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Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 10:59

What to do/keep

GSi drinks to much fuel, which is my biggest out going each month, as i am leaving my job i need to save money in this area (spend about £300 in fuel last 3 weeks driving/doing track days)

Yesterday picked up a half decent astra coupe se2 1.8, needs abit of work but was a bargin, looks nice, be cheaper to run, but im not sure how much cheaper?

one thing it doesnt have is cruise control, which i should beable to add for £30, is lowered and has a almost quite backbox, and once fixed will still owe me sub £1k for a £2-2.5k car

Only thing is doing a europe trip, unsure weather the 1.8 would cut it? sometimes you just want something quicker

if some one comes up with the money for the gsi i would sell, if not il slowly sell bits and put standard ish to get my money back then sell at a cheaper price, dunno which to keep

all comes down to running costs,

Skylined

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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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9th May 10 at 11:01

You got a Rear ARB?

I'll have it off you if you decide to get rid

Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 11:02

now your at least the 10th person who has asked for that!

and not once did i say it was for sale

gavin18787

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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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9th May 10 at 11:04

Your trip is at the end of the month isnt it?

If so keep the gsi til then and sell after?

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

Linch

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Registered: 4th May 06
Location: Whickham, Tyne and Wear
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9th May 10 at 11:05

Keep the GSI stop being a gay.

Skylined

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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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9th May 10 at 11:07

quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
now your at least the 10th person who has asked for that!
and not once did i say it was for sale

Well no but you did mention a possibility of selling/putting back to standard, in which case you wouldn't get anymore money for it with it on so would be better off selling it separate...hence the question.

Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 11:10

wasnt going to be sold on it anyway

il let you know if its for sale!

only thing gavin, i wouldnt be able to put up with that exhasut for 2500miles, needs a center box!

yeah thinking of using for the trip then selling after, as i know it will be reliable!

question is, to i sell the coupe, make my money or then keep the coupe....

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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9th May 10 at 11:10

GSi stands you 5k and the coupe 1k.

There's 4k in your hand.

Then there's the fuel saving. It's not much but it will be better.

Day to day the drive will be similar. Sure you'll miss the power but there will be other ZLETs about in the future.

Money wise the GSi would be going.

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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9th May 10 at 11:11

Or if the coupe will sell for 2k make another grand and find something else cheap out of your 5k profit.

Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 11:14

if i realy needed to save money, i could just use the bike

plus within the next month the B will be back on the road = more tax/insurance/fuel costs

the deciding factor is, do i want to take a 1.8 on a europe road trip? i know the gsi is realible, everything is good, been fixed/replaced there is nothing wrong with that car/engine, i know it wont breake down (touch wood)

gavin18787

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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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9th May 10 at 11:17

Sell after trip just bash a centre box in

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

MarkSport

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Registered: 22nd May 09
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9th May 10 at 11:31

quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Keep the GSI stop being a gay.

Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 11:34

i have no need for the gsi, all it does it drinks my money in fuel

i think il do what gavin said, get a center section in, then sell after trip

belton

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Registered: 23rd Jul 09
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 11:46

Finish the astra coupe, sell it then use the profit for fuel!! Would be a real shame to sell it, have you already put it up for sale btw (the Gsi) the kid who wants his Gsi mapped said he saw one for sale in Kent, the advert said something like 'don't be put off by high milage'

richc

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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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9th May 10 at 11:48

A few of us did a eurotrip in 2 gsi's last year! Brilliant car to do it in! Cruise on a 90 all the way through europe with the odd 150 mph blat. still averaged about 30 mpg, thats was both of them (one was what lil g owns now and the another remapped on). The mapped one did have a centre box and wasnt loud?

Warren G

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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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9th May 10 at 12:22

yeh that sounds like mine tom

why waste profit on fuel, realy not worth it

thing is mine drops to mid to low 20's over 90mph

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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9th May 10 at 13:48

quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport

quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Keep the GSI stop being a gay.

all fine and dandy if he never wants to grow up i suppose.

for us people in the real world, save what you can now and get another decent quick car in the future.

sxibeast

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Registered: 6th Aug 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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9th May 10 at 14:15

As much as i love the GSI , sell it and run the coupe in Europe. You can still have fun with the 1.8 in Europe, the gf and i drove all the way down to south of France (Frejus) in my 1.6 and had a great time hammering it down there!

[Edited on 09-05-2010 by sxibeast]

Ojc

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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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9th May 10 at 14:48

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport

quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Keep the GSI stop being a gay.

all fine and dandy if he never wants to grow up i suppose.

for us people in the real world, save what you can now and get another decent quick car in the future.

Grow up? Your constantly bleating because you have had to go down a particular route and its starting to bore me.

Not all of us have to move out at 21 FFS

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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9th May 10 at 14:51

wtf are you talking about

warren clearly doesn't want/need the gsi anymore, and saying ''keep the gsi and don't be gay'' hardly helps him...

and i didn't have to go down a particular route at all, i just prefer to grow up and have my own independence rather than live off my mum and dad 'til i'm 30 or 40 etc

[Edited on 09-05-2010 by Ben G]

Wrighty

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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9th May 10 at 15:01

if it saving money you need to do then the gsi's gotta go i guess, as for 1.8 not been quick enough well youve gotta decide, i guess you cant have it all...

FAZ

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Registered: 24th Nov 07
Location: Coventry
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9th May 10 at 16:01

quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
i have no need for the gsi, all it does it drinks my money in fuel

i think il do what gavin said, get a center section in, then sell after trip

makes the mst sense

[Edited on 09-05-2010 by FAZ]

richc

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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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9th May 10 at 16:15

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport

quote:
Originally posted by Linch
Keep the GSI stop being a gay.

all fine and dandy if he never wants to grow up i suppose.

for us people in the real world, save what you can now and get another decent quick car in the future.

Grow up? Your constantly bleating because you have had to go down a particular route and its starting to bore me.

Not all of us have to move out at 21 FFS

frostyD

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Registered: 16th Mar 07
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9th May 10 at 16:50

300+ hp GSi !

Adam C

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Registered: 10th Jan 07
Location: Cornwall UK Drives:Arden Blue Gsi T
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9th May 10 at 18:23

As much as I love red Gsi's I think the sensible option here is to sell the Gsi and pocket the change and use the coupe instead.

If I was in your shoes it would kill me to make a profit on selling the coupe and having to spend all that profit on petrol.
You still have the Corsa for the fun side of things, where as the coupe can be made to be a nice cruiser for the trip, like you said add cruise control and a few touches of your own to the coupe and you're away.

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