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

[M4TTYF]

this is so very true cant find nought for mine after a glovebox lid and a drivers door lock but all the local breakers say which one is the mk2 so in keeping with the thread you know you have a mk2 when no one knows what it is

 

[Fl@pper]

I guess I'd better read this thread.

save ya time - you'll experience it all eventually

 

[Cupra Kid]

You know you have a Mk2 Ibiza when you drive over a speed cushion and only the rear end bounces in the air....

You know you have a Mk2 Ibiza when you instinctively reach for the window switch on the door and its not there.....

I've had 5 MK2 style dashboards, i'm the other way round i go for the switch on the console when its on the door in the MK3.

Console switches make more sense as can open the windows when changing gear, only wish they had an auto feature on them.

 

[OllieL]

I agree I quite like where the window switches are, prefer them to the ones on the door in the other cars I have driven - easy and convenient place

Ollie

 

[jasonwinslow]

They say your not a proper petrol head till you`ve owned a Alfa with all the joy`s and heart aches. Well guys (and girls) i think the ibiza beats it hands down.

Couldnt agree more! I love it even with all the little niggles. I often just drive it around the country lanes here just for the fun of it - any time day or night whenever I feel like it

 

[Cupra Kid]

I often just drive it around the country lanes here just for the fun of it - any time day or night whenever I feel like it

20 Miles of country lanes to work in a morning, pop out windows and an 8v exhaust growl coming in...................... doesn't really get any better Oh hang on it does it gets 40mpg doing it

Done the route in all sorts of cars and this is by far my favourite, the 16v never quite had time to get going before the next corner

 

[iluvmygti]

i love my 8v round country lanes it just eats em lol main problem being the potholes and its lowered and hardened suspension im getting concerned my interior might actually rattle itself loose lmao

 

[M4TTYF]

i dont have that problem as mine already has shook itself loose

 

[Brummy]

.... your driving up to Ikea and somewhere on the m5 your back box decides to slide of its connection with the centre section so it now sounds like a rumble of thunder driving along the road, (but it does pop and spit well good )
need to climb under it tomorrow and reconnect the damn thing inbetween the showers

 

[Cupra Kid]

Oo yeah love the popping and spitting

 

[Brummy]

not really my style... theres enough 'lads' in scoobs around here that do that...

although my car would poss scare the living daylights outr of them at the moment with the rumble...

 

[Cupra Kid]

lol you must have done a good job then the valver with no back box wasn't a competition for a scooby

A badly set and maintained throttle body caused mine to pop and spit, all fixed now and just the usual 8v rumble.

 

[iluvmygti]

i dont have that problem as mine already has shook itself loose

time for the gaffa tape lol

 

[M4TTYF]

if you were at vwnw you should have seen the glove box lid already is gaffa taped on and the passenger door mirror has evo stick all over it my drivers door lock fell out and my wheel trim fell off after i hit a pot hole

 

[Greasemonkey]

When your still waiting for a throttle cable 2 1/2 weeks after ordering one!!!

 

[Krishen]

You know you have a mk2 when you lend it to a mate and he send you a text after the first journey saying "your clutch is a b*tch" haha

 

[Bentley1989]

You know you have a mk2 when you lend it to a mate and he send you a text after the first journey saying "your clutch is a b*tch" haha

pretty much the same as me...

you know you have a mk2 when you let your mate drive it about a car park and all she says is "how heavy is your clutch!" and stalls it the 1st time

then you drive her little 106 and complain that her peddels are real close together and cant wait to drive you mk2 again!

 

[Fl@pper]

somewhere on the m5 your back box decides to slide of its connection with the centre section so it now sounds like a rumble of thunder driving along the road

black RTV silicone is best stuff to seal it up by the way

 

[ToledoRaj]

makes me giggle reading all of this

i know i have a mk2 beezer when...

the centre console refuses to light up - i actually call this my cleverly disguised energy saving bulbs - i bang the side of the console whenever i want to see the heating controls - same goes for the lights lighting up the speedo - one bang and it works again

now why didnt i think of that!! I'll try that on my polo tonight!!!

 

[Brummy]

..........when you dont use it for a few days, go for a drive and it dies on you... then hunts/surges for fuel and you just about manage (eventually ) to crawl it home... guess what I'll be doing this arvo/tomorrow?!?!