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***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***
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You know it's a sh*te night when I'm on this while in a nightclub....! Palarse in Navan, come up to the boredom sofa and say hello
oh wait, no one else in their right mind goes here! :pac:
On the plus side, I'm the designated driver so I get to call the shots and not wait round for feckin chips and talking crap to yobbos!
Wait, I'd rather be asleep....
A fun thing to do as designated driver is to close your left eye (the one your passengers can see) and tell them that you are going to see how long you can drive for without looking. You can ask them to call out leftish and rightish to you, when it's safe to do so you can drift over towards the curb or the middle of the road. Freaks them out :pac::pac:0 -
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A fun thing to do as designated driver is to close your left eye (the one your passengers can see) and tell them that you are going to see how long you can drive for without looking. You can ask them to call out leftish and rightish to you, when it's safe to do so you can drift over towards the curb or the middle of the road. Freaks them out :pac::pac:
It's that windy here it'd wander by itself
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ae111's rock, I'd have another in the morning if I didnt need my 4x4, love them, great cars and reliable as rocks when looked after properly, some have problems with bottom end bearings - but thats only when theyre starved of oil, because they do use a good drop - like any good toyota :P
The age old question: a stock/light bolt on mods Glanza wouldnt even smell the smoke from a healthy ae111.
Great car in my opinion: good power of circa 160bhp, only weigh a shade over 1000kg -rev happy 8200rpm limit, (can easily take 9000 if silvertop rods are used with 300deg+ cams) lsd box, light arse, plenty of lift off oversteer - seriously reliable, i put over 60,000 miles on mine and all it ever needed was a wheel bearing, and lots of oil :pac:
They sound unreal at full whack with the plenum removed freeing the itb's, but its counter productive power-wise
heres an ancient pic of mine (taken with a calculator)
And here's where it ended its life :mad::mad: taken from outside my house, bastards robbed it for the brakes - weren't even anything special - rebuilt calipers, dimpled discs, ebc pads, braided lines & msc stopper 
:mad:
Had just bought a full set of koni inserts & springs for it, 2 of the inserts were in the boot along with a fair amount of tools, so 3 years later ive still no tools and a front and a rear yellow koni for any ae1** series toyota if anyone wants them :pac:0 -
Ardennes1944 wrote: »i actually wouldnt mind a levin either, only in black though! not too many around here either, id probably change my mind once i saw the interior though
It's not too bad TBH. Sure the plastics are thin and some bits of it do rattle but all of the things you actually touch are nice. Steering wheel, gear knob, hand break, all the switches are positive too. Just don't expect BMW materials and you won't be disappointed.:)
The spec is good too.0 -
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ae111's rock, I'd have another in the morning if I didnt need my 4x4, love them, great cars and reliable as rocks when looked after properly, some have problems with bottom end bearings - but thats only when theyre starved of oil, because they do use a good drop - like any good toyota :P
The age old question: a stock/light bolt on mods Glanza wouldnt even smell the smoke from a healthy ae111.
Great car in my opinion: good power of circa 160bhp, only weigh a shade over 1000kg -rev happy 8200rpm limit, (can easily take 9000 if silvertop rods are used with 300deg+ cams) lsd box, light arse, plenty of lift off oversteer - seriously reliable, i put over 60,000 miles on mine and all it ever needed was a wheel bearing, and lots of oil :pac:
They sound unreal at full whack with the plenum removed freeing the itb's, but its counter productive power-wise
heres an ancient pic of mine (taken with a calculator)
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9916/dsc000661w.jpg
And here's where it ended its life :mad::mad: taken from outside my house, bastards robbed it for the brakes - weren't even anything special - rebuilt calipers, dimpled discs, ebc pads, braided lines & msc stopper :mad:
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/9340/08072010010.jpg
Had just bought a full set of koni inserts & springs for it, 2 of the inserts were in the boot along with a fair amount of tools, so 3 years later ive still no tools and a front and a rear yellow koni for any ae1** series toyota if anyone wants them :pac:
Looked like a lovely one, you would have to wonder what sort of scum would do that to it:mad::mad::mad:0 -
jesus that's heartbreaking to looks at, never ever a nice thing to see. can i ask was it alarmed?
to be honest i think off the mark a glanza would be quicker, but top end a levin would own it. just my guestimation, no facts or common sense was applied to that idea. the only "proper" drag race i've ever had was my rs vitz against a silvertop 20v, and the vitz was way ahead until 80km/h ish and then the levin was miles ahead before i knew it, kind of got me thinking they were a bit slow off the mark, but he could have just been a **** driver too.
the interiors are a bit mundane by european standards, but i think you have to accept that when buying any toyota :pac: i could certainly deal with it.0 -
Ardennes1944 wrote: »Ill tell ya...at least id beat one noeadays, i lost out to a Levin before in the Astra and im still bitter!
