pow
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Hate mine too, was brilliant for first year of owning it - now it's just falling to bits...
Maybe I just don't treat it well enough 
I think there is the odd bad one, pows was bad but so is his mito! None of my mates have had serious problems
My MiTo is fine thank you very much, far far far better then the TWO ibiza TDi's i've owned
They are renowned for falling apart, they are renowned for eating bushes, the climate control in the just doesn;t work properly, in the TDi's the dashboards need replacing every 5-6 years (seat say it's a disposable part). They brake too easy and have a VAG price tag to fit.
The 130 engine, brilliant. The car, shocking.
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pow
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Oh yeah, and the front is WAYYYY to heavy so it just understeers everywhere. The suspension knocks as well
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Matt L
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Oh yeah, and the front is WAYYYY to heavy so it just understeers everywhere. The suspension knocks as well
whiteline arb cures that but then makes the back end silly twitchy and steps out way too much.
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XSIHardy
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i can say.... i have had no issues with it as off yet  only thing that bugs me is that it is slow, but its a nice place to be. and a majour step up from my sxi
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Bonney
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Check on ebay for the exhausts. I found an OPC Cat back on there for around £180. That was for the 1.4 16v aswell.
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antnee
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Its all part off the fun. The lad with the black n green one got a tdi catback system and a reducer put in
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corsa_nation
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I've got a diesel pd130 one. Its great. Too heavy on the front end for any spirited cornering though!
Maybe in standard form, but I few choice changes and they are awesome.
Yeah, I plan on said changes, just waiting for the financial situation to get a bit better! You got the same as me now then?
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pow
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But a car should be good pretty much out of the box, you shouldnt have to spend £££ on it to love it
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antnee
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I've got a diesel pd130 one. Its great. Too heavy on the front end for any spirited cornering though!
Maybe in standard form, but I few choice changes and they are awesome.
Yeah, I plan on said changes, just waiting for the financial situation to get a bit better! You got the same as me now then?
Pd130 sport?
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corsa_nation
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Yep
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antnee
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Yeah, I've had mine 2 months tomorrow. Mines going to be a long project in which near enough nothing is going untouched!
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XSIHardy
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were abouts could i get hold off some bbs lm reps ? andwould they fit the ibiza ?
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big eck
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Ebay sell the reps mate, is it for the mk4 shape or mk3???
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XSIHardy
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its for a mk4 shape
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big eck
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I'm not to sure about the LM's but i know for a fact that the CH's fit.
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Bonney
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But a car should be good pretty much out of the box, you shouldnt have to spend £££ on it to love it
Personally, I think thats impossable. Everyone will find something on a car that can be improved on somehow.
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antnee
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But a car should be good pretty much out of the box, you shouldnt have to spend £££ on it to love it
Personally, I think thats impossable. Everyone will find something on a car that can be improved on somehow.
Yeah, everyones driving style is different too, so people prefer different cars!
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corsa_nation
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Yeah, I've had mine 2 months tomorrow. Mines going to be a long project in which near enough nothing is going untouched!
I've had mine a year and a half now. Haven't really spent out anything on it, just fitted hids, the pre facelift fr grilles, cd player and a few other bits. I never seem to have the money for suspension which is what I will get round to sorting at some point. Have you had it mapped? Thats another thing on my list, but again, funds will need to be present!
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XSIHardy
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i had a look at remaps by revvo
£200 will get u an extra 5bhp seems worth it ... lol
[Edited on 10-01-2010 by XSIHardy]
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antnee
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I haven't mapped it, but I think theres some sort of conservative map on. When I RR'd it, it ran 145bhp and 270lb/ft both peaking where mapped ones do. Also boost spikes at just below 1.6bar and settles at 1.4bar (standard boost to 1.4 and settle at 0.9)
Suspension wise, Eibachs are very good, probably a tad comfier than standard suspension yet still really good through the twisties. Im either going to get Eibachs or Weitecs, the weitecs are made by KW and are about £200 less than the Eibachs
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antnee
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i had a look at remaps by revvo
£200 will get u an extra 5bhp seems worth it ... lol
[Edited on 10-01-2010 by XSIHardy]
You get the 1.4? 100bhp? If so one of my mates has one, RRd it at 102bhp standard, now 120bhp with catback, filter and Revo map, he's got a supercharger to put on it at some point too
build thread is here http://ibizaoc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=466
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John
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Oh yeah, and the front is WAYYYY to heavy so it just understeers everywhere. The suspension knocks as well
whiteline arb cures that but then makes the back end silly twitchy and steps out way too much.
It doesn't make it silly twitchy and the back doesn't step out at all unless you want it to.
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XSIHardy
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nope iv got the 75bhp model,
thats something i really don't understand. how come one has 75 and the other has 100? surely a few mods and mine would easy get to 100?
and ill have a quick look at that thread 
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inliner04
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My friends ibiza
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antnee
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nope iv got the 75bhp model,
thats something i really don't understand. how come one has 75 and the other has 100? surely a few mods and mine would easy get to 100?
and ill have a quick look at that thread
Different block IIRC
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