melinamotor

Puma's are cool cars to drive, Fiats are quite ropey especially the Punto's Not all Fiats are s***e though, the Coupe and the little Barchetta were good fun. Its a shame you couldnt persuede her to buy a Lupo Gti, very underated cars, I love em.

Festival of speed is a good day out, I have been a few times

Makes sense

A useless gimmiick if the car has rolled down a hill and into a brick wall then isn't it :-p

Spot on, The 172 and 182 are quite something on a decent stretch of the black stuff, I love the way they lift a back wheel on demand round the tighter turns. The trick dampers on the latter are magnificent, although my faith in French metal was dented many moons ago when the engine literally fell out of the Pug 205 I once owned I'm sure they have all moved on since then though The Corrado is an absolute peach to drive and if the right example came along I may be tempted again, your comments on the Integra are just right. The DC2 is without doubt a proper type r and is the only car I would bu

The R32 shouldn't have a dull turn-in with the amount of caster it runs! Maybe the rack just isn't as quick as your Honda's? I found the CTR turned in a bit too quickly for my liking, making it very fidgety on badly cambered and bumpy B roads. It's not a car you can hustle along as effortlessly as you can in these conditions as the R32. Nose Heavy.....it's a myth. Everyone says the 911 is arse heavy too, but it's one of the fastest point to point cars on the planet....oh and the "Nose heavy" MK5 R32 is Evo's quickest hatch round their circuit Here we go with the fastest round a track qu

All of these "versus" debates are a bit of a farce, most of the road tests in magazines etc etc are pretty accurate when dealing with new cars.There are plenty of resources out there if one wants to find out how well their car performs in standard form. Its pointless people who have power gains through modifications posting they have blasted the latest hatch favourate into the weeds, thats why I assume they have opted for power gains. Driving isn't about drag racing anyway, its the twisties that count. In the real world "point" something of a second means absolutely nothing when traversing a

I know of several people who have the facelifted version of the CTR who are on their second steering rack. Not just the original CTR suffers from that particular problem. Although these cases are in the minority and dealers will replace the rack under warranty. Mine is one of the first 1000 built and the only thing ever to go wrong was a dodgy headlight motor. As for the R32, well they may be a rare sight on the road but I found them to be sluggish on turn in and way to nose heavy to be a "Hot Hatch" class vehicle and no disrespect intended but they are nice to sit in but boring to drive, sorr

He's been quiet on the CTRO site over recent months Totally agree with your comments on noise and tractability. i thought he got banned? who are you on ctro site? I use the same name on every car forum I belong to ^o) melinamotor.

He's been quiet on the CTRO site over recent months Totally agree with your comments on noise and tractability.

Dont tell me old Corradogang has a reputation on this forum too Stock VR Golf is dangerous on 90k standard shocks, absolutely.Thing is the CTR will crack 60 quicker even if there is a need to change up to third. Even the Focus ST struggles contrary to popular belief. Like I said though, its down to the driver hitting the right gear with the optimal peak being only 7.5k revs rather than hitting the limiter. My CTR just doesnt fill me with the confidence I had with previous motors. The list includes several VW's from a Mk1 GTI through to the Corrado, I have even owned a couple of Fords inclu

I thought that was the case too, any gear will do??? You wouldnt try to bump start a car in first would you? there is to much resistence when pushing. Same applies when parking in gear, if you leave it in fourth or fifth and the gradient is severe enough it wont hold the car stationary if the handbrake were to fail. First or reverse provide more resistance when parked and ultimately less chance of moving anywhere. Hope this makes sense.

He he, it can happen on any make of car especially when they have rear disc brakes. As already stated the discs contract as they cool and a lightly engaged handbrake will slip. One tip is to apply the footbrake whilst engaging the handbrake to let the servo apply the clamping force needed. I have always put the car in gear if parked on an incline, you just need to make sure the correct gear is selected depending on whether the car is facing downhill (reverse) or uphill (first).