well its gone

[ste42]

the 400 as gone feel a bit gutted but on a lighter note the bloke that bought it is over the moon ,apparantly he was looking for a jag never had a lexus or been in one so i arranged to take it to let him see it and took him for a drive oh how his face changed when he was in it .he asked why is it so quiet ,ive never been in a car like this ,and a genuine handshake knowing ive converted someone to the joys of the 400 hopefuly be back in 12 months or so .ill stil be on the site and a big thanks to you all over the recent months regards steve

[dendonc]

Why did you let it go steve?

[ste42]

had a lot of trouble with my daily driver (work car )had to change that (never buy an insignia ) so just needed to cut back ,ive lost a bit of money on the ls but its gone to a local chap who s made up with it

 

[Cotswold Pete]

On 11/06/2017 at 8:56 AM, ste42 said:

 (never buy an insignia )

 

Used to be a Cavalier man for many years and then when the tried a Vectra, that was the end of my love affair with Vauxhall. 

[Malc]

sad to hear of your loss

 

I too had a Vauxhall, well, three actually .........  fond memories of my 1988 Carlton 1.8ltr.....  fabulous family car and did me many years and just over 200k miles before it finally expired with irreparable RUST 

Malc

[ste42]

hopefully this passat should see me right

[ste42]

9 hours ago, Malc said:

sad to hear of your loss

 

I too had a Vauxhall, well, three actually .........  fond memories of my 1988 Carlton 1.8ltr.....  fabulous family car and did me many years and just over 200k miles before it finally expired with irreparable RUST 

Malc

i had a carlton cdx back in the day loved it

[steve2006]

18 minutes ago, ste42 said:

i had a carlton cdx back in the day loved it

Must just be me with strange imports, I used to have a german version of the Vauxhall Carlton badged as an Opel Rekord, 2.0L S but was RHD.

[ste42]

17 minutes ago, steve2006 said:

Must just be me with strange imports, I used to have a german version of the Vauxhall Carlton badged as an Opel Rekord, 2.0L S but was RHD.

and the opel ascona

[mikeyv]

My brother in law served his apprenticeship at Nidd Vale motors, in Knaresborough, they were an Opel main dealer in the 80s.

[Malc]

I find that a little strange that GM had both Vauxhall and Opel main dealers in the UK .....  or maybe GM didn't own them then 

Malc

[mikeyv]

5 minutes ago, Malc said:

I find that a little strange that GM had both Vauxhall and Opel main dealers in the UK .....  or maybe GM didn't own them then 

Malc

Must have done Malc, the Opel Ascona was virtually identical to the first Cavalier.

They did have a few different models though, including the Manta.

 

[thatfatbloke]

11 hours ago, mikeyv said:

Must have done Malc, the Opel Ascona was virtually identical to the first Cavalier.

They did have a few different models though, including the Manta.

 

My old woman had a red Manta when we first met in '92. A699 NVS. I've had a few Poxhall's,none of which I fell in love with,including a 1969 Viva HB  which had it's back doors welded shut because the previous owners kids would do a runner when Mum stopped at traffic lights!. Had a hired Insignia CDTi last year after my LS was written off. It had all the toys of course,as well as very firm suspension,very economical though.

[Cotswold Pete]

13 hours ago, ste42 said:

hopefully this passat should see me right

Had one of these for a year, economy on diesel was fine, but seemed to drink oil for living (which my manager said was typical of VAG diesel engines).  Seats harder than Ian Paisley on a good day, and hated the electronic handbrake.

But great for shoving stuff in the back and off to the tip.

[ambermarine]

Malc

Genearal motors had a stake in the Opel motor co during the 1920s and took full control in 1931 and like Toyota ,Opel started life as a textile machine manufacturer.

[Guest]

I had an opal Manta 2.0 SR back in the day and loved it, always wanted  a droop snoop 2.3 but very rare.