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Corsa VXR. More hassle than it's worth?
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Search the Internet and every car will break. Any 320d over 7 years old will have shat its turbo or ingested its swirl flaps, rx8s will drink the north sea's all reserve and then blow up, etc.
If you want one, take precautions, check the service history and like all cars be prepared for a bill at some point.Originally posted by DaveOriginally posted by Stephen Fry[B]"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so ****ing what."
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The piston 4 things is due to high temps. There are a few things you can do to stop it happening. But as with all internet problems, it's blow a little out of proportion, suddenly everyone knows a mate of a cousins brother that had a corsa that piston 4 melted etc etc... Go to PVS and see how many people there are worried about pistons melted in their vxr's, not a lot.
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From my mates experience of damaging number 4 piston it was a combination of a very aggressive remap and standard intercooler.
If you keep it standard i'd imagine it'll be fine and if you want to mod it, then cool running thermostat, bigger / better intercooler, and decat will all work to prevent piston failure from heat.
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Buy it and get a good 3rd party warranty as well? thumbs_up:[COLOR=#0000ff][I][B]Drive a 2013 (62) Vauxhall Corsa S 1.0 Ecoflex. Owned by me since February 2013.
[/B][/I][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff8c00][I][B]Tutorials can be found [URL="http://www.thecorsa.co.uk/tutorials/"]here[/URL]. Search the forum [URL="http://www.thecorsa.co.uk/search.php"]here[/URL].[/B][/I][/COLOR]
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