Whats the worst modified car in your area??

[Tahrey1043]

Bouff you're not from sutton too are ye? If so I think I saw that one last week, before it got the respray - there was one similar to that outside my own halfords (not a particularly well staffed one i must say - when i need 'service' that involves conciousness, rather than just goods, i go another 5 miles to the next place) with regular coloured alloys... at the front, that Scooby Bloo - but almost every body panel behind the B-pillar was a different colour, like a polo harlequin. Except in this case it was quite obvious they were like that because they were all from a scrappy and were in prep for a spray (shiny metal showing from rub-downs in places). If 'tis the same, I suppose the owner reckoned that so long as the insurance was covering the cost of recovery from near-write off status (like, a truck driving over the rear end ) they may as well get the wheels done too!

Hehe

Honourable mention today must go to an almost ex-colleague's MX-5 (they leave for new pastures after tomorrow night), with the oh-so-subtle temporary mod of having no interior or tail lights brake and headlights still work thank gawd.
Haven't seen any dodgy 'real' mods today - a blessing!

[Tahrey1043]

thought i'd just dredge this one up for a couple of modest, but still rather moronic ones i spotted recently and actually snapped with a little disposable camera - just waiting for the roll to be finished

first, going down to bournemouth, a S**o (i think? its been a few days... perhaps a C***a) with the most huge, enormous flared wheel arches on it, different lamps, some really dodgy tinting (you could see it flaking off at the edges already)..... and standard sized, fairly narrow alloys inside those monster arches. Not even on spacers or anything. There must have been three inches gap from the outside of the wheel to the inside of the arch. At least it was lowered, but I didn't realise the "old time narrow guage steam engine" look was "in" at the moment! Or maybe he's having to save a couple months for each mod and was too impatient (dumb?) to hold onto the new wings and get them fitted at the same time as the big wheels that are (presumably) going to go inside there...
(ugly as fudge, it goes without saying - pity because sympathetically done with a bit more patience it wouldn't look half so bad, and almost good).

Second, in the texaco garage at the end of the a338 in bournmouth itself, a totally stock blue Mk-1 Punto 55 five-door. With a tacky, white halfords wing magnetted on top somewhere *near* the back. Nothing else done to it. Dear oh dear, thats a sign of someone right at the top of the slippery slope, wearing polished clogs
Worse still that the young guy who got out didn't look pikey at all - either his mum's done it, or he's been pressured into it by pikey friends No-one of sound mind would make an otherwise fine (if fat-ass) car look so nasty without point.

Third, a driveway in my road, a VW whose owner appears to have put silver wheels on in an attempt to fool others that he has alloys....... oh wait.... that's mine
(wot... you sayin' my motor's ugly laaike? its well boss, youse just jealous laike... come on... a'll 'ave you, c**t! *hawwwwk, phtooey*)

(nah, they still look plainly painted-steel, but a whole lot nicer even with all the scratches and rust spots now they're cleaned)

Thinking of such, hasn't anyone any nasty riced Polos to report that need immediate confiscation for the good of our own pride? There's got to be at least one charver who's not been smart enough to find themselves a Nova and got a battered old Mk2 flathatch instead.... and then stuck a big aluminium wing on the back, EVO intercooler bumper and a scooby airscoop on the front?
Or is the insurance grouping similar to the price policy at the bar where I work - if anyone complains over the cost of drinks, we explain that it keeps the riff raff from coming back..

[GroovyCarrot]

Or is the insurance grouping similar to the price policy at the bar where I work - if anyone complains over the cost of drinks, we explain that it keeps the riff raff from coming back..

Well, considering I have a mk2 1043 squareback and my next door neighbour has a mk3 1300 coupe, and both of us are 17, I'm sure the insurance grouping can't be all that's holding the barries off

It is strange, though, that there don't seem to be any battered up old mk2's with stupid spoilers on them.. I'll be on the lookout now

[Tahrey1043]

I've seen plenty of barry cars but its rare I see a badly riced out VW, let alone a Polo like that. Polo modders (and generally lupo, golf) seem to be a fairly sensible and sympathetic lot, if those are the right words to use. Well you know what i mean.... they're not a big load of childish tosspots with frontal lobe damage

(heck i'm still not entirely sure the MG round the corner is barried - just not all that well done. it hasn't got a bodykit, spoiler, or huge zorst after all

Insurance, maybe servicing costs are the only things I can think of, other than a particularly rabid pack mentality that means its a Nova or nothing (casts wary eye up and down messageboard ... hmm).

