me neighbour has one and he asked me to take it for a spin and tell me what i thought of it

it looks a fairly basic car, hes gone for some mods on it though but mostly handling mods ( coil overs, camber thinys and tid doburys ect) and a front mounter cooler aswell as a boost controller ect,,,,,, thats what i could see anyway


ANYWAY,,,,,,,,,,, FUCK ME THERE FUN !!!!!

the car torque asteers a tiny bit but got round town its a fooking rocket, loads of fun,,,,,,,,, i didnt wanna get out of it

anyone else ever seen em before and got any info on em,, its quite a nice car and is a 1300 engine too,,,,,,,,,, and group 7 insurance


thinking of selling the cabrio and getting one as a runabout just cause there fun

anyone else now of other cars similer,, hidden from public eye type motors

 

Never driven one but always liked 'em

Proper little pocket rockets

 

there cool,,,,,,,, its limited to 110 though


but thats not what im bothered about,,,, doing 90 in 30's on a industrial estate on sundays made me think what the fook have i got a xr3i cabrio for,,,,,,, i never even took the roof down last summer at all

60 quid car tax too

 

Been in one, Was quite impressed

 

ever driven one though,,,,, ive been in it before and never thought much about it cause he dont give it the driving it needs,,,,,,, he just made it look slow due to his driving


i took it out and he was asking me to slow down,,,,,,, the car handles fooking well too,,,,,,, should have seen his face when i was using the bus lanes ect to get it about


what they go for,,,,, that jammy fooker got it for 1000 quid but needed suspention sorted and a wing


he wont swop for me cabrio either

 

well worth the dosh.. proper tool!

 

friend of mines gf's got one, thier quick for what they are, herd of 13-14 odd second 1/4 miles in them.

just a really bad down side to them is their import only so parts are murder to get for them took my mate near 3 months to get a seatbelt buckle from toyota they hadnt even herd of the car themselves!

last time i herd from her she wanted to sell it for a s1

 

Awesome cars, and can get serious serious power out of them too, well over 300bhp.

Seen them run 11s in other countries.

As per most cars, people are so blinkered and dont realise what stuff is out there and how good they are, that they spend time and money on stuff thats not even close to summat else they can have.

If i had the money to have one as well as the SX and GTR, id love one.

Get one ginge

 

chris thats the joke, hes had it for over 1 year,,,,,, its his first car and hes never had a problem with it, turn the key and hes off


i fooking love it

steve any info on tuners who do work on em, where not far from abbey so thats a option or any other place as hes just done suspention stuff and brakes

i think MORE power would be MENTAL in it,,,,,,,, its such a cook car if you take the time to understand it

 

raced a proper fast one in my cossie once near chelmsford in the damp. he was goin well till he had a proper spin out coming off a roundabout

 

Ginge, id not worry too much about taking it to a tuner immediatley, plenty of bolt on bits first.

Id also just use a Starlet specialist rather than a general tuner, so you only do the stuff thats worthwhile and not get ripped off, as most tuners charge a bomb.

Fensport are the main Toyoya specialists in the UK, and there tons of Starlet parts listed on their site- www.fensport.co.uk.
But most jap parts id get sent from Japan direct- www.nengun.com and www.greenline.jp

Might wanna check out a Starlet forum to see reccomended mods and in what order. Dunno what one that is tho, never looked.

 

cheers steve

gonna see if i can borrow if for a week to see what its like then see if the boss gives permission

tbh i dont have to tell her its a turbo either

 

ive driven a starlet and it was just standard but good fun

what power are they standard? i cant remember if it was 110 or 120 bhp@wheels.

chop

 

Mate has one that is running NOS was at pod late last year, finished in Green Flick Paint with escos rims on it! Ran 11.4!!!!

Torque Steer though?? Are they not RWD???

 

I think your thinking of the old early 80s starlets mate, like people fit pintos to, they RWD.

Ginge is on about the mid90s ones that are FWD

 

When I had my 2.8 XR4i I remember following a G40 Polo going down through Wye Valley ( off on holidays to Cornwall ).
Just tagged onto the back of it and kept up with it at first but then the driver started getting a bit faster and we were soon getting a bit "serious". I had to really cane the old V6 to get past in the end - worse thing was that as we overtook, the girl driving gave me a big thumbs up

My girlfriend in the passenger seat thought it was hilarious I'd been embarrassed by a shopping car.................

Had to frantically recite pages 67-91 of the "Driving Excuses" handbook.............