Few pictures of my car (OMG CAR THREAD!)

palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

1.4 8v
4-2-1 manifold
full decat pipe
magnex twin exit backbox
pipercross induction kit
cobra clubman bucket seats
sparco harness' + pads
re-upholstered saxo vtr rear seats

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and yes, i am a boy racer.

Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Wow, a 1.4 hatchback.
Don't see many of those around.

Keir · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

please dont tell me that escort has got angel eyes in the headlights..... Rolling Eyes

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st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

True.

:polive: boy race(maybe chavvy) alert Police

Nice, would love a little car to mod myself Cool

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palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

its an orion, soon to have an escort cosworth transplant.

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

Two Spaz Chariots Thumbs Up

palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

say what you like, my car has been on show twice, and again at the end of august Wink

so some people must like it.

veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

Didn't know Scope had a stand at car shows...

I like the way you list '8v' like it's a feature... LOL.

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palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

just saying what engine is in it...?

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Putting a loud exhaust on a 1.4 is like putting a loud exhaust on a 400cc motorcycle. You can't move it without revving the tits off it, so you're always loud even in town.

At least on a 2l car or a 600/1000cc bike you can ride at idle so as not to annoy the neighbors.

Personally I'd buy a faster car rather than put a loud exhaust on it, but what the hey. Smile

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Keir · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

RatBlack · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Karma :

Looks like your rear suspension has packed up. Best get it checked out.
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veeeffarr · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Karma :

I don't understand why it's on show when it's just a peugeot with seats and an exhaust?

Rhys · Trackday Trickster Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Karma :

Aren't show cars usually modded up heavily on the outside, looks like a normal quicksilver to me...seats do give it a better sporty look to go with the quicksilver model though

I can see the point in doing engine conversions to have a 'sleeper' , a car which looks nothing but is, but in a car which is already bad boy'd up you expect them to be racing at every set of lights anyway (even if it is making it as quick as its made out to look).
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McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

Leave him alone Laughing

Nice car mate Wink

Any pics of the interior ?
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feef · Energiser Bunny Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Karma :

have you modified the swingarms and suspension geometry to take into account the lowered ride height, or are you happy screwing up the handling in prefernce to looks? Wink

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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Brappp nice ride bruv innit.
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ken · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Karma :

what feef means is have you done the tracking on the car Thumbs Up

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Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Christ, you've ruined an example of the only 106 I might vaguely have considered buying, and destroyed any residual value that car had. Whether it's been on show or not, that seems about as original and special as a piece of Ikea furniture, there are millions of them.

st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

I'm fully with McGee and some others, Plamer has generally posted about his interests, not hoping for critisiscm, no-one is forced to post. Rolling Eyes

Good luck palmer, 'sit in a mag or something?

I know it's a bike forum, but ppl post about Ebay, their pets and even love lives, and they're not critised too much.
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jonnay · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Karma :

it's a quiksilver, enough said.

Just because it's been to two shows doesnt make it anything special. I had/have a £100 car that I just tidied up and stuck a standard kit on, and thats been to loads of shows and gets LOADS of interest. Doesn't make it a good car though, infact, it's a bit of a shed !

I guess you grow out of the stage you're in now, all show no go, I did it too. I wish now I'd just spent the extra money on insurance and had my GTi from day one, it's a clean and tidy car but it doesn't look, like, 'wow', but man is it fun anihilating saxos and pugs with stupid kits Laughing

A car thats fun to drive is farrr more fun than a car thats all tarted up IMO.

pmsl at the comedy orion too Smile

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palmer · Fiddled Kiddy Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Karma :

Dischord · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 May 2005 Karma :

Looks like a nice car, the 106 has some great variants (XSI, rallye, quiksilver and GTi) it's a legendary car!
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Palmer, you should have saved the money on mods, selling the 1.4 slowsilver and getting the 1.6 GTi, probably the only 106 i'd have.

Saying that I did own a 1.1 and it was fun to drive, but it packed up on me.

Are you on 106owners.co.uk? Plenty of people with same cars on there (obviously). A lot of 1.4 owners stick a 1.1 gearbox in the car as it has closer ratios apparantly.
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