new_car..._soon,yesterday_got_put_off_a_vts!

[Saxperiance]

went out to my local mazda garage and got a test drive of a nearly new mk2 1.8i mx5 and tbh it puts my saxo to shame well and truly, i was driving along with the chap from the garage and just about to enter a dual carrigeway doing about 40 and he goes right now put it in to second and foot to the floor! haha i was like whaatt:fcuk: he ended up making me nearly redline 2nd and 3rd i was well suprised! but yeh basically they pull like absoloute trains! they drive SOOOOOOOO nice! the gearbox you just have to move about 1mm to change the gears and theres no linkages so they feel really snappy + they hold the road SO well and are rwd so can be a bit of fun! but yeh rant over, im just weeelll excited because i know what im getting for my second car and should be getting it in about 2 weeks :panic:

some people say its a hairdressers car e.c.t but tbh i rekon if anyone off here who owns a saxo drove the 1.8 sport they would soon have their saxo up for sale already found a load of parts for it which i want to get including this bodykit:
http://www.mx5mad.com/images/gvnb25x.jpg

opinions??? basically i want it to look like the car in that picture above but with a different set of alloys say maybe some black multispokes? what do you rekon?:y:

[Proffitt]

Is that a veilside kit...if soo going to be expensive!! lol

But ye go for it mate :y:

[EH_Fella]

Get in any car with a 1.8litre engine and you'll want to ditch whatever Saxo you have nine out of ten times - fook, you'd want to ditch whatever car you had if it was a smaller engine - assuming you could afford the change in insurance, tax and running costs.

As a side note, I usually get the MX-5 on Gran Turismo as my starting car ;)

[Yates]

gay car

if you up a vts in 2nd at 40 and put foot down it pulls

my mountain bike puts a 1.1 to shame

id put money on me prefering my vts to one

[Proffitt]

gay car



plain and simple :P lol

Imo i would go for the vts but like i said go for it...its all down to personal opinions :D

[bez_123]

i would change my saxo to a mx5 too.. one because its jap ( so nothing will go wrong with it) there are quick and like he says they are rear wheel drive so you can get sideways round a wet round about.. i would defo go for the change if i could afford it!!

[Coonper]

I would much rather have a japanese, rear wheel drive, well built, 1.8 semi sports car over a shitty french tin can!!

[Yates]

i would change my saxo to a mx5 too.. one because its jap ( so nothing will go wrong with it) there are quick and like he says they are rear wheel drive so you can get sideways round a wet round about.. i would defo go for the change if i could afford it!!

i got the rear end out on my mates micra on a wet around about, dont need a rear wheel drive... didnt even mean for it to pull out, used to a good handling car like saxo lol

i agree about jap being better built cars, but i wouldnt get an mx5

[Danr]

I'd have an older one. I've heard they are a right laugh to drive.

[Saxperiance]

i would change my saxo to a mx5 too.. one because its jap ( so nothing will go wrong with it) there are quick and like he says they are rear wheel drive so you can get sideways round a wet round about.. i would defo go for the change if i could afford it!!

good man! yeh there proper well built cars, whilst i was driving one yesterday i noticed instantly how solid they feel! theres absoloutely NO rattles or squeeks e.c.t like you get in a saxo and the steering feels proper connected to the road unlike my saxo its wierd rele, yeh thats what i have heard.. my mates dads got the 1.6 and apparantly even thats a bit of fun in the wet! im gona end up completely overhaulin the engine if i get one anyway starting of with a lairy set of cams, manifold and exhaust so il get a bit of a project thread up when i get it! even though its not a saxo i still rekon its gona look proper pimp :cool:

