ricer someone who does there car up int he belif it makes other drivers think it is fast, but it is done on the cheap, often with nothing to bakc it up we all get hte urge to drive fast but if you wanna drive your car fast, take it to the track, on the road you stick to the limit, that is the fastes you can safely drive in that area
because we r suppose to be a law abiding community il agree with u, lol, . what about this escorts insurance, eh?
no cos ive seen what happens when a new driver that thinks hes gods gift, speeding, then mashing his car (& usually serveral otehrs) int he process the results are not pretty that is why you stick to the speed limit
I'm glad I failed my test the first time, because it proves to you that you are not untouchable... meh friend passed first time and he thought for ages he was untouchable... until we ended up going sideways on a road called "Pen-Y-Pass" which is the highest road in Wales... he slowed down then.... then again... in saying that I took my car up to 60mph yesterday in 2nd gear overtaking a lorry! although.. i overtook an empty coach in 3rd gear.. (V.Quick gear) and he was giving me a run for my money! (both accellerating from a roundabout)
Man, GET A PUNTO.. P reg onwards I reckon. 1.2 so more poke than you usual 1.0, 1.1's, spacious for a small car, easy to get parts, low insurance for it's engine size.. cheap as chips. I've had mine for 3 years and it's like the ultimate go-kart. Rmmm..
If your choice is a clio or a corsa, then I'd pick the clio. This is only from my experience of learning to drive, but I found the clio much easier and nicer to drive. The clutch has a shorter travelling distance so you're not fiddling around for hours trying to find the "bite point". The power steering is more responsive, which is better for those left reverse manouvres (yukyukyuk). The driving position is higher and the seat can get in closer to the pedals, which is good for little short legs like mine. It's quieter inside, on more than one occasion I tried to turn the ignition key when the thing was already runing It's a bit narrower, which is handy and it also contributes to the fact that it is a nice looking little motor. My only complaint would be the gearbox, which is a bit flimsy. Otherwise it's sound.
Standard Ford Sierra's are front wheel drive, execpt for the Cossworths which a 4 wheel drive. That one of the main ways you can tell riced up fake cossie's because if they arent spining all four wheels then it is fake.
I have owned a Vauxhall Nova 1.2, and driven Ford Fiesta 1.1,1.4 and Vauxhall Corsa 1.4. To be honest I prefered the handleing both of the Vauxhalls to the respective fords. If I had to pick between them I would get the Corsa. In the end it is personal preferance as allways, I surgest you test drive the cars to see if you like the way they are.
sierras are rear wheel drive front wheel drive sierras are called 'mondeo's get a mark 2 escort - 1.3 litre handles beautifully and has plenty of scope for performance upgrade whoever was pimping mk2 golfs (sam?) we have a mk2 GTi in the drive right now - black H reg (big bumpers not like the earlier ones with skinny bumpers) with adjustable KONIs on each corner and a very nicely fettled engine done the proper way - not by bolting on an air filter, 'superchip' and exhaust and expecting to get an extra 50bhp... taken out to 1.92 litres with larger bore cylinders, skimmed head to up the compression a little bit, a lot of valve work and twin throttle bodies all on a 16 valve 230 bhp at the wheels, revs to 8,000...and by the way - it looks completely standard (still have the original BBS alloys) *n
Remember the insurance costs whatever you do! I'm in an annoying situation. To get a car, I need a job, to get a job, I need a car I live right out in the middle of nowhere and would need a car to realistically get me too and from work!
we've had it for about 7 years and it's done over 150,000 miles also gets used for licenced road rallies, sprints and autotests standard stereo apart from a minidisc head unit though, sam - you'd be disappointed *n
& hwo often are you let loose on it? youc ant have a "standard" sterio i mena why do you thihk they gave you the boot, to fill it with amps im not gonn ahve a great deak of speakers (compared to some installs) but its gonan take a lot of apms as nothing is gonna be passive, actuve crossovers for the compnent speakers before the signal is ampified, then one big mono amp per tweeter / mid / mid bass / sub yes this is going in the boot of my first car when i get the money for it
I'm going to be in the same position in a few months, needing a car to travel to college/work, but not wanting some cramped, slow noisy old banger! I was looking at insurance groups today here , and I was surprised to find a Mondeo 1.8lx was only Group 9 insurance! Considering the 1989 Suzuki Swift GLX 1.3 I have been given is group 8 according to everywhere I've looked (although that site seems to disagree, perhaps a newer model?), I think it might be worth me getting a bigger car. The thing with bigger cars is you get far more for your money than you do when buying something small, due to the effects of supply and demand. For example, in Eastbourne you can pick up a reasonable Mondeo with plenty of comfort and toys for around £1500 . My point is you might want to consider something other than the typical boy-racer cars such as the corsa, saxo etc and look at something along the lines of an astra, escort, focus, vectra, mondeo, laguna, passat etc. Just adding my 2 cents to the mix. Feel free to totally ignore or flame at your discression.
just noticed your sig...videodrome i don't have a road licence so i'm only allowed to drive it off the main roads... but i do some autotests and stuff in it had it at a MIRA open day a while back and it nudged 152mph (we removed the wing mirrors, arial, rear seats, spare wheel, toolkit...even the small paper bag of mint imperials from the glovebox) i'm thinking about relocating the front repeaters and fog lights and maybe removing the inner headlamps then duct them directly to the throttle bodies... *n
get a mini!! they are teh fun problem is you'll need a clean one, which limits you to very few of them and pushes the price right up.... I have one at the moment which I guess in theory is being "riced" but by no means do I think it'll actually be quicker than standard.... although it will be, once the new engine goes in by in thoery being riced I mean I've got a set of 6x12 minilite repros and of course they need arches otherwise they stick out... insurance companies reaaally do not like that. So I got a phat set of group five arches (three inch extensions, essentially, at their widest point)... although on the front these were really needed cos of the swap from drums to discs.....
