Suzuki Ignis Sport
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matty_doh said:
Bit of a bump, nice car OP!
Looking into one of these next year and was wondering if I could ask a few questions;
Does the car have a trip computer? (Seen the clock in the dash and was wondering if it was a computer as well)
A lot of people are saying it's a bit noisy on the motorway? Just how bad is it?
What's the luggage space like? Would it be able to hold everything for a couple of days away for two?
What sort of MPG are you getting when on a hoon? Does the MPG differ much between driving like a saint and driving like a loon?
It has some sort of computer in the centre dash but I have never used it! Will have a look at what it does tonight...Looking into one of these next year and was wondering if I could ask a few questions;
Does the car have a trip computer? (Seen the clock in the dash and was wondering if it was a computer as well)
A lot of people are saying it's a bit noisy on the motorway? Just how bad is it?
What's the luggage space like? Would it be able to hold everything for a couple of days away for two?
What sort of MPG are you getting when on a hoon? Does the MPG differ much between driving like a saint and driving like a loon?
Edited by matty_doh on Wednesday 9th September 14:17
At 80mph it is doing approx 4000rpm so is not the most quiet of cars. Will happily sit there all day and if you plant your foot from there in top it pulls pretty well with peak torque being around that point and the vvt phasing in.
Boot is small, seats fold completely flat though with no effort and from there you can fill it up to the roof...
I usually fill up at around 280 miles and it takes 35 litres to that. I'd honestly say you would struggle to get less than 30mpg to a tank with the odd hoon mixed in. The recommendation is to fill them with 98+ octane though (filler cap says).
The central clock has average speed and length of time driving, there is no indicated MPG.
It seems a lot less frugal than it is, mainly because it has a smallish fuel tank (41l) and very, very conservative fuel light. As above I fill up at 280 miles usually, and I'm always quite shocked that there is a good 15l or so left despite the needle showing nearly empty. I run it on Tesco 97 (99 where possible) and genuinely haven't seen it drop under 35mpg or so, and that includes plenty of spirited driving and even more stop-start town traffic.
Anyhow, still going well after a few months, still love it. Picked up 5 spare OEM alloys (all virtually unused) for just over £100, which was a pleasant bargain. Most people go for wider wheels, but I'm loving the skinny tyre action so figured I would stick to the originals, very playful car.
Decided to keep it standard, been reading some in-depth technical gubbins I didn't really understand, and speaking to a few guys who race/rally them and they all say that without spending serious money on genuine Japanese Suzuki Motorsport parts or custom made stuff here in the UK, there is very little that can be done to improve it, the initial set-up was/is very very good and easy to mess up with cheap springs etc. Anti-roll bars have been the only consistent suggestion for noticeable differences, but I don't want to dampen the fun, even if that is at the expense of outright pace.
The only downside is speed-humps, the ride really is back-breaking over the ones on my way to work, even though I basically crawl over them. They never felt that bad in my Cup, but it's nothing a half-mile detour each morning hasn't fixed.
On a final note for now, I've seen one other in 3 months now (and that was at Rallyday, so understandable), for a £2.5k car it sure generates an awful lot of discussion with other petrol heads, most of whom know of them but have not actually seen any about.
It seems a lot less frugal than it is, mainly because it has a smallish fuel tank (41l) and very, very conservative fuel light. As above I fill up at 280 miles usually, and I'm always quite shocked that there is a good 15l or so left despite the needle showing nearly empty. I run it on Tesco 97 (99 where possible) and genuinely haven't seen it drop under 35mpg or so, and that includes plenty of spirited driving and even more stop-start town traffic.
Anyhow, still going well after a few months, still love it. Picked up 5 spare OEM alloys (all virtually unused) for just over £100, which was a pleasant bargain. Most people go for wider wheels, but I'm loving the skinny tyre action so figured I would stick to the originals, very playful car.
Decided to keep it standard, been reading some in-depth technical gubbins I didn't really understand, and speaking to a few guys who race/rally them and they all say that without spending serious money on genuine Japanese Suzuki Motorsport parts or custom made stuff here in the UK, there is very little that can be done to improve it, the initial set-up was/is very very good and easy to mess up with cheap springs etc. Anti-roll bars have been the only consistent suggestion for noticeable differences, but I don't want to dampen the fun, even if that is at the expense of outright pace.
The only downside is speed-humps, the ride really is back-breaking over the ones on my way to work, even though I basically crawl over them. They never felt that bad in my Cup, but it's nothing a half-mile detour each morning hasn't fixed.
