the_legend_of_yrag
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Took a gamble 3 and a half weeks ago by going down to Southend, (1hr 20mins away) to buy a 93 1.4 SRi Corsa.
Got down there had a look at it, it had been keyed down the passenger side and we started it up and it sounded very rough, the engine management light was also on.
week later changed the oil, air filter, fuel filter, sparkies and cambelt, and it seemed a bit better, and finaly i found someone other than Vauxhall with the thing to put into the car to find out why my light was on, turns out to be the Map reading sensor, the pipe had come off, so just put it back on the guy said a tenner will do, and it now starts up perfectly!!
So for £1200 and £50 spent on parts so far i think ive finnaly got a good deal 
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Gambit
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£1200 for a 93 SRI, are you fukin beserk!!
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paul_spurrell
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Registered: 14th Sep 01
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thats sounds about right gambit
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MattyB
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quote:
Originally posted by the_legend_of_yrag
Took a gamble 3 and a half weeks ago by going down to Southend, (1hr 20mins away)
Mate.....u got urself a deal, but 1hr 20m aint much of a gamble!  i drove 3 hours each way just to look at a 1.2 8v.....which turned out to b a minter!
Matt
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mickp
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Registered: 30th May 03
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try a 93 sri for 700 quid
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the_legend_of_yrag
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All the sri's i had seen around in auto trader in the ad trader etc, were going for £1500-£1700!!!
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corsa-sxi
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Registered: 11th Jul 03
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but 93 reg! its 10 yrs old...wont be long before its banged out 
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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age has no reflection on quality.
Its a deal mate, my sister paid £1800 for a K reg sri with 52k on it. She crashed it and the insurance paid out £1800 for it, if they value it like that then its probably worth more!
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the_legend_of_yrag
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My insurance company has valued the car at £1800
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MattyB
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
but 93 reg! its 10 yrs old...wont be long before its banged out
sorry ur wrong dude. my mate's 93 corsa GSi is on 199k, original engine and box. its just about how well its been look after.
Matt
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Greasemonkey
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My insurers valued my GSI with 98k on the clock M-reg at £3750 i aint complaining
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Kenni
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Registered: 29th Jan 01
Location: Worcester(sauce) Drives: VX220 & Zaffy GSi
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Sri and Gsi hold their value better than Sport models for some reason.
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miles
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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Kenni, what are TOYO Tires?
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Kenni
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tyres
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miles
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As it was in such a big font I thought I'd bring it up 
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Kenni
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