New car - VX220

[TW]Fox · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:03

Georgew said:
its HPI clear, never been in a smash.

HPI will tell you if its been a total loss, it will NOT tell you if its ever been repaired or been in an accident.

ChoÞÞer · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:11

wow, very nice car! loving the black on red

Phate · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:14

Congratulations

Love these cars, the colour is just superb :cool:

Georgew · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:15

[TW]Fox;11216035 said:
HPI will tell you if its been a total loss, it will NOT tell you if its ever been repaired or been in an accident.

trust me if these cars are involved in a smash, then it will have been a total loss. its basicaly made from two calms made from fibre glass which are very very expensive to replace. There fore many of these cars get wrtten off for slight bumps.

Firestar_3x · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:25

Wasn't the one that guy tryed to sell after telling fibs about its condition in this colour?

Nice car btw, very good price too.

James_N · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:27

Firestar_3x said:
Wasn't the one that guy tryed to sell after telling fibs about its condition in this colour?

Nice car btw, very good price too.

That was a VXR220 iirc

willd58 · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:33

James_N said:
That was a VXR220 iirc

Yea it was.

Muncher · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:34

Imran's one was a VXR.

ironman · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:35

That car is sex, and so cheap! Haven't been able to get a quote on one though

Muncher who do you use?

Muncher · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:46

HIC

For me now, knowing what I know now, my advice would be to buy one that has already been modified.

If you're like 90% of VX owners you will want a new full exhaust to set it off (£1k), then induction sorted (£400), naturally a remap to make the most of that (£250). The 2.4 inlet manifold now offers brilliant value so you simply have to get that (£250).

Then Nitrons (£1,400), a geo (£175), proper sized wheels and semi slicks (£1k), RS14s (£250).

Hardtop to make it look brilliant (£650).

Bugger, you've spent £6k before you've got it near a track or done any driver training

NickXX · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:49

Muncher said:
HIC

For me now, knowing what I know now, my advice would be to buy one that has already been modified.

If you're like 90% of VX owners you will want a new full exhaust to set it off (£1k), then induction sorted (£400), naturally a remap to make the most of that (£250). The 2.4 inlet manifold now offers brilliant value so you simply have to get that (£250).

Then Nitrons (£1,400), a geo (£175), proper sized wheels and semi slicks (£1k), RS14s (£250).

Hardtop to make it look brilliant (£650).

Bugger, you've spent £6k before you've got it near a track or done any driver training

Muncher - what driver training have you done? How much is it and have you been doing it in your own car?

Psycrow · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:53

Looks amazing with the black/red combo, seems a good price too. I didn't realise these were so cheap. What made you choose that over the elise or similar?

Firestar_3x · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:55

Price, the S1 Elise looks rubbish imho, the VX220 offers a much better looking car for a great price, S2 Elise can't be had this cheap, 8 - 9k S2's come with the Rover engine

[TW]Fox · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:55

I think it looks miles better than the Series 1 Elise, which looks like a cheap plastic kitcar, and it has a proper engine as well.

djjuk · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:57

Ditto re the price.

Outstanding value

Muncher · 2 Mar 2008 at 21:58

NickXX said:
Muncher - what driver training have you done? How much is it and have you been doing it in your own car?

Carlimits activity days with Andy Walsh, not a massive amount of actual tuition on those but when you do 9 or 10 of them it mounts up.

Have got a training day with Andy Walsh, but just need to pick a date, that's £190.

They're all in my own car.

Ben M · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:08

looks really nice, i love the wheels with that colour paint, looks really good.

any mods planned? or are you leaving it standard?

NickXX · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:12

Muncher said:
Carlimits activity days with Andy Walsh, not a massive amount of actual tuition on those but when you do 9 or 10 of them it mounts up.

Have got a training day with Andy Walsh, but just need to pick a date, that's £190.

They're all in my own car.

Fantastic - that's barely more than a track day. How does the format of the day work with a 4 person day?

Andybtsn · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:17

Red cars + black alloys = Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Gorgeous car mate!

Born_2_Kill_83 · 2 Mar 2008 at 22:50

If this is your weekend car whats ure week car?
Never been a great fan of VX220's though I have to admit yours could turn me.
Not sure where your getting the 5.6 to 60mpg though, the N/A's no where near that.
But anyway, enjoy it, I would!

Edit: Wisebuyers agree to 5.6sec, power to weight I would disagree