20Vs! who has had one? who wants one?

rollaholic · Post by **rollaholic** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:07 pm

20vs get alot of stick around here

some of it deserved im sure

so lets see the truth! how many owners and ex owners?

no smart arse comments about owning them at the lights please

Steelo · Post by **Steelo** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:23 pm

I had a Trueno Bz-r, it was a really nice car. It handled brilliant, and miss having a nice revvy n/a engine. (I only miss it until I think about what I'm driving now)

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:30 pm

Own one, would not own another.

Reason for my choice is that i've had it coming up 5 years and if I got rid of it for whatever reason i'd go for something different just for a change. In saying that however its not getting off that easy, I plan to rev the pants off it for a long time yet!

I've serviced it regularly and it has treated me well. Nothing has been replaced that I wouldn't consider normal. eg done the brakes, aircon, plugs etc.

Toyota reliability ftw

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:47 pm

Haven't owned one and don't plan on owning one.

I think that should be an option, cause I don't think I could say that I'd NEVER own one, I just don't have any plans to

xsspeed · Post by **xsspeed** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:54 pm

I own two, but neither are driveable, and have never been driven by me

One should end up in my corolla...unless I change my mind

Post by **Distrb** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:44 pm

owned one, blew it up, rebuilt it, sold it (neo owns it now)

converted another car to 20v, blew it up, rebuilt it, still going ok.

hmmm so thats owned two, and destroyed both..

admittedly i used them all in an environment they weren't designed for

thegreatestben · Post by **thegreatestben** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:47 pm

Have one, goes OK.
If I was buying an N/a fwd I'd get a honda

B1NZ · Post by **B1NZ** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:29 pm

Owned one and loved it, was quick enough to have alot of fun, Went around corners very well and had alot of high rev track mileage.

Miss it alot sometimes

BigDon · Post by **BigDon** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:50 pm

owned three 20V's, thrashed three, still have one as a race car. Reliable easy to work on and parts a relativley cheap.

Now addicted to evo mivec turbo @ 1.8 bar and 4wd!

jakesae101 · Post by **jakesae101** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:08 pm

had a silvertop was fairly revvy (compared with the escorts i had owned ) thaught it was great till i found a 4agze id own another went in loudtoys 20v ae82 and was impressed

levinguy · Post by **levinguy** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:03 pm

i've had every n/a 4age and would have to say the favourite is the blacktop.

keeping in mind these are daily drivers and not weekend wonders.

edit: have also owned 2 smallport 4agzes and while they are fun, i still prefer the blacktop for a daily, the only situation for a 4agze is when they have a turbo on the side.

~SlideWays~ · Post by **~SlideWays~** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:10 am

Have had an ae101 silvertop for almost 4 years now and its great.

Ideal as a daily driver. Don't have to worry about parking it anywhere, its reliable, parts are easy to get, economical, enough power to have a bit of fun and cheap to buy in the first place.

What more do you need in a daily driver?

Its actaully my partners but I drive it every day

Lith · Post by **Lith** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:47 am

jakesae101 wrote:went in loudtoys 20v ae82 and was impressed

Something special about that boy, I went in/drove his old AE101 and was quite impressed even though I'd before hand and have since been in/driven many many others and not been so.

Odds are I would not ever own one, as really I'd be unlikely to go for a 1.6litre car for anything other than economical commuting (I looked into one for that reason but people were asking more than I'd pay - ended up with a Honda Prelude for less) and if for some reason I did - for me they are bottom of the barrel for me in terms of "performance 1600ccs" which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't the fact it isn't reflected by price.

1I1 · Post by **1I1** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:10 am

Currently have a blacktop and have had it for two years. I have a daily so only really drive the Corolla on the weekends. I would get another one if it was to be a track hack (non s/s BZG stripped out, rebuild motor with ST rods, tyres, suspension etc etc). But at the same time i could probably be easily tempted into something B or K series powered :wink:

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:14 am

Personally, I'm thinking of something powered by a certain F series engine...

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:00 pm

I've had one, and it was a pretty fun wee car. Wife used to own one as well, and that was a bit slower, but handled fantastically. I'd own another one if I ever need to buy a nice runabout, I think if I ever retire my KE70 wagon for good I'd replace it with a BZ Touring or something.

TRD_ZERO · Post by **TRD_ZERO** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:24 pm

I own a blacktop but its getting force fed. It wasnt all that impressive in N/a form but wasnt that bad either (it was better than the vtir civic i testdrove). It handles great with good tires. Ive been in a touring wagon that was very impressive compared to my bzg but my smallport gze is alot more fun.

Zitchu · Post by **Zitchu** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:27 pm

Had an AE101 for just over 4 years. Sold it about a month ago. Kinda miss it

tsoob · Post by **tsoob** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:30 pm

Adamal wrote:Haven't owned one and don't plan on owning one.

I think that should be an option, cause I don't think I could say that I'd NEVER own one, I just don't have any plans to

x2

XSVWGN · Post by **XSVWGN** » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:57 am

I love them. Have owned 3 silvertops now and have rebuilt two of them and have a blacktop with a hair dryer on it in the build

Toyspeed

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