#31: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: E5GDM, Location: EssexPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:30 am ----
lee1985 wrote:
Even the Escort RS Cosworth and the Astra VXR can only do it in just a fraction of a second quicker (9.9 and 9.7 seconds).
You forgot the 1.3 Maxda RX8
& a one lady owner car is not a good thing
Ps, IMO Jamies car looks cleaner than yours for some reason Last edited by E5GDM on Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:09 am; edited 1 time in total
#32: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: JamieM, Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:55 am ----
E5GDM wrote:
lee1985 wrote:
Even the Escort RS Cosworth and the Astra VXR can only do it in just a fraction of a second quicker (9.9 and 9.7 seconds).
You forgot the 1.3 Maxda RX8
& a one lady owner car is not a good thing
Ps, IMO Janies car looks cleaner than yours for some reason
Haha ^^
I think we can safely say this threads dead so I'm going to hit it with some ASW pics to help it on it's way;
#33: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: broadblaster, Location: south coastPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:59 pm ---- if you feel the replys you have got have been unhelpfull please fill in the form and we will try to help.
#34: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: bezford, Location: darlingtonPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:26 pm ---- is the blue smart 206 gti there sellin relevant to this" conversation"?or is it just me?but the names dont match?lee?macca?jamie?whos who here?how does macca have pictures of lee's car?am i showing my age or wot?
#35: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: JamieM, Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:57 pm ----
bezford wrote:
is the blue smart 206 gti there sellin relevant to this" conversation"?or is it just me?but the names dont match?lee?macca?jamie?whos who here?how does macca have pictures of lee's car?am i showing my age or wot?
You on the cheese or something? lol.
#36: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: bezford, Location: darlingtonPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:00 pm ---- onwith response to my last msg i only had the first page so if you can imagine that msg was at the bottom of the first page it should make more sense....hopefully.............No idea why i only had page 1 and not 2 and 3?????all that gorgonzola maybe?
#37: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: macca1411, Location: Westhoughton, LancashirePosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:15 pm ----
bezford wrote:
onwith response to my last msg i only had the first page so if you can imagine that msg was at the bottom of the first page it should make more sense....hopefully.............No idea why i only had page 1 and not 2 and 3?????all that gorgonzola maybe?
#38: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: lee1985, Location: North WestPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:53 pm ---- I'm not really getting into the debate of whose car is cleaner hell you can respray and polish a Ford Capri to look like its out the box so it means nothing to me. Yes Jamie's looks very clean but I have messaged him in the past saying that his car looks better than mine and to ask a few things. I admitted it, he just hasn't mentioned that. A car is a car, I have no hurt feelings and was simply wondering whether the performance of my car is up to scratch, thus this thread.
If my car is a dud? So be it, I can deal with it.
If I'm a crap driver? Sue me.
It is how it is; I was only looking for advice. But, like any forum on the internet there are always those who try to take the p**s, be sarcastic and make things into jokes. Ill be honest, it's a shame really and I can see why 206info is in its decline (so I read). People like me become reluctant to ask questions in the future. We're not all perfect, in fact some of us are complete t***ers. But we would all appreciate constructive advice from time to time.
Go ahead and have a little fun, I really don't mind - I just think its a shame some threads amount to it at the expense of newer members.
Regards
Lee
#39: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: V9977, Location: Athens, GreecePosted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:12 pm ----
lee1985 wrote:
It is how it is; I was only looking for advice. But, like any forum on the internet there are always those who try to take the p**s, be sarcastic and make things into jokes. Ill be honest, it's a shame really and I can see why 206info is in its decline (so I read )
Honestly I miss those days very-very dearly.
'Have been seriously thinking of starting some kind of thread that would really get on people's tits and have everyone insulting and taking sides etc.
It seems that there's loads of 1-posters asking for advice, then dissapearing too.
(How about a section for new members with post count under 50?)
It could be called The Sand-pit for eg.
#40: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: JamieM, Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:33 am ----
lee1985 wrote:
I'm not really getting into the debate of whose car is cleaner hell you can respray and polish a Ford Capri to look like its out the box so it means nothing to me. Yes Jamie's looks very clean but I have messaged him in the past saying that his car looks better than mine and to ask a few things. I admitted it, he just hasn't mentioned that. A car is a car, I have no hurt feelings and was simply wondering whether the performance of my car is up to scratch, thus this thread.
If my car is a dud? So be it, I can deal with it.
If I'm a crap driver? Sue me.
It is how it is; I was only looking for advice. But, like any forum on the internet there are always those who try to take the p**s, be sarcastic and make things into jokes. Ill be honest, it's a shame really and I can see why 206info is in its decline (so I read). People like me become reluctant to ask questions in the future. We're not all perfect, in fact some of us are complete t***ers. But we would all appreciate constructive advice from time to time.
Go ahead and have a little fun, I really don't mind - I just think its a shame some threads amount to it at the expense of newer members.
Regards
Lee
Chill winstannnnnnn
I don't recall you saying that in a message to me, and tbh I really don't care lol I'm just p**sing about because of the nature of the thread. It's only the internet mate y so srs?
Also agree with the post above me, there are alot of n00bs posting a few times and f*****g off. Tbf the place has calmed down alot on n00bs if you had of posted that a few months back your a**e would be raw lol...