I would much rather have a japanese, rear wheel drive, well built, 1.8 semi sports car over a shitty french tin can!!
haha spot on:P tbh i do love my saxo to bits but after driving the mx5 yesterday theres just no comparison, the build quality on the mx5 is second to none when i got back in my car i went to change from 1st to second and ended up putting it in nautral after using the gearbox on the mx5! the gearthrow is proper minimal where as my saxo one is huuuggee plus ended up getting to the end of the road and nearly not stopping when i realised how shiet my brakes are haha

i got the rear end out on my mates micra on a wet around about, dont need a rear wheel drive... didnt even mean for it to pull out, used to a good handling car like saxo lol

i agree about jap being better built cars, but i wouldnt get an mx5
yeh tbh iv done that once or twice in my saxo but in the wet i find my car just drives in a straight line, the understeer is bruuttaall on my saxo hence why i want a rear wheel drive car because at least if you do overcook it you have some chance of getting the car back where as with a front wheel drive your just gona go straight and lose it
I'd have an older one. I've heard they are a right laugh to drive.

drove past one which lives locally to me the other day and mate it looks sooo nice hes got it lowered on a white set of alloys to go with the car being white, il see if i can get a piccy of it i rekon the older ones when done up can look nicer that the newer ones but i dno its all about personal preference tbh

[Yates]

i didnt lose it

if your going stupid fast you will, but then you shouldnt be going stupid fast around a round about in the wet

[VtsTom]

Lift off oversteer in a sax FTW

[craigy_87]

always hated mx5's scream gay to me but that one in the pic actually doest look too bad, wouldnt have one though

[matt_vtr_15]

im with yates....

any car round a wet roundabout can go sidewards and a 1.8 is hardly a drift machine.. granted it would be fun though if you could use it.. and not bin it whenever you try..

and to step up from a 1.1 to a 1.8 obviously you would feel a difference however to step up from a 1.1 to a vts there is a major difference also so you cant compare a 1.8 mx-5 to a 1.1 saxo really....

Each to their own i guess....

[MK2SLAG]

i wouldnt own one for the ismple fact i think they look crap,regardless of handling reliability id rather drive an almera gti or a primera gt touring car styleee!

[matt_vtr_15]

so where is all this money coming from??

i mean to buy one, bodykit it and undertake all those mods,

your talking a fair few thousand there...

how much do you plan on spending in total???

personally with the amount of money going into it id buy something faster and old schoold cool...

[snottybadger]

good man! yeh there proper well built cars, whilst i was driving one yesterday i noticed instantly how solid they feel! theres absoloutely NO rattles or squeeks e.c.t like you get in a saxo and the steering feels proper connected to the road unlike my saxo its wierd rele...


Its nearly new though isn't it!? I'd be worried if any car had rattles or squeeks in the first few years!

They are suppose to be nice cars to drive though, I'd probably have one.

[makaveli144]

if you up a vts in 2nd at 40 and put foot down it pulls

And the VTS is quicker than the mazda.

[L33h]

my mams got a 1.8 twin cam mk1 mx5. It would have put vts's to shame.

untill she cooked it lol

only problem is the indicators are on the right :P

[Saxperiance]

so where is all this money coming from??

i mean to buy one, bodykit it and undertake all those mods,

your talking a fair few thousand there...

how much do you plan on spending in total???

personally with the amount of money going into it id buy something faster and old schoold cool...

iv been saving up for a while as it is and im not buying all the parts as soon as i get the car so im gona spread it out a bit but obviously buy a few parts as i get the car and yeh you could get something old school but the older the car the more unreliable and prone to breaking it is think about it, how many old cars do you find which arent rusted and are generally in shit condition, dont get me wrong you can find the odd one but most of the time they all need spending money on and tbh i just want to have something like im getting where i know im not going to have to outlay a load of money in to it putting it right.

Its nearly new though isn't it!? I'd be worried if any car had rattles or squeeks in the first few years!

They are suppose to be nice cars to drive though, I'd probably have one.

well i say nearly new the milage is very low on the ones i used they were both 02 and 03 plates so the same as my saxo but they had about 20-30k miles on them where my saxo has 35k miles on a 02/03 plate and you still get the odd rattles

[coldo1987]

never been a fan of mx5's tbh. not enough room inside them. amount of times i jammed my right leg between the sterring wheel and the door when closing it...bloody agony. think i'd rather a mazda 3 MPS :p

[matt_vtr_15]

my mams got a 1.8 twin cam mk1 mx5. It would have put vts's to shame.

untill she cooked it lol

only problem is the indicators are on the right :P

bullshit!!!!

vts's are slightly faster standard than the said mx5!!!!

