Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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quote: Originally posted by Demo
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
i had a play with a JCW mini the other night, they go very very well, kept up with my ZR just pulled infront of him on the duel carriage way.
really? a MG ZR beating a JCW ?
i love this place
IIRC his MG ZR runs a Rover Turbo engine found in the 600ti/vitesse/tomcat.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
I heard you crashed in to an island at 20mph.. is that true?
I heard you drive a Corsa Sxi ? ... Oh wait... that's true
Its not tho,he cant legally drive.
and as Paul said,... if it was that bad, the front splitter wouldnt be as it is
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Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
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quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
I heard you crashed in to an island at 20mph.. is that true?
I heard you drive a Corsa Sxi ? ... Oh wait... that's true
Not strictly true i do but not on the road... anyway how did you manage that
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Leicestershire
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
quote: Originally posted by Demo
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
i had a play with a JCW mini the other night, they go very very well, kept up with my ZR just pulled infront of him on the duel carriage way.
really? a MG ZR beating a JCW ?
i love this place
IIRC his MG ZR runs a Rover Turbo engine found in the 600ti/vitesse/tomcat.
correct its that running 250
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ali_corsa
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Registered: 30th Jun 07
Location: Tamworth Drives: Focus st
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quote: Originally posted by Demo
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
i had a play with a JCW mini the other night, they go very very well, kept up with my ZR just pulled infront of him on the duel carriage way.
really? a MG ZR beating a JCW ?
i love this place
he forgot to mention his zr is a 2.0 turbo
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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Most unreliable car I have ever owned, was quite good fun I guess.
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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What went wrong Nik?
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
quote: Originally posted by Demo
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
i had a play with a JCW mini the other night, they go very very well, kept up with my ZR just pulled infront of him on the duel carriage way.
really? a MG ZR beating a JCW ?
i love this place
IIRC his MG ZR runs a Rover Turbo engine found in the 600ti/vitesse/tomcat.
correct its that running 250
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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quote: Originally posted by Rob B
What went wrong Nik?
Erm...
From what I can remember, sunroof fucked up, supercharger went tits up, had a new gearbox + about 3-4 other serious faults, car at the time was circa 2 years old with 11k miles!
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craig_s
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Registered: 5th Mar 06
Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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can't really comment on hadling as ive never been in one but just to say i know of three people that have had them,one had a cooper s that was in the garage more than he got to drive it not sure what faults but he sold it,the other two were both mini ones,one of them had constant gearbox/clutch problems and the other which is my mates gf's car has had to have a new rad,two head gaskets,a clutch and two gearbox's all in less than 30k.
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BYRON
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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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my mates cooper S set fire to itself.
Would I own one? Yeh, fantastic car to drive imo.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Did you see watchdog last night Byron 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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BYRON
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Registered: 1st Jun 04
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quote: Originally posted by VegasPhil
Did you see watchdog last night Byron
No. I imagine it was steering rack/PAS related at a guess?
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Yeh couple of fires etc
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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quote: Originally posted by BYRON
my mates cooper S set fire to itself.
Would I own one? Yeh, fantastic car to drive imo.
My mates Cooper also done this after his dad washed it.
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
quote: Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
quote: Originally posted by Demo
quote: Originally posted by Rob B
quote: Originally posted by Dan Lewis
i had a play with a JCW mini the other night, they go very very well, kept up with my ZR just pulled infront of him on the duel carriage way.
really? a MG ZR beating a JCW ?
i love this place
IIRC his MG ZR runs a Rover Turbo engine found in the 600ti/vitesse/tomcat.
correct its that running 250
cheating bastard
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