You Know You have a mk2 Ibiza When........

[Cupra Kid]

You know you have a MK2 Ibiza when it takes 40 minutes and the gutting of the centre console just to change a frigging light bulb.......

....frigging thing

 

[LMJ]

Haha it looks a pain!! I've looked at it before! Got it out in the end then!

 

[Cupra Kid]

You know you have a MK2 Ibiza GTi when you don't get much traction in the first three gears when over half throttle in the pouring rain!

 

[M1KEH]

She is gone . Watched her drive away today. Nice to have a space in the garage again though...

 

[Oj 89]

You know you have a MK2 Ibiza GTi when you don't get much traction in the first three gears when over half throttle in the pouring rain!

Tyres...? Checked my tread yesterday and there's not a whole amount left. Legal, but wouldn't like to drive in heavy rain/snow on them.

 

[Cupra Kid]

Tyres...? Checked my tread yesterday and there's not a whole amount left. Legal, but wouldn't like to drive in heavy rain/snow on them.

They're about half way down, Toyo Proxes PX4's.

Gonna put uniroyal rainsports on next time.

 

[Ads_Vag]

you know you have a Ibiza when she doesn't live for over 5 weeks then finally starts up after finding the problem out!!

 

[Oj 89]

you know you have a ibiza when she doesn't live for over 5 weeks then finally starts up after finding the problem out!! :d :d

what was it!?! Tell tell tell!

 

[Ads_Vag]

what was it!?! Tell tell tell!

read my comments on my thread mate i love the noise I've just heard on the phone lol put a massive smile on my face haha!!

 

[gtikezz]

you know you have a mk2 when for 5 days running something happen whilst you in it ,

Day 1 - i push the mirror button through
Day 2 - the abs light come on ( gone off again now pheww )
Day 3 - i broke the driver door pin on my jacket
Day 4 - some stupid old woman pulls out on me at a island then a yellow van just misses me
Day 5 - no heat coming out of the vents

ime kinda thinking i wont be going anywhere in her tomorrow

 

[LMJ]

Just drained out / cleaned out my cooling system, and I have no heat either

 

[M1KEH]

Just drained out / cleaned out my cooling system, and I have no heat either

Did you refill with the heater turned onto full hot? Leave the engine running now with the coolant header cap off and the heaters on full. When it drops add more water. Then put the lid on and go for a drive and let it cool, then top up again if needed.

 

[Cupra Kid]

I reckon I must have one of the worlds most reliable MK2's, with the exception of having to put a bolt through the pedal box its never needed anything other than service parts.

EDIT - and that bloody light bulb at the top of this page!!

 

[Mythbuster]

You know you must have some weird car like a mk2 Ibiza when you finally get to install foglights on your car, and you find the brackets are there, but the wiring and the connectors are nowhere to be found, and even though you have 4 service boxes of car lightbulbs, none of the lights fit in the lampholders...
*sigh*...

@Above: Mine's pretty reliable too to be honest, with 131.730miles on the clock and still running perfectly fine!
Of course, there's only 2 normal light bulbs in the entire interior that actually work(normal interior lighting and the speedometer light), but still! Only thing I had to replace to keep it on the road was the ignition barrel so far!

 

[LMJ]

Did you refill with the heater turned onto full hot? Leave the engine running now with the coolant header cap off and the heaters on full. When it drops add more water. Then put the lid on and go for a drive and let it cool, then top up again if needed.

I've tried all of that Mike... Any other suggestions? I did my mates Corsa with him, and he seemed to have a bleeding valve at the bottom of the radiator... . My coolant level had dropped today when I checked, mind - but they're still not amazing. It'll adjust itself in time I'm assuming?

 

[csdrcallum]

you know you have a mk2 ibiza gti 16v when your mates clio 182 cup is just slightly edging on you in the straights but when he see's your lift off oversteer in the wet he sells his clio and buys an ibiza!!

 

[Belting Ibiza]

To keep on topic:
You know you got a mk2 Ibiza when you're already embarrassed as you're getting in the car during rain... Because you know you're going to have to restart the engine just to shut the bloody wiper off after wiping the rear window

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Iv worked out how to turn the rear window wiper off. U push the stork back to turn it on, just do it again to turn it off, or at lest it works with mine lol . Also mine has a rear water squirter and the cable is split ware it goes through the boot so every time i press the rear wiper a squirt of ware goes in the boot .

 

[csdrcallum]

my rear wiper doesn't even come on!! so no need to worry about turning it off!!

 

[hairypothead]

when u still get smoked by to many ppl stupid agg

p.s had a polo 1.6 8v

when u dont like reading this just after buyin 1 (i do love it thow)

 

[Big-Pete]

my rear wiper doesn't even come on!! so no need to worry about turning it off!!

tail dockers UNITE!