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Ojc
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17th Oct 12 at 18:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Superb build quality btw everytime I get in mine I love it and its only got 140bhp
VegasPhil
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17th Oct 12 at 18:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Byron did a review on here when they were first released.

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=526216&highlight=1&pid=6864680#pid6864680

Here you go

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Jambo
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17th Oct 12 at 18:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So yup, get the BMW.
SetH
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Sounds pretty good to : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnZzIq4xTM&feature=fvwrel
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17th Oct 12 at 18:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Brake problems, i believe, are sticking calipers and cracking discs.

Timing chain issues are starting to rear their head on the Engines in both the Vectra and newer Insignias, mapped and standard. Low number of cases mind.

Depreciating like a bitch. My Vectra has gone down another £1-1.5k in the year I've had it. Meh. Only live once, not overly bothered if I'm honest. Running costs probably the main influence on that, and brand snobbery.

Think the Insignia also commands a Man Tax premium as does mine.


Buy one, and go out and wind up some German machinery on the roads. It's a proper laugh.

Don't get fucking wanky Arden Blue mind. Truly awful on such a big barge.
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What a coincidence! I was working in a house today and a car rumbling outside made me actually down tools to take a look

Sure enough it was a white Insignia VXR. Looked amazing big alloys, big brakes
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PS, I wouldn't have one. I'd spend the same money on a VXR8.
SetH
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quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
What a coincidence! I was working in a house today and a car rumbling outside made me actually down tools to take a look

Sure enough it was a white Insignia VXR. Looked amazing big alloys, big brakes


We are connected, dock later x
Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by djgritt
PS, I wouldn't have one. I'd spend the same money on a VXR8.


seth would have to leave the website if he bought one of those
SetH
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I think a VXR8 would be amusing for 5 minutes. Not sure I could live with it, surely its single figures MPG?

Also from the original Insignia thread :

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Originally posted by Col004
Nice car but crap for tuning.. the torque is limited already coz the 4x4 cant hack it.. Vauxhall just cant compete in the 4x4 market.


Now that they have been around a while and assuming a few have been mapped is this an 'actual' issue or just an armchair comment?
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I think mapped examples are coping well without issues with the drivetrain...
CORSA NUT
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
quote:
Originally posted by CORSA NUT
What a coincidence! I was working in a house today and a car rumbling outside made me actually down tools to take a look

Sure enough it was a white Insignia VXR. Looked amazing big alloys, big brakes


We are connected, dock later x


Standard exhaust note

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6sXG_4Fsp4
SetH
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FFS just looked at VXR8's and 15k gets you a good one.

Also just had a look at Monkfish and tuning prices sound reasonable as well.

To get a 335i to reliable 400/400 properly is more expensive then people realise I think. I've looked into it a lot.

*head scratching*
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
I think a VXR8 would be amusing for 5 minutes. Not sure I could live with it, surely its single figures MPG?


Ask Steve w, oh wait...
CORSA NUT
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http://www.xtreme-uk.net/performance-cars/detail.asp?ID=283

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