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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 06:00 AM
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A hyundai getz 1.1 gsi....its got a cd player,player,player...etc.

full service hysterical wheels.....12 valves per engine,double overhead roof and other stuff




full review will not follow as i won be driving it.


soulcrew out


p.s. i think i need to jetwash in front of my house
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by soulcrew
p.s. i think i need to jetwash in front of my house
Last done before the Beeching report closed your station ...
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Shiskine
Originally Posted by soulcrew' timestamp='1439560820' post='23714463
p.s. i think i need to jetwash in front of my house
Last done before the Beeching report closed your station ...

that was the same year i was born...1964
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 06:55 AM
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VOOCOBDEC




View Of Oz Class Obscured By Dog-Eater Crap.
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 06:57 AM
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i bought it as it has a "H" on it.
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 07:12 AM
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I getz it
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Old Aug 14, 2015 | 11:30 AM
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Always thought you had an eye for underengineered crap

is it for your kid?
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Nottm_S2
Always thought you had an eye for underengineered crap

is it for your kid?
i do...it results in less moaning about over engineered crap


my oldest is only 15....i bought it as mrs SC is taking her driving test next week...so i sat on the roof of my house and thought, a cheap ecobox would be the best till she gets some driving experience.


i cant drive it as its too small for me...so i will have to stick with the vxr[when its repaired ]
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 03:20 AM
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you never mentioned that

did you flog your S?

I'm not a big bloke but if I try driving a corsa I normally get both pedals at the same time. unintentionally
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Old Aug 15, 2015 | 04:32 AM
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Odd - I was driving a Yaris Hybrid last week and was quite amazed that I had such a good driving position in such a small car. I've not tried a GK Jizz, but way superior to the GG.

Being a Toyota, the seats were a bit too flat, the only way of eliminating the understeer was to trip it up with a mid-corner lift and the lack of any mechanical link between throttle pedal/crankshaft/driveshafts meant it was about as boring to drive as a Playstation.

But the mass of a cadaver under the back seat meant it was very well-balanced and had an excellent ride.Only the terrible wind noise around the otherwise quite unobtrusive A-pillars was a solecism.

Anyway, the main point of these ramblings is that it made me even more aware that now that truly modern B-segments are so good (for non-petrolheads, anyway) that it really makes one question the requirement to pay much more for a car.

It also makes one question why Corsas (even back to the first, with its almost centrally-mounted steering column & dash) have had such a shit driving position? I know many German cars do, but since the Corsa's really a Punto, you'd have thought they could've eliminated the 3er Reich torture-chamber and Italian Ape features between them...
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