mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
Location: Manchester Drives: GSi
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some one find me a gooden....wil reward greatly
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Cos there isnt any
Most will be fucked now - old car!
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mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
Location: Manchester Drives: GSi
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just want a 1.6 but cant afford the newer ones
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Theres a few on autotrader, or at least there are within 100miles of my postcode anyway. No decent white ones though
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mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
Location: Manchester Drives: GSi
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just seen a red one on there, might go looky later
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Thoday
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Registered: 12th Jan 03
Location: Drove kitted corsa b now standard corcs c exclusiv
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http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/cars_search.asp?modelexact=1&lid=search_used_cars_full&make=VAUXHALL&model=CORSA&variant=gsi&keywords=gsi&min_pr=75&max_pr=&mileage=&agerange=&postcode=hp19+7sb&miles=1500&max_records=200&source=0&sort=3&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH
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mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
Location: Manchester Drives: GSi
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cheers mate.
wen i searched it only found 5
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Thoday
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Location: Drove kitted corsa b now standard corcs c exclusiv
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quote: Originally posted by mossy
cheers mate.
wen i searched it only found 5

5 wtf..
theres a blue one i think 4th down 88k £1500
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
Location: West - London Drives: Corsa GSi
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u gotta be VERY carefull which gsi you choose mate as theirs not many good ones,if any, left at all!
as they are 10 year old cars now!!!!
it will be very diffucult to find one which is decent.... with no body damage/ no rust/ no crashes/ and with low millege!!
the problem with the Gsi corsa B's is they all seem to share a common problem of oil burning! which is starting to show in most of them now as they are all high milers now 
and will most deffinatly need a full engine rebuild to sort out properly 
me n my mate have both had same problems with our gsi's, ive had mine 2years, has done almost 90k, body is OK(not great) and engine needs rebuild as one year ago is started to burn and leak loads of oil
my advice is find one that has a GOOD service history with FULL electrics, and NOT modified, and with body in good condition, then all you have to worry about is how long engine will last! OR go for one that has had a engine rebuild already WITH receipts/evidence and gaurantee as u wont know how wel the jobs been done
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mossy
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Registered: 22nd Jan 04
Location: Manchester Drives: GSi
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cheers monkey.....mite be goin to look at one later...80k with vaux service history, and its completly standard
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MoNkEy MaGiC
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Registered: 12th Apr 03
Location: West - London Drives: Corsa GSi
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its good if its standard coz it can be a good sign that no boy racer has rinced it.
check EVERYTHING! all electrics working -make sure it has "original"- electric windows/mirrors(if any), mine had no electrics, big mistake i made! bonnet/doors/boot open smoothly and no rust in joints etc
start it up when its "cold" n put ur foot down hard n see if zorst is smokey or blue ish, signs of oil burning or gasket gone!!
under bonnet check for ANY oil leaks, especailly near rocker cover and headgasket, if possible get ur head down near the gear box area n check for oil stains/leaks.
make sure theirs no ratling of any sort while driving! especially the exaust manifold sheild! i found this ratles a lot!
check the door PILLARS for cracks/rust, very common problem!!! they are just above the door handle to the left on the driver side and vise versa for passener side
hope this helps, let us know how it goes
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Gavin
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: West Midlands
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it is SO rare nowadays to find a half decent gsi.
i think the last one i seen which was top notch was Ed Renshaw gsi (i think he sold, but aint sure about that)
pew pew pew pewwwww
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vibrio
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quote: Originally posted by mossy
some one find me a gooden....wil reward greatly
cause they never made a decent one I suppose or the fact that they are all old
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
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quote: Originally posted by vibrio
quote: Originally posted by mossy
some one find me a gooden....wil reward greatly
cause they never made a decent punto I suppose or the fact that they are all a shit drive and handle pants
suppose you have a point
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vibrio
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quote: Originally posted by VenomTurbo
quote: Originally posted by vibrio
quote: Originally posted by mossy
some one find me a gooden....wil reward greatly
cause they made a decent punto I suppose or the fact that they are all a great drive and handle pants
suppose you have a point
yes but the handlign can be improved apon and they were the fastest accelerating hatch in their class at the time
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J da Silva
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dont get all defensive, its merely a harmless joke
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