LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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mates been offered one of these for a really good price, black, full leather, 50k miles, on a 54 plate with full servie history and the guy selling is the second owner, hes been offered it for £2k!!
im guessing this is worth going for even if its only used for a couple of months it could be sold on for more than this right?
what are the engines like in these?
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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good handling fairly nippy
plasticy and the driving position isnt for all.
Oh and headgaskets  landrover one should see it alright though 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
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dont touch them.worst car ive ever had imo
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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fonz has one, u2u him for any info too
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Gareth T
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Registered: 14th Feb 06
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Taz also had one dont know if he still comes on here
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glasgow_corsa_c
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Registered: 13th Jan 03
Location: Ecosse
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_godfather
dont touch them.worst car ive ever had imo
aside from the build quality, these are really great wee cars - handling wise/performance per buck.
i had one of thse and they were brilliant. 
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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i heard something about the 1.8 vvc being better engine, not a k-series?
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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I love them, handle really well, seats are VERY comfy. Fast as well.
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mattyross
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
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watch out for offside driver seat bolster. in my experience, they get worn and torn really bad.
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Ojc
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For 2k, you aren't going to care about something like that are you?
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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well its gonna be his first car, i told him not to worry too much about cosmetics because he'll probably crash it anyway, but he says its mint.
what about engines and headgaskets? i know its been mentioned already but is that just because its mg and people think rover and then old rovers, or is it actually going to be a problem on this engine?
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mattyross
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
well its gonna be his first car,
watch the insurance
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LeeM
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he's 20 and has had a massive payout from getting hit by a car on his gsx-r
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Ojc
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First car, 160bhp?
But a bike rider, so the two thinks equal each other out so thats ok
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world cup c16xe
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wait till u have to do a clutch repair
you wont be laughing
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
First car, 160bhp?
But a bike rider, so the two thinks equal each other out so thats ok
i know its whats deemed as fast for a first car, but yeah he has experience on bikes which are faster than this car and hes pretty sensible on a bike so can imagine he'll be sensible again in a car.
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Wayne
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I pick mine up in the morning, 51 plate, red, 160bhp version, 75k, cambelt done, fsh, 2 previous owners, 4months tax, £1850.
Ive had one before and loved it, quite quick cars, good handling, ok interior isnt the best but i'm sure there's worse!
Ive heard about the head gasket problems but wouldn't let this put you off, never had a problem with my old one and can't wait to get this one.
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
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didnt read the post correctly,was the 1.4 16v we had.
04 plate just let it go for £1500 60k on clock
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Stokie Dave
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Been thinking about these myself as a cheaper (by a grand lol) option to a 172... also been looking at Xsara VTS's but I just don't know.. lol
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Mark.W
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headgaskets go around the 70k mark.
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
Location: Kent
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quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
headgaskets go around the 70k mark.
can go at any time. my mates went at 14k
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob R
quote:
Originally posted by wooly101uk
headgaskets go around the 70k mark.
can go at any time. my mates went at 14k
Gonna say...where did he come up with this figure 
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