DD, Track, Burn: Importable Hot Hatch Edition

"Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch" (bman76)
04/12/2016 at 01:01 • Filed to: IWT

Tonight’s International Want of the Night is a trifecta of reasonably affordable hot hatches. Which would you choose?

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WILDCARD CHALLENGER!!!!!

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Or just rank ‘em, I’d hate to burn any of the four.

DISCUSSION (26)

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 01:04

DD: GTI and lancia
Track Pug and Renault
burn: you for trying to make me burn 2 of these

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power
04/12/2016 at 01:06

Hey I said you could do whatever you want. This post has FREEDOM!

smobgirl > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 01:09

You can't make me choose.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > smobgirl
04/12/2016 at 01:12

Rank them maybe?

Khalbali > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 01:13

DD Renault, track lancia, burn the other two.

I meant it.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Khalbali
04/12/2016 at 01:15

How could you burn the Pug? It’s so nice.

CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist) > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 01:20

DD Peugeot Track Lancia, Burn GTI and GT Turbo

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
04/12/2016 at 01:24

Probably the right answer, or:

DD: Renault and Puegeot

Track: Lancia and GTI

I just really want the Peugeot.

Hoccy > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 01:43

DD Pug
Track Renault
Rally Lancia
Burn Golf

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Hoccy
04/12/2016 at 01:44

Best answer yet!

Amoore100 > Hoccy
04/12/2016 at 01:53

My response exactly!

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 02:05

Hoccy’sclose but not quite right:

DD the Renault

Track the Pug

Rally the Lancia

Burn the Golf

The Renault’s the better daily: more comfy suspension, more midrange go, lighter steering, better seats. But it doesn’t have the brakes for track work due to the small wheels, and the turbo means it doesn’t have the on-the-limit throttle steer ability of the Pug, so that one wins on the track.

(I’ve driven both extensively, back in the day. And the Golf, a bit. Never had the pleasure of driving an Integrale though)

Bytemite > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 02:56

Just get an AW11 MR2 and outspeed and outfun them all.

jordang1028 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 03:05

Couldn’t bring myself to burn any of them.

But ranked:

#1 205

#2 Renault

#3 Lancia

#4 Golf

Jewish Stig > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 04:05

DD and Track the Lancia until one of the following happens:

-It kills you.

-It breaks apart due to rust.

Svend > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 04:24

No love for the Ford XR2 (1983 Mk1).

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C730910

Kinja'd!!!

or a

Ford Sierra RS500 (1987)

((granted the RS500 is a bit more expensive but there is still the regular Ford Sierra Cosworth which you can get for half the price))

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C645166

Kinja'd!!!

Stapleface > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 06:24

I'll DD the Golf, probably because parts will be easier to find than the other three when it breaks down. I'll Rally the Renault, because it was just meant to go balls out on a dirt sweeper. The other two are the losers in this one. Although how about I just say I burn them, and keep them hidden in a barn for later use.

Autofixation > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 07:28

DD: Pug and Renault

Track: Lancia

Burn: Golf

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 07:30

DD the 205

Track Rally the Delta

Burn the Golf

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 08:00

DD the Peugeot and the Renault, track (preferably dirt) the Lancia, burn the VW because there's plenty more Mk2 Golfs around here.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Svend
04/12/2016 at 10:52

RS500's were all over my $20k limit, otherwise they’d be the highest picks. XR2's didn’t really show up, but a bunch of XR3's did

duurtlang > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 12:23

This is why we can’t have nice things. Well, you, as I already own a 205 GTi (and a 205 CTi) and a mk2 Golf (54 HP).

Evil laughter :)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > duurtlang
04/12/2016 at 12:31

I’m considering importing/finding a 205 GTi as a light/fun alternatively to the TA. Are they reasonably reliable?

duurtlang > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 12:43

Absolutely. If you don’t buy a molested one and take age into consideration I’d say it’s about as good as it gets. It’s no Corolla and old cars will always need something, but from a 1980s-car-in-2016 point of view it’s very easy to live with. Parts availability is good too, in Europe. I don’t drive mine much, but it really doesn’t need much either. After I had the neglect of the previous owner flushed out it has only needed fluids and filters basically.

Svend > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/12/2016 at 15:57

True. I guess USD$20k for that period Ford-wise would be the XR3 like you said and non Cosworth XR4. But with the XR2 Mk1 comes the later and less desireable XR2 Mk2 (probably more of a maybe not desire but I want because many Brits grew up with them).

Nymphicus Hollandicus > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
04/13/2016 at 08:15

I’ve never driven any of them but I’d likely:
DD The Peugeot
Track the Renault.
Burn the....
Fuck, I’ll take them all.