corsa redtop!! help decisions

[alexcorsa]

hi il cut straight to it i do 1500miles a month 500 motorway i currently have a seat ibiza 1.4 used to have a corsa ive got 3 points for speeding and another year till im allowed 12 points soooo does anyone think it would be a good idea to get one im worried about reliablity so obvously get the later engine i am a mechanic but dont want to spunk f**k looads of money on it all the time also has anyone been pulled??? wiht a redtop ?????

[Octane2097]

just out of curiosity what ibiza do you have? with the high milage id concider a diesel
have you thought of a diesel ibiza fr? i had one, plenty of poke and good reliability. have seen ones with 250000 miles on clock still going strong...

anyways in regards to the redtop idea, if its done correctly could be reliable as any other car, the issue is since vauxhall hasnt made this engine for some time the ones you find are old and usualy been thrashed to death. concider a 2liter x20xev or a z22se (altho they are hard to find a z22se)

[alexcorsa]

ive got a pain old simple 1.4petrol on a x reg have thaught about a diesel i love them but!! ive got 2k if i sell my ibiza so realy i cant afford one i want a redtop but im going to find i9t hard to find a good solid one for 2 k dont you th9ink

[matty101]

dont forget if your driving a redtop daily u'll constantly be tempted to floor it so 1 u'll go through fuel like mad and aslo tyres from wot i've herd

[alexcorsa]

tyres aint a problem lol petrol is kinda any one own one any advice??

[Octane2097]

thats why i sugested a x20xev or a z22se rather than a redtop
be looking about £250-£300 for a good xev or around £800 for a good se

[alexcorsa]

cbf to do the job though need a car straight away cos of milage i do ect know anyone?????

[Octane2097]

your best just buying a car thats been done and hope it dosnt break down. if you get one you gotta ask yourself
has it been built with care and attention or has it been thrown together in a shed in 15mins by a boyracer?
ether than or buy a diffrent car

[alexcorsa]

yea im not silly i would give it a good going over but to find a real good one its going to be 3k ish aint it???

[bluecorsab]

use an x20xev as there much more reliable and better on fuel, thats what ive got in my corsa

[trev_redtop]

i have 1 and theyre nt as bad as you wud fink on fuel. if your after 1 already built hav a luk on pistonheads. ters a couple on ter tat r nyc