jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Well after 3 years, 40,000 miles and endless amounts of fun and memories the day has come to finally kill off my car. It was my first real car the i spent time and money on and even though its bin a nightmare recently i loved every second of it. But.....The head gasket gave up a couple of days ago and was running on 3 cylinders until warm. All of the smoothed archs have cracked. My sister reversed into the rear quarter and creased it. The rear bumper has cracked. The windscreen cracked from side to side after i put the heaters on when it was cold. So all in all it had come to the end of its life  But after the road trips, photoshoots, weekend at PVS, all the times ive washed and polished it, its a sad day Anyway its onto another corsa and hopefully i'll get more fun times in this one 
Just a few pics of it in its hayday
And a few pics of the new one
Has anyone else got a bit upset when getting rid of their "first" real car that theyve spent time and money on?
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noshua
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Registered: 19th Nov 08
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Shame about the red one, but having anything smoothed is a pain in the arse!
Didn't your new corsa belong to someone on here?
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Ye the new one was Kurt's originally.
Ye i couldnt be bothered with the hassle of re-sanding, re-fillering, re-painting and the cost of it all.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Mine is going on Saturday. She has been a trusty daily driver for over 3 years and over 40k miles. Plenty of fun times, including with the misses  I think I'll cry when I drive off and leave her at the Mazda garage.
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Griffiths1991
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
Location: Cheshire
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His new car is actually really tidy, i was the lad you were chatting to today at grease monkeys John 
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Ye i thought it was you mate Just hoping they fix it and get it through its MOT tomorrow i need it desperately! Still gutted about my other one though 
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Quite a coincedence that they are both P592 at the start of the reg.lol.
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Griffiths1991
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
Location: Cheshire
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quote:
Originally posted by jibjob
Ye i thought it was you mate Just hoping they fix it and get it through its MOT tomorrow i need it desperately! Still gutted about my other one though
Ino yeah bad times lol, think im gonna sell mine before the summer tbh.
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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Id rather strip and scrap mine than sell it as it would kill me to see it on the back of a tow truck with a tree sticking out of it
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Adam C
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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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New one looks promising, shall keep an eye on the project thread
I sold my Green one before I bought my Gsi, it followed the same fate most peoples car have on here who have sold them on, being crashed
Went to see it and was tempted to buy it back but it was soo bent it wasn't worth the time or money
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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jibjob
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The project thread is called Take 2
Thats what i mean id be devastated if that happend after all the time and money if put into it thats why i could never sell it
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Adam C
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Fair enough mate, I just didn't have the space to break the car for bits, I still got good money for the car so can't complain, it didn't feel good when I heard about it and seen it for the first time, but as soon as I had seen the car in person for a while I wasn't that bothered, I got something better out of it so his loss not mine 
My Arden Blue Astra GSi MK4 on BBS LM's Project Thread
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jibjob
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Ye i dont think id ever get a decent price for mine in the state its in so thats another reason as i couldnt justify selling it for nothing compared to how much it meant sentimental wise. I mean i had a saxo for my first car that got written off after 3 weeks but i never missed it as i didnt spend much time or money on it.
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Callum
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Registered: 17th Dec 08
Location: Renfrewshire
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Got rid of my white corsa which I sold to louise91 off here, that was a month ago and im still missing it, worst part is seeing photos of it on corsasport
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
Location: nr. Skipton, North Yorkshire
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Epic moment in that car's life:
10 up at PVS in a 1.2 8v
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jibjob
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Registered: 6th Apr 08
Location: Elworth, Cheshire
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike B
Epic moment in that car's life:
10 up at PVS in a 1.2 8v
Now that was a good memory Cant believe it even moved!!
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cjohnson
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Registered: 27th Apr 08
Location: silsden,west yorks.Drive: Astra van
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I was sad to sell my first car. loved it , looked well mate!
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