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Omega Gallery / ...Another Corsa

« on: 18 July 2007, 20:48:32 »

Hey, I got a new car!
My blue '00 Corsa B GLS was having a lot of expensive things going wrong, so I decided to treat myself to a newer one!

It's a black 03 Corsa C Sxi 1.2 16v, has 34k on it, got it for £4000:Cool2:
It's pretty standard, Got a set of 17" Multispokes on it at the moment.
Only real plans are an irmscher backbox, darker headlights and maybe an SRi spoiler.

What do you think?

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Omega Gallery / A baby Omega!

« on: 22 July 2006, 01:31:59 »

1.2 16v GLS 2000-X

8-)

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General Discussion Area / 2 years

« on: 31 December 2006, 15:45:50 »

With today being my 19th birthday, it's exactly 2 years since my first driving lesson!!

It seems nothing like 2 years!!!

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General Discussion Area / Blowout!!

« on: 03 December 2006, 23:20:01 »

Had a blowout at 70mph on the M74 last night....kicked my car sideways along both lanes for about 50 yards :-/ Once I got it stopped I changed the tyre in 5 mins flat

Don't think any tyre fitter would repair it haha it got shredded to bits!! still had about 5mm of tread left too with no obvious puncture!

The impact broke the filament in my sidelight and the tyre rubbed a fair bit of paint off my bumper!

Keeps me on my toes!

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General Discussion Area / Keyed!

« on: 25 November 2006, 19:15:30 »

Not quite as happy as Larry!

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General Discussion Area / Desperate Dealers

« on: 24 September 2006, 13:36:09 »

Went to the dealers to see how much my car was worth in a trade in.
"Okay" the guy says, "Come inside till I take some details". So walking to the showroom he says in a very chit-chat way, "What are you thinking of getting?" so said that I was quite keen on an Astra Coupé.
Once in the showroom he asked for my keys to "look around" my car. I look out the window to see him driving away

I point this out to my friend who imediately said, "oh no, he better not try to make a gap!" because my car's got a problem that means it sometimes lags under heavy acceleration. He didn't crash it and comes back in. "We can source a silver 1.8 or a blue 2.2" both £7,999. "Cool" I said, and he types more into his computer, He'll give me £1000 for my car with payments of £44 a month, then asked if he could get my business today..."no"...through the week..."no"...next few months..."no" gets his manager over, trying to be really intimidating, but i wasn't for taking it, so he's giving it all "you've wasted our time" etc... He even offered £500 cash back to cover the insurance increase cost.

All in all they were going to be giving me a cracking deal:
53 reg 2.2 Astra Coupé
2 years parts and labour warranty
Cheap weekly payments
£500 Cashback

But all I wanted to know was how much my car would be worth in a trade-in so that I could budget for next year. At no point did I say I wanted to buy a car. Also the salesman didn't introduce himself, despite saying "Chris" after every sentance. At no point did he say that he was going to take my car for a drive.

So even if I was going to buy a car...It wouldn't be from Reg Vardy Vauxhall in Motherwell

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General Discussion Area / Northampton Bound

« on: 07 August 2006, 00:46:33 »

Tomorrow morning, Me and a friend are heading 'down south' for a few days

It will be an 800-ish mile round trip in an M-reg 1.4 Corsa with 99,900 miles on the clock.
We did this journey earlier this year and the little car never missed a beat 8-)

Let's hope all goes well again!

Don't miss me too much

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General Discussion Area / Chaps

« on: 16 July 2006, 01:50:07 »

Hello!

By the look of the screen-names on here, some of you should recognise me (or not!

)

Got a Corsa at the moment, but hope to own an Omega someday, so I thought this is the ideal place for me to pick up on all things "Omega"

Yes, it's a Corsa, but I'm no hooligan, It's a 5 door GLS, has quite a good spec for what it is. X-reg Corsa "B" 1.2 16v and will do till I get a bigger car, bearing in mind I'm only 18.

Cheers

Chris

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