Guilty pleasure

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I've had a few, a Mk1 Astra, a Astra H estate with the hateful 1.3 CDTi, a Mk1 Combo, a Mk2 Combo with the hateful 1.3 CDTi and a Astra G van which lunched it's engine.
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I had an astra G Eco 4 that was pleasant enough but went wrong a lot. All the friction material fell off the front pads on the drive, so it got all new front brakes. Then the starter motor failed. Replacing that was a fuck about and my reward for doing the job was the back brakes pissing fluid out of the cylinders. I gave up and sold it for about £100 to a nice man on the beige who still has it I believe.
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I quite like the Manta A frontal styling of the new Vauxhalls.
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I doesn't do anything for me, I'd rather walk.
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They all look the same to me.
As I suspected I was right about everything.
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I watched a bit of the btcc yesterday. I couldn't tell what the manufacturers were never mind the models.
Being liveried up didn't help.
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I must admit to liking vauxhalls. Had a few over the years. Mk3 cavaliers I've had a 1.4 on a H plate. Later years have found they were a rare beast if woefully underpowered. A 1.6 base,1.8 LS auto and a 2.0 GLS.
H plate astra 1.8 sxi
P reg astra 2.0 sport
2 corsa B 1.0 3 pot
Vectra B 1.6 Arctic auto
And also have had 4 vectra c
1.8 LS
1.8 active
1.8 sxi
1.8 elegance.
I have to admit to liking the insignia too. Vectra C onwards the seats were more firm and nowhere near as comfy as the cavalier or even the vec B. Modern vauxhalls,as in no more than 5 years old ive found to be damn uncomfortable and the interiors seem miserable.
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My mate might be selling his insignia soon. '61 reg 2.0 diesel with 120k.
He said I could have it for £700.
Would anyone be interested in it?
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Could make an Ideal cab for warren.
Just messaged him. Sunday is his day on the piss starting at 12. I used to join him pre covid. There was a gang of us.
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paulplom wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2022 3:10 pm Could make an Ideal cab for warren.
Just messaged him. Sunday is his day on the piss starting at 12. I used to join him pre covid. There was a gang of us.
Sadly it's a year too old to get plated here.
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