barter
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been speaking to a bloke about a trade my astra for his r5.i love the cars but im thinking,will i occure problems,generally not whilst driving like a tit. worth it etc??
would be a everyday car,as far as im aware its clean.
ASTRA:
air-con
7 1/2 inch dvd screen
peco exhaust cat back
lowerd 40mm p.i springs
tsw 17's not a mark on them and tyres are like brand new
aftermarket centre consle
electric windows all round(one touch)
electric mirriors
heated screens
new hecko wind deflectors
opc grill,not fitted i didnt like it but can go with car.
tax.31/8/10
m.o.t 5/10/10
R5:
r5 gt turbo phase 2
out side respraid in a purpley red with a flip pearl laquar ,cleo 16v look bonnet carbon fibre look front grill and rear under light plastics black light weight 15" wheels with mint tyres all round super lowerd, delocked doors ,bonnet lifters scorpion stainles exsaust few scraches here and there stone chips on bonnet and bumper
engine 1.4 turbo uprated head gasket and bolts forged pistons and head rebuild copper core rad low temp therm and switch its never overheated on me, pace intercooler standard turbo but rebuilt and uprated with new bearings new seals all round clifford alarm samco hoses
just been serviced.
HE SAYS 170bhp 15 psi
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mike56gte
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the r5 could be really cool
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John G
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Me - No
People who have major love for R5's - Yes
My mates just sold his for £2700 cash and his was near standard unmalested
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corsagsigav
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Registered: 28th Jan 08
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if thats what car you want then i would
if you do please change the colour 
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AndyCorsaSport
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Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Search for rust, and lots of it!
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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cool
but will break, i wont personaly
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sc0ott
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R5's are hiddious cars
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mart08uk
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
R5's are hiddious cars
True.
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lostboy
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I like the 5 Turbo and I'm not a french car fan, someone did tell me why the head gaskets go so often and how to get around it, but I've forgot what was said.
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Jay
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I'd rather Part ex your car for a bus pass.
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j10E W
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that looks a dog that r5 id steer clear
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lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by j10E W
that looks a dog that r5 id steer clear
Do tell how one deducted that from 3 pictures!
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Limecat
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I have a big spec R5 and have owned 3 of them.
I wouldn't touch it to be honest due to the fact it has been 'boyed up', the fact it has been sprayed an obnoxious colour has killed it's value. Better to sell your car and hunt for a genuine car in a factory colour. These cars are getting rarer by the day and the purists don't want some keved up chariot. Getting any paintwork matching (the rear light panels) will be impossible on a custom hue mix.
In terms of rust they are exceptionally good, the main things are that the skirts act as water traps and cause the sills to go in the seams, the tailgates rot from the inside out and they go behind the headlights.
You will get people saying they are impossible to work on which is complete bollocks. Once the array of hoses are off it is a very primitive push-rod, chain driven engine
Here is mine (looking tidier than it does at present);
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by mart08uk
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
R5's are hiddious cars
True.
Hiddious, no.
Hideous, yes.
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leon.
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wtf happened to that
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markx14xe
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sell your car then but one
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Limecat
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quote:
Originally posted by leon.
wtf happened to that
I bought it off my mate who spent £15k on the engine alone in a 5 year period.
He over-revved it and stripped a few threads from the rocker so had it fully rebuilt. I kept saying how the main jet should have been changed to help the rings bed in again.
Anyway, I was running it in again at about 22PSI (I would run at 32 normally) and I melted the living daylights out of it. When I took it apart, sure enough, they had put a smaller main jet in.
Just fucking lazyness really.
£2k+ down the drain in no time. It did murder a Lotus Esprit twin turbo V8 a few minutes before letting go though.
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2ltrjim
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay
I'd rather Part ex your car for a bus pass.
ha ha
but i say if you want it, go for it but i personally would not.
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stubbsy05
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That R5 is hideous. I wouldn't be seen dead in it. I'd actually feel a right c*nt being seen getting out of it! I'd rather drive a dawoo matiz, at least you're not trying to look like a cock driving it!
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DaveyLC
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I'd go for the GTT as they are rare as hell and far more interesting than an Astra!
But R5 GTT's are about as unreliable as you get when it comes to cars. It would have to be a second car and you might get to drive it a couple of times a year 
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nathy_87
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quote:
Originally posted by corsagsigav
if thats what car you want then i would
if you do please don't do anything else to it.
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Robo C20Let
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they arent the most reliabe cars in the world i had one and everywhere i went i took a tool kit and a share headgasket. could change one in about 40min lol very cool, sound good will get a lot of attention tbf and people will try to rob it
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Brett
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Seeing as we're throwing pics in Mine, totally standard.
Loved mine, quick little car. Never let me down apart from water pump giving up on the motorway. When you own one you sort of always have one eye on the temperature gauge anyway, so it didn't overheat and pop. Just repaired it and off it went again. They look a bit old fashioned, especially inside, but I found the seats very comfy! Anyone over the age of 25 can appreciate them, but I find young people just look on them as pieces of shit these days.
I'd get one again, but I'd definitely be interested in it's history. I wouldn't buy that purple one at face value myself. Mine only had one owner before me since '89 so I knew exactly what was going on with it.
Manual choke FTL too.
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mattk
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that purple one is shit, I think it would be quite cool to get it cheap though and save it from the scrap yard, get it back to nice and standard
Bretts is Cool
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N3CRO
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If the R5 isn't being held together with rust, I'd go for it.
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