[snottybadger]

iv been saving up for a while as it is and im not buying all the parts as soon as i get the car so im gona spread it out a bit but obviously buy a few parts as i get the car and yeh you could get something old school but the older the car the more unreliable and prone to breaking it is think about it, how many old cars do you find which arent rusted and are generally in shit condition, dont get me wrong you can find the odd one but most of the time they all need spending money on and tbh i just want to have something like im getting where i know im not going to have to outlay a load of money in to it putting it right.



well i say nearly new the milage is very low on the ones i used they were both 02 and 03 plates so the same as my saxo but they had about 20-30k miles on them where my saxo has 35k miles on a 02/03 plate and you still get the odd rattles


Ahh I thought nearly new as in 2 or 3 years, Jap build is top notch though. Reliable too, but pricey when/if something goes wrong.

And you're right about old skool cars, they need so much money chucking at them its hard to justlfy. My old 'lude was a 1992, got to the point I was chasing faults, I'd fix one and two more would crop up!

[matt_vtr_15]

iv been saving up for a while as it is and im not buying all the parts as soon as i get the car so im gona spread it out a bit but obviously buy a few parts as i get the car and yeh you could get something old school but the older the car the more unreliable and prone to breaking it is think about it, how many old cars do you find which arent rusted and are generally in shit condition, dont get me wrong you can find the odd one but most of the time they all need spending money on and tbh i just want to have something like im getting where i know im not going to have to outlay a load of money in to it putting it right.



well i say nearly new the milage is very low on the ones i used they were both 02 and 03 plates so the same as my saxo but they had about 20-30k miles on them where my saxo has 35k miles on a 02/03 plate and you still get the odd rattles

could buy a jap import for relatively low mileage and good condition...

so many options in which are also rarer....

im not having a go or slating the car just backing myself up...

[snottybadger]

my mams got a 1.8 twin cam mk1 mx5. It would have put vts's to shame.

untill she cooked it lol

only problem is the indicators are on the right :P

Thats the better side for them IMO. Means if your missus wants to get her "head down" you can still indicate to change lanes...:y:

[coldo1987]

Thats the better side for them IMO. Means if your missus wants to get her "head down" you can still indicate to change lanes...:y:

lol. think i'd be tempted on an RX7 after its had an engine rebuild with a veilside kit on it

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/coldo1987/Mazda-RX7-Veilside-600.jpg

[Matty-VTR]

VTS would put the mx5 to shame around a track, and it looks better. The only thing the mx5 has going for it is it's 'gay factor' and build quality

[Saxperiance]

VTS would put the mx5 to shame around a track


hahaha youv got to be kidding mate! put a 1.8s against a vts and the mx5 will kill it round a track, the handling is alot better in the mx5 than the standard vts:y:

[Jazz]

In a straight line thw 1.8 MX-5's aren't that quick, a healthy VTS should be the quicker car, but yes the MX5 is better built, better handling and better gearchange.

My mate has a 1.8 MX5 after selling his Escort GTi, loves it, but I find its performance average at best.

To be fair, they are pretty decent motors, solid and last long. RWD is nice if you know how to control it.

[Matty-VTR]

hahaha youv got to be kidding mate! put a 1.8s against a vts and the mx5 will kill it round a track, the handling is alot better in the mx5 than the standard vts:y:

'Alot better'...is that right? Are you confusing the VTS with your 1.1?

[potatopete]

doing about 40 and he goes right now put it in to second and foot to the floor! haha i was like whaatt:fcuk: he ended up making me nearly redline 2nd and 3rd i was well suprised! but yeh basically they pull like absoloute trains!


Obviously, going from a 1.1 saxo to a 1.8 MX5, you're gonna feel some difference.

As someone else said, it would be like trying to compare a 1.1 with the acceleration you'd feel on a bicycle.....

[Matty-VTR]

LOL @ the noob neg repping me..

[Saxperiance]

In a straight line thw 1.8 MX-5's aren't that quick, a healthy VTS should be the quicker car, but yes the MX5 is better built, better handling and better gearchange.

