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Buying a Starlet... Again!!


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I sold my 170bhp gt turbo about 2 months ago, and i'm really missing it now and considering buying one again,

I bought a 120bhp heavy fat bmw, its comfy warm, luxuary, and goes round corners... ive heard a couple of people have bought starlets again after selling theirs,

Should i do it or not!!

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I am very tempted, what do you think is a reasonable price for a td04 gt / glanza?

and also how do they handle with suspension mods - cause my old gt turbo with no suspension or handling mods handled pretty bad, and thats one thing i do love about my bmw..

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What cars have you owned?

my opinion on the bmw is, looks nice, newer, and handles good, everything else is in favor of the starlet :p

I've got an E46 330d sport - rwd, 250bhp and 380lb ft, it's totally different to drive and great for the daily but my glanza would be the choice for back road fun every time.

So much more raw and exciting. And it would easily out handle the big beemer. (a 120bhp beemer must be boring by the way :p)

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I've got an E46 330d sport - rwd, 250bhp and 380lb ft, it's totally different to drive and great for the daily but my glanza would be the choice for back road fun every time.

So much more raw and exciting. And it would easily out handle the big beemer. (a 120bhp beemer must be boring by the way :p)

haha it is :( it's the 318 e46 8v... :( 118bhp haha what have i done :( gettting rid of my poor starlet, i dont think i'll find one like it again... 170bhp pretty mint for a 20 year old car

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I've got an E46 330d sport - rwd, 250bhp and 380lb ft, it's totally different to drive and great for the daily but my glanza would be the choice for back road fun every time.

So much more raw and exciting. And it would easily out handle the big beemer. (a 120bhp beemer must be boring by the way :p)

What mods does the starlet need in order to outhandle an E46?

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What mods does the starlet need in order to outhandle an E46?

Well mine has pretty much everything you can bolt on bar a rollcage, however I would say coilovers, a rear arb, decent tires and a good alignment will give you a great handling starlet. Aslong as the bushes are still in ok condition, if not then poly bushes will improve it even further. :)

318 :lol: That thing will never go sideways. :harhar: Get back in a turbo tin can and have fun. :thumbsup:

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Well mine has pretty much everything you can bolt on bar a rollcage, however I would say coilovers, a rear arb, decent tires and a good alignment will give you a great handling starlet. Aslong as the bushes are still in ok condition, if not then poly bushes will improve it even further. :)

318 :lol: That thing will never go sideways. :harhar: Get back in a a turbo tin can and have fun. :thumbsup:

haha i wouldnt want it to go sideways :crazy: ... Edited by Max9650
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What are peoples opinion on buying from a trader? last time i bought from a trader it turned out he bought a bmw with a Headgasket failure and chucked some jollop in there and sold it to me at full price....I phoned a trader selling a starlet today and he didnt know much about the car, apart from he said " we put a new TD04 on it, its been reconditioned and you can see that,

he said the boost hasnt been setup cause its literally just been installed, and that i need to get that sorted, i dont really know what he means by that

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If u interested in the one u have found mate they go check it out but just do the usual compression test leave it running till warm check for coloured smoke etc it may not be to bad just the trader doesn't know much about em u could always walk away If it's not what your looking for

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If u interested in the one u have found mate they go check it out but just do the usual compression test leave it running till warm check for coloured smoke etc it may not be to bad just the trader doesn't know much about em u could always walk away If it's not what your looking for

i am tempted to go visist it as it does seem quite a good deal, although i didnt realise it is 4hours drive away, so dont think ill get it -

here is the description

mk1 gt turbo - mileage isnt on the listing..

12 mth mot 5 mth tax, all bills mots from import,

new reconditioned wrx tdo4 turbo with mild steel manifold full stanless exhaust system decat pipe stanless down pipe,

civic vti alloy rad with slimline fan blue silcone overflow pipes vac pipes

quick shift, tismo gearknob

brand new excedy clutch

fse fuel pressure regulator with gauge

red magnecore leads air filter relocated to front grill

full earthing kit powerflex engine gearbox mounts

autobahn front mount intercooler dumpvalve

bleed valve blitz boost gauge

apexi neo fuel computer

hks actuator hks fcd

new 1.4 mm head gasket with stem seals

buddy club p1 alloys with new toyo proxies

dc2 coilovers height stiffness and camber adjustment tracking and camber just set up

whiteline pannard anti rollbar rod

grooved front discs with red stuff pads braided brake hoses

cat 1 alarm system

suede deep dish steering wheel with boss kit and momo horn

pioneer cd player rear speakers

blue dash lights extra 12v power and usb port

£2200 no offers

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