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bought a cheep corsa so i can still get about whilst the civic is in the garage.

car was £230 with a few months tax and mot. 100k miles very pink but, heavy accelerator pedal and likes to judder when you come to a stop but apart from that its all good :)

can't argue for the price. got some irmsher skirts off dan for it too :)

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will only be doing bits to this if the parts are very cheep or free lol
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:o :shock: :?
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better keep ontop of my pink corsa lol better get tcut on that dan
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I've always found the corsas have quite a heavy throttle pedal.

A good machine Polish will bring that up no problem
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Just a thought on the juddering, i havent felt it but you realise its a 3 cylinder 1 litre and so they do judder about on idle, there not the smoothest engines.
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Yes the little 3 cylinder engines run like they have a mis fire
....with a brew and my favourite biscuits.
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does look like a rough runner
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clutch and throttle have been adjusted and its much better now. still judders but no wear near as much.
got a service kit for it too, so that will get done at somepoint
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one in the pink & one in the .....
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no more pink, thanks terry much appreciated! also serviced the car and de badged 8-)


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good job dan :thumb
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That's come up well
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Pink always comes up well.
....with a brew and my favourite biscuits.
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Gray16v wrote:good job dan :thumb

the buffing was all terry, im shit with it. need to get one and practise with it.
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Machine polished was it?
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was buffed with the cutting compound then polished and waxed by hand
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Makes me want to sort the corsa out lol
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Am I the only one that saw "daily pink" and expected something very different....
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I've decided I would really like a sex change, preferably from 'none' to 'absolutely shitloads'
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:lol:
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Nice job on the buffing mate
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best car ive bought a corsa b 1.4 8v as my run around good mpg never let me down starts first turn of key and comfy look after it dan keep it standard
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