gez bay
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looked at one of these tonight, never been in one before. always loved the look of them 
go quite well to.
whats everyone elses verdict on them?
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ChrisBoom
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Tend to go on fire.
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gez bay
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explain? lol
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ChrisBoom
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Guy local to me had one, a fire started in the engine bay and it burnt out 
Not sure if it was a williams though, might of been a normal 16v. Few years ago now.
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gez bay
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i was quite impressed with it, pulled well
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mattk
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Id like that one in the pic, Id want the standard speedlines on it though
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John G
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what condition was the one you went to look at in?
was it a genuine williams? or just a 16v?
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DannyB
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Love them, such a nice car.
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Richardhhha
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tend to blow head askets which are a cont to do on these.. trust me a mate asked me to do one of these for him and i charged him £500 garages wanted 7-900 for the same job..
wiring falls apart, connecters crumble and fall off after a few years, generaly just a quick engine in a shit car tbh.. but its up to you in the end
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John G
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its french what do you expect, personally u have to have love for a car like this the sae as r5's because if you dont it will drive you insane
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gez bay
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do all my own work on the car anyway. yeah it was mint low milage, really low owners and it was a genuine williams 2
[Edited on 17-08-2009 by gez c16b]
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ChrisBoom
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Back arches rot like hell on them too.
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gez bay
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yeah, not a specle of a bubble, checked under the arches too
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N3CRO
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I really like them, don't tend to like french cars much. I'd have one though.
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ChrisBoom
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Insurance is ££££ aswell, i had quotes of £2200+, im only paying £720 for my GTI.
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manghan
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ive had a couple 16v ones and i loved them i must say, its like every other motor really you get good ones and bad ones
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DizzyRebel
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the look ok for a clio, but are massively over-rated and over priced. Anoraks talk about them like they are road legal f1 cars but its just a 150bhp clio, note special enough to commend the high price tags of them
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gez bay
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looks, handling? and 150bhp in that goes very well
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DizzyRebel
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They handle as well as any other FWD car with torsion beam rear suspension of the era, so 205 gti, fiesta xr2i etc. 150bhp isnt much tho really is it, and they arent fast for the power they are supposed to make. XE corsa is faster yet supposed to be the same power?
They do have awful driving positions too, i had one for a weekend and didnt get on with it at all. Much prefer a 5 turbo.
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steddy-eddie
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my brother had one, was a fantastic car, he never had a problem with it, he owned it over a year, was fast, for a fwd rear torsion beam car handled fantastic even when its on 3 wheels, they sound great, the interior is nice, my brother lowered his 50mm 10mm rear spacers and decat and backbox, was a great hot hatch.
They handle well due to the wider track on the front
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Col004
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Loved mine matey
The handling was awsome.
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am4nf
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I would have one, but as stated would need to have the original wheels
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Reedy
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quote:
Originally posted by ChrisBoom
Guy local to me had one, a fire started in the engine bay and it burnt out
Not sure if it was a williams though, might of been a normal 16v. Few years ago now.
erm how
Never heard of them setting on fire, thats a new one.
Also head gaskets are fine on them, Im on my second engine but it definately didnt go due to the head gasket. The first engine has covered 130k and kept pulling right until the end when the cambelt skipped a tooth and buggered the valves.
As for performance, due to being a bigger engine they tend to have a better top end that the 106/saxos.
I can honestly say that the only problem ive had with leccy is the fuel guage but that seems to the actual dial and not the responder.
Also plastics front arches, so only the rears you need to watch out for but once you get them done you wont have any problems again.
Heres mine, currently not being used.
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taylor2008
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i would go for the reno 5 gtt if you could afford the insurance
my old one
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rickiek123
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My old 16v and williams, fookin loved them but at the end of the day they had french problems...
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