You Know You have a mk2 Ibiza When........

[TJBeezer]

You know you have a Mk2 when you're happily driving along and 4th and 5th gear spontaneously fail, and every other gear squeals like a pig when you brake. A matter of days before going on holiday

 

[Mythbuster]

You know you have either an MK2 Ibiza or some sort of VW when everything is held on with never more than 4 bolts or clips, untill you get to the ignition cylinder... Which seems to be held in there with every other part on the entire car...

God I spent my entire day replacing that pig, Could have taken the whole car apart in that time, pretty much... Luckily I found out my boss had a gear puller before I scraped all the teeth of the steering collumn with the vise grips...

 

[dan151]

you know you have a mk2 ibiza when your gearbox is just a total utter failure at its job

 

[elcristoff]

You know you have a mk2 ibiza when your gearbox, gearbox mount, coil pack, wishbone and cv joint are nearly dead, but you still defend the car with your life against mates that brand it '****' :')

 

[TiggsGTI]

You know you have a mk2 ibiza when...
...no matter how many times you use WD40 or replace the bonnet catch-it still doesn't shut right

 

[CraigW]

You know you have a mk2 ibiza when...
...no matter how many times you use WD40 or replace the bonnet catch-it still doesn't shut right

How do you mean 'doesnt shut right'??

 

[TiggsGTI]

You have to go through all the hassle of finding that wee clip, pushing it across and then dropping the bonnet so it catches if you know what I mean, if you don't push that clip across it doesn't grip the loop thing on the bonnet and it just lifts back up again.
Am I making sense? lol I've had 2 new bonnet catches, I have a spare in the garage.

 

[elcristoff]

You have to go through all the hassle of finding that wee clip, pushing it across and then dropping the bonnet so it catches if you know what I mean, if you don't push that clip across it doesn't grip the loop thing on the bonnet and it just lifts back up again.
Am I making sense? lol I've had 2 new bonnet catches, I have a spare in the garage.

Ah, i thought that was just me, it's so god damn annoying when that happens. Having to shut bonnet, open bonnet, swear a little bit, repeat until it eventually closes

 

[vngtx]

you know you have a mk2 when HP seems to mean completely different power compared to other manufactures. overtaken punto HGT and astra 2.2 today and i only have 105.2hp?

 

[TiggsGTI]

Ah, i thought that was just me, it's so god damn annoying when that happens. Having to shut bonnet, open bonnet, swear a little bit, repeat until it eventually closes

I know! I don't even open the bonnet now as I still don't know what bit they are talking about to push back.

you know you have a mk2 when HP seems to mean completely different power compared to other manufactures. overtaken punto HGT and astra 2.2 today and i only have 105.2hp?

power to weight ratio-the rust makes mk2s weight less haha

 

[vngtx]

i did take the limp mode limiter off though, unleashing all the power est 125hp. however lambda is now nackered due to smashing it on speedbump

 

[elcristoff]

I know! I don't even open the bonnet now as I still don't know what bit they are talking about to push back.

See, i always forget, i'll open my bonnet, realise what i've done, then sigh, deeply.

Vngtx, how did you take the limiter off? Do you have a 8v or 16v?

 

[vngtx]

8v , i just cleared the fault codes with the engine already running. it will take it out of limp mode until you turn the engine off again.

 

[Big-Pete]

8v , i just cleared the fault codes with the engine already running. it will take it out of limp mode until you turn the engine off again.

how do ya know if its in limp mode?! anychance of a pm with details!?

 

[vngtx]

if its in limp mode you will definately know about it when you hit 5000rpm and it just bounces on 5k and wont go any higher.

 

[vngtx]

you know you have a mk2 when its dropped so low the bottom edge of the exhaust tip sits flush to the slope on those really long speedbumps.

 

[dan151]

you know you have a mk2 5dr when the back door handles need yanking that hard to open them cos they are poop! serves me right for not getting a 3 door

 

[dan151]

you know you have a mk2 5dr when you turn the head lights on and the washer jets squirt a bit....i dunno if this is a common problem or just me but it happened today and made me laugh but feel sad at the same time

 

[LMJ]

you know when you have a mk2 when sometimes, if you switch off the car (usually with the headlights on, and wipers have been on. (Typical rainy weather)), if you flash the main beam, you sometimes get the heater coming on alongside your wipers... strange!!

 

[Mythbuster]

You know you have a Mk2 Ibiza when you get angry about your rear windscreen wiper that keeps going the whole way to school/work, because the darn thing won't shut off once you used it once, to get the rain from previous night of your window...

Or..

You know you have an 1.4 MK2 Ibiza when you think about opening her up on the motorway, to overtake "that heavy slow Leon Mk2" in front of you, and with your foot welded to the floor and your engine revving 4000RPM, the Leon still sprints away without any noise.... Leaving you humiliated on the onramp...