Starlet Turbo??

[mattchewone]

Anyone know much about these or if they are any good?? Like the look of the them and insurance isnt too high on them. Just looking at different cars really not got the money at the moment. Want something with a turbo i think dont know why lol. Any comments welcome

[stiffler69]

1.3 Turbo 135bhp need i say more

[stiffler69]

my purchase would go on a glanza v though they looks nicer imo

[mattchewone]

Thats the car i was looking at really looks pretty amazing.

[S34MER]

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17684

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=57402

http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68759

;)

like marmite mate, you either love them or you hate them. Personally i think they look the sex :y:

[vtrchris64]

i would love one but i'm undecided yet

i'm always posting this pic lol

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/Chris_64/Picture058-1.jpg

wayyyyyyyyyyy 1000 posts !!

[mattchewone]

Think they are awesome just look quality and go like stink!

[S34MER]

they seem to get a good review aswell!

http://www.reviewcentre.com/review21757.html

[saxo2]

www.glanza.co.uk :y:

[Ste]

Look pants go like stink but everyone knows it so not much of a wolf in sheeps clothing, go for a Pulsar GTI-r if the bank allows.

[saxo2]

gti-r there meant to be unreliable,i know a bloke who had 1 n it was always breaking down,mind u it was tuned to fuck,something like 300bhp i think

[S34MER]

Look pants go like stink but everyone knows it so not much of a wolf in sheeps clothing, go for a Pulsar GTI-r if the bank allows.

hahaha Pulsar's are monsters, but everyone knows they will eat a scoob for breakfast too. so not really a wolf in sheeps clothing either tbh!

The Pulsar GTi-R looks like shit too, but in standard form, with 220bhp of Jap power under the bonnet in a car not much bigger than a Saxo, your bound to own the streets! Group 20 insurance though and hard to find a minter too!

[mattchewone]

Not worried about it not being a wolf in sheeps clothing just like the look of them, and the thought that its a turbo and will have the power when i put my foot down.

[S34MER]

Not worried about it not being a wolf in sheeps clothing just like the look of them, and the thought that its a turbo and will have the power when i put my foot down.

buy a VTR/S mate power is still there when your right foot plants it into the carpet! ;)

[mattchewone]

Im inbetween the two i really like the look of both of them just want a turbo really lol.

[S34MER]

Im inbetween the two i really like the look of both of them just want a turbo really lol.

good luck finding a nice one though, if it hasn't been very well looked after in the past, then a Turbo'd car can be expensive, especially when things go wrong!

[TU-Tuning]

Where i live is overrun with glanza Vs and the older GTs, but id still love one they look mint and theyre nippy as fook

[craigy_87]

there is a few at my college here a crappy pic of one of them (taken through a window with grates on it with old camera phone)
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f68/craigy_87/060320071957.jpg

[craigy_87]

oh found a pic of the other one again same crappy camera an the owner watchin me so its not great again lol
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f68/craigy_87/071120061607-1.jpg

[Mikey]

i like these a lot!!!

[Mikey]

i would love one but i'm undecided yet

i'm always posting this pic lol

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i208/Chris_64/Picture058-1.jpg

wayyyyyyyyyyy 1000 posts !!

love the white one

[craigy_87]

yeah white one is sex, they have a wee switch for high an low boost down they save abit on petrol when ya need to an give it some when you want two thumbs up from me tbh :y: :y:

[kenny]

glanza v is the only one i would buy between the two models of the starlets as there much better looking.

133bhp on high boost and 115bhp on low bost. lots of people running over 220bhp starlets and my friend is building a starlet that hes looking in the region of over 300bhp. will post pics when finished but shouldnt he long i hope.

if you can afford one then do it as there cheap reliable cars. well worth the money imo :y:

[funkmaster-fresh]

My mate had a glanza-V,
theyre lovely cars, really nippy, we raced a vtr one day and ate it.
pretty cool with the hi and low turbo button..
dump valve, lower it, nice set of alloys and your sorted.
very pricy little cars tho, mate sold his for 5 and a half grand.
heres the pic,
lowered on Dare V4 17"s

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8696/melonsstarletlp8.jpg

[Karl]

Starlets are nicer than the Glanza

[saxonutter]

personally i think there ugly.. but i have heard they go very fast..

[argylefan1985]

Nice cars i love them my mates got a white one its lovely.

[mattc]

Was talking to the bloke at the Jap import garage and he said in his opinion they are shit. Said it's really difficult to get a good one, he siad they are only little 1.3s but people drive them like they are skylines and they break. And as already said expensive to fix. Look like a nissan micra from the back aswell.

Although this kid round my way had like a 7 grand one and his was the sex, credit where its due it was the bollocks of a starlet!!!

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Small Jap pocket rocket - they do them very well in Japan

Quite a big following too, not sure Id want to own one reckon the parts might be abit of a problem. Rather have a crapy eurobox than a japbox :y:

[Chris_Ward_vtr]

I really like them. I just got a quote on a starlet gt and i was pleasently surprised. Only £923 TPFT 18 with 1yncb. Not going to get one though, was just curious, im happy with the vtr atm,

[VTS_16v_Boy]

I really like them. I just got a quote on a starlet gt and i was pleasently surprised. Only £923 TPFT 18 with 1yncb. Not going to get one though, was just curious, im happy with the vtr atm,

Thats not bad at all :clapping:

Thats gota be cheaper than a S hasnt it? Im rite in thinking the S is a Group 15 or 16 for insurance, so what group is the Starlet GT?

[Chris_Ward_vtr]

Cheapest quote i got for my renewal on the R is £989 so its cheaper to insure one of them than my vtr. Considerin selling the vtr to my other half and getting one of these. Any one got any spec on these, i.e, 0-60, top speed etc.
Chris

[Luke_vts]

starlet 0-60 is 6.9 i believe.

