** Ibis Tranny - Apple Green **
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Ah! Some lovely wee roads around there for a car that can handle.
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Ah! Some lovely wee roads around there for a car that can handle.
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The twists and bends are such the turbo would rarely enter the argument!
The twists and bends are such the turbo would rarely enter the argument!
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I have driven a few actually, not the 924 though. I guess you would keep the turbo spinning through the twisties anyway. I just heard they were laggy!
I have driven a few actually, not the 924 though. I guess you would keep the turbo spinning through the twisties anyway. I just heard they were laggy!
Re: IBIS Tranny with U.S.E. S.U.B. - update
If I may...
I've owned my fair share of cars, including a number of fords and including a handful of RS models. Never an RS1600i though, although a colleague of mine had one in the early 90's that I drove a few times.
My absolute favourite though was all mine, and it was a G reg '90 spec Mk4 RS turbo. It was immaculate and unmolested, a minor miracle considering it was the early '90's in Essex. I loved that car, and when I sold it, I really missed it, like no other car before or since.
You can imagine my delight then when I was offered a drive of a recently restored example. It was a ground up restoration, using as many original parts as possible. No aftermarket boy racer rubbish was tolerated. I settled into the drivers Recaro (a little more snug than I remembered), turned the key, let out the clutch and was greeted by the utter shock and total disapointment or realising that the car I loved had all the talent, finesse, poise, refinement, and quality of a cement mixer...
They say you should never meet your heroes, I can expand on that when it comes to cars.
In short, keep the Tranny, its much nicer than some flawed old 1st generation front drive warmed over dagenham white goods.
velofrog":1ddmuxvx said:
If I may...
I've owned my fair share of cars, including a number of fords and including a handful of RS models. Never an RS1600i though, although a colleague of mine had one in the early 90's that I drove a few times.
My absolute favourite though was all mine, and it was a G reg '90 spec Mk4 RS turbo. It was immaculate and unmolested, a minor miracle considering it was the early '90's in Essex. I loved that car, and when I sold it, I really missed it, like no other car before or since.
You can imagine my delight then when I was offered a drive of a recently restored example. It was a ground up restoration, using as many original parts as possible. No aftermarket boy racer rubbish was tolerated. I settled into the drivers Recaro (a little more snug than I remembered), turned the key, let out the clutch and was greeted by the utter shock and total disapointment or realising that the car I loved had all the talent, finesse, poise, refinement, and quality of a cement mixer...
They say you should never meet your heroes, I can expand on that when it comes to cars.
In short, keep the Tranny, its much nicer than some flawed old 1st generation front drive warmed over dagenham white goods.
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