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Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 14:16
by KALSTER
You do get a lot of car for the money. The GL is R153k, which is pretty good I'd say?
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 14:18
by Kronos
ryanrich wrote:It's owned by Volvo, but wasn't it engineered by Audi? Audi pioneered the 5-cylinder back in the day. Might be mistaken though. I also thought the Audi RS3/TT-RS shared the same engine design as the Focus RS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Modu ... ne#B5254T3
No mention of Audi. Even if Audi were first to use 5-cylinder engines way back when, this one is purely Volvo (Owned by Ford).
Regardless, it's an awesome engine. Amazing power and torque you can feel throughout the rev range.
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 14:40
by ryanrich
Kronos wrote:Regardless, it's an awesome engine. Amazing power and torque you can feel throughout the rev range.
Yup. A friend up in JHB had a Dream Science mapped one before he got his S3 so I drove it quite often. AWESOME sounding car...
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 15:07
by J4p13
Bluez wrote:Very similar quality to my friend's Yaris.
The Yaris has very very poor quality. Loose Plastic trimming, alot of rattles and squeeks, and then those exhausts, w
hich come out of the factory with rust
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 15:13
by Bluez
J4p13 wrote:The Yaris has very very poor quality. Loose Plastic trimming, alot of rattles and squeeks, and then those exhausts, which come out of the factory with rust
I don't know - I guess my friend just looks after hers.... then again her husband's Yaris is everything you just mentioned
along with quite a few dents in the bumper. One thing I can say with absolute certainty is that the Suzuki's interior reminds me a lot of my old Toyota Twin Cam, as does the drive.
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 15:18
by Sojourn
I still rate Ron's Prius tops.
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 19:33
by Ron2K
Sojourn wrote:I still rate Ron's Prius tops.
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Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 20:28
by THE_STIG
Ron2K wrote:Sojourn wrote:I still rate Ron's Prius tops.
...
you wont hear the end of this any time soon
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 20 May 2011, 21:01
by Brad2.0
@ Sojourn - No, its called the 1.6 Sport Turbo - It has the Corsa OPC engine in it but detuned for family use by 30kw or so
@ Kronos - I love the ST's , wish i got one, I just didnt like the fuel bill for the ST. Awesome car
@ Koko_Lion - Corsa's are coooooooooooool - what do you do, work with lions
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 21 May 2011, 11:37
by Koko_Lion
Brad2.0 wrote:@ Koko_Lion - Corsa's are coooooooooooool
For sure! In 19 years it has never let me down! Zippy little car.
Brad2.0 wrote:- what do you do, work with lions
I wish! I wish!! Actually run my own IT business.
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 21 May 2011, 11:54
by KatrynKat
Koko_Lion wrote:For sure! In 19 years it has never let me down! Zippy little car.
you got your car when you were 6/7 years old...
wow.... that's amazing......
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 21 May 2011, 15:43
by Brad2.0
Did they make corsa's 19 years ago, dam i missed out on FUN!
Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 21 May 2011, 16:34
by ryanrich
Those new Corsa's are quite nice indeed. I had a Corsa C GSI back in the day which was a great little car apart from being really slow.
The SO drives a new Fiesta which is fantastic! Ford has really come quite far in recent years...
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 30 May 2011, 21:13
by KaosHunter
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 30 May 2011, 21:18
by DeanMF
Damn that beemer looks nice!
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 31 May 2011, 00:03
by Prime
Mr_Norris wrote:Ron is my witness
So far, from what I can remember, I've had to replace...
* Brake discs, at least 4 times, thats excluding how many times they were skimmed. The current ones probably need skimming. I detect brake shudder on the freeway when I brake.
* Control arms in the front
* Left front hub (that one was a real joy)
* Tyres (this is my third new set now, in the space of a few months. Dunlop have excellent service, but I doubt their tyres!)
* Exhaust
* Steering rack, and it needs to be replaced again
* Windscreen
Always doubt a car that has low milage that belonged to an old lady.
She does look nice when she's clean though 
And those cup holders... one can never have enough of them.
They seem to be very inconsistent. Best friends Terios has given her no troubles, her dad's went through 3 engine over hauls under warranty, eventually they gave him a new car 
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 11:02
by J4p13
Woot! I just overheard my mom and dad talking about buying me a 2001 Opel Corsa! (Holding thumbs very tightly)
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 16:41
by THE_STIG
I hope you get it, nice little cars those
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 01 Jun 2011, 22:21
by Kennyisalive
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 02 Jun 2011, 08:49
by Koko_Lion
Wow Kenny! Nice. Well looked after!
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 02 Jun 2011, 11:40
by Kennyisalive
Thanks Lion.. yeah she is my baby
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 04 Jun 2011, 23:17
by Brad2.0
Hi Kenny'sGhost
I know you from TF. I am Ghost there
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 07 Jun 2011, 06:53
by Ron2K
I've split the remapping discussion out to
here.
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 07 Jun 2011, 07:53
by Anakha56
Mr_Norris wrote:Ron is my witness
So far, from what I can remember, I've had to replace...
* Brake discs, at least 4 times, thats excluding how many times they were skimmed. The current ones probably need skimming. I detect brake shudder on the freeway when I brake.
* Control arms in the front
* Left front hub (that one was a real joy)
* Tyres (this is my third new set now, in the space of a few months. Dunlop have excellent service, but I doubt their tyres!)
* Exhaust
* Steering rack, and it needs to be replaced again
* Windscreen
Always doubt a car that has low milage that belonged to an old lady.
She does look nice when she's clean though And those cup holders... one can never have enough of them.
Dude either you drive the car like its a F1 car or that little "old" "lady" killed it. Exact same car as yours and I have just done the 75000 service and I have not had to do anything that you have done! Word of advice to anyone get away from Dunlops they are not strong tires and they do not know how to last, by far the worst make of tire I have ever used. On mine I gave up trying to find the little knocking noise even my mechanic could not find it and they nearly stripped the whole car looking for the damn thing. Decided to give it up and now I cant hear it, dont know if I should be worried or happy... :/
Re: Your wheels (pics)
Posted: 04 Aug 2011, 14:22
by ryanrich
Sports Suspension fitted. Car now has a way better stance...
