micra_pete
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pretty good nic, even when making progress.
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Nic Barnes
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cool.
as an everyday car for town and nipping about would you say theyre pretty good for the money? think im going with my mate to have a look at a few soon. nice to hear peoples opinions who already own them.
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Carl
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Originally posted by John
Learners aren't normally too bad, especially female ones, it goes up when they pass though.
Thought this was the case, might be able to get a bit hotter hatch then! She can get bent once she has passed, just want her to get her test past! (she failed it miserably years ago and hasn't driven since).
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deano87
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Corsa C 1.4 would be ideal, or something with that engine size.
Anything which will be ok on insurance for a learner/newly passed isn't going to be that exciting imho.
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micra_pete
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
cool.
as an everyday car for town and nipping about would you say theyre pretty good for the money? think im going with my mate to have a look at a few soon. nice to hear peoples opinions who already own them.
I would.
I paid 6k for mine a couple or years back, its hardly cost me anything since. gearboxes can fail though on t-sports. i really like it.
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micra_pete
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Also you get a foldy flat rear seat than slides to give you more boot space that I like 
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Carl
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Originally posted by deano87
Corsa C 1.4 would be ideal, or something with that engine size.
Anything which will be ok on insurance for a learner/newly passed isn't going to be that exciting imho.
Not interested in newly passed just learner, and just to add on to my policy for a while, i've 5 years no claims etc. Not after extreme excitment either, just nothing slower than my current 100bhp, disease-l 306 or i'll be spending money and wishing I hadn't. Same for if it looking dog shit, such as a poverty spec corsa C with wheel trims, don't want to be spending money modifying it to make it look half decent.
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deano87
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Not sure you'd get it within the price range, but a 1.7CDTi Corsa sounds ideal.
They did 1.7DTi's in SXi guise. Most have +70k miles on them though.
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by deano87
Not sure you'd get it within the price range, but a 1.7CDTi Corsa sounds ideal.
They did 1.7DTi's in SXi guise. Most have +70k miles on them though.
think outside the vauxhall box though....
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deano87
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But actually, alternatives of a similar age are a bit dyer, if not the same. The cars are bit the same imho.
Plus this is also CorsaSport.co.uk
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Nic Barnes
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but a cheap corsa c with a small engine tbh would be painfully slow.
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Stokie Dave
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Why not keep the 306? They're group 5 insurance aint they?!
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Carl
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Originally posted by Stokie Dave
Why not keep the 306? They're group 5 insurance aint they?!
It's dieing a death and is ready for scrapyard, not very learner friendly either, heavy clutch etc AND it's modified and i'm bored of it.
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Eck
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
yaris t-sport
Exactly what this man said! Mine is reasonably nippy and not too bad to insure assuming you have NCB etc. Comfortable and easy to drive for a learner also.
(Shelley btw)
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Shell
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Oh oh oh! Also! Pete, you have a T-sport?! Come be my friend
Nic, I'm sure the T-sport is insurance group 9 but I could be wrong. £79 odds for tax and I get about 180-200 miles for £20 I THINK. Average out at 40-45 mpg, so good enough for fuel. Get one, my Dorris is cute as a button.
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Mark.W
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Originally posted by JayM
1.2 16v Corsa is painfully slow though, ive had a B and a C...
you obviously have not drove a 1.2 8v then?thats slow for ya.A 1.2 16v would feel like a rocket to me. 
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Kurt
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Yaris Sr's (1.3) are fairly rapid too!! loved borrowing my parents one!
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Nic Barnes
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dorris?
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Shell
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Dorris is my Yaris T-sport
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Shelley
Dorris is my Yaris T-sport
how delightfully lovely
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Gazdaman
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My mrs has a 1.3 Yaris vvti thing.
It's really nice to drive. Seating position is high up, coming out of my lowered corsa you feel like you're driving a van. But steering is light, good turning circle. Surprisingly nippy. Decent on fuel. Nice amount of gadgets too.
Gaz
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Jay
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
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Originally posted by JayM
1.2 16v Corsa is painfully slow though, ive had a B and a C...
you obviously have not drove a 1.2 8v then?thats slow for ya.A 1.2 16v would feel like a rocket to me.
Yeh I had a 1.2 8v B and that wasnt even worth mentioning
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Kurt
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quote:
Originally posted by Gazdaman
My mrs has a 1.3 Yaris vvti thing.
It's really nice to drive. Seating position is high up, coming out of my lowered corsa you feel like you're driving a van. But steering is light, good turning circle. Surprisingly nippy. Decent on fuel. Nice amount of gadgets too.
Gaz
Trust me they do 110mph in no time aswell
plenty of poke in them
as for the seat.. it adjusts right down 
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antnee
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Seat Ibiza 1.6 Sport, like mine! 100bhp, 0-60 in about 10secs, hits about 125 mph, got full electrics, climate control, etc
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