Yours is a 325 yeah?
I hate to break it to you but the Levin has more power per ton than it :cool::cool:0 -
Looked like a lovely one, you would have to wonder what sort of scum would do that to it:mad::mad::mad:
Ive always known whodunnit, it was left like that about 3 miles from my house :mad: just never had proof.Toyotafanboi wrote: »jesus that's heartbreaking to looks at, never ever a nice thing to see. can i ask was it alarmed?
to be honest i think off the mark a glanza would be quicker, but top end a levin would own it. just my guestimation, no facts or common sense was applied to that idea. the only "proper" drag race i've ever had was my rs vitz against a silvertop 20v, and the vitz was way ahead until 80km/h ish and then the levin was miles ahead before i knew it, kind of got me thinking they were a bit slow off the mark, but he could have just been a **** driver too.
the interiors are a bit mundane by european standards, but i think you have to accept that when buying any toyota :pac: i could certainly deal with it.
Wasnt alarmed, i was a 'mean student' at the time, too mean to get one in it heindseight eh, had planned on keeping that car forever
re: dragrace - in first gear the turbo would own it, due to no puff in lower revs in a 20v, but once it gets singing in 2nd gear the starlets wouldn't hold a candle.
Couldnt agree more about the interiors though, boring and rattly, but fit for purpose, seats arent the worst, plus the pillarless doors are bmw-esque 0 -
do you think an alarm would have prevented it? so many of them being stolen lately. seen one on the owners club a few months back, very similar to yours was stolen from the chaps house, video of it on youtube a day or two later having the sack driven out of it, wheels spun until it was down to bare rims, then handbrake turned into a pole and flipped on its roof. it'd make you sick to your stomach 0
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Toyotafanboi wrote: »do you think an alarm would have prevented it? so many of them being stolen lately. seen one on the owners club a few months back, very similar to yours was stolen from the chaps house, video of it on youtube a day or two later having the sack driven out of it, wheels spun until it was down to bare rims, then handbrake turned into a pole and flipped on its roof. it'd make you sick to your stomach
I dont know tbh, it was right outside my window, so probably professional theives though so would have been a minor inconvenience to them i guess.
This was back in 2010, but any of the high powered import stuff is in danger all the time, parts are worth too much & they're far too easy to steal
Jesus i remember seeing that, I still pop onto that forum now and then, don't post anymore though.
In saying that, id have another ae111 in the morning, if even just for a track car, some day maybe 0 -
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I picked up a car for my mother, there a few weeks back. Myself and my father went 60-40 on the prece. A 99 Yaris, 100,000 miles on the clock. Brand new N.C.T, 8 months tax, new front and back tyres and brake pads done. Full Toyota service history from new, pure spotless inside, really the only problem with it is that, there is a few little nicks on the paint work. It also has a bit of surface rust on the wheel arch, but I'll be able to fix that myself. Not a single knock or rattle from it though. I have pics of it on my phone I must upload them very soon, when I find my usb connection. 0
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done similar for my mam there last december BW. 99 yaris, 110k, dealer history from new, they're a nice simple little car would like to see pictures of yours. done a few jobs myself, full service, nearly new tyres for the front, fitted a cd player, new (second hand) front bumper, just tidying up jobs, very happy with it. not much to look at though.
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Had a boardsie come over my place yesterday. He wanted to see if he will fit in to mx5! He is 6+ feet? ( is that right? I don't know your magic measurement numbers!).
So I managed to fit him inside of it and give him a spin after. Hopefully we will have one more mx5 driver! I took a picture of him next to the car, you won't believe that he fits inside and still manages to feel okay! 0 -
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Matt Simis wrote: »Given the relative low power of both cars and relative low speeds of street antics, torque per ton is more telling, as is torque spread.
Things like Smart cars and Audi A2's have similarly high power per ton.. Which are deceptively high as the cars are so light.Ardennes1944 wrote: »I still reckon I'd 'av one over a stretch
The BMW would probably win. RWD so it'll hook up much better off the line. Once the levin is hooking up well it'll probably catch up but never pass. The BMW will also monster it on top speed as the levin is limited to 180km/h.0 -
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Toyotafanboi wrote: »done similar for my mam there last december BW. 99 yaris, 110k, dealer history from new, they're a nice simple little car would like to see pictures of yours. done a few jobs myself, full service, nearly new tyres for the front, fitted a cd player, new (second hand) front bumper, just tidying up jobs, very happy with it. not much to look at though.
http://i45.tinypic.com/xaza1.jpg
Last december, ah you bought yours first so. I just copied you.
That looks clean dude. A nice little car to work on though, as well as being very economical. But the Yaris seems to hold it's value very well.Remember to keep oil in it for her this time, man.
Haha, I will as I paid 60% of the price.:o 0 -
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