Blue Standard Bugeye left suprised A130/A127

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Jul 21, 2005 | 11:02 AM

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FirebirdUK

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Hehe - if you managed to keep up with a WRX in a French pram, I have to ask - was the WRX being driven by a woman?

Jul 21, 2005 | 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FirebirdUK

Hehe - if you managed to keep up with a WRX in a French pram, I have to ask - was the WRX being driven by a woman?

I think that your answer, fortunately is that the driver was a *****! see below.

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=443047

Jul 21, 2005 | 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by fromage

Bet you was suprised you could'nt pull away from my ol french clutter from the Roundabout on the A130 to the A127 roundabout, what made it even better was you attempting to wave 'bye' to me when while I managed to stay along side you

You did'nt seem best pleased as I looked over at you when we came onto the A127, you did'nt seem to be giving it then

HE MUST HAVE BEEN WAVING WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT

Jul 22, 2005 | 09:52 PM

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I used to drive a Saxo VTS, which is the same car as a 106 GTi underneath. I now have a bug-eye WRX (standard until recently), so I guess I'm quite well placed to compare the two cars. The WRX wins every time.

The driver was probably in 3rd waiting for the turbo lag to subside.

Anyway, does anybody know how much heavier a bug-eye is than a classic and the relative performance? Didn't realise there was so much difference - might need to buy something older.

Jul 25, 2005 | 10:52 AM

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Jul 25, 2005 | 10:59 AM

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Classic is circa 1235kg

WRX (bug eye) is circa 1395kg

Quite a bit of extra weight, certainly 2 average passengers

From my own experience, I followed a new WRX in my classic and had to back off once I had 3rd gear otherwise I would have gone through the back of him.

I think in terms on 0-100 the classic approx 2seconds quicker.

Jul 25, 2005 | 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by andy99turbo

Having driven a blobeye and a classic back to back I would certainly say that the classic is -subjectively at least- noticably quicker. I could certainly believe a 2 sec advantage to 100mph. To me, the Classic's acceleration seemed more akin to the new age Sti than the WRX, although it doesn't quite have the OMG factor when the the turbo takes hold as with the Sti.

That said, we do have to acknowledge that the far superior refinement and less agressive delivery of the new age cars does disguise their speed somewhat. They are still very brisk cars!

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Jul 25, 2005 | 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by fromage

lol check the weight and power of a standard Bugeye WRX and then take in account for 4wd transmission loss and then do the same for a 106GTi and you will see they are pretty equal and 15-80mph speeds are very similar

But then again bugeye wrx's are the fastest things on the road so was proberly imagining it

Bugeye WRX's are slow fact

I know 106GTi's are'nt super fast but managed to keep up with him while rolling. Standing start obviously different story I would get destroyed.

Delusional??

- Excellent - I haven't laughed so much in ages ........ have you ever thought that he couldn't be bothered to waste the petrol??

106 Gti - 120bhp / 1050kg - 115bhp per ton
02 Wrx - 215bhp / 1380kg - 156bhp per ton

Jul 25, 2005 | 10:52 PM

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Thanks for the data. Still don't think I'll be too worried if I ever find myself on the A130 though.

Jul 25, 2005 | 11:16 PM

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From: The place where indicators don't exist....

You sure the scoob driver wasn't waving you past as he/she was tired of yet another hot hatch stalker..?!

Or maybe they were seeing if they could get past the magic 300 miles out of a tank of fuel..?!! LOL