most fun car under 1.0L

lightening

rowanh wrote:

Worse than almost every modern car available in Ireland. Just based on my opinion and some friends opinions some of who have owned one.

Ah... I see. The good old "friends" that have all owned one. I have driven one. I felt a little bit "small" in it, particularly when jeeps or trucks were behind me, but I never felt in danger or unsafe.

blastman

Suzuki is rarer, I'd say. Two mates of mine have Beats, there are a few about.

watchinpaintdry

I'd have to say the Daihatsu Hijet 660cc turbo

rowanh

lightening wrote:

Ah... I see. The good old "friends" that have all owned one. I have driven one. I felt a little bit "small" in it, particularly when jeeps or trucks were behind me, but I never felt in danger or unsafe.

Sorry i didnt relise you had driven one, you obviously know better..

What do you think the chances of living would be if you crash into a stationary object at 100kms? Or what do you think the chances of living are in a head on crash with a jeep if you are both going 30 - 50 kms? Or if a normal sized car hit the side of you going 60 kms?

lightening

rowanh wrote:

Sorry i didnt relise you had driven one, you obviously know better..

No problem, apology accepted;)

lightening

rowanh wrote:

Sorry i didnt relise you had driven one, you obviously know better..

No problem, apology accepted

colm_mcm

NIssan March Superturbo, no contest.


1.0 Supercharger and Turbo, just like Lancia Delta S4 or Golf TSI.

THis one's on Carzone for 4750

Cappo

For a car designed in the late 80s - the Cappuccino is about a safe as most - has side impact bars and with the roll bar up it should survive a roll - but haveing said that i would not like to test it!


In traffic i tend to drive it like a motorcycle - extra extra alert!!! :eek:

Owen

colm_mcm wrote:

1.0 Supercharger and Turbo, just like Lancia Delta S4 or Golf TSI. THis one's on Carzone for 4750

There were only a handful of those made! They're an incredibly quick machine.

unkel

Has to be the Cappuccino

I'm surprised you can actually get one for less than €5k here. If you buy one now, it surely must keep its value.

Thanks for the info, Cappo. Let me guess, you like them?

Cappo wrote:

The tachometer shows 12,000rpm (!), red-lining at 8,500

We were discussing that recently and several people claimed it redlined at 12k or 13k, which didn't make sense to me given the max power at about half that. The meter actually displaying those revs must have confused those people!

A bit like the speedo of a 70s Ascona 1.2 showing 120MPH when it would struggle to do much more than about 80

colm_mcm

ned78 wrote:

There were only a handful of those made! They're an incredibly quick machine.

I know, I saw one smoke a Celica GT4 a few years ago. incredible power to weight ratio. definately one for the collection!

legs11

first car that came to my mind was the suzuki, i saw a girl in cork with one recently.

i'd say 97% of the population have no idea what kind of a car that is....but it sure beats a fiat chiquiqnutea.a........:p

davidclayton

that seems like a decent price as they are so rare, but i've heard they are hard to work on and get parts for - anyone know any info on the superturbo?

0-60 in 7.7sec and 770kg!

Cappo

Most parts are OK to get as the car was officially imported to the UK – but some would have to be imported from Japan. Tuning is very expensive and not to be undertaken lightly – have a look at Dany’s CappuccinoSport website and drool!

The rev counter reading might be a tad optimistic!

wogger

best under 1 ltre car, 660cc turbo , Fun, buy my one

http://www.driver.ie/classified/showproduct.php/product/2187/cat/44

fletch

davidclayton wrote:

stipulations: must be under 1L [can be turbo]

Surely doesn't that rule out the Cinquecento Sporting as it's 1.1?? (1108cc)

davidclayton wrote:

1. fiat cinquicento sporting

davidclayton

wogger wrote:

best under 1 ltre car, 660cc turbo , Fun, buy my one

http://www.driver.ie/classified/showproduct.php/product/2187/cat/44

i'm going to look at that one today!

colm_mcm

Daihatsu Cuore TR-XX? same idea as the Alto.

davidclayton

i've heard the trxx has softer suspension and is not as good around corners.
drove the alto works today. wow. crazy punch from the small engine. i used to own a smart, but this was in another league! the works is a bit out of my budget, so i'm not looking into importing one.

davidclayton

i'm going to try test drive a cappuccino aswell if i can...

B00MSTICK

That K10 ST still on carzone? I cant find it...

davidclayton

i went out to look at the superturbo, and it was there, but sold. looked in great nick.

davidclayton

i had a drive in a suzuki cappuccino and a chat to the owner today. i've decided that i'm now going to get one of these, but i'll bide my time and wait until a decent one comes up. better start thinking about selling the CRX now!

lightening

Cool, what did you think? Keep us updated...

davidclayton

was very nippy, light and comfortable. all mod cons aswell.
from what i hear getting a rust free example will be tough

blastman

So you're leaving the club, Dave?

davidclayton

i guess so. do you feel lost and abandoned?
don't worry, i'll keep in touch and keep my eye on cr-x.org

irlirishkev

davidclayton wrote:

i had a drive in a suzuki cappuccino and a chat to the owner today. i've decided that i'm now going to get one of these, but i'll bide my time and wait until a decent one comes up. better start thinking about selling the CRX now!

If it's a black Si Vtec.. let me know!

davidclayton

irlirishkev wrote:

If it's a black Si Vtec.. let me know!

there is no such thing as a Si Vtec - the Si is the 16v one, the SiR is the vtec.
Mine is the only gunmetal SiR in the country. details here:
http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=28764&cat=500