As much as I love to be a contrarian, I won't go as far as to traumatize my entire family. They already hate 1980s cars since one of my relatives died while driving one :/ It's a GT, which made the switch from a single carburetor to fuel injection in 1991, so it depends on the model year. Actual GTi models are super rare, because most buyers would rather not sacrifice fuel efficiency, not to mention the GTi was more expensive. I'm guessing our drivers didn't really like the prospect of a car with a power/weight ratio of 133hp/ton with no real braking or handling capacity either . The ones that do exist are either turned into race/rally cars, broken, or simply riced beyond belief . I did see one for sale with a honda engine swap though, which was cool (https://www.olx.pt/anuncio/ax-gti-IDABqFz.html#ecc964a0fe)
Middle ground: get a slightly more modern Saxo (or a 106), in some sporty trim. Or a Visa. Pad the interior with foam rubber ---> safety
I can't put into words how much I want a 106 rallye. Too bad they're selling for over 4,000 euros nowadays
Nice! I tried my own hand at it (it's horribly unfinished but i wanted to try out the technique - it works pretty well!)
I do sometimes just hate living here i wanted new rims for my superb and a supersprint exhaust for it. I now am not doing it because i would need to have everything specially loocked at by a guy from the tüv who doesnt let you have anything after market anyway so i basically can forget even thinking about it and if i dont do it the police will give me a fine wich costs more then the rims and the exhaust
I understand the exhaust because emissions and stuff, but why would the guy not approve of aftermarket wheels?
Most European countries require approved/homologated wheels + revision of the registration certificate.
Ouch... you can't just buy wheels with some sort of standard quality safety certificate or something? You know... like how motorcycle helmets have DOT and SNELL approval or what not?
Not the rims i want they dont have a e number on them so id have to go to the tüv wich sucks so ill stay with my current ones. Also @MotherTrucker02 we need the certificate if lets say the wheel breaks and you have a crash you have to pay for all the damages
Of course engines with higher compression and higher specific output are nice, nothin wrong with em, but low compression and low specific output engines have their place. I love having the good ol overbuilt 2v 4.6 to fall back on when other vehicles have me down.
I just configured a Volkswagen golf and a skoda octavia. The golf costs 42 grand and is just the midrange model with a 2.0l 150hp engine and the octavia is the top of the range rs with a 2.0l 184hp diesel 4wheel drive and full kit for 43 grand but the octavia has a way higher re sell value and is way bigger. So why would you go for the golf?
