Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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They sure do. They are gorgeous cars and a small price of me somewhere wishes I hadn't sold mine as it was the most imaculate fault free car I have ever owned. It's horses for courses at the end of the day so fill ya boots.
But I won't say I told you so 
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fir3vip3r
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
They sure do. They are gorgeous cars and a small price of me somewhere wishes I hadn't sold mine as it was the most imaculate fault free car I have ever owned. It's horses for courses at the end of the day so fill ya boots.
But I won't say I told you so
Excuse me, are you being reasonable with your advice, im not used to this on an internet forum
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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Originally posted by fro-dizzle
TWIN SPOKES!!!!!
And they'll be back soon 
That car still looks the same as in that shot, but facing the other way now
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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you keeping the corsa now then?
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lil_g
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Originally posted by fro-dizzle
you keeping the corsa now then?
Cannot bear to sell it tbh
Kind of gutted I stripped the airdam and leathers now as I loved how it used to look 
Will probably be rebuilt (again) over the summer and might be at trax 
u2u'd back btw
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Let go get the stuff back 
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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Where's jakey..........
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Stunning in Arden blue.
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Jordan C
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Registered: 3rd Dec 07
Location: Dundee City Drives: Valver Corsa
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I badly want an Arden blue one
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fuzzy
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Registered: 28th Feb 09
Location: Dundee City
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Originally posted by Jordan C
I badly want an Arden blue one
Buy one than you sassig!!
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Selling mine too.
Well provisionaly sold.
Removing all modded parts and returning to standard first though.
Good cars, but after 300bhp it's a lot of money to chase power, thats pretty much the only reason I'm getting rid of mine.
Think I'll keep the wheels though I fancy 5-studding A mk3 astra LET
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Sheps wheels are teh sex tbh
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Jordan C
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Registered: 3rd Dec 07
Location: Dundee City Drives: Valver Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by fuzzy
quote:
Originally posted by Jordan C
I badly want an Arden blue one
Buy one than you sassig!!
Its spelt sasaj! ya sasaj!
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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quote:
Originally posted by fir3vip3r
quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
They sure do. They are gorgeous cars and a small price of me somewhere wishes I hadn't sold mine as it was the most imaculate fault free car I have ever owned. It's horses for courses at the end of the day so fill ya boots.
But I won't say I told you so
Excuse me, are you being reasonable with your advice, im not used to this on an internet forum
It can happen
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Would sell wheels for a decent offer
Everything is for sale at a price. 
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frostyD
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
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Originally posted by ShEp
Would sell wheels for a decent offer
Everything is for sale at a price.
Has your 200 manifold already got a zlet head flange on it ?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Dunno what it is with the GSi that makes the steering feel lifeless but it is, thats not to say it's not a good handling car and even better once upgrades have been applied.
I would deffo go for a Coupe, I think NovaNeils one is gorgeous and SpanishGuys
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ShEp
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It did frosty yeah.
I bought the flanges and manifold off ebay and got my dad to weld it.
Saw a good profit on it, I was maybe thinking about making 5/10 and selling them on, but people can do the work themselves it's pretty straight forward.
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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there not quick but one thing i found strange the other day i was playing with an st on the m45 near dunchurch (midlands), and we both came off a roundabout roughly 40mph up to 120mph and the gap between us stayed the same so dont know what to say there, and it was the whole hog orange st... and yes he was ragging it as his exhaust smelt like last nights eggs lol
im goin to disgree with what some say ive owned mine for 3 years now and it has been extremely reliable, most reliable car ive owned by a mile............. my standard turbo is even still goin strong at 62k miles...
i would also say yes it maybe abit boring to drive but people like jambo you have to take into account he has owned an m3 which im sorry is a far superior car so the astra gsi will always be in its shadows....
you have owned a st from new which will have felt new and refined you wont get this from a second hand gsi, ive owned a puma and i thought that was rubbish well not rubbish but i thought it felt slow and revved to slow but that just me.
my astra got 38mpg on a 500 mile trip last year, and gets around 27-28 round town if you drive like an adult and not 17 year old so fuel aint that bad..... not when you consider a 1.8 mondeo only hits mid 30's mpg on the run with 80 odd bhp less
so to sum up.... for me......
extremely reliable (for me)
seats are very comfortable
reasonable performance
fantastic looks
not bad to run my cambelt/tensioners and water pump was only 269 quid at a vauxhall dealer
not the best handler but ive driven alot worse
more room than ur current puma inside
good stereo
not a bad car
[Edited on 18-05-2010 by corsa120]
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Dunno what it is with the GSi that makes the steering feel lifeless but it is, thats not to say it's not a good handling car and even better once upgrades have been applied.
I would deffo go for a Coupe, I think NovaNeils one is gorgeous and SpanishGuys
Thank you 
My 2 pennies worth....
I got mine with just a suspension kit on it and i'll be honest, although it gripped well and had good high speed stability it was a little dull / numb through the steering...
However, mines now fitted with a host of Whiteline products & it is totally transformed! Both on the road and track. Very impressed!
So yes they are not the best handling car (in terms of driver fun) as standard. But are more than capable and enjoyable with money spent in the right places.
Cheers,
Neil
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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ben there great cars,
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=559275
to be trueful, its a solid built reliable car, i love the seats
and its suprising what it keeps up with,
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corsa120
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Registered: 4th May 02
Location: Northamptonshire
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hey novaneil, was it you who was behind me and my mate i was in a blue astra gsi and a black civic type r was my mate in front of me was ages ago coming out of leamington you followed us for quit a while to be fair, we could not play as we'd been to a funeral lol..
the car looks just like the one whop followed us in ur avatar
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Ash_EP3
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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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I've always loved their looks, raced a friend of mine who has one and he pulled away from me initially (I was in 3rd doing 40mph - I swear he was in 2nd because he boosted off and changed gear although he swears he was in 3rd ) Arden blue is undoubtedly the best colour for these cars though...
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Pete_vxl
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Registered: 24th Nov 06
Location: Lochgelly, Fife
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good solid car, quite good mpg. i havnt looked at prices for a while now so cant comment on it. I would rather a gsi over a coupe anyday. If you one of these people that take the3ir car to the limit all the time and care how many seconds you can shave off in the corners i would leave it. If youre after a refined ar that will do everything day to day and occasionally give it some stick, you cant go wrong.
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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I've got one of them to Warren
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