3dr Hot hatch... What to go for?
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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3dr Hot hatch... What to go for?
what shall I go for?
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Golf GTi + coilovers and remap
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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i was thinking that then adding an audi tt turbo
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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Quick round town? Quick on B roads? Quick on motorways? Quick on track?
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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ST170 - slow unless you want to drive it all day at 6000+rpm.
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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Clio, light weight and big bhp= fun
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:42 PM
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yeah thinking so.
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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You can easily make a Golf out handle and perform as well or better than the Clio, but you can't stop the Clio being a girly french flimsy bit of crap, oh, and did I mention its bloody french !!!
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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I would like to get the 1.8 turbo golf remap and tt turbo is it rwd?
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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tt turbo is Awd. The TT is far too gay to be RWD.
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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FasterFords
You can easily make a Golf out handle and perform as well or better than the Clio, but you can't stop the Clio being a girly french flimsy bit of crap, oh, and did I mention its bloody french !!!
No way will any golf handle as well as a 172/182 cup
even if it was possible it would cost a hell of a lot
Clio is the best choice for the OP
Mar 3, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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No way will any golf handle as well as a 172/182 cup
even if it was possible it would cost a hell of a lot
Clio is the best choice for the OP
Agreed.
Anyone who thinks chucking a set of coilovers on a lard arsed Golf will even put it in the same league as the Clio really doesn't have a clue.
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Ahhh the golf is not RWD either
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:05 PM
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yeah just watch the clio 182 on track they are excellent
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:16 PM
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You can easily make a Golf out handle and perform as well or better than the Clio, but you can't stop the Clio being a girly french flimsy bit of crap, oh, and did I mention its bloody french !!!
In fact, i'd like to know just how easily you can make the golf outhandle a clio 172/182?
Might be useful info
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Mar 3, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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2.0 redtop corsa by far the most fun car ive owned evan though not the fastest there still great fun and very quick with the right mods
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:22 PM
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DC2 Teg Type R?
Good call too, and about the same price as a good 172
Why didnt i think of that being a Honda owner
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Good call too, and about the same price as a good 172
Why didnt i think of that being a Honda owner
For a good 98 Spec DC2 budget over 5k
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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For a good 98 Spec DC2 budget over 5k
you looked on pistonheads recently
loads under that and look good too
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:32 PM
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leon cupra or astra vxr
Leon = 5dr only
Astra = Well above the budget we appear to be talking about here
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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Mar 3, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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In fact, i'd like to know just how easily you can make the golf outhandle a clio 172/182?
Might be useful info
Slam it on Koni blud!!
Mar 3, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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CTR pick the early ones up for about 4k now
Mar 3, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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i dont see why everyone hypes up these clio 172s astrack cars. they are good cars and they are quick but not when you consider what else is in the budget.
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you could have a decent impreza wrx for under 2k instead of some french piece of shit
Mar 3, 2010 | 06:08 PM
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what about a vx220 turbo? anyone got any experience of em?
Mar 3, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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1999 -2001 Polo GTi ? cheap, light, good solid build quality, quite nippy, best looking polo and could drop the 1.8t engine in with a remap for some bigger power!
Mar 3, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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ST170 - slow unless you want to drive it all day at 6000+rpm.
rev to 6000+? isn't that the whole point of an n/a hot hatch?
vtec just kicked in yo...
Mar 3, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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Mar 3, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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A civic vti is probably the cheapest bang for buck 160bhp+ car mentioned so far, and it wont break after giving it some beans
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3dr Hot hatch... What to go for?
