Mug shot
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Whats peoples general thoughts on these??
Whats the Handling like?
top speed? 0-60 time??
reliable??
parts cheap or not??
Please help out as im planing on getting one in 3 months time!!!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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used to own one, excellent cars, had it tuned to 150bhp with not too much spent, handling is wicked once lowered, 0-60 for standard is 7.4 mine was beating ctr's up the strip though.
reliability varies if you get a good one then they are ok, make sure you get a good one and get it checked out.
Peugeot are like everyother dealer, rip off for parts, but then everywheres like that
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Mug shot
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
used to own one, excellent cars, had it tuned to 150bhp with not too much spent, handling is wicked once lowered, 0-60 for standard is 7.4 mine was beating ctr's up the strip though.
reliability varies if you get a good one then they are ok, make sure you get a good one and get it checked out.
Peugeot are like everyother dealer, rip off for parts, but then everywheres like that
What did u do to get it to 150 bhp im wanting to get around the 180 bhp mark!!
Has for lowering it whats the lowest you would go on 15s or maybe 16s
After one with half leather would like it in yellow or china blue best colours imo
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Steve
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180 would nee throttle bodies which was my next port of call.
my mods
Scorpion Group A Exhaust with decat
Enclosed Cold Air Performance Filter
4-2-1 Manifold
Dastek engine management system
with cams and throttle bods will see you with 180 bhp
dont put 16's on it please, 15's lowered 60mm, with one notch on the rear torsion bar will do the trick 
i didnt have leather interior as cloth is lighter
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NovaGTE
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Handle really well, had a lot of dealer problems with two local main dealers.
To get 180BHP you will need either a supercharger or TB's. TMS in leeds do the conversions at a really reasonable price
Mine was about as low as realistically possible on 16's and handled like a dream
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Paul_J
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I'm going to look at a china blue one for sale this saturday.
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stuartmitchell
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They handle really well, the brakes are very good, mine is lowered 50mm front and back. On 15's you could go 60mm at the front and as low as the torsion bar goes at the back
Mine is running 148.8bhp with ss exhaust, de-cat and simota ram air induction kit. My best 1/4 mile time is 15.434 but it has done 15.034 when the previous owner had it 
Reliability <<<<<<<<<<< 
its also french 
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Ditch
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Registered: 29th Nov 02
Location: St Albans Drives: JDM Celica GT4 WRC
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106 GTi's bother me
they are a 1600cc motor, which my 16v GTE cant shake off untill past 60mph!
fcuk sake man, why do they have to make them things so light and flimsy! 
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stuartmitchell
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The build quality is S.h.i.T.E 
An arch just fell off my car on the motorway last week
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Ditch
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fpmslf makes me feel better about struggling to loose them!
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MatthewR
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quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
106 GTi's bother me
fcuk sake man, why do they have to make them things so light and flimsy!
So that it costs a small fortune to repair
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stuartmitchell
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repairs are very frequent though 
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Paul_J
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Regardless of the reliabilty I really want one - lol... when I get one, I'll want rid though as it'll keep breaking down. But that's details details - I don't have to worry about that sort of shite yet
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Lynny
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clutch and gear box has gone on every 106gti i know, my ex has just sold one, still got his other one, and both have had alot of problems on them, mate of mine had one, clutch went within about 2 month of him getting it
[Edited on 13-01-2005 by Lynny]
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Mug shot
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many thanks for all your replies im still going to get one wanting one with fsh, and pref low miles. Does anyone know what the exact colour is called for the yellow 106gti??
Also 180Bhp for such a small call your talking xe eating arnt ya??
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Steve
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canary yellow i believe
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Steve
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my car beat XE's with 150bhp
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Mug shot
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quote:
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my car beat XE's with 150bhp
cheers for your help steve 
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stubbsy05
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Bright yellow is know as Sundance Yellow I think.
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Mug shot
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What insurance companys are u guys with on these little hot hatchers cos i cant get a quote under 800pounds
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JKGSI
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few pics of mine, love the handling (lowered 50mm on GMC springs), rims are 16inch 206 gti nimrod replicas with 195 40 16 pirelli tyres. The ride is a little hard but much better than my old gsi.
Build quality isn't great, panels are very thin. Problems I've had are, Lamdba sensor needed replacing as it destroyed itself and went down the exhaust! clutch release bearing is getting noisy and gearbox notchy after 58k. Engine itself has been fine but try and get a 99 or newer as they changed the headgasket type. They were prone to failure on the earlier ones also u get leather 99 on + no side strips
[Edited on 14-01-2005 by JKGSI]
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Mug shot
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cheers for your help mate nice looking car. like it in silver but reminds me of quicksilvers
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Steve
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thats the trouble with gti in silver, although a sliver gti is muchos hard to find
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Mug shot
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thats the trouble with gti in silver, although a sliver gti is muchos hard to find
Try finding one in blaze yellow like rocking horse shit
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Steve
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my old one was blaze yellow there were loads of them wen i was looking
[Edited on 14-01-2005 by Steve]
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