Dave86
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after my car being officially written off, ive been searching and searching for a new car. I still want a Turbo, and my eye has caught a few, but ive spotted a Vauxhall Gsi Turb on PH, price is a bit steep but i reckon i could get it for a few hundred less! anyone had any experiences with these, are they built well? are they generally all round good cars? what sort of problems should i look out for? any help would much be appreciated
car in question Clicky
thanks
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saj_123
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As you have said that is expensive, 1952? 
Parkers suggest just over 3k. I think I may have the wrong car.
[Edited on 15-04-2010 by saj_123]
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Dave86
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haha yea i dont know what thats about, must of been smoking crack whilst putting the ad up
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ShEp
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Look out for smoke, thats the biggest thing.
Turbo's are weak
Header tanks crack
Check for general wear and tear
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Dave86
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thanks mate
are these parts expensive if broken to fix?
[Edited on 15-04-2010 by slowandstandard]
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Twitch
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if the turbo shits its self is a good £500 repair. if your going to get a turbo car tbh you want to pay more than advised but make sure its all just had a service or parts replacing. a turbo should last easily over a year if treated right but you'll find most people selling a turbo car is getting rid of it for a reason.
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Dave86
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yea thats true, had a few turbos before, never had a problem (touch wood) guy says it has FSH just passed MOT, i kno that dosent count for much these days, but at least its been looked after, well i hope
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Twitch
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problem is a car can still pass a MOT with a fucked turbo. its always the biggest problem is if the turbo is ok and its always a 50/50 chance
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Dave86
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yea thats true, its always a chance someone takes when buying a Turbo'd car tho eh, youve either pulled it off or your fcuked basically, buying someone else's problems
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Twitch
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you can pick up a nice MK5 astra SRI turbo for about 3-3.5k now days you should look into one of them. little more reliable 
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Skylined
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Isn't that underpriced?
My mate just sold his blue one for 5400.
I bought my blue one for 5800 last september.
or is it just blue ones that are more?
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Dave86
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hope not haha!
think the blue ones and red ones are more rare.
i thought it was a bit overpriced because of the mileage
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Fad
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=553371
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Dave86
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hmmmm 
any pictures of interior?
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Fad
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Its mint I treated the leather in it a few weeks ago!
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corsa120
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a turbo should last about a year?????????????????????????????? what you talking about
im on my origional turbo on 59k miles and ive owned it for the last 3 years and 2 months and its bin fantastic to own, i must have a good one, only problem in 3 years is afm
bin a brilliant car for me to be honest, very reliable and does what i want it to do etc etc and to be honest my turbo still seems same as it was 3 years ago pulls the same etc etc
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Pete_vxl
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Love my car. In standard form it was very good and everything i needed. I bought mine right after a turbo replacement, its all down to how the car was looked after.
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Dave86
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what do you drive corsa120?
[Edited on 15-04-2010 by slowandstandard]
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corsa120
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c20xe corsa
mk4 astra gsi turbo
suzuki bandit 1200s lol
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Dave86
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arden blue, lovely! where did you get the grill from mate?
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ChrisBoom
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My SRI Turbo is still on its original turbo at 112k, they last if looked after. Ill still be ripping it off in favour of a VXR turbo though 
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M-IKE19
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Location: highlands Drives; Astra GSi Turbo and Corsa GSi
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blue 1s r most common red are the rarest
[Edited on 16-04-2010 by M-IKE19]
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Chris
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My Zlet is on its 3rd turbo in 56k, header tank just replaced.
In the scheme of things its £0.00125 per mile replacement turbo cost.
Other wise fault less
Smokes at take of, but flies though MOT even when u carnt see across the workshop, they look for the HC levels in test and the car is spot of that.
But as the car does 3500k a year not worth getting it fixed.
Would recomend vxr upgrade and phase 1 chip, will be looking at 80-100 in 2 secs.
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Dave86
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thanks mate, dont suppose you would know the cost of a vxr upgrade and phase 1 chip?
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Chris
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Last time a spoke to lmf it was about 550 for turbo, plus fitting but not a hard job.
Phase 1 prob 300ish,
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