My mate has a 1.8 MX5 after selling his Escort GTi, loves it, but I find its performance average at best.

To be fair, they are pretty decent motors, solid and last long. RWD is nice if you know how to control it.
yeh iv heard that going to rwd takes alot of getting used to apparantly, and im not going to leave the mx5 standard for long so hopefully i should be getting some decent power gains out of it after having it for 2 or 3 months, its just nice having a slightly larger engine even if it does only have the same amount of bhp as a smaller engine just generally because the engine isnt having to work as hard as the smaller engine and hopefully i should be able to get a bit more out of it when i start making some bigger mods to it

how come ur mate got rid of his escort then? a mate of mines got a p2 rsturbo and i love it!, i rekon there rele good looking cars but it has alot of power at the same time, has ur mate made any modifications to his mx5 yet??

'Alot better'...is that right? Are you confusing the VTS with your 1.1?
mate do you have a constant chip on your shoulder or something? stop being a fag leaving stupid comments of course im not confusing my 1.1 with a vts you idiot and by your last comment you wonder why you have so many negitive reps and why someone had left you another? mate most of the guys off here are sound but its a shame we have a couple like you:n:

Obviously, going from a 1.1 saxo to a 1.8 MX5, you're gonna feel some difference.
As someone else said, it would be like trying to compare a 1.1 with the acceleration you'd feel on a bicycle.....
lol yehh true but i mean like even when you get up to 80 from what im used to its just still pulling in all the higher gears (not saying i drive like a nutter! i stick to the limit 99% of the time)


tbh i think im gonna get a test drive in a vts aswell to compare it as my next car was either the mx5 or a vts, so il probs arrange a test drive in a couple of days and see what i think

[Krys_23]

lol. think i'd be tempted on an RX7 after its had an engine rebuild with a veilside kit on it

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/coldo1987/Mazda-RX7-Veilside-600.jpg

Thats fucking gash and they need a rebuild every 40k miles = no thanks

[Saxperiance]

Thats fucking gash and they need a rebuild every 40k miles = no thanks

rele?! gona say i know they drink a heeellll of a lot of oil but i didnt know that lol do you mean a full engine rebuild?

[Predator_R32]

stll a hairdressers car and there was one round croft which looked sooooo slow

[Saxperiance]

stll a hairdressers car and there was one round croft which looked sooooo slow

might of been the 1.6? i test drove that and tbh i rele wasnt that impressed hopped in to the 1.8 and it just felt like a totally different car

[Predator_R32]

still a cammed up vts will whip a 1.8 mx5 anyday tbh

[Saxperiance]

still a cammed up vts will whip a 1.8 mx5 anyday tbh

not if the mx5 has got a lairy set of cams;):P

[Matty-VTR]

still a cammed up vts will whip a 1.8 mx5 anyday tbh

1.8 mx5 does 0-60 in 9.1 compared to a standard VTS of 7.7

[Yates]

im glad you mentioned that one at croft steve, steve vts was all over that, thats a standard vts, even if it was 1.6 i cant see the 1.8 being that much greater

im not one who thinks saxos are the fastest cars in the world but when the stats show the vts is faster theres no real arguement

what i would like to know is have you ever drove a vts? i do find people who automatically think bigger engine faster car, ive known a few at work with 1.8 standard focus, laugh sayin its just a 1.6

[Matty-VTR]

mate do you have a constant chip on your shoulder or something? stop being a fag leaving stupid comments of course im not confusing my 1.1 with a vts you idiot and by your last comment you wonder why you have so many negitive reps and why someone had left you another? mate most of the guys off here are sound but its a shame we have a couple like you:n:


Not really a stupid comment mate, your the one that is adament your 1.8 hairdressers car is quicker then a vts ;)
Aint fussed about rep tbh, it's only the internet :y:

[coldo1987]

or we could end the arguing lol (forget the mx5 and the vts) and just get a DB9 instead that i saw today. shame the owner seemed a bit stuck up of himself

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/coldo1987/LGIM0131.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/coldo1987/LGIM0132.jpg

[DJjuveVTS]

that bodykit you like does look fuckin wicked on those mx5's mate

[Jazz]

how come ur mate got rid of his escort then? a mate of mines got a p2 rsturbo and i love it!, i rekon there rele good looking cars but it has alot of power at the same time, has ur mate made any modifications to his mx5 yet??

