mcfarfs
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A 98 S Reg Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25....or an 04 Renault Clio 1.2?????
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lmccauley said:I think the question could be rephrased as which is the least slow...
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Liam
I think how much you had to eat for breakfast will make the biggest difference!eviljohn2 said:I think that the quality of your gear changes will make the biggest difference in this instance.
eviljohn2 said:I think that the quality of your gear changes will make the biggest difference in this instance.
skap7309 said:both would be around the same........until the roadsweeper overtook you! also stats on paper mean bugger all, if youve got 100,000 miles on the clock and your mates got low mileage then they'd probably have more power due to a newer engine, also if you had anything more than a chocolate bar adding weight then this to would slow it down etc. i know all about it, ive got a 1.6 xsara!
lmccauley said:Don't they still have Top Trumps to resolve arguements like this these days?
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Liam
P.S. mcfarfs, I used to have a Puma, which was based on the mk4 Fiesta chassis but had a 1.7l zetec engine, and it was tremendous fun to drive, even without huge performance.
lmccauley said:Fiesta Mk4 1.25 zetec 0-60: 11.9 seconds, top speed 105mph.
Clio 1.2 16v 0-60: 13 seconds, top speed 106mph.
Layne RIP said:Personally i thinking getting out and walking would be faster...
Jeez, it took me long enough to find those figures, and now you want "in gear" acceleration times...Tons of fun said:Herein lies the rub. Actually making a car (FWD in particular) achieve those times is next to impossible and certainly something you wouldn't try in your own car. You have to dial in about 6000 revs, use the clutch like an on/off switch when leaving the line and not use it at all when going from first to second. In gear accelaration times are a far more useful guide to how fast something is IMO.
Ah, my first car was a metro, too. Stupid bl**dy metric tyres cost a fortune! But, I did manage to keep up with a Lambo Diablo going down the A1 (basically because he didn't go above 90mph).markymark34 said:great wee car for a first car! dont get annoyed by their abuse! my first car was a metro that cost me £500. 0-60 3000 years
mcfarfs said:A 98 S Reg Ford Fiesta Zetec 1.25....or an 04 Renault Clio 1.2?????
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SeanT said:My missus first car that I just bought her
Insurance only 200 quid although we both think it's a standard 1.3 Fiesta GL
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4581936696&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
SeanT said:Insurance only 200 quid although we both think it's a standard 1.3 Fiesta GL
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....AMEWA:IT&rd=1
rhoamish said:If you have an accident, it won't take an insurance assessor very long at all to work out that it's modified. And if that happens, the insurance company will declare your insurance void.
That will also leave you open to prosecution. In fact, if the police stop you and give you a producer, there's every chance you'll be nicked anyway for having invalid insurance.
Even worse, if you cause an accident, your insurance company may not pay out the person that you've hit. That would lead to you being sued.
It really is important that you declare any modifications to your insurance company! Particularly now that you've posted in this thread, with details of the car in question, on a public forum!!