Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: westmidlands
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what are they like, anyone owned one on here?
just one of those cars you have to own.. 
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DENHOLM666
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Registered: 20th Apr 09
Location: SCOTLAND
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no someone selling a r5 turbo with a volvo engin in it
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I had one. Ace car. Bit old fashioned, but they're an old car. Things like manual choke, etc used to annoy me. I used to hammer mine and it still carried on. Just had to stop once because the water pump went and that was it.
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
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BANG 
Get a Starlet 
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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Not had first hand experience of them but my mate had one, think he did the head gasket a couple of times! I think they are great cars though, there's just something about them!
Id def have one!!!
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1043360.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/892386.htm
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Used to get hard on's over these as a kid!! Good memories
Not seen one on the road in god knows how long!!
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Used to get hard on's over these as a kid!! Good memories
That's why I got one! These used to be on the max power cover every other week when I was growing up 
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I think everyone needs to own their schoolboy icon car sometime in their life. In a way mines was my mk2 golf GTi. My mate at the times big bro had one & I thought he was the bee's knee's!!
Couldnt keep it long but it was awesome
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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I really want one now!!! 
This one http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1043360.htm
[Edited on 29-05-2009 by Stu]
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Stu
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Registered: 3rd May 00
Location: Madchester UK Drives: 2014 BMW M135i
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu
I really want one now!!!
This one http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1043360.htm
[Edited on 29-05-2009 by Stu]
Its near me too!!!!
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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They've climbed in price recently
Mine had been owned by the same guy since 1988, FSH, the lot. Would've been worth at least a £K more now from the looks of things 
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pagey
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Registered: 30th Nov 04
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Me mate, do a search, i bought one to do up, restore as well as the corsa, bit tempramental tho mate tbh, but a must have car definately! It wasnt runnin, mine, eventually got it runnin, took it down the road and chattered its tits off! I got mine motd, then sold it. Proper retro now tho, if i didnt have the corsa id consider a minter to keep.
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Minty_Fresh
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: westmidlands
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thanks guys 
i just hear about the head gaskets going quite alot on them etc, and its not something i want to be doing on a regular basis if im honest..
my mates gaffer has lent him one (boss's project car) while his cars off the road, and it turns heads everywhere and looks stupidly kool driving about 
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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130 ish bhp from a 1.4, front and rear disks etc and this was all 20 years ago. Fucking awsome cars
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sebbyg
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Registered: 8th Dec 07
Location: Kent
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i love them,need one in my life now!
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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There fucking awesome cars to have
We used to own westorn performance's ex demo car, Pink R5GTT with the wide trophy kit was running about 200bhp handles awesome too
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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quote:
Originally posted by Stu
I really want one now!!!
This one http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1043360.htm
yes
'newer' ones, no thanks
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Ryan
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Registered: 23rd Jun 08
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ive been thinking about these recently.
a lad i know lost £2400 in a week on one. paid £3000 for it, hit the limiter, threw a rod and he sold it for spares.
he sold it to a mechanic that bought a minty mint engine for it for £600, and then sold it back to the other lad for £2000.lol
i think he has blown it up again now though.lol
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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They really need a switch wired up for the radiator fan as thats the reason the eat headgaskets.Prone to overheating in traffic/at a standstill.
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corsacalvin
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Registered: 18th Nov 05
Location: gloucester
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but the volvo 1.7 turbo engine in :-)
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GteRedtop
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Registered: 13th Jun 07
Location: Your mother's Otter's pocket
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i had a white one, drove it for 6-8 months and never had a problem with it which was suprising conidering the way the previous owner and i drove it. nice cars though id like another but just not very reliable not unless you found one which was standard and unmolested.
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rustyarchs
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
Location: scotland
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i had one about 9/10 years ago! great wee car until some old woman hit it with her metro and the metro came off better
handled great and went like stink! both windows were held with wooden clothes pegs and whenever in traffic you had to switch the heater on to cool the engine down a lil which was gay considering you couldnt let the windows down
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kz
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Registered: 9th Aug 02
Location: Southend, Essex Drives: Mini Cooper S
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Would love one tbh. Been after a minter for ages... good memories of them when I was younger
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Bonney
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Registered: 14th Nov 04
Location: St Helens
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Lad that used to work where i work had a mint grey one, Sold his punto gt turbo to get one. Now its just sat on his front doing nothing as he has a works van.
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x14xe sport
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Registered: 27th Apr 09
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had a r5 with the 480 volvo turbo lump in, still old skool but with a touch more reliabilty wise, it was proper ali g style aswell, mg yellow 17's fookin great rear spoiler. i proper ruined it but at the time it was the thing to do lol
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