Unsure what constructive advice to give you, bar sell the car it doesn't seem to be performing? Since it has FSH ectectect
#41: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: lee1985, Location: North WestPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:35 pm ---- I'll make do, it was never a car race around anyway so its performance doesn't bother me if I'm to be totally honest. It was just one of those things that makes you think "why does my car seem slower" - but no big deal!
I've attached some updated pics of the car, the last ones were crap and taken by the dealership. The alloys have been sprayed a better colour. I've not got rid of the side skirts and the splitter that people don't like, but the side skirts are staying because it makes the car original. Most of the GTIs on here don't have them, so I will, just to be different. I like them.
The splitter will be replaced with a Cupra R splitter next month. Other than that I have no other plans for the car but just to enjoy owning it until its 40,000 miles turns into 100,000 miles, as I plan on owning it for a good few years.
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#42: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: JamieM, Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:49 pm ---- Tbh I don't mind the front snow plough that much I don't know why but I kind of like it although it would look better on a car with morrettes like mine as it's more aggressive looking.
Rear and side skirts make me want to eat my fist. If I was in your position, I'd get some stock rears lights remove side skirts as they are horrid and remove rear diffuser. I'd probably keep the front splitter if you want to keep it original as that's the only thing that looks good out of the bits.
Get some better pictures of the front splitter from different angles. Might even be interested in that if it was removed in VVGC.
PS - did you get lucky with the plate or is that your own one?
#43: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: broadblaster, Location: south coastPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:37 pm ---- pretty much as above i could live with the front and possably the rear but no to the side skirts and deffently a big no to the rear lights but hey each to there own.
#44: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: lee1985, Location: North WestPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:21 pm ---- Thanks Jamie
Yeah last month I was thinking that the rear lights could come off, but I think the PH2 style lights are too plain. They just look red and I'm not sure if they'd match the colour of the car. The chrome look goes well with the blue I thought, kinda like the alloys (chrome/silver colour with the blue). There's nothing else red, but maybe I'm just looking too much into it.
Re the skirts, I was thinking that if I took the sideskirts off then the front splitter would look odd, as it would be lower than the rest of the car? The rear diffuser, I'm not bothered whether it's on or off I guess, just left it for less hassle. What is a diffuser anyway, is there any real advantage of having it on? But yes I was thinking that if I took the diffuser and the side skirts off, without lowering the car wouldn't the splitter make it look a little daft? I'd happily experiment with everyone's suggestions, but as I don't have any mechanical contacts, whatever changes I make have to stand and that's where I sometimes have dilemmas.
Decisions Decisions. The rear diffuser can come off, but I need options with the rear lights, perhaps masked/darker?
One final thing, if at any point I need to have a respray (for example accident damage or vandalism) I was thinking more towards a yellow (kinda like the newer shape Type-R yellow) with black alloys ... what's your view on this? Or maybe Focus ST orange with black alloys? Note this is not in the pipeline and is only if and when the paintwork requires any major emergency action, since the bodywork at the moment is pretty much immaculate (as seen).
#45: Re: Is this performance "normal"? Author: JamieM, Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:36 pm ----
lee1985 wrote:
Thanks Jamie
Yeah last month I was thinking that the rear lights could come off, but I think the PH2 style lights are too plain. They just look red and I'm not sure if they'd match the colour of the car. The chrome look goes well with the blue I thought, kinda like the alloys (chrome/silver colour with the blue). There's nothing else red, but maybe I'm just looking too much into it.
Re the skirts, I was thinking that if I took the sideskirts off then the front splitter would look odd, as it would be lower than the rest of the car? The rear diffuser, I'm not bothered whether it's on or off I guess, just left it for less hassle. What is a diffuser anyway, is there any real advantage of having it on? But yes I was thinking that if I took the diffuser and the side skirts off, without lowering the car wouldn't the splitter make it look a little daft? I'd happily experiment with everyone's suggestions, but as I don't have any mechanical contacts, whatever changes I make have to stand and that's where I sometimes have dilemmas.
Decisions Decisions. The rear diffuser can come off, but I need options with the rear lights, perhaps masked/darker?
One final thing, if at any point I need to have a respray (for example accident damage or vandalism) I was thinking more towards a yellow (kinda like the newer shape Type-R yellow) with black alloys ... what's your view on this? Or maybe Focus ST orange with black alloys? Note this is not in the pipeline and is only if and when the paintwork requires any major emergency action, since the bodywork at the moment is pretty much immaculate (as seen).
My car had smoked LED's on before tbh I prefer the fresh OEM look, they do aftermarket OEM looking LED options that might be worth a look for you.
Pic;
Lexus style ones like yours are slated on every single car forum just going to tell you now.
Here's some other decent lights...
Get some more pictures of the car from further away and different angles. side skirts gotta go
Rear diffusers can be performance enhancing, like on the Clio 197's , Focus RS's Ferraris ect. Your one doesn't look aerodynamic enhancing looks just like a cosmetic thing for styling purposes.
As for respray, you somehow seen my forza4 haha... I have a Sundance yellow RC with black Team dynamic PR 1's haha.
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