driving vauxhall again.

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Well as I probably said before, the calibras off the roads untill i have "spare" cash to spend on the needed parts to rebuild the final engine which is going in her, no more bodge engines, this ones being done properly now bored or doing rebuilds.

My trusty Festa was starting to get a bit too many miles on her, and the seats were getting soft meaning i was getting achy and grouchy sat in it all day. So i have bought a new car for work that I will also enjoy myself while the calibras off the road.

Astra Sri, 2L td,
factory upgrade 19", VXR bodykit, bluetooth, auto lights/wipers, remote alarm, tyre pressure monitors.

Handles and rides like a dream.. am most happy to be back in a griffin




yum yum

[Mark1]

Very nice

[v6 steve]

very nice 2 too many doors tho, are you going to let your pupils drive it

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Yeah the GTC (3door) isn't available yet, it does look really nice though i must admit they had the demo at PV this year... but 5 door is better for the job, and yes they have been driving it more than me! lol. boooooo!!! but i get to drive it properly haha..

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The rear and front and side visibility is getting worse for all cars not just vaux, all crash test airbag related... more likely to have an accident but safe when you do lol.. encap should take into account visibility (assumign they dont already) and maybe we'd see an end to this stupid trend..

Some are poor outright, most what you can't see one place you can see another, just means you have to use mirrors a lot more now rather than being able to see directly where you're going. not ideal, but you can only work with that you got.. and as you say its all like it now..

they all love it though I dont think they notice things like that quite as much as we would being more experienced, and having driven older style cars with windows..

[v6 steve]

i don't look out my rear window when reversing years of driving vans makes you just use the wing mirrors and that im getting old and to stiff to turn my body around lol

[BazV6er]

very nice stu

[poita]

love it mate

cant wait for these to be released down under next year!

[stevo turbo]

looks like the 160bhp model also! yet to see one with a tuning box on them

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you just did

[stevo turbo]

cool, must be about 210bhp and 450lbft at a guesst then? been on the rollers yet?

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both my local rollers charge about 65quid a pop (dynodynamics), so I won't be entertaining that anytime soon. its nothing like my cally was, but its fun i will pop along to a RR day if we do one sometime though