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Jambo

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30th Jun 12 at 15:46

Airbag lights can be a 5min fix, wiggling a wire OR it can be very problematic, icky of the drawer. Mine was laws the 5min job luckily.

Gearbox mounts vary between £40-120 IIRC plus fitting. If you drive one and it juddered under load or pops out of third, then it's mounts.

CORSA NUT

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30th Jun 12 at 17:33

Caned my 182 full fat everywhere and still got 35 MPG

insurance was cheap and it never broke or rattled.

Only thing that annoyed me was I thought it was a bit gutless above 80

i remember having my foot planted on the motorway with a shitty 320i up my arse and it took forever to get to 90 do I could pull over.

CORSA NUT

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30th Jun 12 at 17:33

*so I could pull over

AndyCorsaSport

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30th Jun 12 at 17:39

Same as Jambo here, miss mine loads. Contplating another, same as you one of the cheaper ones.

Great cars, out handled most things on track on Eibach springs. Michelin Pilot Exaltos are epic tyres.

Cups have the Turini's (better wheels) aswell as the cup spoiler and splitter, no climate control, no ABS, no leather/suade and no traction control.

Personally for a daily car if go for a normal one with climate, leather and Xenons. If I was buying one for track I'd get a cup.

Jambo

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30th Jun 12 at 17:40

Bit noisy on the Mway also, but it's a small city car not a GRand tourer.

gtitim

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30th Jun 12 at 19:00

Bought one last month - a 52 reg 172. FSH, 110k, one owner. £1675

Things to watch from experience -

Cambelt service - just booked mine in for genuine cambelt kit, genuine aux belt kit and dephazer inc oil service - £560.00

Exhausts rot and std are dearer than stainless

Dicky electrics occasionally.

I love mine - bought for the mrs until she has my Octavia VRS as the family car. I have already stolen the Clio.

I need to replace the backbox on mine as its blowing, and it wants a set of rear discs, but otherwise its great. Averaging 36mpg on urban runs of 7 mile commutes.

richc

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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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30th Jun 12 at 19:13

My mate hates his - and thats comming from a c2 vts :/

Its been dropped and the ride is stupidly shit.I also hate how much it revs on the motorway - it likes being in a 1.4 corsa sport.

Jambo

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30th Jun 12 at 19:26

If its been dropped then that's why the ride is shot. My cup packed one rode as well as my M3.

CORSA NUT

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30th Jun 12 at 20:31

Ooooo another vote for exaltos! Easily still the best handling car I've ever driven. I made the mistake of fitting an aftermarket exhaust and it ruined it

make it no quicker just boomy as fuck at any speed.

I'd be looking at a 182 full fat (both cup packs) bollocks to the Cup cars I like my luxeries

Fad

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Registered: 1st Feb 01
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30th Jun 12 at 20:44

Still think my 182 was one of the best cars I owned. Deffo not gutless at higher revs, mine pulled round to 120 with ease!

John

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30th Jun 12 at 20:45

Gutless until higher revs.

Fad

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30th Jun 12 at 20:46

Also buying at the bottom of the market will be an error IMO as most are abused and not looked after. This will undoubtedly tarnish the ownership experience.

Jambo

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30th Jun 12 at 21:15

John its not gutless you have to drive it. Its not a diesel vectra.

John

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30th Jun 12 at 21:57

It was in response to somebody saying gutless at higher revs. Higher revs is where everything was at.

My opinion on them hasn't changed overall but as I've said before, at the price they are now, a lot of car.

Eddx14xe

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30th Jun 12 at 22:01

I've also been looking at the 172's. Test drove one in Milton keynes and had a massive smile on my face the whole time. Although I've decided to save up a bit more money and hold out for a 182, they're newer and not really that much more money.

Jambo

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30th Jun 12 at 22:43

Would love to get a black one, some old trend lines in need of a retrim and strip it out dynamat the lot and retrim it in creamleather inc dash etc. matched inlets remapped etc.

gez bay

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1st Jul 12 at 08:51

I owned a ph1 172 for a few years. Loved it, when I sold it, was the biggest regret. So I bought a new 200 cup.
Awesome cars, so much fun.

corsadonk

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1st Jul 12 at 09:26

I had a 172 Cup, I didn't mind the basic interior. It used to knock like a bitch when it was hot, when you ragging it off the line, and sometimes when it was hot, it didn't want to turn over, the first flick of the key. I'd have another.

Jambo

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1st Jul 12 at 10:50

Oh yes they key is an immobiliser issue, one of mind didn't do it one did!

Mr Clean

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1st Jul 12 at 10:54

ive had the 172 and the 182 and to be fair in power there is nothing really between them,

my 172 was the cup but i just wished it had abs as it just locked up everywhere!

Nismo

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2nd Jul 12 at 10:11

I much prefer the stand 172 interior but i just think the cup colour and wheel shake it look better.

this one was on ebay yesterday asking price is around 2K!

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2nd Jul 12 at 18:36

That's weird, I'm sure they never came with orange indicators.

On my second 182 now, this one only cost me £1,850 and it's a minter.

35mpg motorway... 25mpg town driving for me.

Cambelt is a specialist job because most indy's don't have the correct tools.

Jambo

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2nd Jul 12 at 19:18

Saw an orange inferno cup earlier.

I want another one.

Baskey

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2nd Jul 12 at 19:28

I sold mine on Friday after many years of ownership.