Reply With Quotethat is a good find. was the guy a bit amaised you wanted it back?
Hey All,
No one would remember, but I used to have a 2003 SRi Corsa.
Anyway I sold it due to lack of use basically, but work are moving their office and it is the best excuse I've ever had to buy another car....
The funniest bit is that last weekend I thought, hmmm my little Corsa was a good car (I should never have sold it really) I wonder what they are going for now....and unbelievably I found MY car that I sold, now up for sale (2 years later) by the guy I sold it to!!
Anyway went for a look and it seems to have been pretty well looked after, just some scrapes on the front and mags which I never had, but that can be fixed. Done about 50,000k's now and still seems to go well. I did have a concern that it seemed hard to get into 1st and 2nd sometimes for me, but the owner drove it and it didn't have a problem, I think it was mostly the way I was trying to shift (cutting the corner from 3rd to second rather than doing a nice H) but it might be the linkages from reading around here. I was happy enough with the price to cover that being looked at anyway even if it becomes an issue, seems like ~$400 from the thread about gearboxes in the Corsa section.
Anyway, now I just have to get some Opel badges, I sold the ones I had when I got rid of the car unfortunately (never got around to putting them on)!!
JM
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'03 Corsa SRi
that is a good find. was the guy a bit amaised you wanted it back?
Originally Posted by sssdriver
Yeah I don't think he believed me at first!! He was the same as me basically, couldn't believe the timing!
I said to give me a call in a few years, maybe I can sell it back to him again!!
'03 Corsa SRi
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if u pmed a mod they could have changed it for u
Welcome back to Opelaus.... enjoy your ride again
You have done what I have contemplated a couple of times..... I sometimes ponder about trying to get back to a Veccy B instead of the Veccy C (as much as I love the Veccy C, it sometimes seems it is a brute, where as the Veccy B was.... well... more personal)
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just rang holden to ask about a price cos mine have shat themselves too...1st and 2nd can be a problem at times.. $500 for the part.. just for the part.. thats crazy.. i've just gone over 50,000k's too..
'03 Opel Corsa SRi 1.8 Star Silver
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Ahh crap really??
What sort of symptons did you have?
I just found at times it felt like 2nd was "blocked" you just couldn't get it in there and would have to put it in neutral, clutch out then back in, then slip it into second....A similar story with 1st.
I haven't driven a manual for a while though and was having problems because my shoes were so big I couldn't be sure that it wasn't my fault not getting the clutch all the way in....the owner drove it afterwards and had no issues, although he seemed to be firmer on the gear changes than I would be, perhaps that's just what it needs though....
What I'm trying to work out is, if it was the linkages, is this how they would start to go, or would it be a case of you just couldn't get a gear what so ever?
JM
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