I am not a happy bunny ![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
so I’m going to have a good bitch at my car, you may find you are in the same place as me. So were do I begin?
Well how about all the COMOME FAULTS ?
There are so many that if id known I might not have got the car. Like coil packs, MAF’s, water pumps, and all the interior that rattles and squeaks, clutch peddles that snap, lights that mist up even in mid summer when there is a drought on.
Then there are all the build problems like putting polo back end on the car and having the track 30mm smaller at the rear, not putting a big enough intercooler on the for the standard car, having a plastic impeller on the water pump, putting a air temp sensor were it doesn’t get fresh air unless you are on full throttle, putting the ECU were it can get wet and does, putting the battery were you cant move it and in turn cant get to the lights, Cupra badges that flake off with a slight breeze, brake servo hose and I’m sure there are more iv forgotten.
Now I know I’m pushing an extra 100 bhp but most of the problems above happen to standard Ibiza and most of my mods are putting the seat ones right or power/engine mods that say an audi TT would have anyway. Just to add to it all the things I have done I then have to pay extra insurance on them.
So after all this why do we bother? Well could it be the fantastic shape of the Ibiza’s? or the fact that everyone on the road think its just a Spanish shed and then you get to see there face’s as you fly past them, or that pound per bhp is very good EVEN if you take into account all the faults you have to pay for as well, and the seat family (seatcupra.net) you enter when you get one, or could it be the grin you get when you put your foot down and then try to pull your head off the headrest and cant (when the car is working)
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To sum up I am a sucker for pain and a grumpy git , I love my car and I don’t think there are any faults or problems that would make me sell it but I do get very pi*sed off at times.
Olly
so I’m going to have a good bitch at my car, you may find you are in the same place as me. So were do I begin?Well how about all the COMOME FAULTS ?
There are so many that if id known I might not have got the car. Like coil packs, MAF’s, water pumps, and all the interior that rattles and squeaks, clutch peddles that snap, lights that mist up even in mid summer when there is a drought on.
Then there are all the build problems like putting polo back end on the car and having the track 30mm smaller at the rear, not putting a big enough intercooler on the for the standard car, having a plastic impeller on the water pump, putting a air temp sensor were it doesn’t get fresh air unless you are on full throttle, putting the ECU were it can get wet and does, putting the battery were you cant move it and in turn cant get to the lights, Cupra badges that flake off with a slight breeze, brake servo hose and I’m sure there are more iv forgotten.
Now I know I’m pushing an extra 100 bhp but most of the problems above happen to standard Ibiza and most of my mods are putting the seat ones right or power/engine mods that say an audi TT would have anyway. Just to add to it all the things I have done I then have to pay extra insurance on them.
So after all this why do we bother? Well could it be the fantastic shape of the Ibiza’s? or the fact that everyone on the road think its just a Spanish shed and then you get to see there face’s as you fly past them, or that pound per bhp is very good EVEN if you take into account all the faults you have to pay for as well, and the seat family (seatcupra.net) you enter when you get one, or could it be the grin you get when you put your foot down and then try to pull your head off the headrest and cant (when the car is working)
.To sum up I am a sucker for pain and a grumpy git
, I love my car and I don’t think there are any faults or problems that would make me sell it but I do get very pi*sed off at times. Olly
