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Author Nearly crashed tonight raging
corsa_sean
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10th Jul 08 at 22:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well i decided to take the xe corsa out for blast up carbeth just left milngaive and it started to feel wobbly i thot mm thats weried 15 secs later got worse so as i was slowing down from .. to 40 BANG back left wheel falls out and car slides inot the right hand turn luckily it was only on the rear drum so jacked it back up put on 3 wheel nuts car still feels a bit wobbily not to bad coz its got 13inch steelies on the front but jesus i think some one has loosened the nuts or soemthing worse thing about it was folowed by a newish golf gti the guys in it wer laughing at me saying thats what i get for a driving a corsa raging !!!!!!!!

[Edited on 10-07-2008 by corsa_sean]

[Edited on 11-07-2008 by Ian]

[Edited on 11-07-2008 by corsa_sean]
SportBoy
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All Torque
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10th Jul 08 at 22:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
*has died.
Ben G
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10th Jul 08 at 22:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ok
flybikeslee
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10th Jul 08 at 22:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
goddam street racers
Archie
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10th Jul 08 at 22:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe your rear wheel bearing has collapsed ?
VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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10th Jul 08 at 22:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Or the bolts won't done up.

Welcome along to XE Corsa ownership btw

Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
sand-eel
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10th Jul 08 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
this seems to happen alot with corsa's
Jakey
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10th Jul 08 at 22:30   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wicked race on yo
corsa_sean
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10th Jul 08 at 22:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ill get the bearing checked but the nuts are on now and are really tight they arent alloy wheel nuts tho just steely ones and to clarify i wasnt racing just taking it for a run
B3KAN
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10th Jul 08 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mabe not such a good buy after all gutted for you
corsa_sean
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10th Jul 08 at 22:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers i wa shaking with raging and shitting my self hopefully its just the wrong type of nuts
tom_simes
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10th Jul 08 at 23:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What brakes are on it? Slowing from *** to 40, but with 13" steelies? so 1.4 16v brakes at the most then - interesting...
Richardhhha
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10th Jul 08 at 23:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
called use a torque rench or air gun the bastards on..
Almost got hit by a renault traffic earlyer literaly about a hour or 2 ago... Went to mcdonalds to get some grub, went through my light at green and the tit jumped the lights and almost plowed into the side of the car... Didn't like it when both me and me dad lent out of our windows to call the guy a wanker in unison lol
Scotty C
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11th Jul 08 at 00:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Corsa_Scotty
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11th Jul 08 at 01:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats what combat 1 kits and red dashboards do to your car
Graham88
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11th Jul 08 at 01:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Feel free to use full stops.
Corsa_Scotty
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11th Jul 08 at 01:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Text type FTL
corsa_sean
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11th Jul 08 at 02:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
Thats what combat 1 kits and red dashboards do to your car


hows that ? it was done before i got the car ?
Corsa_Scotty
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11th Jul 08 at 02:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Im just joking mate calm down, what speed were you slowing from?
Lynny
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11th Jul 08 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I read that three times and struggled to understand it, I feel somewhat old
TomWilly
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11th Jul 08 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lucky you didnt blow the welds on the intake
Lynny
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quote:
Originally posted by TomWilly
lucky you didnt blow the welds on the intake


Scotty C
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11th Jul 08 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alex_NSM
I read that three times and struggled to understand it, I feel somewhat old


You're not old, you've just been brought up to read & understand ENGLISH

[Edited on 11-07-2008 by Monster]
Lynny
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fair point

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