very tidy AX GTI not so long ago in white with white Compomotive MO wheels and it looked really good, like a little rally car.
Pocket rockets rule
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andyharding
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 09:15 AM |
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Nice car!
I used to have a Phase 1 XSi with the 1.4 engine. Fantastic!
Bilstein shocks all round, lowered 30mm, 15" alloys, Cobra buckets, 280mm big discs conversion, Saxo VTR rear subframe (to convert to discs),
colour coded mirrors and spoiler (original one), full performance exhaust. Much more fun than my MGF to throw around the country lanes. Never ended up
pointing the wrong way in that!
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 10:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mackie
I was just about to say that I thought the AX GTI had about 85bhp, but I suspect that's the GT I'm thinking about.
100bhp in 795kg (810kg for the 106) is sweet!
Yep, the GT had less power, but performance was very similar (I suspect due to the lighter alloy block instead of the iron one in the GTi).
Best thing about mine was I got it for nothing from a garage! The woman that owned it had pranged it (not for the first time apparently!) and decided
it was not worth the cost of repairing so told the garage to scrap it. They had to pay the local breakers to take it away so said I was welcome to
it. Spent about £200 on new wing, s/h bonnet, paint and bits of trim etc. and got it back on the road. The real downer is the insurance which is
frankly ludicrous, just got renewal this morning at £330! Group 11 though.
Got a few pictures of the beast under repair.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 11:15 AM |
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looks like we have the closet saxo brigade here.
do your washers light up
 
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andyharding
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 11:33 AM |
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Really pissed me off getting branded with the boy racer stamp - that's why I sold it.
Looked pretty normal from the outside and most of the mods were for performance not looks but still got every little twat in a Saxo VTR with 17"
alloys and cut down springs trying to race me.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 12:26 PM |
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I did have a metro turbo once
gregors car looks and sounds nice.
Its just a few stripes, lights and big exhausts away from being bad taste tho!
just like my bright red beemer. All depends on your point of view I suppose!
atb
steve
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chrisg
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| posted on 7/10/04 at 06:17 PM |
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Steer Clear
You know it makes sense
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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