No mods to it, but he was running a modded Escort GTi (135ish bhp I think) before hand and says he prefers his standard 1.8 MX5 anyday. They are nice cars, and if you use it properly you should get some good, reliable fun out of it. You'll certainly need to modify it to be as quick as a VTS, but that won't be hard to do.

And jap cars just don't go wrong. Enjoy :)

[TDID]

Have any of the people slagging the mx5 driven one?

Brilliant cars and as far as bang for your buck goes they make an excellent buy.

I like my french, flimsy, fwd fun but the mx5 would make a brilliant track toy.

[Dasher_VTR]

1.8 mx5 does 0-60 in 9.1 compared to a standard VTS of 7.7

same 0-60 as a VTR. lol

[Krys_23]

rele?! gona say i know they drink a heeellll of a lot of oil but i didnt know that lol do you mean a full engine rebuild?

I was talking about the rx7 mate..

[coldo1987]

Have any of the people slagging the mx5 driven one?

Brilliant cars and as far as bang for your buck goes they make an excellent buy.

I like my french, flimsy, fwd fun but the mx5 would make a brilliant track toy.

worked for mazda for 2 years and i do agree they are reliable cars and can be fun but i personally would choose other mazdas over the mx5 but thats only my opinion.

[Marcos]

looks nice with kit like a s2000 i think

[TDID]

Why weigh it down with fibreglass gashness?

[angushhb]

everytime i see a man driving an mx5 with the roof down thinkin he lukd ded cool i put my window down point and shout wot a wanker hese in a womans car my nan has got the mk1 mx5 how stupid would u feel if u pulld up at the lights 2 find a 70 year old woman in the same car as u keep ur vts mate do yourself a favour

[TDID]

everytime i see a man driving an mx5 with the roof down thinkin he lukd ded cool i put my window down point and shout wot a wanker hese in a womans car my nan has got the mk1 mx5 how stupid would u feel if u pulld up at the lights 2 find a 70 year old woman in the same car as u keep ur vts mate do yourself a favour

You certainly take the intellectual and moral high ground there, well done.

[Jazz]

everytime i see a man driving an mx5 with the roof down thinkin he lukd ded cool i put my window down point and shout wot a wanker hese in a womans car my nan has got the mk1 mx5 how stupid would u feel if u pulld up at the lights 2 find a 70 year old woman in the same car as u keep ur vts mate do yourself a favour

Umm... in standard English we so might actually understand? :y: (I've lost my chav dictionary so help me out here)

[Saxperiance]

Umm... in standard English we so might actually understand? :y: (I've lost my chav dictionary so help me out here)

haha nice one :P

[matt_vtr_15]

everytime i see a man driving an mx5 with the roof down thinkin he lukd ded cool i put my window down point and shout wot a wanker hese in a womans car my nan has got the mk1 mx5 how stupid would u feel if u pulld up at the lights 2 find a 70 year old woman in the same car as u keep ur vts mate do yourself a favour

and he has a 1.1 atm

however, i personally prefer the vts to the mx-5..... its just my opinion..

Have a go in the vts like ya said and see what ya think....

[Yates]

have you drove a vts? i did ask but you didnt reply? like ive said i cant knock jap cars, very well built, its not something i would chose but thats down to personal taste, all im wondering is your saying its faster yet its not. just makes me think you have never drove a vts, its not the fastest thing in the world, i wouldnt really class a vts as fast in all fairness, just your slagging it in a way that others are slaggin the mx5

just think if you were after a vts, now you have driven this you are swayed, but if you did really want a vts have a drive of one of them before you get the mx5

[Vinny_VSX]

my mountain bike puts a 1.1 to shame



Hahaha :clapping:

This guy I work with has a 1.8 mx5 but with the sport bodykit and I hate to admit it, but I actually really like the car :oops:. He was telling me that there is a turbo conversion for £1,500, so maybe look at that to increase your manlyness

[Jaffaa]

Love MX5's but i prefer my Saxo.

