T21SVJ
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Registered: 14th Sep 06
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thinking of getting 1 because there cheap to insure cheap to run nippy and parts are cheap.
just wondering what are they like? performance wise fuel wise comfort(will be doing a fair few miles) and size wise because im going from a focus.
help welcome
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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123bhp.
around 8 seconds to 60?
Lovely interior, comfy.
Not sure what the tax situation is though 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Vauxhall Corsa Hatchback (03-06)
1.8 16V SRi 3dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £93.50 £170.00 E 185
Rates effective from April 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £143.00 £260.00 J 185
Rates effective from April 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £148.50 £270.00 J 185
Compaired to some, bearable.
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Graeme
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where did u find that out pow?
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1ROSS8
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Vauxhall Corsa Hatchback (03-06)
1.8 16V SRi 3dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £93.50 £170.00 E 185
Rates effective from April 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £143.00 £260.00 J 185
Rates effective from April 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band CO2 (g/km)
1 Sep 2003 – 22 Jul 2005 £148.50 £270.00 J 185
Compaired to some, bearable.
for a corsa? shit! just done mine at £93.50
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SAL
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can do a quarter mile in 15.8 in standard form 
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ainsley_brader
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what colours were they available in?
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SAL
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aztec gold
silver
black
red
mint green
blue / two shade's
prob's more
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T21SVJ
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good car then? are they big inside? mpg figure?
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SAL
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problem is with them, go over 4k and the induction noise is addictive so mpg goes out the window
im nearly 6ft and have a fair amount of room 
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T21SVJ
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im 6ft 2 ill av to find 1 and av a sit in the car dont want it feeling all cramped compaired to my focus i kno it will be smaller.
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SAL
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not much smaller than an ashtray
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T21SVJ
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true  any problems they have?
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SAL
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ABS recall, depend's on millage and age i spose and how it's been driven ?
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Bullet Proof SRi
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£150 tax for 6months is ridiculous, it has put me off buying another car completely for the moment.
Iwas gonna egt a 1.8 sri, but i refuse to pay that for tax
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T21SVJ
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looking at a red 1 in vauxhall done 11thousand miles 54 reg wants 5600quid sound abit dear if you ask me though!!
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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11 thousand miles is gd and that seems about right from a dealer.
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SAL
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Test drive it asap red is lovely too
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Nick-S
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red 1.8 sri 
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RS6
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silver is better ^
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Nick-S
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ill pay you later
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RS6
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paypal u2u'd
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Nick-S
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SAL
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Red  who's is that bumboy ?
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Nick-S
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friend of mine, hes to shy to post, andydsri,
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