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Matt H
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16th Nov 05 at 08:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As the days get colder & the chance of snow increases I realised that it might be a good time to start looking. Question is do I but a shitter & run it into the ground or buy a reasonable one to keep for a while.

What do you all have?

It'd be nice to have another Corsa as I know my way round them & maintainance etc would be easier but im sure there are "better" options out there to be had.

It even crossed my mind to get a newish car really low spec but I dont know if I can justify that kinda £££

[Edited on 17-11-2005 by Matt H]
Nic Barnes
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<<<<<<<<thats my run around. 2.0 16v ecotec omega. lovely and comfy and heaters are awsome. £400 it cost
Adam-D
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i have my audi
but selling due to the fact i dont need it
still mot'd and taxed till next may
Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
<<<<<<<<thats my run around. 2.0 16v ecotec omega. lovely and comfy and heaters are awsome. £400 it cost



Beast.

Much MOT & Tax?

That'd be a run into the ground option though imo, not sure if I wanna do that
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i was tempted to get a run about, then i looked at my corsa and thought its not really worth it!
Kif
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Ive got my old red corsa. Just as a runaround and that
Matt H
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Kieth give me your red Corsa
Nic Barnes
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mot till end of july and tax till december. seen it advertised on a road side. it had been there for about 2 weeks never moved and it started quiet as a mouse, drove fine so handed ove the cash. weve had a look underneath etc and there aint no reason why it would fail an mot next year, its mint.

reason basically i wanted something like that in the end was due to the tow bar and car dolly option. huge boot for spares. can dolly me corsa to anywhere it needs to be instead of driving it.

its so comfy to drive aswell. total opposite of a corsa. makes mine feel like a nasa shuttle when i floor it now.
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I have an L reg rover 216 - 1600 honda lump 130 Bhp Mazin,

One problem , this is my winter runaround but the battery is dead so im using the RX
Nic Barnes
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lol. dont really fancy using an rx7 in the ice. me cors is a twat in the rain. i can get the omega sideways in the rain aswell, sod an rx7 lol
mwg
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I use my brothers Corsa 3 days a week to get to work and mine the other 2 days. Hes learning to drive so he drives to his work then I carry on driving it to my work.
Its a 1.2 16v exactly the same as mine but in Red.
I can see me buying a runaround for winter next year as its quite good having my car sat on the drive keeping clean for most of the week keeps the miles off my car too!
Nismo
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gonna need to get the rover sorted a....sap few close calls this week
Siberia
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using the misus's tigra at the mo... she never drives it and with my nissan being a pile of turd and the corsa needing an mot that it wont pass the tigra seemed like the only option...

new car coming in febuary/march ish...
Nic Barnes
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is it the crx non v-tec 1600 16v twin cam engine in it? theyre class them engines
Ojc
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Astra Coupe 2.2 16v
Nic Barnes
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and thats the run about??? lol
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I used to have a run about as well as my corsa, it was a 106 1.4, quite reliable, nippy, great fun to drive. Not the height of luxury though...

Corsa C Z20Let

Black Sleeper Turbo Project
Jambo
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range rover 3.9 v8
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1.8 vectra envoy its a boat
Nic Barnes
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range rover, lol.
Matt H
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My bro's mate is selling a 1.1 106 for £80

Needs the cam oil seal replacing
Nic Barnes
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buy it, fix it then run it into the ground. or dont fix it either way. be cheaper to run than the corsa over winter. my corsa wont see much of the road from next weekend till march time really
Matt H
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Cam oil seal should be pretty easy to fix
Matt H
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£4.25 for the part

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