mav
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quote: Originally posted by nik
I remember my mate reversed mine off the drive with passenger door open. It caught the gate and bent the door RIGHT back The worst built car I have ever seen, makes a Renault 5 look like a german tank!
[Edited on 29-11-2007 by nik]
think that would happen in any car, bending door back..
But yeah you could say they were a bit 'thin'...
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nik
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No Mav, it happened about 4mph and the door literally bent in half!!!
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matt_aka_smiler
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always wanted one when i passed my test, but couldnt get insured
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SetH
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lighter then a S1 106 rallye iirc, made out of tin
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Revolver
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My old AX:

Hated the look of it at the time. Looking back though, it was probably the best car I had - Never had any problems with it and it was so economical.
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mav
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quote: Originally posted by nik
No Mav, it happened about 4mph and the door literally bent in half!!!

I had one crash in mine....Lets just say it needed quite alot of work, crashed into a guy with a tow bar on ice about 15mph..
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Dione J
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£10 a week petrol I week i used to get in mine (when it had the 1.0 engine in)
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corb
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My sisters ex had one when I was 16, always wanted one and so jealous when he rolled up in his! I looked at them on pistonheads a few weeks ago. I got a 1.4 ZX as my first car, same engine except the carb. apparently??
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SetH
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and the additional 200 odd KG of the car to pull 
I had a ZX 16v once, cool as fuck at the time
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