Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
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Bora's a bit of a drug dealer car too in Northern Ireland - the Golf is much better, but that audi looks respectable if you can afford it thats maybe ur best bet
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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wot bout an ibiza cupra tdi? 158 bhp brembos and 50+ mpg  
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Only quibble I have with the VRS is that its 5door, if there was a 3 door alternative id have one I think 
Looking at ibizas now
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Lookinf at least £10k for one of those Ibiza Cupra tdi's...................dont think I'll have that much.
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Colin
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They do look quite nifty right enough -
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Nick-S
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i bet there not far off the pace of a petrol cupra aswell and with a remap 
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Ricky352
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Registered: 6th Apr 07
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yeah nice cars
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Fabia looks nicer imo
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Colin
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Fabia has too many doors imo.......thats being picky but when you have a choice your allowed to be  
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Colin
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BMW 320d Estate - y/n
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Hammer
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Thumbs down unless you have 3 labradors and kids with muddy wellies.
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John
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Fabia has too many doors and your looking at a 3 series estate
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Colin
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too many doors for a hatchback  I like estates
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
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I looked at the Ibiza Cupra PD 160. They are alright but the build quality isn't anywhere near that of a MK4 Golfs. I like the looks/performance/MPG though. Plus 190-200bhp & stupid amounts of torque are supposed to be acheivable from a remap. But you prob need to upgrade the clutch to cope with the torque.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
i bet there not far off the pace of a petrol cupra aswell and with a remap
Think there is about 0.4 of a second in it to 60. Mid range the TDi is probably quicker...
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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400-450 miles = about £30 in my Punto. I like that
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Colin
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Thats good going Ed, my old mans mate has a Punto Grande diesel.....I quite like it!! Do you have the 5yrs 0% finance deal??? Much are monthly payments???
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ed
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We didn't buy it at the right time for those deals  The only thing they were doing was a fairly decent finance offer back in december. I'm not sure on the monthly payments as my dad bought it for me... They have been out for a year now so there should be some failr cheap ones about. Though I would recomend a new one over a second hand one as the first lot off the production line seem to be fairly ropey
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Colin
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Might take a look into them then
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ed
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They are a bit wierd to drive if you aren't used to really new cars with all thier modern safety crap. The pillars on them are huge because they have airbags in them and you are sat really far back so the engine doesn't cut your legs off if you crash. But you get used to it after a while and don't notice it. Then when you get back into a proper car it feels wierd
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Yes Colin... defo.
I do bout 15-17k a year (business and pleasure) and my corsa has turned out to be v expensive...I struggle with 400 miles to a tank.
Im converting to a Ibiza 1.9tdi sport (130 jobbie), had one for aweek and hd 550 miles... and i wasnt driving like a granny!
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
They do look quite nifty right enough -
Lush :love:
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Astra SRi
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If your after something 5+ Y/o and want something pokey, your limited to VAG really - no body else jumped on the Common rail band wagon till a few years back .
Bit outside the box, but the Fiat Stilo used the 1.9 JTD engine, you can get a pretty decent looking "Sporting" for not alot of money due to Depreciation hitting them HARD . Derivatives of it were used in Astras, vectras, Alfas and Saabs so should be a decent unit .
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Colin
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Id rather drive a milkfloat before id think about a Fiat Stilo tbh 
SAAB might be a good idea..............will look into it!!
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Id rather drive a milkfloat before id think about a Fiat Stilo tbh
SAAB might be a good idea..............will look into it!!
Yeah they're not the nicest, but they're cheap and fairley new!
Doubt you'll get a saab for under £10k tbh.
Suppose it depends on your budget. Looking now the Astra 1.9 has now dropped into the 8-9k bracket. Get a 16v one, and a "tuning box" (£2-300) will knock the power up to 200bhp, 300+ lbft of torque - enough to cause a fair bit of rivlary between the equally powered (but remaped)888 astra's and VXR owners on the astra forums .
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