Quick Maestro

MrMatteh · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:45

BigglesPiP said:
Give me a B road.

I don't have 300bhp, but i'll take that challenge!

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:45

Simon said:
The amount of times i tried to fix the oil leak on my mates 1.2 punto was silly. Think he had about 3 headgaskets go too

That happens if you don't skim it.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:45

MrMatteh said:
I don't have 300bhp, but i'll take that challenge!

I don't have GT

DRZ · 31 Jul 2007 at 00:50

I offered to drive a mate home in his Punto once (he was too inebriated to drive home).

I regretted that one almost instantly. Ultimately shoddy in every way. Worst car I have ever driven.

Another mate had a Punto Sporting, which lunched 2 gearboxes in the time he owned it. Sweet.

Jonnycoupe · 31 Jul 2007 at 01:01

BigglesPiP said:
Find an owner of one who doesn't begin by telling you how much space there is inside.

What a splendid way to put someone off a car if thats all they have to say about it.

BigglesPiP · 31 Jul 2007 at 01:32

Simon said:
He has driven many cars rather than having a Punto has his first car and not having compared it to anything else.

That Punto isn't my 1st car by any means, I don't know what gave you that idea, technically its not even my car.

agw_01 · 31 Jul 2007 at 01:51

And all this from a Punto owner. Fantastic

Berger, nice video there! Steve Berry deserves a slap though. He has the most irritating accent in the world

-westy- · 31 Jul 2007 at 02:35

MrMatteh said:
I don't have 300bhp, but i'll take that challenge!

me too

BigglesPiP - Yes, the Punto GT is a fairly warm hatch at best. If someone says 'hot hatch', then people think of Clio 172/182, 205GTi, Clio 16v/Williams, not a sodding Punto

sadly, its a reasonable car in its quickest form, but let down by awful build quality and reliability.

Sorry dude

Shock · 31 Jul 2007 at 03:31

-westy- said:
me too

BigglesPiP - Yes, the Punto GT is a fairly warm hatch at best. If someone says 'hot hatch', then people think of Clio 172/182, 205GTi, Clio 16v/Williams, not a sodding Punto sadly, its a reasonable car in its quickest form, but let down by awful build quality and reliability.

I'm sorry but you're saying a GT is 'fairly warm at best' and then saying the 16v and GTI's are hot?

GT
130bhp 7.6 124

Clio 16v
137bhp 7.7 130

1.9 GTI
130bhp 7.8 127

Seem pretty similar to me...

The GT is nothing special as standard and it would get ripped apart by that Maestro.

BUT the attraction with GT's are you only need a chip and decat to see 170bhp. With a hybrid, bigger fuel pump and IC they go even quicker.

I'm not saying it would beat that Maestro but to call a GT fairly warm at best and then say a Clio 16v and 205 GTI are hot is laughable.

Third Opinion · 31 Jul 2007 at 06:26

[TW]Fox said:
No its not, its a bloody awful car saved only by the Italians obsession with buying small cars made in their own country.

Called patriotism.

Maybe why the Italians and Americans still have a car industry, they stick with them through bad times.

Shame we don't do the same and we might have some industry left somewhere in the Country. There again I am a hypocrite as I hated Rover and MG.

Fett · 31 Jul 2007 at 06:36

ignore

penski · 31 Jul 2007 at 07:04

Thanks, Pip. I needed a laugh...

*n

Emlyn_Dewar · 31 Jul 2007 at 08:35

Third Opinion said:
Called patriotism.

Maybe why the Italians and Americans still have a car industry, they stick with them through bad times.

Shame we don't do the same and we might have some industry left somewhere in the Country. There again I am a hypocrite as I hated Rover and MG.

I'm not really sure anyone could go with that for our country... At least the Italians have some good looking cars that people would maybe want to own. What was it Rover had left us with? A few models that looked amazingly dated and even more ugly after their "facelifts" and if that wasn't bad enough... *shudders* The "Cityrover" and Rover 25 Streetwise.

I'd rather take the train.

Skii · 31 Jul 2007 at 09:09

I remember the 'Maestro quicker than Ferrari ' adverts back in the 80's , hell of a quick car for its time

TomO · 31 Jul 2007 at 09:32

penski said:
Thanks, Pip. I needed a laugh...

*n

penski · 31 Jul 2007 at 10:42

Not many people know this but contemporary road tests put the MG Maestro's handling on a par with (or even better than) the Golf GTI of the time...

Handling developed by Tony Pond if I recall correctly...

*n

Scania · 31 Jul 2007 at 12:44

[TW]Fox said:
No its not, its a bloody awful car saved only by the Italians obsession with buying small cars made in their own country.

Yes, but produced by a parent company thats still in business - unlike 'over - hardly what I'd describe as a nice car, a Maestro, but I'd rather have a Punto if forced to choose between the two!

[TW]Fox · 31 Jul 2007 at 13:05

R124/LA420 said:
Yes, but produced by a parent company thats still in business

Which might have something to do with the levels of governent subsidy still pumped into it..

MrMatteh · 31 Jul 2007 at 13:14

Shock said:
GT
130bhp 7.6 124

Clio 16v
137bhp 7.7 130

1.9 GTI
130bhp 7.8 127BUT the attraction with GT's are you only need a chip and decat to see 170bhp. With a hybrid, bigger fuel pump and IC they go even quicker.

the clio is quicker than that

beside, you can hybrid them too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaG1RTtN5PI&mode=related&search=

not all about bhp you know

and this is before we're even mentioning corners!