Jaffacakes Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Rule #1: No saxo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 This thread has been done before and failed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I was of the impression that french cars suck... loads of electrical gremlins etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Metcalfe Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) The only good thing about the French isNOTHING!!!!!!Especially not there cars.EDIT: and the fact there's a solid few miles of sea keeping them away Edited December 18, 2008 by meki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 This thread has been done before and failed Epic fail I do believe..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_soon_to_be Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 got 5 posts so far, didn't remeber that one. will get back to the mini thread and do an epic bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 The only good thing about the French isNOTHING!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Zone Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Here is my french car ! And my mates... This is a f**king good car men... And i never got any problem with it lol... And f**king good mates too... No problem with 'em... (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 an old 2CV is it?Cool!What's the engine in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 That 2cv is a beast! f**king death box though As for the engine. If I am correct, which I think I am, the engines ranged from around 10-30bhp. I wonder if you could dump a VTS lump in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I'm afraid your opinion isn't valid due to the fact you're French. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I miss my 2CV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipsy Jock Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Epic fail I do believe.....Yup, epic fail indeed! :$ This one can work though I'll pop some pics up over the weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 JDM or VAG all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_soon_to_be Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) JDM or VAG all the way sorry, what car do you have..i've had german, british, french, more german, and my current saxo hasn't let me down yet.have you ever owned a french car, if no, stop jumping on that passing band wagon Edited December 19, 2008 by the_soon_to_be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I drive a Berlingo - It's great for filling with bikes n' tents n' stuff. It did break down on me once in Newquay though I used to have a 205, that was quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Looks like the 106 XSI isnt going to happen any time soon...I have also just discovered that when in 19 in 2 months. I can get insured on a 205 1.9 GTI for £1400 in stead of £2000 now So looks like I'll be investing in one of those bad boys.Anyone had one, and know what sort of MPG they do? please say 30+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 i had a 306 xsi it was rapid i loved it, 148 bhp (phase 2 model) with the 16v where as the phase 1 model was an 8 valve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 My grandad bought one from new, it went well enough, but it was a piece of shit. after 1,500 miles the head gasket went, after 5,000 the clutch went, it idled so badly and backfired regulary, his drive/garage was covered in oil from the ammount it leaked. Aparently the older 8v were much more reliable, not as fast for shit though. He sold it after about 9 months of having it, to get a Golf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 My grandad bought one from new, it went well enough, but it was a piece of shit. after 1,500 miles the head gasket went, after 5,000 the clutch went, it idled so badly and backfired regulary, his drive/garage was covered in oil from the ammount it leaked. Aparently the older 8v were much more reliable, not as fast for shit though. He sold it after about 9 months of having it, to get a Golf.sold mine for a grand and it had 149 thousand miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchman Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) sorry, what car do you have..i've had german, british, french, more german, and my current saxo hasn't let me down yet.have you ever owned a french car, if no, stop jumping on that passing band wagonI've owned two french cars! Does that mean I'm allowed to slate them?I had a 1.9 diesel citroen zx reflex, which was genuinely hateful, and then a 1.9 8v petrol volcane auto! which was truly amazing.both were poorly built, but the volcane had big comfy recaro style seats, revved to 7k, had an awsome 4 speed 'sport' auto box, and handled really nicely being a 306 chassis.....Then the big ends went at 86k meh. it's renaults I have a passionate hatred for.....EDIT: oh damn the irony. this is PRAWN but I've broken into frenchmans house whilst he's at the gym and I'm using his computer! Edited December 19, 2008 by Frenchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 Anyone had one, and know what sort of MPG they do? please say 30+.hmmm*smiles*my 1.4 205 GR gets about 35mpg at the mo. 60 on motorways though at 56mph Awesome little car, no of these aformentioned 'electrical gremlins' because it doesn't have any. Most electrically technical minus the headunit is the windscreen wipers I've always wanted a gti, although the gearbox in the 1.9 is pretty piss poor, for the extra 25bhp (compared to the 1.6gti) you lose out of power simply because of the box. In the ideal world, people buy 1.9 gti engines and swap the gearbox for a 1.6 one = Awesome machine.Then you can go to twin webers, turbo chargers, super chargers etc. Like this young man here: Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) Thats terrifying to be honest Thats wheel spin (Incase you didn't know ?), but yeah it would be terrifying to have the wheels spinning up at that speed !*Having watched it a few times it doesn't seem quite so wheel spinny ! Nice Edited December 19, 2008 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Arnold Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) mmmmim guna get this thread alive soon, got some build pics for me car to upload jock, get that rallye on here, then this topic will go from zero to hero Edited December 19, 2008 by Will Arnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I see you the photo, and raise you a video ! Youtube Video -> ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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