Ive driven one before and loved it. Turbo is awesome. Shame they are ugly really :panic:

[Vinny_VSX]

Back in January I wanted to sell my car for a starlet. They are awesome cars. Plus I wanted a turbo and all the other turbo cars, were stupidly expensive to insure. The thing that put me off, is the fact that the parts are hard to come by unless you ship them over which can be expensive depending on what goes wrong.

Now I am waiting till I get my 2 years no claims *touches wood* and then get a VTS :)

[kenny]

starlets glanzas are group 8 insurance iirc

[Awretham]

starlets glanzas are group 8 insurance iirc

lol erm no they're not, it depends where you look, I've seen some places class them as group 14+

Also yea starlets are fun and fast though getting some of the spare parts for them is a right bitch!

[R66CE_O_vtr]

theres a block round our way got 1 runnin 300bhp at the wheels and that goes like anythin mate absolutely tears scoobs skylines and evos apart its stupidly quick but it didnt cost him that much to do and they look the best in white was gonna buy 1 but ive made my mind up on a lupo gti now

[Awretham]

When you say it didn't cost him that much... what say near on 6k+? to run that bhp at the wheels you need to run 1.6bar+ which the stock internals will not handle! Maybe he's done it cheaply in which case I'd be interested to see how long it'll last...

Before you go bla bla bla you don't know shit, well I do, I've been involved a lot with these cars and have done a lot of work on them; one of my mates runs a 300bhp starlet and another is currently building what is set to be the uk's fastest starlet...

[DAN-VTS]

I had a GT before my saxo :y: was a great car! you definatly notice the difference in quality lol

heres my old one anyway was around 150ish bhp

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a337/TURBO_DAN/IMG_4196gggg.jpg

If you got any questions im sure i can help you :y:

[Vinny_VSX]

Dan-VTS - Bud that is gorgeous.

Being jap, is the reliability good on these cars? Standard of course

[DAN-VTS]

I had it for a year and a half, never had a single problem with it. Had a few little things when i started modding it but nothing major at all :y:

[Chris_Ward_vtr]

Dan that starlets well nice. Think im gna finish modding my saxo, keep it for another 6months when its all finished and then try and get a Starlet gt or glanza.

[Rosco906]

There nice but there's loads kicking about now.

Glanza...... The New Saxo

[DAN-VTS]

Yep :clapping:
Theres more starlets than VTS's in my area :y:

[BBL]

lol dan vts, i live in maidstone and work in medway and i dnt see one saxo or starlet lol, are you sre your not dreaming?? :P lol

[Vinny_VSX]

I have only ever seen one Starlet T and it was chavved up. It actually really annoyed me, as I had only seen this car on the internet and when I actually spotted on in real life, it had Fox multi spoke alloys, a gay sunstrip, stupid middle exit exhaust and ugly lights.

Still I would have one.

How much would you have to pay to get a good one do you think? 5k?

[spanair]

I'd love a white one my self :y:

[mattchewone]

I heard they were like Insurance group 7 on another forum i had a quick look at. Do you get a better quote ringing up, as most places online dont have the glanza model. Also i'm under my mums insurance and i hit a parked car a while ago i think she needed a new bumper or something and it was only £300 when i get my own insurance will that affect me??

[dave1]

i like them cars after 9 of them done my mates 2.6 v6 on the way back from southend i wanted one

[DAN-VTS]

lol dan vts, i live in maidstone and work in medway and i dnt see one saxo or starlet lol, are you sre your not dreaming?? :P lol

You obviously dont open your eyes mate :p
I know of atleast 3 starlets in maidstone, one of them was my mates who has now sold it but the car is still in maidstone. Its a white GT with samurai graphics on it. My old GT is in sevenoaks too, have seen it a few times in maidstone.
Theres also a grey gt old style in maidstone, its got a body kit on it. Also know the bloke as i went to college with him :y:

[jacko18]

my mates got one,not as fast as you think!! a vts would stick with t so no point paying the sick insurance onone! ugly as fuck and not that quick! bollox really!

[vtscotty]

I had a little drag race with 1 at stockport cruise, i was always about a car in front upto bout 60 then pulled away a bit, iirc the top speeds crap int it, speedo goes up to like 120, am not sayin a vts is faster but i beat this 1, im sure there are faster ones out there tho that would beat a vts.

[DAN-VTS]

my mates got one,not as fast as you think!! a vts would stick with t so no point paying the sick insurance onone! ugly as fuck and not that quick! bollox really!

Lol so wrong. 1. Insurance was cheaper on my gt than it is on the VTS. 2. When they are standard yes that can be a bit on the slow side, BUT only after 60. A gt with do a vts to 60 if both are standard. 3. They are soo easy to get more power out of them, 133 standard, one of my mates had a full exhaust system and an induction kit and was RR'd at 154 bhp. 4. You have to remember they are only a 1.3 so they do lack torque and mid range (but can be sorted by modding :y: )
And they are not ugly. :y:


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a337/TURBO_DAN/DSC00292.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a337/TURBO_DAN/media999-1.jpg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a337/TURBO_DAN/Zoomstarlet.jpg

I will upload more later ;)

Dont knock it till you've tried it :y:

[vtrchris64]

i just saw one of yhee in my street for sale, i was stairing at it woth a plate of sausages the owner came out ans was lookin at me funny he wants 3 grand for it bit overpirced it was non turbos

[Chris_Ward_vtr]

I like this one, there a bit more expensive than i 1st thought though. Gna start saving. want one after the saxo.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-Starlet-Glanza-V-1-3-GT-Turbo-1996-EP91-4EFTE_W0QQitemZ110113133381QQihZ001QQcategoryZ1829 0QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem