Mark Petty
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Registered: 26th Jul 01
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Has anyone been in one?
Seen a fairly new one for £3995 with low miles.
Seem fairly quick from the stats 132 bhp, 0-60 in 7.8 secs, 126 mph
Not sure what insurance would be like though
What do people think about them?
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AK
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rough.....
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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lmao shiiiitttttteeeeeee i tell thee.
Good for a proton, but not for a hot hatch. Look at how much they have depreciated! says it all. Some lad at amandas work has one, he stares at the cupra when he drives out, oh how id love to show him what a proper hot hatch is 
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Colin
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Shite......I testdrove one when they came out for a laugh, it wasnt very funny
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Ditch
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yeah they are pretty poor to be honest.
handlings not too bad, but I passed my mates one like he was going backwards the other day.... his exhaust note sounded cool though!
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Mark Petty
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ok I think u lot have answered my questions
Thanks
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AdiSRI
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drive it and make your own mind up....
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Teddy
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Have any of you drove the car in question?
I got given a Ferrari driving experience for my birthday and you drive three cars....
Proton GTi
Elise
Ferrari F355
The proton was stunning - so well suited to track use - the suspension set up is from Lotus and with 130bhp and a 9k rev limit, it was awesome to drive.
Felt at home on the track and i think it would feel good on the road.
Just my thoughts but i looked at the proton badge and thought "oh dear" but when i drove it its hard to think that they made the horrific cars as well
[Edited on 16-12-2004 by Teddy]
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swcorsagsi
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Yeah, i know what you mean, I had a rover 220 coupe turbo, 200 bhp, 0-60 in 6.4, really fast, light and nimble, handled nice, but every time i got out and saw the rover badge on the front it made me think of old men in flat caps,
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Mark Petty
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quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
drive it and make your own mind up....
Yeah I think I will take one for a test drive just wandered what other people experience/views
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SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
Have any of you drove the car in question?
I got given a Ferrari driving experience for my birthday and you drive three cars....
Proton GTi
Elise
Ferrari F355
The proton was stunning - so well suited to track use - the suspension set up is from Lotus and with 130bhp and a 9k rev limit, it was awesome to drive.
Felt at home on the track and i think it would feel good on the road.
Just my thoughts but i looked at the proton badge and thought "oh dear" but when i drove it its hard to think that they made the horrific cars as well
[Edited on 16-12-2004 by Teddy]
LMFAO boy, prepared to be owned! you are soooooo wrong
9k rev limit? PMSL
According to EVO
133bhp @ 6500 rpm
0-60 = 9.4
best is to come
0-100 36.5 oh dear
Its got to be a misprint, those stats are shocking. but conclusion is, its slow.
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Ditch
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
Have any of you drove the car in question?
I got given a Ferrari driving experience for my birthday and you drive three cars....
Proton GTi
Elise
Ferrari F355
The proton was stunning - so well suited to track use - the suspension set up is from Lotus and with 130bhp and a 9k rev limit, it was awesome to drive.
Felt at home on the track and i think it would feel good on the road.
Just my thoughts but i looked at the proton badge and thought "oh dear" but when i drove it its hard to think that they made the horrific cars as well
[Edited on 16-12-2004 by Teddy]
They do handle well yea, I said that above, it actually outhandled me by a way...
but suited to the track????
not a chance, these things are suited to going sloooooooooowly
the 130bhp is all produced way high up in the rev range (which doesnt reach 9k as standard!) and below this they are gutless.
Good on a very twisty track maybe!
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