skyhigh said:
jezyg said:
Itzben said:
What do you mean as a odd nutter?
By nutter I mean ... those that make wild claims. Like how their mothers bathroom carpet now fitted to their rear bumper adds 20mph to the top speed.
But it really does, honest.
Oh it does like the guy who need a bigger speedo on his SEAT Leon due to performance improvement, here is the review of his car...I admit to writing on a guy called Buzz123
<b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Seat Leon 1.9 TDI Buzz FIRST DRIVE[/b]<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Test date[/b]Tuesday, September 06, 2011<b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Price as tested[/b]£14,790,<b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Trade in value[/b]50p<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">The Leon Buzz manages impressive standard spec for such a fast car.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">What is it?[/b]<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">David Cameron might be out of kilter with the rest of us - he's just pulled a shocking handbrake turn on plans to let high speed cars like this Leon Buzz go as fast as they like - but European manufacturers are still striving to get faster, models that won't go bang onto the market. Ultra-fast models are good for our willy waving ability and brand image.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">This Leon is Seat's second high performance model since the Cupra R launched last year, and it follows a familiar performance formula. Starting with the basic 1.9-litre diesel Leon (with its 139g/km CO2 emissions and 45mpg average) Buzz's engineers optimised the ECU and adjusted the gear ratios to make third, fourth and fifth gear shorter.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">That added 7g/km CO2 and 35mph. Next they reduced weight by getting Buzz to go on a diet and fitting lighter steel wheels from a Scooter rather than alloys. Another 5mph added. Lastly folded the rear seats flat to improve speed and handling.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">That leaves Leon Buzz as the cheapest 140mph company car and more engine trouble than a Austin Maxi. Initially we scoffed at that the speed figure, but then managed an impressive real-world 130mph on our test drive, and the Buzz's hardly a stripped out model, it's still got air-conditioning, electric windows and a six-speaker stereo.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">It's also faster than the standard 104bhp Leon - managing 0-62mph in 3.5 seconds rather than 11 - because it's lighter after Buzz's diet.The downside is the way it drives. Shorter gears mean the Buzz delivers power smoothly but unenthusiastically and it's now unhappy to settle into fifth at speeds below 160mph. Pitch up to a corner quickly and the small scooter tyres struggle for grip, too. But the Leon Buzz has optional airbrakes and stabilisers to aid handling and stopping.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Then there's the price - around £14,500 ""“ a £1000 premium over the similarly equipped, 1.9-litre diesel Leon Reference that lest be honest won't blow up and you may live to drive another day.<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><b style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Should I buy one?[/b]<br style="color: rgb58, 58, 58; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">You'd have to be mad to buy a car that potentially will blow up and leave you dead after a few miles at 140mph. Residual value is very poor as it will be worthless after a few miles at the high speeds the Leon Buzz can attain. Die hard speed freaks may still be tempted the thought of the grim reaper too hard to resist.
Edited by: jezyg