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Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 16:56

Right iv been looking at buying one of these for ages now and find it hard to get a mint one...

but really i hear people saying they " kill " evos, sti, type r, 182,172, m3's... etc

so how fast are these bad boys or are they over rated ?

0- 60 times would be good people ?

[Edited on 14-05-2011 by Chris_corsab]

DannyB

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14th May 11 at 16:59

Quick but not mega quick, certainly nothing to masturbate furiously over. Buy a LET Corsa. That wont dissapoint.

Graham88

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14th May 11 at 17:00

They are slow nowadays. Depends how much you spend making it fast, but it's still a 20 yr old engine and cars come out of the factory with more power out of 2 litres now.

Quite funny they say it beats 172's when the 172 has more power and probably weighs less?

Steve

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14th May 11 at 17:00

all the aforementioned cars will be quicker then a c20xe corsa

DannyB

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14th May 11 at 17:02

Than, you fucking imbecile

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:04

would it beat my dads standard corsa vxr you think? 6.8 seconds ?

Nath

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14th May 11 at 17:04

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:08

not sure if i should bother then :/

sound over rated... ?

BarnshaW

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14th May 11 at 17:08

i dont see them beating many evo's tbh

Archie

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14th May 11 at 17:12

I dusted a 172 Cup in my XE.
Owned a 172 a few months afterwards and i wasnt overly impressed.

Eck

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14th May 11 at 17:12

A Clio 172 will struggle to beat one. In a straight line anyway. A Corsa VXR won't be much quicker at all either. They are a massive disappointment.

Lee Wilson

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14th May 11 at 17:13

When I had mine it was the same up the 1/4 mile strip as standard megane r26, and ek9 civic type r. They go well for what they are tbh.

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:13

thats what i thought they cant beat evos

but you think its worth one or not :/ ?

Kieran

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14th May 11 at 17:16

quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
They are slow nowadays. Depends how much you spend making it fast, but it's still a 20 yr old engine and cars come out of the factory with more power out of 2 litres now.

Quite funny they say it beats 172's when the 172 has more power and probably weighs less?

I gave you a surprise tho Graham! Haha

Eck

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14th May 11 at 17:16

That is entirely up to you?

Is it just power you're looking for? How much money do you have? They aren't slow tbh. But there are quicker cars for the same money.

Lee Wilson

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14th May 11 at 17:17

Depends what your used to driving.

Jenko_Sport

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14th May 11 at 17:18

They are a fun car to drive. Get a good engined one and ull surprise a few things but as said won't 'kill' evo's. Standard wrx imprezza I pulled away from till about 90 and then they begin to pull away.

thegsi

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14th May 11 at 17:20

My VTS would keep up with them. They're certainly not worthy of 'killing' Evo's and Scoobies

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:22

well i got a corsa b now 1.4 ahah

but yeah just power really i get knobs trying to race me in bmw's n type r and stuff so i just want to give them a shock and a smile on my face really loool

must say kizzacorsa your car looks mint on your pic

[Edited on 14-05-2011 by Chris_corsab]

Ricky352

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14th May 11 at 17:26

Just make sure you spend good money if you are getting one, there are plenty that have been made from rotten cars and crap engines.

Will do 0-60 in about 7 secs and I think the F20 gearbox allows for 140mph which it should reach.

Look up Astra GTE 16v stats as they are the same engine with the f20 box and the same weight as a 2.0 Corsa.

My standard Astra GTE 16v with 144k on the clocks did a 15.3 which I was happy with.

Eck

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14th May 11 at 17:27

There are so many cars that you could get with the same sort of price range for a bit more power. A VTS/106 GTi with a good manifold and system will be as quick, and handle better. An Early 172 would be great in all areas but maybe a bit more expensive on insurance. Obviously you could get the XE Corsa too. But that won't be THAT cheap on insurance if it's legit.

In my (most certainly) biased view, I'd go for an EE9/EF9 EG6/EK4 Civic. Great all rounder like the GTi/VTS but less reliability issues!

[Edited on 14-05-2011 by Eck]

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:28

thanks ricky il have a search

am i right in saying f16 with bring the 0-60 time down? not really fussed with top end speed its how quick it can get their

Ricky352

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14th May 11 at 17:29

I love that Civic in your pic Eck

Eck

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14th May 11 at 17:30

It's not looking anywhere near as clean as that at the moment mate

And my old XE had an F16 and it felt a bit quicker getting there, but not THAT much tbh!

Chris_corsab

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14th May 11 at 17:31

wouldn't mind a ek4 but i know less than a c20xe and that bad lol

wouldn't know where to start

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