On a final note for now, I've seen one other in 3 months now (and that was at Rallyday, so understandable), for a £2.5k car it sure generates an awful lot of discussion with other petrol heads, most of whom know of them but have not actually seen any about.
Edited by ukaskew on Wednesday 14th October 19:16
i used to have i one i loved it and still do i'd love my old one back or even another one, my only dampner is that the wheels a little skinny for the winder archs but nothing a new set of rims doesnt solve!! i also used to love the ignis forum it was a great place and the people are great to!! join if you havent already site is something www.sisoc.co.cc i think
i had h&r spings on mine but not in thoughs pictures it sat nicly but as your aware the ride was made super hard almost to the point of no movement at all and very little give it handled so well mind. personally i'd get just a back box on it just purely because i thought the engine was really quiet and i enjoyed the noise it made but yea theres very little bolt on parts for the engine and really its great from traffic light GP and B road blasts, dont know if they where really pushing hard but it kept up with 1.8 golfs and such the like!!
i had h&r spings on mine but not in thoughs pictures it sat nicly but as your aware the ride was made super hard almost to the point of no movement at all and very little give it handled so well mind. personally i'd get just a back box on it just purely because i thought the engine was really quiet and i enjoyed the noise it made but yea theres very little bolt on parts for the engine and really its great from traffic light GP and B road blasts, dont know if they where really pushing hard but it kept up with 1.8 golfs and such the like!!
Edited by li4m on Thursday 15th October 00:20
Owners club not dead by any means - Moved to http://www.sisoc.co.cc/
Also worth a look is http://ht81s.blogspot.com/
http://www.redlinegti.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=25...
Also worth a look is http://ht81s.blogspot.com/
http://www.redlinegti.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=25...
Edited by mark_mcd on Thursday 15th October 09:56
li4m your old ignis is for sale on ebay and in the classifieds on here. and as for the old site having a tombstone on the reason why it doesnt redirect to the new site is that the owner of the old site wont do it and he wouldnt let the owners of the new site move the old threads etc over onto the new one before he deleted them. thats all i know about it but there could be other reasons aswell
The section in the review about spin is interesting, noticed this quite bit accelerating out of corners etc even at relatively modest speeds and wondered what the hell was going on at first. Never felt like it was going to let go or give up, just an odd feeling to get used to as I've not experienced it any other car. Learned to moderate the throttle much better now, just never expected to need to in a 107bhp car! Also pleasantly surprised by the weight, I knew it was light, but 945kg is very light for such a car these days.
I love the skinny tyres though, shame that so few of them seem to remain on original wheels, it's part of the fun/charm in my opinion.
I love the skinny tyres though, shame that so few of them seem to remain on original wheels, it's part of the fun/charm in my opinion.
if you fancy sleeping in your car the centre clock is also an alarm handy, i want my old one back so ive put my car up for sale and hopefully ill get it back!!
there nice and easy to work on only thing that went wrong on my was the drive shaft popped off but that was a recall fault. really realiable and a great revv loving engine itll sit a 4k all day but it is rather drowing on the motorway but nothing some extra sound deadening wouldnt solve
there nice and easy to work on only thing that went wrong on my was the drive shaft popped off but that was a recall fault. really realiable and a great revv loving engine itll sit a 4k all day but it is rather drowing on the motorway but nothing some extra sound deadening wouldnt solve
ukaskew said:
The only downside is speed-humps, the ride really is back-breaking over the ones on my way to work, even though I basically crawl over them.
That makes me feel better...I thought mine might have had a problem it was so jarring.Picked one of these up last Sunday having seen what a hoot ukaskew's having with his (I myself have also come from a Clio 172 Cup...still have it for fun/trackdays)...got myself bargain of the century I think...55 plate, genuine 24k miles with fully stamped everything and it was only £2,500.
Initial thoughts so far;
Superb throttle response
Very upright driving position (got used to it after 500 miles though)
Possesses more 'go' than it has any right to, loves the revs
Heater and aircon are supper powerful - sub-zero or furnace at will in seconds
Very firm fidgety ride
Surprisingly good feedback through the electric power-steering
Laughs at you for taking corners at normal speeds, urges you to go back and add 20mph
Only run the one tank through it so far on Tesco 95 slop and managed a respectable 38.5 mpg. That's been driving it like I stole it for a week while continually laughing out loud.
Most worrying thing is my wife's taken it out for the first time tonight...the text I got proclaimed "I like this, nippy bugger!".
Oh dear.
Highly recommended!
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