jr
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but you dont have a more comfortablle, faster and better non biscuit tin currently to also drive 
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P1CK4D
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be quicker than the corsa in 99% of applications
Its that other 1% where it matters
Why else would I own a chav biscuit tin  
You live in Southend. A Saxo is the perfect choice.
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Warren G
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be quicker than the corsa in 99% of applications
in a straight line, yes, about it though
track - the b
handling - the b
stopping - the b
the noise - the b
off the line - the b
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wheres this sell the corsa come from
i do hope we are talking about the C here
now lets face facts, an astra gsi isnt going to be better than the b
its an astra, used to cruise it, tour europe for a week, be reliable. its no focus rs is it not
i think il wait til im back off holiday until i get one now anyway, rather get a blue one tbh
Sell everything and focus on the GSi. Few subtle mods and it could actually be alot better than a Focus RS. Why isnt a GSi going to be better than the B?
why would i do that?
just doesnt make sense, i wont need to sell anything to buy and rs anyway.
pure fact is, i have a car i can take around track, have fun, then drive it home and leave it, and maybe fiddle about with it etc, knowing i build it
and id never get what iv paid for it, and i wont want to sell it
then id have an astra, for getting me to and from work, leave it standard, maybe lower only, few engine mods, 250bhp,
then il sell it in 6-7months
and if i want a bit of run, id just get on a bike, and have 10x better time
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P1CK4D
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Originally posted by Warren G
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Originally posted by jr
be quicker than the corsa in 99% of applications
in a straight line, yes, about it though
track - the b
handling - the b
stopping - the b
the noise - the b
off the line - the b
Money and parts used on the B are alot different to a standard GSi. Spend the same money and have the same modifications as the B and the GSi would win hands down, everytime.
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Warren G
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but i dont want to waste money on another car. thats the point. i dont want to waste time modding anything else,
by it, spend maybe £300-£500 lower it, few engine mods, map it, leave it.
personaly, i dont think astra with the same mods would be any better. but thats a totaly differnt story isn it realy
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P1CK4D
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There’s a movement to radically change California government, by getting rid of career politicians and chopping their salaries in half. A group known as Citizens for California Reform wants to make the California legislature a part time time job, just like it was until 1966.
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Warren G
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i think you just on the wind up pickals
i only wanted to know, how to ID a vxr turbo 
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gavin18787
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but you dont have a more comfortablle, faster and better non biscuit tin currently to also drive
I know
I need to get in touch with my personal car shopper from dartford again as I am going jap again in the new year
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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jr
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i think rich thinks the same as me "shudders"
the gsi and woom tissh will make you like it more than the corsa
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Nic Barnes
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the fun to be had spending and modifiying the astra is far greater than a corsa b. if you buy one the corsa will gather dust then get sold. it will be too much to leave it a std car.
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P1CK4D
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i think you just on the wind up pickals
Im honestly not. I really can't justify having the B and then spending that amount of money on a "run around" and more then modifying it.
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Warren G
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i think rich thinks the same as me "shudders"
the gsi and woom tissh will make you like it more than the corsa
corsa has a purpose. once finished, if it doesn't put a smile on my face, il eat my hat and fit a z20let.
believe me, im not gonna like the astra that much, not will fad slating it all the time anyway
its just a car ffs. i dont realy care 
astra is never going to be better than corsa, unless i get a top spec one, which im not
a run about for 6months, end of.
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Nic Barnes
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what is the first mod you have planned for the astra? and why are you so concered about it having a vxr turbo if its just a run around?
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P1CK4D
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Buying a GSi as a run about for 6months is fucking stupid. I needed a run about, and I bought the bmw and it is so much fun. Coilovers, Rear ARB, VXR turbo, FMIC and remap and the GSi would be a better car than the B in every way. And you wouldnt have to buy another car to try and impress abit of fluff or your boyfriends.
