Karnage Corsa
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My mates after a gsi hes found an n reg with 100000 on it do u think thats too much or should he go for it its white mint bodywork on it not heard the engine yet but going to look at it tomorrow what should we be aware of what to look out for ?
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whitter45
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wouldn't buy a GSI with 100K miles
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Karnage Corsa
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y ? give a reason an explanation I had a gsi with nearly 70000 on it and it was superb sold it to adam d what an enbgine it was I have a valver now but I do miss it
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1600power
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people read to much into milege! if its been regularly serviced and not thrashed around everywhere there's no reason to not consider it. I wud however makesure that the price is a fair one i.e a good few quid cheaper than a lower milege example!
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LukeGSi
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Originally posted by 1600power
people read to much into milege! if its been regularly serviced and not thrashed around everywhere there's no reason to not consider it. I wud however makesure that the price is a fair one i.e a good few quid cheaper than a lower milege example!
This man speaks sense  Mine has only done 42k  although im sure there are better C16xes with far many more miles on the clocks
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Karnage Corsa
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Thanks chaps going to have a look at it tonight I have had my GSI 2 years so I think I know pretty well what to look out for so I will give it a good run over and see how it feels and sounds
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Demo
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Originally posted by 1600power
people read to much into milege! if its been regularly serviced and not thrashed around everywhere there's no reason to not consider it. I wud however makesure that the price is a fair one i.e a good few quid cheaper than a lower milege example!
This man speaks sense Mine has only done 42k although im sure there are better C16xes with far many more miles on the clocks
yep, this guy is talking complete sense. as long as the car has been looked after, then there is no reason to worry about 100k mileage. regular services and also check about things that go before or round about 100k such as water pump, head gasket, cam belt.
as long as they have all been sorted then theres no reason to worry
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miles
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The problem is that is hard to know how well an engine has been looked after. SH helps, but I personally dont think just taking your car for a service every 12k is that great. No way of knowing if its been ragged from cold etc, and you can bet a garage wont service a car with as much attention as you could...
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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its true if its been looked after the Gsi engine is GREAT!!! and will pull past the 100k miles mark and further easily with very good tuning potential
however if its not had a good service history then the Gsi engines suffer TERRIBLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY when it goes past the 70k miles mark!! as this is when the signs start showing, beleive me!! me n my mate both have had bad condition Gsi's, they basically get very bad oil consumption problems!!
my mate had a rebuild but it still wasnt cured!!
and mine is looking to get a full rebuild done probly but i dunno if its worth it! 
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Karnage Corsa
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Going to look at it now so fingers crossed I have taken into account everything u have said and we will see what happens from here
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mike_1.2LS96
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Originally posted by Karnage Corsa
My mates after a gsi hes found an n reg with 100000 on it do u think thats too much or should he go for it its white mint bodywork on it not heard the engine yet but going to look at it tomorrow what should we be aware of what to look out for ?
You sure that's N reg? I thought GSi were made from 93 to 95, is that K to L or M?
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Karnage Corsa
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I think they made gsi's on a n but they were ecotec not pre ecotek if u know what I mean, place was closed so going down tomorrow straight after work to see it cheers
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Keithie
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i have an n reg gsi, its milage is just a tad under 110,000. runs like a dream. been serviced regularly tho
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Ian
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Mine has 115k on, gearbox was like waving a stick about in the wind and the brakes were a little bit criminal, nothing a couple of trips to the scrappy and my VX dealer didnt sort.
[Edited on 14-05-2004 by Ian]
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