Pridzz
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Registered: 18th Nov 08
Location: Exmouth - Devon
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Sale fell through with the BMW 5series I was looking at, Always fancied one of these - One of those cars on the to have list!
What are they like too live with? Things to look out for and exspect?
Ive never owned a turbo car and always fancied it, Any recommendations when first driving one? People have said let the Turbo warm up/down, Anything else?
Regards Tom
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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They have a cooler that runs after engine switch off forthe turbo as standard.
Search a few pages back and theres a good thread about them
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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There's been a few threads about these recently, I have got one and the common problems are coil packs are known for going, rust on rear arches and rust around the front and rear windows, window Regulators go aswell, they can easily be tuned just depends how much you want to spend tuning it?
The Ibiza cupra have a secondary water pump which cools the turbo down by it's self, I only let it sit there for a few mins if I've been on a long journey
How much have you got to spend on one?
April 08 feature car
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Pridzz
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Registered: 18th Nov 08
Location: Exmouth - Devon
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http://pistonheads.com/sales/3146757.htm
Looking at this one Sataday Andy
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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These are very cheap now. I personally would stay well away from the onvi yellow. No matter how good the paint work is it'll fade and the laquer will 100% peel and polishing won't fix it either. It's a full paint job.
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taylorboosh
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=616837
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
Location: Kent
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Shit brakes. Shit handling. EML that lights up more than a christmas tree in december.
CTR or 172 is a much better shout.
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
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You'd be hard pressed to find a decent CTR for that money. The 172 will handle better but thats about it.
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
Shit brakes. Shit handling. EML that lights up more than a christmas tree in december.
CTR or 172 is a much better shout.
I put plenty of feedback regarding my ownership of one of these may years ago in the other thread.
However Rob R has summed it up reasonably fairly TBH 
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
Location: Mid Wales
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Good fun car, not the best handling, I've had 3 never had a coil pack issue.
Just keep on in the boot if you ever need, Maf is a common problem though.
Nice power increase with a Map too from standard
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