anyone ever owned an AXGT/I

[vader]

my mate brought one round yesterday, bloody hell for a 1.4 is was well quick, he was racing round like it was a go kart, felt very light and nimble.

have you ever had/ driven one of these little french cars???? what did u think???

[Martin T]

Quick but not as good as a Mini with a boosted intercooled metro turbo engine in it!

[jibber]

yeh, my brother. axgt500, half leather and dark met grey. did all the modding for him. flimsy, feable, dodgy lectrics, poorly built bag of ****e. and watch for rust in the top of the front inner wings, just behind the headlamps (that are as dim as feck) oh, forgot stupidly spaced pedals...... think ive got a pipercross ind kit in the shed if your interested...

[luke 200]

Got an AX but it certainly aint a GT. 954cc!:D
Runs on thin air though! Its saving me a fortune.



forgot stupidly spaced pedals

Oh yes the pedals! so close together you need size 2 feet to drive an AX properly.

[Kes]

I bought one with no MOT a few years ago, and spent a week soring it out. I got some Spax springs and lowered the front, adjusted the rear torsion bar to match. It had a Janspeed exhaust and I bought the pipercross filter, and all seemed ok.

I just finished it all in time for Trax about 3 years ago, so I took it on the 0 - 60. Best I could manage was a 10.9!!!! I was gutted!:confused: :(

Drove the thing home and rang the autotrader, sold it within a week. It looked sweet, and felt ok to drive, if a bit too light weight, but it was sh*t slow! I think I got a bad one, and maybe the engine was on it's way out, although it never smoked or anything.

[Tenman]

heh, I had one run into the back of my Volvo, didn't even scratch the Volvo but there was Feck all left of the front of the AX

[arry]

my bro had one a few years back and i must say it was sh**.........having said that, my old corolla gti ran a 16.2sec quarter (proven) and i got minced by an ax from 40-110!!!!!:mad: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

stopped up to ask the guy what he had done to it - ported and polished with a piper'x filter - that was it! very very suprised at that:eek: didnt believe him mind you;)

[JonnySpeedbump]

Yep, I've had two of these... nippy little feckers but the top end is sh:t :p !
I destroyed the wheels and suspension struts on the first one after driving over a sleeping policeman in an abandoned car park at about 60mph :eek:, hence my boardname!
I looked after my second one better. Black one, lowered with Dare anthracite 5 spokes, K+N, full Peco system and a Kent fast road cam. T'was a fast wee bugger and would frequently humiliate all the other Nova/Corsa etc 'scrabble-mobiles' :D .
The electrics and rust were indeed a problem.
Jonny

[luke 200]

I just noticed today that my AX has got a plastic tailgate.:eek:

Couldn't believe it.

[Dai]

Yeah, plastic tailgates are cool - not!

I have aDebut 1.5 diesel, great 4 economy. Am selling it htough cause i'm getting a ZX TD instead.

Anyone want it ??

[TomM]

How much? ;) :) I miss my old one at the moment. I had a AX 1.4D for a couple of years - a lovely car! Nippy as hell, and handled well too, probably due to weighing less than a well-starved sparrow. Crap road/engine noise, crap heater, crap headlights, but could run on the Mway at 85 all day on a teaspoonful of olive oil. :) Went the way of all old cars to make way for the 200sx...

And it handled better than my current 'point-and-shoot' Bravo - the nastiest car I've ever driven in the wet - it makes the 200 seem benign & well-behaved. :eek: :) It seems on the edge of traction at all times, with hideous torque steer and understeer. You really do just roll around corners and then apply the power . :(

[luke 200]

And it handled better than my current 'point-and-shoot' Bravo - the nastiest car I've ever driven

Hehe the bloke that I got the AX off of was buying a bravo:D