My Seat Ibiza GTI Cupra 8v

[captain ash]

It's a sunday and I'm bored so I thought I'd stick my car up on here and see what the PH massive thought of it.

I wanted to get back into a small, cheap to run and quickish car and had my heart set on a Saxo VTR, however all the decent ones I saw for sale had been sold, what else could fit the bill?

• Warning, incoming sense of Deja Vu*

Spec:
Seat Ibiza GTI Cupra Sport
2000cc 8 valve
115bhp
96000 miles
Full service history
12 months MOT

Mods so far:
Sony CD player
Kenwood 6x9s
OMP Front strut brace
OMP Rear strut brace
Ronal GTI 16v wheels (16 inch)
Cone air filter
Took off the gay looking "Cupra Sport" stickers
De-wipered the rear, will take out the whole mechanism when I get a grommit to fill the hole

Mods to come:
Possibly lower it (40mm MAX)
Full stainless exhaust (current one is blowing)

Gone off the whole modifying thing now, just want to keep this one in good health, wrapped in decent rubber and just enjoy driving the thing, the yellow one was a nail I'll admit that, but this one is a peach, immaculate inside and out.

Hope you all like.

Heres a pic of the old yellow one, looked hard as nails but was far too low, I'm going down the more sensible route with this one.

Edited by captain ash on Sunday 8th March 16:27

[paul26982]

better than a saxo

[minimatt1967]

great choice of wheels on the yellow one, the black one is screaming out for a 1.8T conversion

[Benmac]

Ah, takes me back. My first interesting car was a copper coloured one of those.

[AlpineWhite]

Benmac said:

Ah, takes me back. My first interesting car was a copper coloured one of those.

My first intersesting car IS a copper coloured one of these

[Rotary Madness]

Id get spacers on the back to push the wheels out. So narrow at the rear my friend ended up spinning his and rolling it 3 times, and he wasnt doing anything silly either. If it makes you feel better, it rolled 6 times at 60, and it held up ok. Well it was completely fked, but the main shell didnt crumple so he didnt die

[rockinatmidnight]

AlpineWhite said:

Benmac said:

Ah, takes me back. My first interesting car was a copper coloured one of those.

My first intersesting car IS a copper coloured one of these

Wierd, copper coloured one was my brothers first interesting car!

[captain ash]

Rotary Madness said:

Id get spacers on the back to push the wheels out. So narrow at the rear my friend ended up spinning his and rolling it 3 times, and he wasnt doing anything silly either. If it makes you feel better, it rolled 6 times at 60, and it held up ok. Well it was completely fked, but the main shell didnt crumple so he didnt die

Yeah I was thinking of getting spacers for the back actually, do you think 20mm will do?

[randomman]

Much better choice than the Saxo IMO!

Love the torque the extra CC offers!

[AlpineWhite]

captain ash said:

Rotary Madness said:

Id get spacers on the back to push the wheels out. So narrow at the rear my friend ended up spinning his and rolling it 3 times, and he wasnt doing anything silly either. If it makes you feel better, it rolled 6 times at 60, and it held up ok. Well it was completely fked, but the main shell didnt crumple so he didnt die

Yeah I was thinking of getting spacers for the back actually, do you think 20mm will do?

A lot of people run 15-20mm. It certainly helps with the looks, as the polo rear beam is quite narrow. Although I'm not sure what all the fuss over a twitchy back end is about. I've got Eagle F1's on mine and it's not a problem.

[jatinder]

rockinatmidnight said:

AlpineWhite said:

Benmac said:

Ah, takes me back. My first interesting car was a copper coloured one of those.

My first intersesting car IS a copper coloured one of these

Wierd, copper coloured one was my brothers first interesting car!

I had one too.

How exciting

It was a really nice colour though!