Seat Ibiza Cupra Daily Driver

Not too common anymore round here as most have been gutted for there running gear and engine conversions on other 6K VAG cars...
Has had a few upgrades, despite looking stock. Pushing around 190hp at the moment, but i have a software update due which will up it to around the 220hp mark hopefully.

Cars are my other hobby (for far longer than old computers) - so i have a few other projects... The main one being this atm

Again not stock, but im re-doing the frame rails at the moment as well as a full modern re-wire. Currently has a 1776 on dual IDF's

I drive a Smart ForTwo Electric Drive.

It runs an electric drive train and is WAAY faster than the Petrol version.

I made a youtube video about it even... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHtCW2pZ-9o

i drive a Volkwagen Gol 1998, 1.6 engine, diesel

or, most of the time i travel in bus

I drive a 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue GX, 3.5L LX5 V6 engine (South Star V6, sister of the Cadillac North Star V8), regular gas, FWD DOHC. It's got over 115,500 miles on it, fully functional A/C, and needs some help here and there (ABS is faulty, the front suspension needs to be replaced, and my fuel system is erratic at times (fuel gauge isn't accurate) due to a blockage in the vent valve), but, it still drives nicely.

For the summer, a 1999 Daewoo Matiz, lowered with ICE (as well as the other ICE -15 speaker setup), my weekend car is a 1987 Hyundai Pony with a 4G63 and a lot of body modifications, my winter car is a 2002 Accent, and I occasionally use a 2002 Protege when my wife isn't using it.

it's no good for hauling retro, but great for hauling ass!

i really should get rid of it so I can put four more shelves in the garage.

Damn you guys are lucky! The cheapest used GT-R I could find here was a -09 for 80.000€ ($90.000)! Last years model with 15.000 miles on it would cost an eye watering $177.000. 😵

My sensible family car is a battered 13-year old Renault Megane Grand Tour (=station) running LPG. Not going to get anyone's adrenaline going (except when it develops another electrical fault and I get stressed when using the right indicator disables cruise control and starts the rear windscreen wiper going...) but it's roomy enough, comfortable and economical to a fault. Plus I buy relatively old bangers and expect them to last maybe 3 years. This one's doing 4.5 and still going strong.

But that's boring so whenever I don't need to lug around children and/or old hardware I ride this:

1973 Ford Escort (wide arched RS2000 replica with Sierra Cosworth motor) ~ 2.0 16v 4cyl turbo with ~320bhp
1993 Porsche 911 Turbo ~ 3.3 6cyl turbo with >360bhp
2010 Alfa Mito Cloverleaf ~ 1.4 4cyl turbo with 170bhp

The Escort has been a long time restoration project, just finished earlier this year, and the 911 is my dream 'Bad Boys' car from the 90's and now worth around 5 times what I paid for it some 10-12 years ago.

Mito is the practical runaround (though still a bit nippy), although I need something bigger now with two little ones to also ferry around.

megatron-uk wrote:

1973 Ford Escort (wide arched RS2000 replica with Sierra Cosworth motor) ~ 2.0 16v 4cyl turbo with ~320bhp
1993 Porsche 911 Turbo ~ 3.3 6cyl turbo with >360bhp

These sound like really nice rides... Would love to see some pics!

This baby. 0-60 in a 4 seconds a bit and not using a drop of gas !

nice, more gas for me! Is that the performance model?

vladstamate wrote:

This baby. 0-60 in a 4 seconds a bit and not using a drop of gas !

2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLI VR6 24v

Sleeper looks with that great VR6 sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak12U8GNAF4
Not my car, but same colour and sound.

I love how the VR6 sounds once you open up the exhaust.

nice subtle drop you got there. What suspension do you have on there?

tpowell.ca wrote:

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2003 Volkswagen Jetta GLI VR6 24v

Sleeper looks with that great VR6 sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak12U8GNAF4
Not my car, but same colour and sound.

DaveJustDave wrote:

nice, more gas for me! Is that the performance model?

I wish no 😀 Long Range RWD. Still super damn fast. I have for a month now and the instant acceleration is fantastic. Also it took a while to get use to "one pedal driving" but it feels good now. I almost got into an accident when I drove a gas car because when I raised the foot of the acceleration pedal the car did not stop 😀

DaveJustDave wrote:

I love how the VR6 sounds once you open up the exhaust.

nice subtle drop you got there. What suspension do you have on there?

Yeah, I should have stated that the pic is also not my car. 😵
I was too lazy to try and find a pic of my car. Mine is still at stock height unfortunately, although here in winter that extra height has saved me quite a few times when we get those crazy storms that drop 30+cm of snow in a day.

I had bought it as a winter beater originally since the BMW 135i I had at the time was undrivable in snow, and quite frankly, even modded as it was and as fast as it was, I honestly preferred driving the Jetta all year round.

Evo X, Cobb Stage 2 w/ ETS intake and UICP, AMS widemouth downpipe, cat delete, full AMS turbo-back single exit exhaust, etc.

AM General Hummer H1 HMCS 6.5L turbo diesel with too many mods to list..

Mercedes GLA250 4matic (for the wife)

Hmm, just realized I have 3 turbo-4wd vehicles, 🤣.

That Hummer is gorgeous.

bjwil1991 wrote:

That Hummer is gorgeous.

Thanks. 😀

nice TE37s! I used to have an 8MR. Still miss it every day. How are you liking the cobb? are you using an OTS tune or was it custom dyno tuned? I'm still trying to decide cobb or ecutek.

wiretap wrote:

Evo X, Cobb Stage 2 w/ ETS intake and UICP, AMS widemouth downpipe, cat delete, full AMS turbo-back single exit exhaust, etc.