My new motor!

[StevePSB]

Picked up the car today. Very pleased with it! It's very quick!

Pictures (apologies for the others, it's the only place hosting them ATM) at the bottom of the page here:

http://www.mini2.com/gallery/personal/gallery_6105.html

Hope you like it. :)

[Bolam]

whats your plans for it?

[Project Sunny 2005]

da red corsa?
wa plans u got 4 it

[StevePSB]

First and foremost I need some kind of navigation for it. Probably going to go the integrated head unit variant, been looking at the Blaupunkt DVD head unit with the navigation computer add on. It also requires some decent speakers.

Maybe some Irmscher stuff later on - front bumper spoiler, skirts, tailgate spoiler...

Also might be interested in a better exhaust and perhaps a replacement performance panel filter. Not sure I want to go the induction kit route.

[Phil_T]

Very nice car, plans sound good m8

From Phil

[Jimmy]

I love the look of the SRi standard :D

[Keith]

Looks really nice mate - they look good in all Red IMO.

u'll have a good choice of alloys with it being 5 stud :thumbs:

[StevePSB]

You might notice from the gallery page I linked to - I like red!

My Nova TD was Flame Red, I've had two Chilli Red (& White) MINI's and now I have a Flame Red Corsa C. ;)
That's actually the reason I bought it. Was looking on Autotrader's website at countless silver or black SRi diesels and was giving up hope of ever finding one in a different colour (let alone in red!), when this one popped up at Pentagon in Derby. I was on the M1 heading North to watch the mighty Doncaster Rovers in a friendly last Saturday anyway, so thought I'd drop by. And the rest is now history. :)

[StevePSB]

Anyone else on the forums with a SRi 1.7 CDTi? Seem a bit thin on the ground, but maybe that's a good thing as I like to be a bit different!

Like I said earlier though, I'm very impressed with the engine and how quick the car is. I had serious butterflies driving the MINI on it's last journey under my ownership to Pentagon thinking I'd possibly made a bad decision in getting rid of the MINI for a Corsa.

The last time I drove a C was when I worked for a Vauxhall dealer well over two years ago, and although I remember them being a useful car, I didn't remember them being great.

Fortunately though I only ever drove 1.0 & 1.2 Grandad specced C's, and am very, very pleased with my SRi. It handles extremely well, much better than I'd imagined it would, it's not a soft ride which was important, it seems VERY well built so far (far better than either MINI I owned!) and it's devilishly quick at times.

All in all, very pleased. Just need to sort some ICE (Nav head unit & decent Speakers) as a priority and I'll be very happy indeed. :)