My little 1.8 Corsa SRi

[Benjy911]

Thought I may as well put a thread up, even though the majority of people don't seem to like the little Corsas!

To make it worse, this is my 2nd one! I started off with a 1.2 after passing my test, I was very happy with this until whilst looking on the Corsa forum a 1.8 appeared for sale with 15k on the clock. Thinking this was too good to miss, I went off in the morning to go and have a look with my dad and it was just as described in the advert, so I drained my bank account and later on in the day went to pick it up.

Here is a pic of them both when I got home:




Then my dad bought his latest toy so of we went to Top555 to collect it.




Since having it I haven't really done much apart form keep it clean, change the exhaust and put a new steering wheel on.

Here are some pics:














It may not be the usual car on Pistonheads, but I'm only 19 and insurance when I renewed was £780 so I'll keep it until I can afford to insure something a bit quicker and more interesting!

Edited by Benjy911 on Friday 3rd August 19:20

[oj121]

Not bad but im sorry but I cant NOT ask you about your dads car!!! More please.

[spaceship]

Looks smart. Good spec too with heated seats?

Like the steering wheel, looks comfy to hold. Irmscher stuff is nice.

Edited by spaceship on Tuesday 12th June 21:59

[RikkiGTI]

Looks tidy mate

[JayTee94]

Looks very smart. Always had a soft spot for Vauxhalls. Enjoy!

I would be happy to drive that at 19.

[jakeharvey63]

Nice looking corsa and a good choice!

I was looking at these when I was 18/19 but ended up going for the same engine in a mk4 Astra with the pro drive kit, loved that car!!

[Locke]

Tidy little motor. Looks just right as it is. Don't Barry boy it.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Locke said:

Tidy little motor. Looks just right as it is. Don't Barry boy it.

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its a tidy little car, dont spaz it up


very cheap insurance as well for your age especially on a SRi

[Another Fluffer]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Locke said:

Tidy little motor. Looks just right as it is. Don't Barry boy it.

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its a tidy little car, dont spaz it up


very cheap insurance as well for your age especially on a SRi

What they said.

[wackojacko]

They are pretty good fun to drive.


Those engines are indestructible aswell in my experience

[BriC175]

Looks tidy!

[Six Fiend]

Tidy, smart and clean, I like it

[Shenanigans]

Looks very tidy Insurance is cheap! Wouldn't mind going back to a corsa for a 1.8

[sshenton1975]

Like your Dad's MR2

[Benjy911]

Thanks for the kind comments, and don't worry, I certainly won't be ruining it with some horrible body kit! Spaceship, sadly the seats aren't heated...yet! But I'm thinking abut doing it or getting a set of full leather, so bought the switches off eBay as they were going cheap. The Irmscher wheel I had to buy from Germany as you can only get the silver version here and I wanted blue to match the car.

I'll set up another thread soon for the 430, may be a while as I'll need to take some pictures of it as surprisingly with this recent weather it hasn't been out much, and at the moment I don't have any pictures on my computer.

[a4cabrio]

That's a nice and tidy corsa you've got yourself there.

Great car your dad has as well, has he let you have a blast in it or is it strictly out of bounds for you???

[Benjy911]

Sadly I've only been allowed to move it round on the drive, no taking it for a spin yet!

[christofmccracke]

Pretty nippy and insurance friendly for some reason
When I was 18 got a quote for 1k

[Benjy911]

Indeed, I'm not quite sure why the insurance is so good on them, but I'm not complaining!

[Defcon5]

These have a bad rep, but Im quite a fan tbh.

I used to have a 1.2 SXI, did 40000 miles in it and thought it was fantastic.