My chariot for the day while the Leon is in for some warranty work AMA

"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974) 04/26/2017 at 04:26 • Filed to: None

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Leon711 > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 04:34

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Is it fun to throw around?

pip bip - choose Corrour > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 04:38

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Pov spec or reasonable spec?

Does it hoon?

Manual or auto?

AndyG_UK > Leon711 04/26/2017 at 04:39

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It’s actually surprisingly good to drive, the little 3 cylinder lump is willing and likes to rev, it turns in pretty quickly, the interior is not the penalty box I though it would be, feels pretty solid. I actually kind of like it!!

AndyG_UK > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/26/2017 at 04:45

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Well it’s the “Monte Carlo” special edition, so it had front fog lights! black alloys! Blacked out grill and headlights! Inside it’s got AC, power windows, remote locking, a rev counter (!!), some red bits of trim and on the seats, a half decent sounding stereo, leather steering wheel etc, it’s actually got pretty much all you really need!

It’s a manual with an eager sounding and revving 3 cylinder, it goes pretty well for what it is and is pretty chuckable, it’s not in anyway hateful like the various Citroen C1's and their ilke I have been given as loaners in the past!

Leon711 > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 04:52

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If VW would commit to a proper UP! GTI, Skoda Citigo VRS or Seat Mii Cupra I’d be in line to buy, maybe the 1.4 TSI from the Ibiza FR or a higher state of tune for the 1.0 turbo.

AndyG_UK > Leon711 04/26/2017 at 04:57

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I agree, I think the 1.4 would be a bit too big for it, maybe the 1.2 with about 120-130bhp would make it a really fun little car, also I think the Citigo is the best looking of the 3. It really has surprised how good small cars have become these days.

Cé hé sin > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 05:00

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What’s happened to the Leon?

bingham123 > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 05:07

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will it spin the wheels? and will it pull away with no revs/how fast without touching the accelerator 

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > AndyG_UK 04/26/2017 at 05:33

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I really like these little cars. My girlfriend has one and it’s just simply good. Good handling, good build quality, good on fuel, practical, revvy, sounds great. Every time I drive it by myself I invariably end up up texting her something along these lines;

duurtlang > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/26/2017 at 06:03

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I wonder what ‘we’ could do with these once they’ve depreciated enough. Wild engine swaps or junkyard turbo builds?

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > duurtlang 04/26/2017 at 06:15

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I’ve already had this conversation with Josh. VW Up! 89hp 3cyl front and back, AWD 178hp Citigo, good weight balance, fun!

duurtlang > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/26/2017 at 06:23

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You’d need two transmissions then. It’ll be hard to have 2 manuals, but maybe flappy pedals behind the wheel could be wired to control two DSGs at the same time.

Still though, I wish I was a better wrencher with a better place to wrench. I spotted a very clean very original 1986 Peugeot 205 diesel with 300k for very little money. A mid 90s 2 liter gasoline engine from PSA will slot right in (same engine family) and a donor costs next to nothing. You’d have a 850 kg 135 hp sleeper for next to nothing.

Light weight cars are simply the most fun to drive, especially with a decent chassis, as this Skoda proves.

bhtooefr > duurtlang 04/26/2017 at 06:52

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There’s kinda a tradition of twin-engine watercooled VWs. The two ways I’ve seen it done are, complex shift linkage that controls both transmissions (with cable shifters, this is actually easier - just control two sets of cables, one that curves around to the back), and using one or two automatics.

Of course, seeing how the Up’s automatic is a robotized single-clutch unit... I’m thinking the shift linkage is a better idea.

AndyG_UK > Cé hé sin 04/26/2017 at 08:18

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The backlight on the screen between the dials is faulty, won’t go very bright, so it’s getting a new dial pod!

AndyG_UK > bingham123 04/26/2017 at 08:19

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It did a little chirp from the tyres when I booted it from the lights! It manovered without giving it any revs.

AndyG_UK > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 04/26/2017 at 08:22

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It really is a fun little car, has really surprised me how chuckable and gutsy it is, plus that little 3 cylinder sounds great!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > duurtlang 04/27/2017 at 04:47

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There is a nutter on the Briskoda forums who is still in the process of the swapping a 1.8T into his Citigo. Absolute lunacy, but I’d love to have a go in the resulting little monster.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/243854-citigo-go-a-citigo-with-more-go/

Svend > AndyG_UK 06/02/2017 at 05:39

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SKODA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AndyG_UK > Svend 06/02/2017 at 05:42

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It was a lovely little thing, would not have been disappointed to have been given it again today! 

Svend > AndyG_UK 06/02/2017 at 06:01

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Got to agree the Skoda does look the best, close second the Mii and a very distant third, the VW (that front bumper is awful). The Skoda is stylish and reserved.

I wouldn’t mind a Citijet (concept) for the summer though.

AndyG_UK > Svend 06/02/2017 at 06:54

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I think think the Skoda is the best looking of them, looked really funky in the “Monte Carlo” spec of the one I had.

Svend > AndyG_UK 06/02/2017 at 07:02

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The Monte Carlo should (like the Fabia Monte Carlo) have either the partial black roof.

or black A and B pillars and roof.

AndyG_UK > Svend 06/02/2017 at 07:37

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Yeah a black roof would really suit it.