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They must be fun to drive.
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If a car company came up with an iconic design it could have the same effect as the original Mini did back in the day.
It would have to have the looks and be fun to drive.
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I quite like the Kia Picanto but it needs more balls under the hood, it looks great in white.
I guess the platform is right, it's boosted at least. |
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Boosting one of those little girly cars is like throwing a can of water on a bush fire. You are starting from such a low base, that it's still going to be a complete slug, and the money you are spending on top of the purchase price means you could just about buy one of the bigger size hot hatches used. |
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![]() Same as anything Ford V8 prior to Miami, literally all expensive boat anchors compared to, LSx, JDM or Barra. |
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That's why next to no one bothers touching them. |
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Light cars at budget prices are touted as cheap, reliable economical transportation.
Best way to make an engine use less fuel is to keep the tune down at an acceptable level. Engine development is catered to consumption efficiency over performance gains. A 75kw 1.6L engine of today will use much less fuel than a 75kw 1.6 from 15 years ago. Sure anything can be boosted and tuned for outright performance but thats why they go into performance oriented cars where consumption penalties are more tolerated. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
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Im sure the youngster with a sub 20k budget will be quite upset that their new Picanto with mods wont stack up to a turbo taxi, mind you, that 20k plus mods turbo taxi owner would be equally upset when a used Tesla tears them a new one on the qtr so its all relevant.
Personally id rather know its not my race than think im in one until the lights go green and find out im not. |
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I think it would be an interesting exercise, Kia Picanto N ![]() The whole modified car scene makes absolutely no sense financially regardless. Turbo diesel was niche when I was playing with my Focus, now with Thailand Specials becoming so prevalent there's a turbo diesel modification scene turning up in Australia. |
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modified these things were quicker than v8 Falcon or commodores at the time
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He told me he only got 150km to a tank, 180km if he was on the freeway. Don't know what it made at the wheels but would have been quite a bit.
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Around 1997-1998 was the time when used car prices were peaking, because very low car sales in 1986-1987 and again during the 1991-1993 period, meant that there was a major shortage of used cars coming onto the market.
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Street Machine turbo taxi or just reference to an XR6T and Falcons being used as Taxi - V8 supercars known as V8 Supertaxis
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Ford did actually fit some pre-production Barra turbos to AU taxi's, loaned them to taxi companies, and made them sign confidentiality agreements, so they could get some extra durability miles into them early on. Nothing like real world testing to see how it was going to go.
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I remember a cabby (who was a fordforums member) telling me he had a 6speed BA to run around in. However it was a BTR transmission, not ZF.
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Interesting, I never knew BTR had built a six speed. Apparently it's used in a few Ssang Yong models and a few Chinese cars.
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Old mate, who thinks i quote him 'every time' has a G6ET which he's slowly gathering the funds and parts to make it go quicker, not as quick as a secondhand stock Tesla though which in keeping with his comments about Picanto owners wasting money tuning their cars when they could just double their budget on a Fiesta ST, im wondering why someone in his position wouldnt just stretch the mortgage and get a fast car to begin with. |
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![]() Speaking of the mighty Kia Picanto, they're all over the joint in Melbourne, looks good in white. Might buy one as the daily, let it sit in my driveway in the elements for a decade then in 2030, start a thread on AFF whinging about how crap build quality was on cars in the 2020s ![]() |
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LOL at the tosser looking into my build threads and continually replying to my posts. Yet claiming he doesn't. Get over it and move on stalker. I don't give 2 ****s what you think. Put me on ignore and move on. |
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The BTR got a 20+ year run in the Falcon, you'd think that would have held weight with Ford. I'd like to know the decision behind the ZF. |
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