Basically:
Nova and the type of Corsa that chavs go for - insurance group 1, maybe 2 if they have ideas above their station, and parts that scrappies almost pay you to take away (none too expensive new either). Saxo, free insurance for a year on the right ones, dunno after that. Parts probably not so bad as there'll be enough of them being written off right/left/centre/surround/subwoofer.

Polo: insurance groups 4 and 6 for the 1.0, 1.3 (and GT? or is that 7,8? G40 is insane ). Not the highest, sure, but enough of a hike over group 1 to scare the kevs away. (Heck, even I set myself a limit of group 6 when looking for a car - it gets iffy kinda fast past there). Parts cost doesn't exactly strike me as being bargain basement, but I can afford it.

I have a job after all, even though it IS part time Being on the dole AND spending a fortune on bootleg fags and white thunder* kinda eats into your funds after all.
(*white lightning is too expensive)

Purchase cost probably comes into it as well. You can get a running, though maybe free of MOT/tax (what do they care..) Nova for the cost of a new pair of prison-white trainers. Polos still start at around £250... no matter how old they are

Given all that though, I'm not sure why to date I've only seen one modified Fiat Panda (and it was a damn good one, too). ALL of them are group 2 insurance, the 1-litre engine is comparitively "hot" in such a lightweight tinfoil frame (even compared to a Nova) and built like a brick outhouse so you can boost the heck out of it (can't chip it though, as its a carb - mebbe that puts them off ), its got Italian sorted handling, and parts.... well pshh.... walk right into the yard and take them away, even the owner's dog won't stop you.

Or perhaps its the availability of bodykits and other chavvie mods? Go down halfords and have a browse (like I did, wondering about the possibility and price of wheels, induction, zorst from there... once). You'll see a bucketload for all the typical rice cars.... can you get anything for a Mk2/Mk3 Polo (or a panda )??? Can you hell.

Annoyed me a little at the time, but it was a blessing really. Plus their prices suck.


(I did not look at the body kits, or the wings, and I did not have sexual relations with that woman monica lewinsky neither)

[GroovyCarrot]

Thinking about it, I guess it could be the insurance group that puts people off.. I almost didn't phone up the last owners of my polo because I thought group 4 would cripple me. Thing is, the insurers don't actually seem to pay that much attention to groupings, more to how likely they are to actually have to pay out on a claim. Hence, I wouldn't be suprised if a 1.2 Nova was more pricey to insure than my polo, despite being a group lower.

As for pandas.. they're fine little cars, but if a barry pulled up in one with his subwoofer pumping away (shaking the poor little thing apart, most likely..), his friends would be pissing themselves with laughter at him It's bad enough when one of Saffron Walden's resident barries pulls up in his Fiat Uno...

[Tahrey1043]

For such a reason I still want to get a Fiat 126

Stealth-Abarth mod it, pump it up from 26 to a hundred and some horsepower (I know that block can take it... GT2 told me so ). It's apparently torquey and light enough to light the tyres in the wet even in stock power, plus it's RWD, so that could be fun.

Strip the rear seats out, replace with as kickarse an ICE install as would be necessary (not much... 100w including sub would probably be deafening! )

Maybe put some subtle external mods and tidy-ups on.

Then go mix it with the barries, put on some really odd music and turn it up window shakingly HIGH to get attention.... wait for them to start taking the p*** at the little dinky car, line up besides them.... give them a big F*** YOU TOWNIES out the window and cane it when the lights turn - all to see them disappear into the mirror along with a tonne of bodykit and a lesson.

Screw it, yknow, be different... no fear... I'd salute someone with balls enough to mod a Panda, knowing they were likely to have not so much their urine as their souls taken out for it

Mind you me saying that obligates me to pay the kevs a little respect for being different from me. It hurts, its difficult, but its a price that has to be paid.....
..gnnnn.... ouch...... ok, there, that's done with, back to the ripping-on.

[CalvinGTI]

Oooooooh Why the personal attack on Southend ?

