RE: Shed Of The Week: Suzuki Ignis Sport
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Heres mine from the best angle.
They sure ain't a pretty car, but they are a lot of fun and have bags of character, easy to maintain and are really bloody practical too, fold the back seats down and you got a completely flat load area.
The build quality and plastics leave something to desired and I won't be the last person to say motorways aren't very fun, but find a decent B road and you won't stop smiling.
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They sure ain't a pretty car, but they are a lot of fun and have bags of character, easy to maintain and are really bloody practical too, fold the back seats down and you got a completely flat load area.
The build quality and plastics leave something to desired and I won't be the last person to say motorways aren't very fun, but find a decent B road and you won't stop smiling.
[/URL]I emigrated to NZ over 8 years ago with my 111S in a container. I needed something more suitable for commuting into Wellington. I've been driving a Suzuki Ignis sport daily ever since as it was the best compromise between performance and price I could justify with a Lotus sitting in the Garage.
It's been brilliant I've never had a car that's cost me so little to run. You shouldn't complain about the cost of parts on a car that doesn't use any! 116,000km regularly serviced the only surprise was the cost of a set of sparkplugs. Totally reliable and dependable.
Rear seats are hard but the Recaros are good. It could do with a six speed box for longer trips but the close ratio box and high seating position are great in town. For a workhorse vehicle I couldn't have asked for better.
I'm swapping it in for a MK1 Honda Insight because the Red on the Suzuki has gone very Pink in NZ's high UV summers. I might get it a re-spray if I cant flick it on as is. My average commuting speed has dropped quite a bit its time to play some hypermilling games for entertainment.
It's been brilliant I've never had a car that's cost me so little to run. You shouldn't complain about the cost of parts on a car that doesn't use any! 116,000km regularly serviced the only surprise was the cost of a set of sparkplugs. Totally reliable and dependable.
Rear seats are hard but the Recaros are good. It could do with a six speed box for longer trips but the close ratio box and high seating position are great in town. For a workhorse vehicle I couldn't have asked for better.
I'm swapping it in for a MK1 Honda Insight because the Red on the Suzuki has gone very Pink in NZ's high UV summers. I might get it a re-spray if I cant flick it on as is. My average commuting speed has dropped quite a bit its time to play some hypermilling games for entertainment.
Good shed, seems a decent buy at that price.
I've had my black one for 6 months or so and love it. I disagree a bit on the looks, sure it's no Aston DB7 but it's interesting and characterful and I far rarer sight than the thousands of Coopers, Fiesta Zetecs and what not that would be it's equivalent in terms of performance (though at 2-3 times the price).
I loe that no-one knows what it is, even people who claim to be real car enthusiasts, and I like that it's cheap and cheerful and very fun to drive. Would I have one if I was earning £100kpa - probably, as my fun city/daily car alongside a few other more flashy things.
A lot of car for the money and nice to see it featured
Here's mine:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I've had my black one for 6 months or so and love it. I disagree a bit on the looks, sure it's no Aston DB7 but it's interesting and characterful and I far rarer sight than the thousands of Coopers, Fiesta Zetecs and what not that would be it's equivalent in terms of performance (though at 2-3 times the price).
I loe that no-one knows what it is, even people who claim to be real car enthusiasts, and I like that it's cheap and cheerful and very fun to drive. Would I have one if I was earning £100kpa - probably, as my fun city/daily car alongside a few other more flashy things.
A lot of car for the money and nice to see it featured
Here's mine:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I think that looks OK really - hints of 80s hot hatches all over the place.
I passengered in one once tho - ride was also very 80s - not sure my back could take that anymore.
That said - the stock settings in Polos/Ibizas these days aren't much better - what is it with suspension engineers thinking everywhere is perfect tarmac?
I passengered in one once tho - ride was also very 80s - not sure my back could take that anymore.
That said - the stock settings in Polos/Ibizas these days aren't much better - what is it with suspension engineers thinking everywhere is perfect tarmac?
leedsutd1 said:
LotusEspritTurbo said:
I don't care if it's fun to drive, it looks a piece of cheap crap. Send it to the crusher.
that's what I was thinking but all you get is people looking at what cars you own and slagging them off for the sake of it 
It's a bit hypocritical to say one car looks crap when your own car looks like a block of cheese. dapearson said:
Sales girl at my last company had one of these....in yellow.
Not the brightest tool in the box bless her.
Told me that she had to be very careful driving it because it was basically a rally car. Salesmen had told her when she picked it up that she should use the accelerator very gently because it was such a fast car.
I had a Clio 172 at the time. I offered to take her for a spin in that to show her what a decently fast car was like but she declined.
Sergio Perez - Is that you posting here? Not the brightest tool in the box bless her.
Told me that she had to be very careful driving it because it was basically a rally car. Salesmen had told her when she picked it up that she should use the accelerator very gently because it was such a fast car.
I had a Clio 172 at the time. I offered to take her for a spin in that to show her what a decently fast car was like but she declined.
rallycross said:
Sorry but there is no best angle on these things and it was absurd of Suzuki to try and make a hot hatch out of something so tall and narrow with all the styling finesse of a 1970's box van - it's an abomination on wheels ffs!
Although, despite this, they seem to have managed it....rallycross said:
Sorry but there is no best angle on these things and it was absurd of Suzuki to try and make a hot hatch out of something so tall and narrow with all the styling finesse of a 1970's box van - it's an abomination on wheels ffs!
I was always told if I don't have anything nice to say.......patmahe said:
This was my one (forgive picture quality) it was so brilliant on track you just wouldn't believe. Fine on smooth roads but on bumpy stuff the ride was shocking, that's why I sold in the end, it was wrecking my back.
Great photo, even if it's blurry. We should put the blurring down to the speed.I had an Ignis Sport for 8 years and 70K miles.
Nothing went wrong bar the air-con.
A hoot to drive on the daily commute.
Up to 4K RPM, nothing happens. Then it remembered it was based on a rally car.
Sold it after getting a contract involving more travelling and wanting a 6th gear and working air-con!
So chopped it in for a Swift Sport.
Nothing went wrong bar the air-con.
A hoot to drive on the daily commute.
Up to 4K RPM, nothing happens. Then it remembered it was based on a rally car.
Sold it after getting a contract involving more travelling and wanting a 6th gear and working air-con!
So chopped it in for a Swift Sport.
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