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

[Chrisdaman]

my horn doesn't work lol!!! I just wind the window down and shout obsceneties instead!

i've got a hand held air-horn that i use lol

you know you've got a mk2 when it's all coming together, but not damn fast enough

 

[Grayboy]

i've got a hand held air-horn that i use lol

you know you've got a mk2 when it's all coming together, but not damn fast enough

Gearbox next mate then you'll be flying!!!

 

[Chrisdaman]

i'm going to see how it runs on the 020 gearbox, if it's killing it then i'll look at an 02A conversion, cable change, sports clutch and lightened flywheel, means its all done in one go

random question? do gearboxes get hot? i might buy one and spray it up nicely to colour code it with my car, just wondering if normal aerosol spray paint would work?

 

[BEARDY]

i'm going to see how it runs on the 020 gearbox, if it's killing it then i'll look at an 02A conversion, cable change, sports clutch and lightened flywheel, means its all done in one go

random question? do gearboxes get hot? i might buy one and spray it up nicely to colour code it with my car, just wondering if normal aerosol spray paint would work?[/

GEAR BOXS DO GET PRETTY WARM, BUT YOU CAN GET THAT ENGiNE LAQUER FROM MOST AUTO PART SHOPS. REALLY GREAT STUFF, PAiNTED THE ENGiNE ON A PREViOUS CAR AND DiD'NT FLAKE OFF
NOT SURE i SPELT LAQUER PLOPERLY

 

[Bentley1989]

you just got the car and still aint used to the clutch being canny high (dunno if there all like that :s) and you stall at the lights or roundabout! :| then it takes ages to start agian and the revs dont pick up straight away! end up takin it out of gear and everythin to get it goin :O whats goin on lol

get your panic on time ! haha!

(that was in my 1st few days of gettin the car tho, dont stall it now )

 

[Cupra Kid]

Ya have to give all VAG engines a bit o gas when ya snap the clutch up first, took my mrs ages to get the hang of that in the ibiza. As for the position it varies loads, no matter what state the clutch is in

 

[Jib]

You know you have a Mk2 Ibiza when.........you can't sell the bloody thing

 

[Czechboy]

You know you have a Mk2 Ibiza when.........you can't sell the bloody thing

Sure you can. Just not when you are after £3k when you see some mk3 1.8T's go for £3600

Personally I had a deposit for full asking price for the valver within 18hours of putting it up on autotrader

 

[Jib]

Who said i was asking for 3k!!!??

 

[Chrisdaman]

you know you have a mk2 when nothing goes as it should

 

[Cupra Kid]

Who said i was asking for 3k!!!??

what are you looking for for it?

 

[denty76]

you know when you have an ibiza when you dont thin k theres anything wrong with it but come mot time your shelling out £500

 

[Czechboy]

Who said i was asking for 3k!!!??

Not me For some reason I think I saw it somewhere up for sale for like 2.9K. Not sure if it was on Autotrader, pistonheads, on here or just in my head during a day dream

 

[e5sta]

you know when you have an ibiza when you dont thin k theres anything wrong with it but come mot time your shelling out £500

i wish my last mot was £700

my ibiza sold yesterday

 

[Mckellar]

I think everyones just unlucky:

on my 1.4 - zero problems
on my GTi - pedal box (then a shady weld caused my annoying waterleak so not the cars fault)
- rear light stopped working.

Thats been it in 14 months!

 

[CraigW]

To be fair i aint had that many problems. Had my car 2 years past january and the only real problem i had was the pedal box issue. Most other things were the usual wear and tear.

Power steering pump and starter motor.
Brake pads
Clutch and clutch cable (after pedal box issue).

Thats about it.

Oh and i had the hose for the rear washer pop out and soak the boot, but that was an easy fix.

 

[Cupra Kid]

Mines not so good in 2 years:

*new tyres x2 sets
*pedal box x2
*clutch
*clutch cable x2
*new brakes all round discs and pads
*new brake pipes
*engine rebuild due to head gasket - went the whole hog on it though which was why it cost
*new radiator
*new header tank
*gear linkage
*bonnet release mechanism
*...............

I'm sure its had more but i can't be arsed to dig out the file on it right now, all the important stuff is brand new on it now though £3k+ in repair bills

 

[Krishen]

WEll on my 1.4 had zero problems.
On the cupra (have had it about 2 years now) ive had:

New gear box
NEw clutch
New cv joint (drivers side)
New radius arm (drivers side)
2 new rear passenger side bearings
New hub/hub carrier (can't remember the official name)
2x new pad and disk (rear passenger side)

Although in all fairness, apart from the clutch and gear box the rest were kind of my fault. Slid on black ice which sent my front drivers side wheel smahing into the curb. ANd the rear passenger wheel hit a kerb when i may have entered a roundabout a little too enthusiastically

Can't think of anything else at the moment except i have a knocking sound at the moment when i put go to change gears!

 

[Czechboy]

Mine had been really good as well:

1.4 ibiza- 14months

- throttle sensor had to be changed after I hosed down the engine bay with a pressure washer

GTI 16v-18months:
-drivers side electric window mechanism gave up the ghost

And thats it. I'll probably never get another car as reliable as the Valver again

 

[OllieL]

You know you have a mk2 Ibiza when....
You buy a new one for a price you can't afford, and still have so much more to spend on it!!!