If you HAD to own 3 Vauxhalls

[anonymous-user]

A1VDY said:

5490 said:

It's tough, as Vauxhall is the turd of the car world. No one actively wants to own a Vauxhall. Those who do, I don't want to meet.

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You sound a right brainless up your own arse bellend.

That post says more about you than me. It only reinforces my post that I don't want to meet you and you get very angry at someone disliking Vauxhalls, which are st.

Well done there.

For those hard of thinking, the dislike is your bread and butter Vauxhalls - I think VX220s, Monaros and Lotus Carltons are great, I've driven plenty and would have them. But then, as I've said other manufacturers have had their hands on them.

Are you seriously going to tell me you think I'm a bellend because I don't like a Vectra 1.8 Elite?

[lee_erm]

Vauxhall Nova Sport
Manta 400
Lotus Carlton

I'd like a Nova GSI too, but I wouldn't want to risk a novadose.

[Tyre Smoke]

Are you seriously going to tell me you think I'm a bellend because I don't like a Vectra 1.8 Elite?
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No, I think you're a bellend for your obnoxious posting style. I love our Corsa D, we actively chose it. Luckily that means our paths are unlikely to ever cross.

[Wacky Racer]

I think the point is there is no need to be obnoxious and rude.

If you don't like Vauxhalls, that's OK, it's your prerogative.
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I would never dream of insulting someone else's car, it could be their pride and joy, or they couldn't afford anything better if it was a snotter.

[Don Roque]

Tyre Smoke said:

No, I think you're a bellend for your obnoxious posting style.

Yes, that's it.

[anonymous-user]

Calm down poppets, freedom of speech. I think Vauxhalls are st and I am allowed to say it as much as you're allowed to say I'm a bellend.

I'm even allowed to say I question your enthusiasm for cars if you buy a Vauxhall. There's far, far, far too many alternatives to consider to end up with one.

[Evanivitch]

Vauxhall (Chevrolet) Ampera
Vauxhall (Lotus) VX220
Vauxhall (Holden) Monaro

[marksx]

Monaro
VXR8
Movano full of fuel cans

[anonymous-user]

5490 said:

Calm down poppets, freedom of speech. I think Vauxhalls are st and I am allowed to say it as much as you're allowed to say I'm a bellend.

I'm even allowed to say I question your enthusiasm for cars if you buy a Vauxhall. There's far, far, far too many alternatives to consider to end up with one.

Says the person with no garage. Getting lifts from your Mum doesn’t entitle you to an opinion.

[Quavers]

Monaro.
Royale saloon.
Carlton Gsi.

[Blayney]

Wow, so much Vauxhall hate? I wonder if these are the same people who write off anything French?

Anyway... why stop at 3?

I'd get an FD Ventora so my Dad can relive his youth smoking Escort RS2000s (unless it got too twisty).

Mk1 Cavalier coupe

Firenza

HB Viva but warmed up a bit.

Chevette saloon also warmed up.

Corsa B 1.6 Sport so I could relive my youth... but with the engine I wanted... running on the SBD ITB kit I think it is.

And an Adam rally car

[Toltec]

I liked Vauxhalls far more than Ford's growing up so I don't mind picking a poster car and two I considered buying.

Manta 400
Omega MV6
VX220

I liked the Signum too.

[Nerdherder]

5490 said:

Calm down poppets, freedom of speech. I think Vauxhalls are st and I am allowed to say it as much as you're allowed to say I'm a bellend.

I'm even allowed to say I question your enthusiasm for cars if you buy a Vauxhall. There's far, far, far too many alternatives to consider to end up with one.

I think that your attitude sucks donkey balls.

[Byker28i]

Deranged Rover said:

Frankly people who dismiss all Vauxhalls are slightly suspicious, in my book.

Would it be fair to say they've lost their way? Even the older cars had better models from other manufacturers.
Opel Manta, drop dead gorgeous outside, boring inside. Capri was way better.
Vx220, good car but why have that when you could have the Lotus it was based on
Monaro - good car, cheap power, quite unsophisticated but a fun family car but just putting a vauxhall badge on the front doesn't make it a Vauxhall..

One of my first cars was a Viva HB, 4 door I bought for £30. Interior ripped by a dog, outside rusty. New complete interior was £25 from a scrappy, it was stripped, flattened, all rust dealt with and primed in grey primer and lived like that for 2 years whilst I put huge mileage on it. Would never go more than 70...
It died in the end on the M4, when the four spotwelds holding the gearbox bracket to the sump cracked off (worn engine mounts probably) and dumped all the oil on the inside lane near Bath.

I've owned an 1300 Astra, cheap, boring but 150K miles of reliable motoring. Bought by a butler for the numberplate (All0 WME) - I never realised it's worth until after the paperwork was done.

But if I was looking to buy a car, nothing in the vauxhall range excites me, theres always a better alternative.

[StuE39]

1) Cavalier Turbo
2) Astra GSI Turbo
3) Lotus Carlton

[Tyre Smoke]

Byker28i said:

But if I was looking to buy a car, nothing in the vauxhall range excites me, theres always a better alternative.

What though? I know it's not a current model, but our Corsa D 1.3cdti SXI is brilliant. Well built, really economical, all the toys for a small car, decent boot, can seat 5 adults (okay, not for a 200 mile trip in any great comfort) comfortable and cheap to tax and insure. And cheap to buy in the first place.

I'm really struggling to think of anything that compares. French have iffy build quality, this feels solid. German are more expensive and not necessarily any better. Japanese? Micra or Jazz?

[F2 DDY]

I'd go down the scrappers on Nov 5th, pile 'em high... and burn the friggers.

[Triumph Man]

Viscount
Lotus Carlton
VXR8 GTS

[Tyre Smoke]

Triumph Man said:

Viscount

Good shout!

[LuS1fer]

Cars inevitably get associated with past experience and nostalgia but, compared to today's cars are probably going to fail to live up to the memory. My history with Vauxhalls has been a Viva 1800 (reasonable car), a Chevette 1300 saloon ( better than the equivalent Escort), an Astra Mk II 1300 (better than the equivalent Escort bar the gearbox) and an Astra GTE 16V ( horrible scrabbling fwd, velour trimmed and swiftly sold).

Current Vauxhalls are probably better than they have ever been and the styling is contemporary but they are again victims of the "everything German is great" mentality so the Insignia with more than 200bhp doesn't exist but, as a family car with more room inside than the Enterprise, it's a great car but hey, "it's not an Audi" and so depreciation kicks in.

To be fair to Vauxhall, it's not the cars that have issues, it's the buyers. I also suspect that I would probably enjoy meeting a practical Vauxhall buyer far more than a BMW/Audi/VW buyer.