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K2 GTi

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26th Sep 06 at 08:21

About 2.5k to spend, up to insurance group 14.

About as fast as a 106 gti/ saxo vts. Nothing too old...

Ideas please?

Rob B

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26th Sep 06 at 08:22

Punto GT

K2 GTi

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26th Sep 06 at 08:22

That's reliable

richardrae29

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26th Sep 06 at 09:38

A 2.0 16v Corsa. I think it is group 14 & you will easy get one foe 2.5k. Faster than a GTi as well.

Robin

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26th Sep 06 at 09:40

Golf VR6.

will be easier to insure than a 106, even though its a higher ins group

Steve

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26th Sep 06 at 09:47

quote:
Originally posted by richardrae29
A 2.0 16v Corsa. I think it is group 14 & you will easy get one foe 2.5k. Faster than a GTi as well.

a 2.0 16v corsa doesnt have an insurance grp and is barely faster than a 106gti

Dave A

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26th Sep 06 at 09:51

for once, I agree with steve on this one.

I would have a 106 gti over a 2 litre corsa. the 2 litre is a fair bit quicker than the 106 in a straight line but the handling is shite compared to the 106.

mwg

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26th Sep 06 at 09:51

Clio 16v/Williams at a push

3CorsaMeal

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26th Sep 06 at 09:54

corrado g60

Robin

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26th Sep 06 at 09:55

he said 'reliable'

3CorsaMeal

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26th Sep 06 at 09:56

they meant to quite good now i've read alot about them, people say they cheaper to maintain than the VR6

Robin

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26th Sep 06 at 09:59

i suppose they are reliable as long as they're looked after.

more to insure than the VR though

richardrae29

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26th Sep 06 at 09:59

quote:
Originally posted by Steve

quote:
Originally posted by richardrae29
A 2.0 16v Corsa. I think it is group 14 & you will easy get one foe 2.5k. Faster than a GTi as well.

a 2.0 16v corsa doesnt have an insurance grp and is barely faster than a 106gti

Well when I asked what insurance group my 2.0 Corsa would be, they said 14. So I'm only going on what I got told. I think they are quicker.
As for handling, you can make a Corsa handle just as good as a 106 no bother.

Steve

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26th Sep 06 at 10:00

thats just what that particular ins company classed it as, it will differ

the fact is you have to spend money on the corsa to get it to handle only as good, why not buy a 106 to get it to handle as good in the first place with no money spent

[Edited on 26-09-2006 by Steve]

Robin

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26th Sep 06 at 10:01

or spend the money on suspension mods on the 106...

Steve

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26th Sep 06 at 10:02

aye thats what i was getting at

Robin

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26th Sep 06 at 10:04

you won't make a corsa handle like a 106 anyway.

the reason the 106 (and most french hatches) handle so well is because of the torsion bar on the rear.

you can't make a swing arm act the same as a torsion bar, so the corsa will always suffer.

and the corsa is heavier, and has worse weight distribution.

Dave A

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26th Sep 06 at 10:23

I love it when rob slates corsas

now he doesnt own one