Jambo
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My car would stil be safer than a fooken metro/rover 100
They were rated like most unsafe car ever 
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Adam_B
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Originally posted by jr
well ibe never raced a xe round corners etc
but having the oppertunity to drive fads loads, i know whats quicker round corners 
not alot in it, because as you prob know, the "mysticle xe corsa dont handel" doesnt exsist, but the lighter set up is obviosuly better for this type of driving
My mr2 weighs in at about 800kgs, would be an intresting comparison with your corsa, what power is it at these days?
[Edited on 30-11-2005 by Adam_B]
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jr
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between 140-150 in its present specification
185BHP per tonne
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jr
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http://reyland.co.uk/metro.asp?flOffset=1
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Ant
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supposed to be the easyist engine conversion to do same mounts same box pluga nad play ecu if a 1.4 mpi shell is used
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Ian
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My mate had a 1400 GTi and that was quick back in those days, certainly quicker than 1400 Sport as they went back to back many times. He had a Corsa GSi as well and said the Metro was quicker even though the Corsa was a nicer car. 1800 must be crazy.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by --Rikki--
metros are great cars! alltho I will agree with death trap.... its impossible to get in and out without tripping over the sill
 'tis like getting out of the sodding bath
Only you normally leave less water behind in the bath and rust
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Ian
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My car would stil be safer than a fooken metro/rover 100
They were rated like most unsafe car ever
That's what comes of manufacturing your bodyshells from compessed rust and coating them with water soluble paints
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timrud_
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Reyland Metro rocks!
Had the pleasure of playing with it round Bruntingthorpe 
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J100RSA
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i had a metro gti it was running 140bhp from a 1400 k series took joff out in ithe couldnt stop laffin it just wasnt normal for a metro to go so fast
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
quote:
Originally posted by --Rikki--
metros are great cars! alltho I will agree with death trap.... its impossible to get in and out without tripping over the sill
'tis like getting out of the sodding bath
Only you normally leave less water behind in the bath and rust
1400 GTi's are great little cars, certainly show up a few tepid warm hatches. i remember going down the A414 in my mums, some tailgating twat in a Focus 2.0, and just leaving it
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broster
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Originally posted by robmarriott
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Originally posted by J1M
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Originally posted by broster
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ROVER-METRO-GTI-1800-VVC_W0QQitemZ4594162944QQcategoryZ18262QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
i have actually started to like these little metro's especially with a 1.8 engine! how exciting it must be to drive! prob like a nova with a c20xe but more fun as its a metro
Remind me to bitch slap you when I next see you
Jim
i'll do it for you Jim, he cant get away with this behaviour
pmsl! im..............im.............im sorry 
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Jambo
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
My car would stil be safer than a fooken metro/rover 100
They were rated like most unsafe car ever
That's what comes of manufacturing your bodyshells from compessed rust and coating them with water soluble paints
FPMSL
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Teddy
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
 thast really really cool
have none of you seen the reyland metro beating stage 2 and 3 cossies round tracks
Just what i was going to say.
Im hunting for the links now - that thing was mental.
A real drivers car.
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SVM 286
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I do rather grudgingly have to admit that the orange Reyland thing does look exceptional and anything that small and light with a modded 1800 VVC lump fitted has got to be a laugh.
That said, I would want a bloody big car park with marshmallow flump crash barriers, or failing that, Arizona salt flats, plus a bubble-wrap race suit, and a triple strength crash helmet with HANS device before I would get in one.
BTW, one of my favouritest cars of all times is the 6R4 which is fantastic (I can testify to this as I have been round a short sprint course in one as a passenger and it was hilarious), and does rather bizarrely actually contain more than a few bits of genuine Metro - so they can't be all bad.
...or can they?
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myke
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someone once posted a vid of a reyland metro doing a hill climb.
was phenomanally quick.
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myke
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just uploaded the vid.
Click here to watch metro-hillclimb
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Ry_B
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They're OK but at the end of the day they're still just a Metro
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Scott F
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sh!t me! that looked bloody quick for a metrot
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jr
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it is, theres a vid somewhere from a track day at beadford, where its overtakign stage 2 and 3 cossies
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Scott F
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anyone got the spec on the reyland metro?
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
it is, theres a vid somewhere from a track day at beadford, where its overtakign stage 2 and 3 cossies
If he was passing you on a side where you had some body damage, you'd have to run him off the track into something immovable wouldn't you
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