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Reply To: Spoiler

Is it not a theoretical limit due to the 32mm(???) restrictor in the inlet?

20 years ago
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Reply To: Spoiler

quote PUG180:I did not want to call it the slower or lesser gti, as I did have one before, but lets be honest the 138 would be classed as a warm hatch...

20 years ago
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What is all this about refering to the 138 as the standard GTi?Anyway, the 138 doesn't come with a spoiler as standard!The 206 WRC used the ol...

20 years ago
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Reply To: the '180 has to go... [sniff] [sniff]

based on a 2004 04 plate 180 with 24k on the clock Glass's guide says trade in prices are...Excellent condition £10100 Average condition ...

20 years ago
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Reply To: the '180 has to go... [sniff] [sniff]

Sod getting the service done. Just reduce the price by £200 to make it initially more attractive when advertising it.

20 years ago
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Reply To: Lowering a 180 for dummies

quote Boobies:, both sets of Eibach springs for the 106 were SOFTER than standard - and I have felt them first hand! Terribly soft, coil binding occu...

20 years ago
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Reply To: Lowering a 180 for dummies

That 30mm drop will also have included uprated springs. If only uprating the front this will make it's balance towards understeer. The improvement in ...

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Reply To: Lowering a 180 for dummies

That tiny difference in the front and rear height will make such a tiny difference to the handling you'd have to be Michael Shumacher to notice the di...

20 years ago
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Reply To: Lowering a 180 for dummies

306 type handling basically means more oversteer. The 306 also has a reputation for spinning when driven by the inexperienced (and quite a few experie...

20 years ago
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Reply To: Lowering a 180 for dummies

quote Nick C:this should get back some of the old style 306 type handling wioth better front end and a little less rear end - just hpw pugs should be!...

20 years ago
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Reply To: 180 not a real hot hatch?

I was going to say the hot hatch market is developing into a two tier market...i.e. those that are insurable and those that are very fast i.e. C2 VTS ...

20 years ago
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Reply To: 180 not a real hot hatch?

A good question. If I asked whether the 138 GTi is a hot hatch (i would say it was - outclassed now though) some would argue it wasn't purely based o...

20 years ago
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Reply To: 180 not a real hot hatch?

Could you imagine if they still made all the old cars though? They'd be slated for being rubbish and flimsy. Nobody would want one. The downsides of ...

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