amyjdcorsa
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Registered: 28th Mar 09
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i am getting rid of my corsa b 1.28v and getting a astra g 1.4 16v.are these astras any good are they quick and what they like on juice?
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
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didnt know you could get a 1.28v corsa, also for astras to run on juice...
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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Can't see a 1.4 being "quick" I have a 1.6 and its not fast atall...
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amyjdcorsa
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surely will be quicker than my corsa?
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Minty_Fresh
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it would be quicker, not by a silly amount though, but not exactly quick in general..
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mark_gsi
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wont be to bad on petrol if you drive sensible i guess.
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Cyril
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Registered: 2nd Nov 06
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jus got one of these and i wouldnt describe it as fast. but there ok on fuel depends what your expecting.
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amyjdcorsa
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well i just use car for general nippin to shops and goin to see family.with odd long run on motorway.my corsa is really greedy does bout 25 to 30 to gallon
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corsa_1.4
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Like sombody else said, I also have a 1.6 16v astra and its got loads of pull in 1st and 2nd and thats it really. Oh and they drink oil

Pretty reliable aswell!
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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quote: Originally posted by mk4_boy
didnt know you could get a 1.28v corsa, also for astras to run on juice...
Well done on picking up on the fact he missed a space.
You missed a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and also "didnt" should be "didn't".
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ProjectNCK
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Registered: 22nd Oct 07
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Avoid the 8 valve Astras like the plague
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meach86
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Registered: 22nd Mar 08
Location: Stourbridge WMIDS
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8v FTW. My old mans got 1.6 16v and it drinks oil, common on these engines
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ProjectNCK
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Im nto saying it about all 8 valves just i had the 1.6 8v and it just had nothing but problems with oils and just random stalling go for the 16v
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meach86
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quote: Originally posted by ProjectNCK
Im nto saying it about all 8 valves just i had the 1.6 8v and it just had nothing but problems with oils and just random stalling go for the 16v
Differance in opinion mate which is fair enough all my mates run 16v and i always get hammered for running an 8v 
ps mine never breaks down though lol
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