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Offline Martz

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A little blast on a straight!
« on: 08 August 2005, 12:43 »
I had the 16v out yesterday and was coming home. I was at the lights and had a Punto behind me. At the next set I was behind him. The Punto GT I thought was a pissy little wanna be hot hatch. How wrong I was. I was up him 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. I then realised I was a tw@t for going waaaaay to fast and backed off.

Couldn't believe how quick the Punto was. I guess its one of those things with the Fiats. All well when running, but when the go pop its another story! :grin:
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #1 on: 08 August 2005, 12:46 »
Plus there tin can rot boxes. But yes i agree and am very surprised at the speed of some small cars. Especialy the likes of suzuki swifts and metro gte's. There horrible but dam quick!
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Offline bretttuk

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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #2 on: 08 August 2005, 13:51 »
its always useful to have good knowledge on other cars ... so you know what you're up against when you are playing around . plus you never know what they have done to their cars too...
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #3 on: 09 August 2005, 09:19 »
Dont forget they are Turbos. I'm part of www.sw-cc.com and a member on there has a 200 BHP Punto GT. Its very nice actualy. Not chav or anything, smart :)
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Offline Martz

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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #4 on: 09 August 2005, 10:10 »
Is it a yellow one? A young Asian lad was driving it, he is based somewhere near Heathrow. It looked standard and looked tidy. I just thought the GT was a model different to the Turbo. I now know!
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #5 on: 09 August 2005, 10:54 »
Not him. His car is Rosso Red

Heres a link to the Garage : http://web1.uh-hosting.co.uk/~swcc/forums/index.php?&act=garage&CODE=12&CID=15
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Offline Mr Blue

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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #6 on: 09 August 2005, 14:24 »
you lost  :tongue:
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #7 on: 09 August 2005, 18:44 »
Ahhh my beloved suzuki swift, it was a 1.3 single injection, but was fantastic in all ways, i would love to have a mint gti version! as a second car of course  :grin:
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #8 on: 09 August 2005, 20:49 »
My mate in Oz had a Swift when they were new on the scene. What a good little car they were too! :smiley:

Thats like those 1000cc Charades. Remember seeing a couple of them in MaxPower (yes I have read early editions when it first came out)  :embarassed:
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Re: A little blast on a straight!
« Reply #9 on: 10 August 2005, 08:28 »
Yeah those 1000cc Charades gtti's i think, they were fast for what they were, not sure what setup they had!
Yes and i also used to read MAX power, the early years before it went crap! i always remember the golf gti with 2 engines, one in the engine bay and one in the boot  :laugh:
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