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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
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20th Apr 09 at 19:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by Demo
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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.
Rob B
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Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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20th Apr 09 at 19:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
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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
Corsa_Scotty
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20th Apr 09 at 19:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
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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
Dan Lewis
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20th Apr 09 at 20:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
ali_corsa
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Registered: 30th Jun 07
Location: Tamworth Drives: Focus st
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20th Apr 09 at 20:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
nik
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20th Apr 09 at 23:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Most unreliable car I have ever owned, was quite good fun I guess.
Rob B
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20th Apr 09 at 23:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What went wrong Nik?
Paul_J
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20th Apr 09 at 23:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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


nik
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20th Apr 09 at 23:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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!
craig_s
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Location: Birmingham Drives: mk4 astra gsi
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20th Apr 09 at 23:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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.
BYRON
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21st Apr 09 at 07:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

my mates cooper S set fire to itself.
Would I own one? Yeh, fantastic car to drive imo.
VegasPhil
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21st Apr 09 at 09:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Did you see watchdog last night Byron


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BYRON
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21st Apr 09 at 10:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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Originally posted by VegasPhil
Did you see watchdog last night Byron


No. I imagine it was steering rack/PAS related at a guess?
VegasPhil
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21st Apr 09 at 11:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yeh couple of fires etc


Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
Corsa_Sport21
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21st Apr 09 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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.
Demo
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21st Apr 09 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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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