Vauxhall cannibals

[jdw100]

This was happening a lot to BMWs in North London when I lived there a few years ago.

Front bumpers and wing mirrors as I recall.

[MikeT66]

The Wookie said:

Exactly the same thing happened to a friend of my girlfriend, in fact I'm not sure if that was actually her car.

With the locality of the Vauxhall plant you do wonder if it's a bunch of current or former employees who assemble the cars knowing how easy it is and what tools are needed.

It's a Vauxhall, so tools required would be cable-tie cutter and sellotape remover?

[405dogvan]

SunsetZed said:

5 Grand to repair, really?!

Retail prices for parts plus £80/hour for prep and paint - no-one pays that actual price (parts are typically discounts 45-65% and labour to 40-50ish) but that's the headline figure.

OT slightly, but I get tired of how EVERYTHING in the news has to have a value. If they found the Hoyl Grail, "experts have estimated it's value at £1.1 trillion, based on the value of cups used by other deity-offspring through history" FFS

[The Wookie]

MikeT66 said:

It's a Vauxhall, so tools required would be cable-tie cutter and sellotape remover?

Dont be daft, if you removed the sellotape then there wouldn't be anything left that was significant enough to sell on!

[Rich1973]

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

[NailedOn]

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

Unfair. Unfair.
My 1985 Cavalier 1.6GL was a cracking car. Saw those pesky Sierras off!

[xjsdriver]

Challo said:

5k is a bit excessive but I with all the parts needed at retail cost plus the labour to fit them all then i reckon it would come close.

I doubt the front bumper is cheap let alone the front wings and if them need painting.

Of course they'll need painting, unless you know somewhere selling painted panels to order.........

[xjsdriver]

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

Au contraire.... the thieves are quite careful not to leave any scratches on any panels.....or even leave so much as a fingerprint on the parts they don't take...

[Dogwatch]

NailedOn said:

My 1985 Cavalier 1.6GL was a cracking car.

Back in the '90s I was doing something or other to the front brakes of my '88 model and realised that at some point a scrote had tried to remove the under bumper airdam/spoiler - and nearly succeeded.

[405dogvan]

NailedOn said:

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

Unfair. Unfair.
My 1985 Cavalier 1.6GL was a cracking car. Saw those pesky Sierras off!

I recently owned a 98 1.8 Vectra as a tip car/dogvan and whilst it was dynamically a bit duff (it ran on almost as much oil as petrol) it had THE nicest seats I've had in a car for years.

The veloury material was lovely and the seats were super-supportive - not sure that balances out things like engines which are worn-out at 90K or rust when they're less than 5-years-old tho ;0

[jshell]

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

For me I hire cars every week and I get a lot of different cars from Fords, Citroen, Vauxhall, Peugot etc, etc. The one that makes me groan and sit fuming for the whole of my long drive is if I get a poxy feckin Vauxhall. I detest them and would have any of the rest of the Avis fleet over them.

[FourWheelDrift]

SunsetZed said:

5 Grand to repair, really?!

But they know where they can get the parts, even the right colour.

[rohrl]

405dogvan said:

The veloury material was lovely

I am convinced that velour is absolutely the best material for seats. It doesn't get ridiculously hot or cold like vinyl or leather, doesn't require ongoing care like leather and is resistant to stains and cleanable. I wish my car had velour seats.

[5-Oh]

jshell said:

For me I hire cars every week and I get a lot of different cars from Fords, Citroen, Vauxhall, Peugot etc, etc. The one that makes me groan and sit fuming for the whole of my long drive is if I get a poxy feckin Vauxhall. I detest them and would have any of the rest of the Avis fleet over them.

You honestly sit and fume for hours because you have to drive a Vauxhall? OK then...

[xjsdriver]

NailedOn said:

Unfair. Unfair.
My 1985 Cavalier 1.6GL was a cracking car. Saw those pesky Sierras off!

I preferred the 1.9 and later, the 2.0 litre versions, last of the RWD Cavaliers.

[Beati Dogu]

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

Insufficient soft-touch dashboards & rock hard suspension for reviewers to cream themselves over.

[anonymous-user]

rohrl said:

405dogvan said:

The veloury material was lovely

I am convinced that velour is absolutely the best material for seats. It doesn't get ridiculously hot or cold like vinyl or leather, doesn't require ongoing care like leather and is resistant to stains and cleanable. I wish my car had velour seats.

Velour, Schmelour. Bri Nylon is the cloth of WINNAZ.

[mph1977]

Rich1973 said:

What is it with the constant Vauxhall bashing on here?

because Clarkson slagged off the Vectra in the mid 1990s ... co0nsequently all Vauxhalls beofre and after have been condemned by the church of tttery that worships clarkson and creates a 350 page thread defending smacking work colleagues ..

[anonymous-user]

I would walk a thousand miles barefoot over broken glass just to tell Clarkson to GTFO, but despite that I think Vauxhalls are terrible. Sozzer! There's just something about them that fills me with gloom. Still, at least they're not Audis.

[oldcynic]

Parts theft has been going on for years round here (Luton) - often it's just the trims on the door mirrors, sometimes a whole street at once.

It's depressing because no-one should be faced with the choice of their car looking worse for ever with gaffer tape covering the holes, or replacing trims at exorbitant rates every few weeks (because the scum will be back for the shiny new parts)

I have no love for vauxhalls, but the thieves are scum who make people's lives a misery.