Big, big bump.
Sorry guys, I'd thought I'd post about what happened with my motor
I owned it from February 2011 to August 2012. I put it through 2 MOT's, first one failed on headlight aim too low, and tracking. Second one killed it. Failed on rust on the chassis/"under body etc", rust on the rear trailing arm (So much so there was only about 3 and half inches keeping the wheel on...), headlight aim again, emissions were totally off, basically it was "Uneconomical to repair" - Over £2000 worth with the requirement of a new timing chain.
So I took it back to the original bloke who sold it us in the first place in the latter half of 2010, Sold it for £850 to a relative, I bought it for £600 iirc, and he bought it back for £300. That was with 3/4 tank of fuel, and all my mods on it as well. Including my rare-ish alloys and decent springs. The coilies cost me £200+ iirc. I was just getting the car to how I wanted it, and it wasn't far off. Then bang. MOT time!
Obviously it was a death trap, as much I hate to admit it, but I've had some of my most favourite memories in that motor. Would love to own one again, but I think I may regret it as the youngest B is 15 years old! I thought it was a death trap, but it was on the road right up to February this year, then it was SORN and now scrapped.
Unfortunate turn of events, I loved that car! haha
Anyway, so with the 300 greens the Corsa Bloke gave me for Gordon, I put it on as a deposit for a Midnight Blue 2012 Skoda CitiGo S. Was delivered the day I left Gordon to the scrappies. A year later with the CitiGo I trade it in, after just making even with the payments, for a 2012 Skoda Rapid 1.6TDi CR DPF SE+ 103BHP. Costing me an arm and a leg on the stupid bloody PCP scam/scheme. As soon as I get 50% it's getting given back and I've saved some money now so I'm going to buy another used vehicle and do it up again, [as done with the Corsa] Don't know what it'll be, hope another Corsa B but they're getting scarce, by the time it's 50% they'll be the youngest circa 17years old! I was looking at a very smart N reg Corsa 1.2, amazingly no rust or any advisories on the MOT.. £450. I was an inch from buying it, but then I read the small print on the PCP contract and there's no way I'm going on a Debt Blacklist at the age of 20!
Not even sure if anybody would even care about this, as all the people I was with on here have moved on too, but at least it closes the final chapter on this, not so popular project of a rarer Atlantis Blue Corsa B. Live on Corsa B lovers! Never forget the ones you've lost haha
R.I.P [Rust In Pieces] T864 LOP
Peace.