godzilla

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Been looking at some Almera GTI's as they have a decent boot for my dogs and tools for work and also seem to have decent performance stats for very little money...... so getting it clogged up with mud daily on the building site wont matter if its only £600-700

Anyone ever owned one, any good?

LHD220Turbo

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you wont go far wrong for the money:

reliable
handle quite well
go pretty well

underated cars IMO, some say they are ugle as fuck, but i actually think they look alright

just look for one with a decent service history

BM08

I think there nice cars, cant go wrong at that price.

Ugly? i dont think so at all
















2.0 16v so go pretty well too

godzilla

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Thats nice!!


So an underated GTI.....hmmmm, sounds like I may have to buy one!!

FOCUSTARD PIE

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My late brother had a nice Almera GTI running about 170bhp.

Very quick understated car, and good value, just not a looker from the side.

Scott-rs2k

i had them as old company car not bad but i found them a bit cramped for leg room and i didnt think they were all big or suited for a dog etc (my personal opinion) but then again depends on the size of the dog etc

FOCUSTARD PIE

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Is that a VZR Almera ? Jap import GTI

BM08

It was on a detailing website forum that i buy my stuff from, so im not sure.

What makes you say its an import anyway?

RWD_cossie_wil

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3 mates have them as track cars, almost 150bhp for utter peanuts, all of them have done numerous trackdays with no problems at all, and driven them there and home again! Sums up how reliable they are, can't go wrong for the £ can you?!

godzilla

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I have a 10st Bullmastiff & a 7st German Shepherd mate

My Shepherd does not come out in the car anymore though due to her age......almost 11 years old, had her since 6 weeks old.

Going to have a look at one this eve....... Been reading up on reviews and they are meant to be really good handling cars too.

paul16v

Very under-rated car IMO lad i know has one he has done allsorts too, VVL? engine in it, its got 170 bhp at the wheels,



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1_0j...layer_embedded

FOCUSTARD PIE

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They made a high power VZR version, but you see very few over here, you can tell via the grille. Ther was a black one in Reading for sale that my bro looked at buying a few years ago.
Think they also made a turbo version

mcst

My brother in law had one, was a belting car, even back then it was good value for money. Handling was sharp but would benefit from a drop and they have strutbraces as standard. Interiors are comfy enough and put together well enough but i found even at 5'11" the dash was too high/seat too low. I had to peer over the dash when maneouvering! For the money they are now you'd not go far wrong.

cheeky dog

pulsar GTiR's and 200sx' run SR20DET's

Almera gti uses SR20DE's

you can go the turbo'd route if you wanted too

cheeky dog

double post, sorry

JimmyBoy

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What are the performance figures for these cars? are they easily tunable? and can you turbo the standard engine easily, or is an engine swap easier ?

Roscco

FFD or RWD ?

Eitherway i think they look ok. Excellent value for £6-700, can't see how you can go wrong.

mozzy

i had my ass handed to me om a plate om a traffic light gp in my st170 against one of these

mozzy

there was one at castle coombe a couple years back, reg number was like s1 tec or something, was pretty quick

godzilla

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Top speed = 132mph

0-60 = 8.1

Average mpg = 35.2



Took one out a few hours ago..... quick and handle so well. I see what people mean when they say 'underated GTI' Handling reminded me very much of my old Pug 306 GTI-6 and speed was on par with an S2 RS Turbo.

BM08

Did you buy it?

StevenC

I've got one.

For bang for buck, you will not find better, It's as simple as that.

Give it some simple breathing mods like a full exhaust and a set of coilovers and they will scare much, MUCH bigger things.

Chris180

Black one is mine

rossco22

Youve gotta be as bad if not worse than me for keep swopping your motors round lol