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L33 BYT

Forget it.
Brakes are very poor.
Build quaility is even poorer.


But you can get the fooker on three wheels on round abouts.

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pollocks

i have a vts and love it just make sure the abs works and check the rest of the car like every other you would look at

i love mine

mine is completely standard and is a joy to own good mpg i get 100 miles to a tenner never uses oil or water

L33 BYT

Nah in fairness the mrs's VTR was really nippy. Just check. the rad. Seemed to eat through one in two years.

If brakes are poo I found disks and pads all round cured immediatly.

TIFF

Jake

Go for a Pug 306 D-Turbo EVERY day of the week mate..........

Nice car and there are some nice ones out there

abdr500

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i have done 7 gearboxes on the vts and vtr so stay away m8 there made from rubber

D.K.

never owned one but nearly died coz of one

Rab

I bought one new in 99.

Sold it 6 months later. What a pile of wank

xr4x4rs

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id goe for the 306 td mate

rarely anything goes wrong with them plus there diesel

or just use the cosy and keep changing rear tyres every week

Lambchop

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I just bought one Jake

I drove it home just before i came offshore so only been in it once. Was a 150miles drive home and did it on Ł15 of fuel
First impressions are that its a cracking wee motor! Nice enough to drive and with a wee bit of poke about it.

I too set about to buy a run about up to 2k and started looking at 106's. they are effectively the same car and not worth the extra imo. Now i have the saxo i maybe even prefer it looks wise too

Luckily mine is STANDARD and not boy'd up at all...good luck finding one similar

I've heard all the neon jokes etc but hey at the end of the day its still a "quick", "cool" car

Thanks to Dave120 for selling me his

chop

roybacer

You need to drive one and make up your own mind mate.



In the grand scheme of things, they are utter wank



But for 1500-2000 you can get a pretty good condition vts, handling is pretty good standard, not too slow, fun to drive, and there not that unreliable, and wont cost too much to run/insure, and if it goes tits up, you can get a full engine/box for 300quid, and the rest of the parts are shit cheap

Lambchop

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and you choose an xr2?!




EXACTLY!

Stu.H

keep ya saff and annihilate everything on the road

u get a vts and u will "try" and beat people and fail, and wish u had ur saff back

get a diesel like tiff said, shit slow, but u will have the poke if u need it



performance or economy, there is no inbetween

TIFF

Oh yes there is

Rhys

Go for 306TD mate, you can play with the fuel pump and make them go VERY well!! plus get good economy. Thats what i done my first two years of uni in.

No 4th year i will be taking the 330 and will be parinod of getting parking dings with poxy shit student parking

BlueSmoke

Do tell Tiff, or are you talking about the Mondy?

What kind of power can be had out of those 306 D-Turbos? Everyone bangs on about them.

Rhys

Get the 306 to about 120bhp imo

John Laverick

If it was my money I'd be going for the 106 Rallye [you can pick up a 50k one in good nick for Ł2k!!]

My brother has one and its a cracking car. All the handling and of the Saxo without the boyracer stigma in my opinion!!

John Laverick

Here it is:

BlueSmoke

Hmm wouldn't see that touching the VTR's speed? If you could get one to do a sub 7.5 second 0-60 without a great deal of fuss then I could understand why they get recommended so often.

That's probably pretty unrealistic though eh?

And what makes the D Turbo better than the HDi?

Rick

student with a 330..... whats all that about?!

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jr

out of alot of the cars ive driven, i would say the vtr ive driven is certainly one of the most fun, felt very direct, handeled very well, loads of fun

build quality and interior is a bit dubious, but you know that when your buying one, and its not something you buy one for to be honest

out of everything in that group i would say its the best bet

John Laverick

The series 1 is 1.3....the series 2 is a 1.6 8v.....honestly mate don't let that put you off.

They are very quick for what they are [about 110BHP and stripped out] ...they rev to about 7250rpm IIRC....much beater than the VTS imo!!

Rick

Rallye's are cool.

Lambchop

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Here's mine



Go see what you can find

Lambchop

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ps try www.saxosportsclub.com as i found a few for sale on there. Watch out though because if/when you post you will feel OLD. When i posted asking about insurance i was told i was a "whinging oldie" 1 lad said i should be lucky because his vtr costs over a grand TPFT
I can insure cossie, saxo and my bike for less

It's Czech Mate

Darren Barber has a mega cheap Zetec-S for sale in the for sale section, have a look

if u cant afford that the i'd go 106 ralleye or 306d turbo

bud-weis

I want your saff wanna TT?


mate had a very tidy high miler saxo VTS,sold it on e-bay for Ł1400 which was a bragain for such a clean car didn't have any major faults either,just a slight knock from one shock...

Rab

Nope, a Polo GTi. Only after a long period of unemployment that destroyed my credit rating I bought the XR2

When, in 600 years, my credit rating is repaired I'll buy a decent car again

Cawood

get a 106 over a saxo

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Paddy

Saxos aren't too bad but around that price range you'll be buying a tired one

For that money [if you don't fancy a diesel in the end] I'd be looking at an older style CRX V-Tec with 150+ bhp

Rhys

Who says they are better than HDi? they are not......

Your missing the point with TD Its heavier car than the VTR but through the gears a slightly tuned TD will murder a vtr imo You need to drive one


Rick it has to be done but dont forget i sold the saffy

AlexD

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I had a Saxo VTS Mate, was a cracking little car, loved every minute of it !.

But it did break a few times as they are a bit fragile..

I would go for a Pug 106 XSI 1.4 or a Zetec S Fezzy Tbh......

Inusrance is silly on the VTS to, and the VTR is a Xr3i in drag ..lol..

Al.......

bud-weis

i know of a decent Prelude 2.2 Vtec going for around that money,probably a million miles from what your after but thought i'd mention it....they're well specced cars as standard

NathR

I had a VTS for 3 years, gave it absolute death and the only ever thing it needed was an alternator. Absolute cracking little car! You won't find a more fun/reliable car for the money imo.

Porkie

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VTS are cool. Great fun cars