VTS' are quicker no doubt about it.

Get an MR2 ;) im looking for em atm :P

[angushhb]

:ymx5s r shit:yYou certainly take the intellectual and moral high ground there, well done.

:y:

[Ari]

Id have an MX5 if I could live with the constant ribbing I'd get at work for driving a hairdressers car.. Little do they know how good a drivers car it actually is, beautifuly balanced chassis and RWD, what more can you ask for?. All you need is an LSD and you'll be in drift heaven. I've seen people put Rover V8's in them but they are far too front heavy imo..

I also read about a Belgian or Dutch guy who fitted the new Rotary engine from the RX8.. 240 bhp as standard, way to go!

[potatopete]

:ymx5s r shit:y

:y:



Huh???

[williamsvts]

vts is quicker than mx5 imo, i wouldnt have 1.

[Ari]

vts is quicker than mx5 imo, i wouldnt have 1.

You obviously dont know how much fun a well set up RWD cars is.. I do, my brother has a Grp4 mk2 Escort rallycar with 230Bhp which incidently I rolled on the Galloway hills rally in Dec after hitting a rock. FWD just cant compare in the fun stakes no matter how fast they are.

[Berg]

my brother had an mx5, handelling was mental

but couldnt beat my brother in laws vtr or ax gt :p

[williamsvts]

You obviously dont know how much fun a well set up RWD cars is.. I do, my brother has a Grp4 mk2 Escort rallycar with 230Bhp which incidently I rolled on the Galloway hills rally in Dec after hitting a rock. FWD just cant compare in the fun stakes no matter how fast they are.

slight difference between a mk2 escort and an mx5.

i just think they look like a womens car.

[Ari]

slight difference between a mk2 escort and an mx5.

i just think they look like a womens car.

Beneath the skin they are not so different but yeah it is a pity they look like womens cars.

[williamsvts]

if i was going for rwd i think id go for an M3.

[Ari]

if i was going for rwd i think id go for an M3.

Yep, the E30? the newer ones are obviously much faster but they aren't as involving or as much fun as the origonals.

[williamsvts]

nah, like a 98ish model. that e46?

[Ari]

Not sure..

I think my ultimate RWD car is the new Grp4 Mk2 Escort we are currently building. (the old ones just finished being repaired :oops:) we've really pushed the boat out with the new one, usual full Grp4 works spec with an all steel 2.3 (long stroke) JRE Vaux XE, big valve touring car head, Jenveys, 293 Bhp and 230lb/ft torque, Big tooth T5 gearbox as used in the racing TVR's and a fully floating Atlas axle. We've moved the front bulkhead which has enabled us to move the engine 15cm further back the drivers seat is also much further back thanks to a floor mounted pedalbox, its also gonna have a Fuel cell which means we can mount it just behind the drivers seat rather than in the boot. The spare wheel is also gonna be situated in the Navigators footwell... the reason for doing all this is to move all the weight as close to the centre of the car as possible to improve polar movement of inertia and weight distribution. Lots of Carbon fibre and Kevlar too. I'll need to take some pics and get them up.

[williamsvts]

is it the reverse head your using?

[Ari]

is it the reverse head your using?

Not sure if your taking the piss, never heard of it. We bought it direct from JRE, highly regarded engine builders.. used to build the XE's for Vauxhall when the Cavs were doing well in the Touring car championship all these years ago.

[williamsvts]

nah, is it the swindon head or something? was a reverse head if you know what i mean. not taking the piss.

[Ari]

Im not sure mate.. all I know is that its the same big valve head as was used in the touring cars.

[williamsvts]

http://www.oddball123.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carstuff/cleland_20xe.jpg

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/car-talk/286956-swindon-reverse-head-xe.html

[Ari]

Its a JRE head, if Swindon were building the Touring Car engines for the Cavs then John Reid must have worked for them at that time and has since started up on his own?... or maybe he sources the heads from Swindon?

