Phil Hall
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My mate has a fairly nice MGZR, fairly std apart from Lexus rear clusters, 17" Meile's (sp) and a 5" Powerflow system with de-cat. He's only started with the ICE and all of a sudden he wants a C2 with the Paddel shift gears. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Said me. If your going to upgrade the car do so by more than 2/3 bhp! Am I right?
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luca2020
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yes u r right, give ur friend a slap and tell him to spend his money on something that has power
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Phil Hall
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PS If you vote for somehting else you gotta suggest what. Somethng about the same size / cost and insurance group.
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Phil Hall
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quote:
Originally posted by luca2020
yes u r right, give ur friend a slap and tell him to spend his money on something that has power
Why dont we arrange a meet, all 15,000 of us go round his house and shout Oi! Gordie....... NO!
Then we can all hit him a slap. Fecking Shitron
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sfxer
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lol@shitron tooo true.
i reckon get somthing with a bit of kick to it , an impreza maybe? get a fair bit of bang for your buck outta one of them.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm impreza
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Phil Hall
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One problem with that mate, we live in Norn Iron and insurance is 3 times as dear as what you pay.
Eg> My insurance for my MR2 is working out at £1038 through elephant and I tried it with my mates Dundee Address and it was something like £380!! Im 24, he's 20 so they just dont even quote you on something like a Scoob / Evo / MR2-Turbo if you are under 21.
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Joff
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I think both are a bit shit tbh.
I've got the Citroen saleswoman hassling for a test drive in a VTR (no GT's available) but I don't know if I can be bothered.
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Marc
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The MG looks good in blue!
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Fear
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All depends on what he wants, ie does he want a power car or a nice looking car that doesnt have a great deal of power
i personally dont like the MGs but i think the C2 VTRs are nice the paddle shift is shite but if he can live with it its fine
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Phil Hall
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I dont think he really knows what he wants, but he obviously has the constraint of the insurance here. He will trade n the MG which is about 2yrs old now, (black btw) and go for something about 12kish. I'm telling him to wait another 1yr as he's just turned 20. Build up a bit more NCB, and then even spend 8k on a well looked after faster car and he will have money towards insurance and mods. Does that not make sense?
[Edited on 27-01-2004 by Phil Hall]
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sfxer
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makes very good sense i reckon
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vibrio
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the C2 is slow as is the MG so whats the difference
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Phil Hall
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The c" is 1.616v and is only putting out about 4bhp more. So the whole episode will just cost him money for a car which is probably just as quick if not quicker.
(Sorta what you said vibrio, in a round bout way)
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Fraudster
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well, i had a corsa c, brand new, done 10,000 miles in it, and got a mg zr, never better. corsa was plastic.
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CorsAsh
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I learnt to drive in an MG ZR, I've driven 1400 ZR rally cars, and i cant say I'm a big fan. The clutches come in way too late for me, and they're so heavy, feels like drivin a concrete block around, even when they're stripped out inside.
I'd go for something completely different - wait til the corsa gsi comes out later this year maybe
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luca2020
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is he looking for a modern looking car? or not bothered
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Gambit
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i think the C2's look fruity as fuk
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