Theres loads of nice cars, as well as s**t ones. Just like any cruise, sounds like someone just doesnt like Southend.

*rolls eyes*

Cal

[GroovyCarrot]

I've just worked out what the worst car around here is (although there are plenty to choose from. Comes with living in essex...)

The car that makes me most want to curl up and fall out of my car laughing is a 1988 Nova. It's equipped with some dodgy attempt at two tone silver paintwork, a mirror tinted rear window that was stuck on in about 2 minutes and is full of bubbles, rust all over the rear arches, big old tin can stuck on the end of a standard exhaust, and, to top it all off..

L plates

Seriously, I don't know any self respecting guy who would try to barry about before he's even passed his test.. really takes the biscuit, that one

[Karl_CLCoupe]

The worst modified cars round here are a mrk 3 fiesta with the rear bumper off an xr2, an atrociously fitted drainpipe for an exhaust, window tints full of bubbles, numerous patches of filler and different paint, and a standard fiesta front bumper.

The next is a red nova, with 2 different pairs of alloys, a jap style bumper that doesnt fit right, no rear bumper and 2 different shades of paint.

However there are many nice lookin civics in various body styles. There seem to be few V-dubs round here tho, and definately few modified polo's.

[Tahrey1043]

those last two raised a good smile

L Plates? He's definately hurting for insurance then

and at the cars with crappy paint but bodykits, two different alloys and bumpers

[bstardchild]

For such a reason I still want to get a Fiat 126

Stealth-Abarth mod it, pump it up from 26 to a hundred and some horsepower (I know that block can take it... GT2 told me so ). It's apparently torquey and light enough to light the tyres in the wet even in stock power, plus it's RWD, so that could be fun.

You know you will need two don't ya? It helps if they have full length fabric sunroofs

One for each foot!!!!!!

Learnt to drive in one - I reckon max 18bhp std - still did 80mph with your foot on the boards for 20 miles - I remember I wasn't trying to speed - more like trying to keep up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Karl_CLCoupe]

It is strange, though, that there don't seem to be any battered up old mk2's with stupid spoilers on them.. I'll be on the lookout now

Funny you mention that. There is a rather odd looking mrk 2 round my area. Coupe S I think finished in blue. Very dark tints, done professionally, loud music and exhaust, but 2 Pirrelli P slot alloys at the back and 2 standard steels up front. If the wheels were sorted out, then it might look ok.

[Tahrey1043]

Alloys on the back and steels on the front? Someone needs their head examined... If you're so hard up you only have 4 wheels, and they don't match, the alloys GO ON THE FRONT

(B'std... the 126 had a rock solid 26hp... ordinarily that would be enough to just about kiss 70mph with a following wind, especially in a VW, but the car's so small and low that it doesn't offer much aerodynamic resistance - seriously, I measured my bike up against a parked one once... the bike was bigger, at least in 2D. also that was the first engine that was fitted in the panda, almost disappearing into the engine bay compared to the 1000cc.... i think it could do about 72... if you use the figures put out by properly tuned and turbo'd 500s (which made about 15-18hp, 23 in their ultimate version) which had aircooled variants on that motor, it would easily have over 100hp even without going mental, which is enough to eat a G40 for breakfast in such a vehicle - if you get the tyres, brakes (all-round unassisted drums!), suspension sorted first! And maybe an LSD)

(i know that stuff because I once spent a month badgering my dad to get a crazy rollbar offroad go kart thing that was basically a kit car you built using a rusted out 126 as the basis... he didn't relent.... dammit!)

This post dedicated to Lupin III - The Castle of Cagliostro

[SiDaBa]

Well i mentioned that White Hyundi Accent with the huge spoiler nice steel wheels with white hub caps, small shiny exhaust and "body vinals" well here are the pics, bit poo i know, it was dark, i was moving in the car, window up, and it's only a camera phone

[SiDaBa]

Oh and while i'm at it, here's my friends Renault 5 1.0 oh but apparently it's a turbo? I'll get pictures of the "turbo" evidence later, here are pics of his car with 3 england flags on it, his subs that take upthe entire boot and catch on his 6x9's (admittedly these were mine for a brief period of time) and his new (wonky) pedals.