Beeza FR

[panholio]

I never normally post in this forum but my LCR is in for some work this week and I have a 55 plate Ibiza FR courtesy car.

Fast as fook! Really surprised how good a little car it is! Totally lacks steering feel and is missing a gear but other than that I like it.

The 180bhp version must be rapido!

Sorry bit pointless but just thought I'd say and it's a chance to say Hi to you Ibiza owners.......

 

[Crafoo]

They are pretty nippy, I'm well happy with mine, so much so I managed to rack up 1000 miles in just over 2 weeks

 

[Boom^]

What do you mean its missing a gear? My FR has a 6 speed box.

 

[panholio]

Hmm! This one has 5 forward gears!

 

[Empi5]

Yep, they have definitly forgotton one, mine has 6 forward

 

[panholio]

Perhaps the Tdi ones have 6, this is a petrol.

 

[IainW]

They are pretty nippy, I'm well happy with mine, so much so I managed to rack up 1000 miles in just over 2 weeks

I was the same. Went out for a drive every day I wasn't working. Add that to my trips down south and I've done 6500 miles in 15 weeks.

 

[Crafoo]

I might normally only do about 200 miles a week but the newness factor kicked in and it was just any excuse to go out for a run, having said that it's still pretty new (4 weeks tomorrow) so i'm sure there will be a few more needless journeys to be had in the coming weeks.

 

[Empi5]

I was the same. Went out for a drive every day I wasn't working. Add that to my trips down south and I've done 6500 miles in 15 weeks.

Ive done just over 8000 in 3 1/2 months

 

[IainW]

I'm not the worst then. Phew!

 

[Sisson]

diesels get 6 gears

petrol gets 5

 

[Ol' Timer]

Any theories why the 20vT Leon gets a six speed box but the 20vT Ibiza has to make do with a five speed version?

Is the five speed box any lighter, for example? Less time lost changing gear?

 

[Ric 2001]

Any theories why the 20vT Leon gets a six speed box but the 20vT Ibiza has to make do with a five speed version?

Is the five speed box any lighter, for example? Less time lost changing gear?

One of my theories is that if you made the ibiza the same as the leon, why would you by a leon?

 

[Ol' Timer]

One of my theories is that if you made the ibiza the same as the leon, why would you by a leon?

Naughty.

Come to that, (going off topic a bit) why did the Leon get six gears but the Mk1 Octavia vRS only got five?

 

[gazjones]

cool glad you like the fr 20vt they are good cars,
its up to the manufacturer really what they put in it and a standard ibiza wont have the power and performance that it has with the lcr box on it! will have two much load i would guess!

 

[redcupratdi]

yeah the steering you need to dial down on vag com they made the cupra's steerind heavier much better feel just a bit of useless info!

but also the whole suspension is changed so it would feel different any way..lol

 

[Triple D]

off topic, redcupratdi, why you selling up mate?

 

[redcupratdi]

mmmmm.........might keep it now.......love it soo much.....lol