jr
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now i can see what all the fuss is/was about
drove my mate from works one this mornig and what fantastic handling car, if a little scary as everything is fed back through the steering wheel so vilentley 
this one is standard apart from bilstein suspension, BBR star chip and scoipon system
not as fast as a xe'd corsa in a stright line but round the bends and a track it would have one easy
now tempted buy it as its one of the mintest ones around and all my mate wants for it is £1200
never liked them before i drove one
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Joff
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There's a clean looking one for sale down the road for £900 - are they worth looking at then??
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Craigos
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Mates selling one for £200 taxed and tested, they do go pritty well.
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
now i can see what all the fuss is/was about
drove my mate from works one this mornig and what fantastic handling car, if a little scary as everything is fed back through the steering wheel so vilentley
this one is standard apart from bilstein suspension, BBR star chip and scoipon system
not as fast as a xe'd corsa in a stright line but round the bends and a track it would have one easy
now tempted buy it as its one of the mintest ones around and all my mate wants for it is £1200
never liked them before i drove one
don;t even need to be a GTi. the 1.4 my friend has handles amazingly
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Marc
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Guy on scoobynet has a 1.9 GTi, with the Mi16 engine. It may be twin carbs too. Think it ran 15s at scooby shootout last year.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
There's a clean looking one for sale down the road for £900 - are they worth looking at then??
personally i think they are, this one is mint, done 60 miles in the last 2 years as its been sitting in my mates garage, gets started every few weeks etc, not a dent on it
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BeArDy
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u can get a Mi16 one for about £1000-1500 and they are fun and quick
i mate may be selling his for about £1000 just needs wiring in (engines all fitted and stuff) or just get a set of Carbs 
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Craigos
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i know someone with a Mi16 engine running twin 45's and that it very fast unknown on other mods but beats 2.0 16v Corsa's
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mk4_astra
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get one and put a 1.6 gti gearbox in it, i think there a great little hatch for the money
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corsa starter
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can look ace to....
il be building a rather special one when the time and moneys rite 
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Colin
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Ive always loved these cars from the time they came out - most are fooked now so watch out if your looking to buy one
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Ive always loved these cars from the time they came out - most are fooked now so watch out if your looking to buy one
This is the problem with them. Isn't even the newest one still at least 10 years old or soemthing and a lot are owned by people who just pure thrash them and dont look after them
If you can get a minter though then definately worth it
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Carr
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Originally posted by Colin
Ive always loved these cars from the time they came out - most are fooked now so watch out if your looking to buy one
This is the problem with them. Isn't even the newest one still at least 10 years old or soemthing and a lot are owned by people who just pure thrash them and dont look after them
If you can get a minter though then definately worth it
Try 15 years old - probably must have been thrashed most its life also!! Great car as a wee project to fix up if you can get a decent shell!!
[Edited on 02-04-2005 by Colin]
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Carr
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True if you can get a decent shell you're laughing and then stick a decent Mi16 engien in that's not been thrashed
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Fad
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Love them but most of them are rotten and abused
A mate of mine picked up a Sorento green 1.9 GTi with 36K miles not long ago...i said if he ever modded it i'd hack hims hands off 
Kills me to say he payed 1K for it too as the bloke was emigrating 
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
Love them but most of them are rotten and abused
A mate of mine picked up a Sorento green 1.9 GTi with 36K miles not long ago...i said if he ever modded it i'd hack hims hands off
Kills me to say he payed 1K for it too as the bloke was emigrating
Fooking Bargain Think the Sorrento Green ones were limited edition aswell wernt they??
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Fad
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yep with the black wheels i think they were the last of the line ones wernt they? Cant rember....but lovely examples for sure
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Ojc
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Yes and they were down on power, 115bhp as they has PAS
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Fad
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You sure as i am sure the 1.9 GTi's were 137 bhp right?
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MarkM
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http://www.justgtis.com/forsale.htm
Bit expensive on that site though!!!
[Edited on 02-04-2005 by sport16v]
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
http://www.justgtis.com/forsale.htm
Bit expensive on that site though!!!
[Edited on 02-04-2005 by sport16v]
Yeah nice but at £3k you could probably get a 106 GTi!!
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loo_goblin
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thats y i am gettin one soona s my track day car.
complete engine rebuild and upretse susension shoud e all for a while.
then turbo or supercharger
[Edited on 02-04-2005 by loo_goblin]
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Adam-D
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i fooking hate them,
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MarkM
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
http://www.justgtis.com/forsale.htm
Bit expensive on that site though!!!
[Edited on 02-04-2005 by sport16v]
Yeah nice but at £3k you could probably get a 106 GTi!!
Exactly...wouldnt go as well as a Mi16 engined one though...would love one of them for track days...stripped out etc...
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loo_goblin
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/\/\/\ i am getting one
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