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Warren G
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the fun to be had spending and modifiying the astra is far greater than a corsa b. if you buy one the corsa will gather dust then get sold. it will be too much to leave it a std car.
the corsa is gathering dust anyway, doesnt get used, just parked up, broken, awaitng a decent engine and a roll cage
thats a project, i dont want to fuck about with another car, and the corsa c is boring me 
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i think you just on the wind up pickals
Im honestly not. I really can't justify having the B and then spending that amount of money on a "run around" and more then modifying it.
i will not drive a stripped out corsa everyday, i need a decent car, well half decent
i sell the C, say for £4k, buy an astra for £5k , i havent realy spent that much
and if i get a car already lowered with a few mods, i wont need to do anything else to it
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the fun to be had spending and modifiying the astra is far greater than a corsa b. if you buy one the corsa will gather dust then get sold. it will be too much to leave it a std car.
Fuck me Nic Barnes and myself agree.
When you get this Astra you won't have time for the Corsa, it becomes addictive and it's much easier to make a vroommmm tissshhhh go vroooommm vroooommmm.
I had the Nova when we got the first VXR so the situation is comparable and on those sunny days as lovely as the Nova was, the VXR was always going to draw the looks and you didn't have to worry about it breaking down or passing out from petrol fumes.
But then again it was really nice to have the choice.
I think your sensible enough to finish the Corsa B IMO. Just giving you points of view x
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It will be savagly fast yer but not "fun"
Saxo is more "fun" then the civic
I think I get the angle he is coming from
Ideally I would have an astra cdti888 and the saxo stripped and caged but I dont have a garage
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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why have a GSi if you are going to spend 500+ on it and sell in less than a years time if thats your plan? mayaswell buy a comfy barge like an omega or sometin for a daily hacker and concentrate on the corsa, i did the same sort of thing and believe me it dosent work out
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Warren G
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what is the first mod you have planned for the astra? and why are you so concered about it having a vxr turbo if its just a run around?
a remap, as that will cost me next to nothing, if it has a vxr turbo, it will push 250bhp as opoes to 230bhp
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Buying a GSi as a run about for 6months is fucking stupid. I needed a run about, and I bought the bmw and it is so much fun. Coilovers, Rear ARB, VXR turbo, FMIC and remap and the GSi would be a better car than the B in every way. And you wouldnt have to buy another car to try and impress abit of fluff or your boyfriends.
its not, i want a half decent car, that i can sell in 6months time, i do not intend on keeping it
what you have just said there, i like what the corsa has, alot of money on mods if it hasnt got it.
and for what reason? yes it will be quicker in a straight line, but around a track im not so sure, and thats what im bothered about. and its about the fun of it too.....why did you waste all that money on a corsa? same reason i expect
i can have a car to thrash if i want, and look half decent, and i car to realy push it around a track
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why have a GSi if you are going to spend 500+ on it and sell in less than a years time if thats your plan? mayaswell buy a comfy barge like an omega or sometin for a daily hacker and concentrate on the corsa, i did the same sort of thing and believe me it dosent work out
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jr
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sorry warren
i only thought about this as i saw an astra gsi today and wondered why you wanted one
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I don't think many if any people would agree with spending that amount of money + any kind of modifications for 6months.
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TurboChris
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The yellow DZ sticker is what they put on VXR turbos, normal zlet turbo dont have it or as shep said above the plate on turbo housing
Chris
[Edited on 30-12-2009 by TurboChris]
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Nic Barnes
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i bought a vectra b gsi simply due to the fact that there arent many tuning options for it so it would actually remain my daily driver without being modified. this then meant that none of the excitment has been taken away from my project car and i dont feel the urge to do anything to my daily driver other than maintain it to a useable standard.
i spent a lot of time looking at and test driving astra gsi mk4 and tbh, it had everything, and affordable ha id want, if i dint already have a project car. thus meaning when i drove a vectra gsi, it was comfy, not exactly quick and had virtually no tuning potential i thought right, thats what id call a run around. keeps the focus on the real project car.
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