mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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do you have to redline your 130bhp sport in 3 gears to get it to 30mph from the lights just to keep up with the flow of traffic 
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Huh?
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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1.2 8vs are so bad on fuel because you have to give them stick everywhere, if you drive it like a normal car they are downright dangerous, eco driving in them is dangerous
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Huh?
If you have had one, then you will realise. To not get in the way, you have to rev the tits off it every gear (1, 2 and 3) too get to 40 in about 10 seconds. That isnt an exaggeration. Mine did 0 - 60 in 23 seconds !!
I'm also insured on a 1.0 12v which i drive time to time as the mother has one, and its a lot quicker than my old 1.2 8v.
However in major contrast, My 1.6 will sit at 110 at 3500 revs, and still give back 500 miles to a tank. Around town, i think the 1.0 12v is a much better engine that the 1.2 8v, on the motorway the 1.0 is better.....atually everywhere it is.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Originally posted by Neo
However in major contrast, My 1.6 will sit at 110 at 3500 revs, and still give back 500 miles to a tank. Around town, i think the 1.0 12v is a much better engine that the 1.2 8v, on the motorway the 1.0 is better.....atually everywhere it is.
 Neo knows it.
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Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
Location: Newbury, Berks
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i dont understand all this talk of having to drive the car to death. i still have my first car a '85 Nova with a 1.0 engine which "has" 45hp 23 years ago leaving the factory. it doesnt have a rev counter so i use my ears to note the engine speed. i have been driving it on and off for the past 5 years, my Mum before me for 12 years prior to that. that car doesnt need to driven to death to "make progress" - yes it is as slow as a 1.2 8v but a driver should drive to the capabilities of the engine and not the drivers wishes! that Nova has 97k miles on the clock and going strong.
i had a 12v Corsa and had it until 85k miles owning it for 35kmiles and never once let me down. it was serviced annually, and never ever gave me a problem.
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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Neo isn't yours a VTS Diesel though? So the fact you are doing 3500rpm at 110 is null and void when comparing to a petrol car I've had both a 12v and a 1.2 8v... 8v was better hands down for me. Maybe worse on petrol but my god the 12v had nothing but problems with sensors.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Originally posted by Eck
Neo isn't yours a VTS Diesel though? So the fact you are doing 3500rpm at 110 is null and void when comparing to a petrol car I've had both a 12v and a 1.2 8v... 8v was better hands down for me. Maybe worse on petrol but my god the 12v had nothing but problems with sensors.
You see, mine hasn't had any problem with sensors in 30k miles. Well it has, but hasn't thrown up an EML. I changed the AFM due to the bogging down thing, and that is it. Revs drop a bit low on idle with all the electrics on at the moment though 
But yeah, no problems at all. Perhaps I got a "pay rise announcement" day car
[Edited on 05-12-2008 by deano87]
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20valver
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Registered: 14th Sep 08
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
At least you can tune a 1.2 8v. Ain't fuck all you can do with a 12v!
you can tune the 12v
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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No one cares what you think 20valver
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
Location: Birmingham
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Originally posted by andyc1234
1.2 8v over a 12v any day
4 cylinders ftw the win...slow and reliable or slow and unreliable...i know which i would choose here
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N3CRO
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Registered: 12th Apr 07
Location: Sandy, Bedfordshire
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quote:
Originally posted by 20valver
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
At least you can tune a 1.2 8v. Ain't fuck all you can do with a 12v!
you can tune the 12v
Don't even try pretending to know what you're talking about now, everyone knows you can't tune a 12v engine!
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av it
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
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Originally posted by 20valver
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
At least you can tune a 1.2 8v. Ain't fuck all you can do with a 12v!
you can tune the 12v
yeah just like a guitar
tune it to the sound of rock and then SNAP
just like your airbox mod you foolish foolish person 
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Corsa Matt
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Registered: 6th Sep 08
Location: West Sussex, Drives: Vectra B and Golf GTi
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Not a bad engine at all, Should last the lifetime of the car if looked after, Just not going to set the world on fire with performance.
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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my first car was a 1.2 8v corsa with 4 gears, the 1.0 12v beats it in acceleration but after about 60 the 1.2 beat it, managed to get 105 out of it tho.
[Edited on 06-12-2008 by am4nf]
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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crap mpg and very slow
but you can give it as much death as you like and it will come back for more
Good first car engine as you cant really kill yourself with it and you can learn a bit about cars by having a nice simple engine to work on 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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