Want to see the crash sequence pics of my crash? The Blue mk2 (car90) on this page http://www.ecossepix.co.uk/Rally2007/GallowayHillsRally2007/index22.html

£4k worth of damage and my co-driver had a bit of whiplash, I was fine.. I had taken a slightly cutting line due to the warning on the notes that there was a rock outside.. I soon found out there was one on the inside too, quite a few cars also hit it.. some of which were still lying at the bottom of the hill where we dragged it.

[williamsvts]

wooops :lol:

[Ari]

Thats rallying.. the highs are sky high but the lows are truelly aweful.. can all end in tears in the blink of an eye.. had been doing so well too, the BANG!!!! less than 3 miles from the end of the very last stage.

[DaveyBoy]

Get in any car with a 1.8litre engine and you'll want to ditch whatever Saxo you have nine out of ten times - fook, you'd want to ditch whatever car you had if it was a smaller engine - assuming you could afford the change in insurance, tax and running costs.

As a side note, I usually get the MX-5 on Gran Turismo as my starting car ;)

very cool car. mk1..... has a turbo kit.. and most imported ones are turboed!
fast bastardddds

[williamsvts]

i dont know many 1.8 cars that are quicker than vts's???

yes there are a few but not that many.

[d4r3n]

i wouldnt say these would pull better then a vts maybe higher in the speed range but not from 40 ive drove plenty of these cars good fun in the wet but thats it, would never own one but that one in the pic on page 1 looks sweet.

[williamsvts]

lol @ your sig

[d4r3n]

lol if your talking about mine cheers lol.

[williamsvts]

yeah yours, thought it was funny haha

[minxie20]

[QUOTE=angushhb;2397896]

So its mx5 :n::n: And vts all the way then:y::y:

[Jazz]

yeah yours, thought it was funny haha

I thought it was quite funny too tbh... ;)

[angushhb]

Id have an MX5 if I could live with the constant ribbing I'd get at work for driving a hairdressers car.. Little do they know how good a drivers car it actually is, beautifuly balanced chassis and RWD, what more can you ask for?. All you need is an LSD and you'll be in drift heaven. I've seen people put Rover V8's in them but they are far too front heavy imo..

I also read about a Belgian or Dutch guy who fitted the new Rotary engine from the RX8.. 240 bhp as standard, way to go!

nice 1 :y:

[LeeM]

ive never drievn a vts so cant comment, but used to drive my dads mk2.5 1.8s with suspension and breathing mods quite a lot and it felt a hell of a lot faster than a vtr and even if the vts was twice as fast, the mx5 is 5 times as fun!

[lavo-vts]

get it hun, and can you call round tuesday night and give me a quick trim please

[matt_vtr_15]

get it hun, and can you call round tuesday night and give me a quick trim please

haha lloyd,

evil bastid!!!!

[angushhb]

[QUOTE=angushhb;2397896]

So its mx5 :n::n: And vts all the way then:y::y:

yeh fukin right:y:

[saxokid100]

[QUOTE=angushhb;2409659]

Mx5 is a birds car!!!:y:

[angushhb]

[QUOTE=angushhb;2409659]

Mx5 is a birds car!!!:y:

haha my nan has got a mk1 1 haha well funny propa shit arnt they:y:

[saxokid100]

ive never drievn a vts so cant comment, but used to drive my dads mk2.5 1.8s with suspension and breathing mods quite a lot and it felt a hell of a lot faster than a vtr and even if the vts was twice as fast, the mx5 is 5 times as fun!

Get saxo vts,that is what you call real fun!!!!:y::y:

[Pat_Vts]

it would be difficult to compare them two in the first place tbh

theyre two completly different cars

saxo is hatchback, mx5 is convertible, saxo FWD, mx5 RWD those alone make it completly different but...

round a track a saxo would win easily though... even a VTR would beat it round a track imo i think...

[smiith]

it would be difficult to compare them two in the first place tbh

theyre two completly different cars

saxo is hatchback, mx5 is convertible, saxo FWD, mx5 RWD those alone make it completly different but...

round a track a saxo would win easily though... even a VTR would beat it round a track imo i think...

but jap cars are teh bolox...

mx5's done up look lush

[lavo-vts]

but jap cars are teh bolox...

mx5's done up look lush

mazda is owned by ford.......

american muscle baby