Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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Hi all,
Sorry I haven't been about the last few weeks... Most of you will know me from my 2.0 8v Turbo Corsa build
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=323742
And my daily drive is this Calibra
Unfortunetely I do a lot of miles to work everyday (56 each way) and the milage on the cally's engine was starting to show so I thought it time I brought a new car thats:
Modable
Economical
Quick
Fun
Cheap to run and Insure
And the car that fitted the bill was this, say hello to my 54 plate Skoda Fabia VRS
It was already partly modified (LCR Slitter, 16" Octavia rims, Eibach Springs, PD160 Intake) And immediately I did a couple of mods myself (Silver indicator bulbs, Silver aerial).
The day after I purchased it it looked like this and took part in the Modball Rally (The Corsa was supposed to be going but didn't get mapped in time! doh!)
Within the last week the Fabia has completed 3000miles across europe with another 130 Modified cars.
Here's the launch at the Milleniun Dome
And headed over the channel towards Amsterdam
And on to the Autobahn's in Germany
(The car hit 140mph on the clocks)
At this point the cars in the rally got deported from Germany and all the stickers taken off. (Long story)
A few of the cars in the Swiss Alps
Thanks to the diesel smoke we made our own stickers on the rear...lol
I set the brakes onfire on day 2 trying to keep up with a skyline...lol
defo need some TT Stoppers
And after a weeks driving 3000 miles and 9 countries this is how the car arrived back home
I have to say... The car did fantastically well!!! I was very impressed overall. The only big improvements that need addressing soon are the brakes and high speed stability. With that in mind future planned mods are:
TT Brake upgrade
Jabba Antiroll bar
KW Coilovers
18" RS4 Rims
And of course a remap being a diesel and all.
The Calibra will be forsale soon if anyone's interested PM me, if it gets no interest it'll be broken for parts.
And this is where im at with the Corsa.... Its at my Local Rolling Road ready for mapping sometime this week
Neil
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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dervin it up baby 
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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Weasal Power 
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JadeM
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Registered: 9th Feb 06
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Nice car, what sort of mpg were you getting??
Also - any pics of a VRS on 18" RS4 rims??
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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no smoke - no poke 
remap and pd160 intake , shud b lookin at 180-190 bhp and silly torque 
love it
[Edited on 24-06-2007 by GSi_16v]
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
Nice car, what sort of mpg were you getting??
Also - any pics of a VRS on 18" RS4 rims??
Well it was in the 40's till I learn't how to drive it. Yesterday on a 70mile journey I averaged 57.1 MPG But that was with me driving like a saint lol.
No pics that I can find of the New RS4's on the VRS. Hopefully i will be the first 
Neil
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Your calibra is so fecking cool, I think they are ugly fuckers normally but yours looks superb.
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Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
Location: Netherlee, Glasgow City
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tell the story about why the stickers came off, im interested.
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willay
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hey neil, good to see you about still. I really hope we get to see this beauty on the CorsaSport.co.uk stand at Trax.
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VegasPhil
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Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
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Fabia is
More details on the cars getting deported?
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Excellent choice of car!!!
The mapper looks confused lol!!
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Novaneil
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Cheers for the comments guys.
I'll do a full report of the Modball on Corsasport soon (got 100's of pics)
And 120 cars got a police Escort out of Germany and a 200 Euro Impound charge but all will be revealed as to why soon  )
Yep Corsa will DEFO be at Trax...... I hope  Its supposed to be going to the Nurburgring a week Thursday if Mapping goes to plan.
And the Mapper is confussed because it wouldn't start for 5 hours I'll write about it all in my WIP thread.
Cheers
Neil
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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Love it matey
Excellent pics too!
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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love the vrs
how amazing does the corsa look 
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blend
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Registered: 13th Sep 06
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How much is the Calibra going for?
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Planty02
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Registered: 5th Mar 05
Location: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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3 very nice cars you got there Neil.
Love the calli
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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looks like it did well over the 3000 miles
Good effort, looking forward to seeing the corsa's power etc
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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you must be loaded matey. nice cars though. i like the ax gt in the modball pics though (soft spot for these)
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Wonderboy
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Registered: 30th Dec 06
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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Looks like you had fun. The new cars looking great!
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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Like the vRS alot
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eazy187
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Registered: 10th Aug 06
Location: Inverness Drives:Focus/Firestorm
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best looking cali ive seen
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dna23
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Registered: 1st Nov 04
Location: Northamptonshire
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i'm looking forward to the run down on the modball
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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Nice choice
As for the ModBall - a certain undertaking at 165+ mph was it?
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Revolver
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Registered: 25th Apr 07
Location: EP, Cheshire Drives: Astra 1.6 LS
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How did that Citroen AX manage it?
I was weary about driving my old AX to Wales and Back.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Fabia looiks nice, you'll be addicted to the torque!
Cant wait to see the corsa at trax!
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