Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 In an (un)surprising moment, I'm selling a Vauxhall. This time it's, well, it's this... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161675704780?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 ..as it's now mine. Ignore the previous owner's price, the Autoshite buy-it-now special is... £180 ....he tells me if you top the brake fluid up it'll be ok to drive away, that of course would be up to any buyer to decide for themselves. Come and get it from Chester, no lottery auction for this one, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 LAAARG!!! I really like these Vectras! Its even got Vextras such as floor mats and rubber boot liner. I recently drove a diesel version that bodge-it man Steve has for sale. It was a nice car. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Are you feeling okay KGB603? I think you might be butt-posting with your phone. Keymaster and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I'm not surprised that join* is leaking. Looks like it's flapping around too. Easy fix right enough. Bargain at £180. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Are you feeling okay KGB603? I think you might be butt-posting with your phone.Excitement clearly has the better of him. vulgalour and Keymaster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Wtf happened there?! Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 You can delete the posts if you are on a PC/tablet, or on the 'PC' version of this site. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I'm on tapatalk on a phone I don't really understand. Which probably explains everything! Have a picture of a cat in a campervan as way of an apology Lord Sterling, Cavcraft, HH-R and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 That compression joint shouldn't be leaking, they've made an arse of fitting it. I've used one like that in a much higher pressure application and it didn't leak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Jesuz H Christ Billy, I wish you'd get something interesting in auto flavour that I could buy off you in monthly instalments. Sheesh! eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 My mate drove his cortina for weeks with no brakes - the handbrake was utilised at every opportunity. Eventually his luck ran out.... Charlie Croker and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Please tell me you swapped that shitty 125 you bought,for the Vectra ????? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Looks alright that for 180. They're pretty rare now those old crates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 It's really sad I suppose, but one of my greatest car collection trips was buying one of these from a great lad from Retro-Rides in Doncaster, or somewhere near there. I got the train up, he picked me up in his car and when we got to his house the Vectra wouldn't start as the battery was flat! He had to follow me to the garage so I could leave it running whilst I fuelled it up.It drove home an absolute treat and did me a very good turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 has all the toys, they all work, elec windows, heated seats electric sunroof, climate control cruise control an on the list goes.Does the list go on, or is that it? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 The estates look so much better then the hatch I recon. My best no brakes story I have is a guy who bought an audi from me with no brakes and tethered it to the front of his transit. He then drove it into inner city glasgow with just the transit doing his braking. Amazingly he didn't die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 That's a really nice car, and a 1999 is an arselift model when they sorted out the shitness of the original. GR6 Valyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I would. I'm not going to, but that looks alright doesn't it? I had a saloon SRI140 which was a belter, but it was silver and rusted a bit quicker than I'd have liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Jesuz H Christ Billy, I wish you'd get something interesting in auto flavour that I could buy off you in monthly instalments. Sheesh! I might have something interesting in manual FLAVA soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 I might have something interesting in manual FLAVA soon.Tell more, Billington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That X20xev engine is a great old lung. Mine pulled great no matter the weight of the load in it. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Tell more, Billington.Staying schtum at the moment, in case it doesn't come off, but I'll just say it's more the sort of thing you'd appreciate more than I would. sporty-shite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 Last owners says it's leaking under pressure and he wouldn't drive it for a longish journey, but reckons if you could be arsed stopping to top it up as often as needed it should be ok.I might have the alloys off it and weigh it in if nobody wants it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 It looks like it wants anchoring to the bodywork properly as well as its hanging. I'd be tempted to start again with that brake pipe for sake of a length of Kunifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Last owners says it's leaking under pressure and he wouldn't drive it for a longish journey, but reckons if you could be arsed stopping to top it up as often as needed it should be ok.I might have the alloys off it and weigh it in if nobody wants it.Yeah those alloys look tidy. What you reckon those are worth? £100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I'd have thought so. I think they're 16" too, so will fit my C. Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 I've just been to see this and what a waste if it gets weighed off. Loads of handobooks and stuff, plus two keys... eddyramrod and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I agree it's a shame The Mrs would kill me/I'm broke/If only I had the space/it's so expensive to cover for what it is etc etc etc. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 I went to view this (again) last night to leave the key and the logbook. The scrap man picked it up today whilst I was at work, and even I have to say it was a sorry end for a cracking looking car. Oh well, sentiments don't feed my family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I hope you're happy. It leaves behind a family. Mother and Father (A Cavalier and a Carlton) a wife (An Astra) and it's son, Adam. Cavcraft and alf892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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