better nova gte or gsi?

[rdanny]

better nova gte or gsi? looking at getting a standard gotta be nice ,one or other if i can find...

what do you think? looking around a F to a J plate more than likely i keep getting drawn toward H/F reg GTE`s

all opinions welcome

oh i once saw a mint L reg nova is that possible? it never looked personal ether

[BigStan]

I think GTE's are nicer, probably because i have one !

But i do still think they look cool though and if i had to choose would probably be a GTE, just something about them !

[blue_peg_16v]

depents on personal preferance, the gte and gsi is basikly the same car with slightly different body work and interior parts, i personaly prefer the look of the mk2 movas such as the gsi.

l plates are possible they were the last few that were sold off after production had stopped

[Jack]

I'd go GSi, but overall condition of the car would be more important - I'd rather buy a clean GTE over a rotten GSi.

....of course if I got a GTE, the dash would be coming out and being thrown off a cliff straight away

[bangerbrian]

gte look very nice but gsi are nice aswell but i prefer gte

[dave.gsi]

as above...condition is more important.

you can make a gte look like a gsi if you prefer gsi's and vice versa.

id think it more likely that you'll find a clean gsi.there seems to be very few nice gte's around nowadays.


and you probably did see an 'L reg'

theres a couple knocking round and people who have them tend to look after them, knowing how rare they are

[LX]

i'd say gsi every time for the updated looks mainly, but there does seem to be more 'mint' gtes available for sale.

[big gra]

gsi !!

[craig green]

Same car apart from the cosmetics. GTE had option of alloy wheels over the steels with trims as std. The early GTE's also had E/W as an optional extra but it was all std on the GSi.

As it says above, its far more important to find a solid car rather than choose a GSi over a GTE for reasons of headlamp shape or being newer.

In hindsight I prefer the GTE (minus its mk1 dashboard). Mk1 Novas are a rare sight these days & I for one would like to see more of them around.

Sam-SR is selling a clean looking Black GTE currently (I saw on MIG) for ?1000. It appears pretty rust free in the usual places (boot floor etc) going by the pics.

[big gra]

i was going to change my mk1 to a mk2 front end but im keeping it the same for that reason!! ^^^^^