Ive just sold my clio 172 and bought a 106 rallye with 16v conversion, no nonsense i.e power steering, abs, just you and your skills, handles brilliant
One thing i did notice about the clio on roundabouts was its tendancy to understeer, due to the heavier more torquey engine, I can imagine this will be a similar issue in the nova's/corsa's
Personally I would have one as a fun toy, even though I absolutely hate vauxhalls with a passion
Bang on a set of billstein coilovers, front and rear braces, Anti roll bars and powerflex bushes and you will have yourself a very good handling car
A mate has had a couple of corsa's, one c20 xe and two c20let's
The last c20let was phase 3.5 and was a scary little fecker, you have to have some seriously big nackers or a death wish to be travelling along at 170mph+ in a corsa
F28 gearbox is the only box worth putting on a c20let, you're not getting the most out of the engine otherwise IMO