bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 I was billy but clutch went in escort other day and weather not fit to fix it. Got 3 jobs lined up so need to do something asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Put it on eBay, then see what you get for it. I'd say put it on there, with some photos you've taken about this time of the evening, at a distance with your thumb over the lens in most of the shots. Give several hundred words describing the car and how wonderful its been but don't give anything away as regards its actual condition. Follow on at the end of the ad to say that you know what these vectras are worth these days, and that if it doesn't sell you will smash it to pieces with a claw hammer, then race it. Make some unreasonable demand that they pay for it in Mexican Pesos, and then pick it up at 3.20am on a Sunday. At which point you will arrive, late and drunk to do the exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 bub2006, on 31 Dec 2015 - 6:56 PM, said:I was billy but clutch went in escort other day and weather not fit to fix it. Got 3 jobs lined up so need to do something asap Get your mate to do it, it's his van after all. Maybe offer to buy the clutch if he fits it? dave21478 and trigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 He isn't in best of health. I tend to help him with his work nowadays anyway regards motorbike repairs etc. Manual labour all his life from age 12 and he in his 60s now and its caught up with him. I'll buy clutch,33 quid for 3 piece kit.he bought van for me to use anyway with view to buying it in time as he only has bike license Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Not an option probably but surely four straight doors, a tailgate, bonnet and wings have got to be worth coin? £30 per door, £40 for tailgate, £20 per wing sees you at £200 straightaway. With all the new parts, interior bits, headlights, rear bumper it has to be around £400 in bits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I just put it into WBAC and their fully automated car value calculator estimated a value of '£fuck off' whatever that is? CGSB, fatharris, strangeangel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Breaking would be good option,just no storage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Plus you'll end up with loads and loads of bits and when you go to scrap the car they won't take it as it's not complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 And it will piss your neighbours off. Once it's got no doors on its rendered immobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Good god don't want to upset them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella2 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The only way to get out of this without being financially arse raped is to repair the damn thing. Sounds like its possibly got a days worth of graft on it to get it running. As you have spent quite a bit on it getting it how you want it and running well it seems the only viable option. I only say this cos you seem to have got your fingers burnt with some of the cars you have had this year, and this only needs a little work to be a good motor again. Also people are going to be dubious about buying a accident damaged car, especially at christmas and especially a car with a broken sump. Sleeves up and get it fixed. Justin Case, Fat_Pirate, CGSB and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 That's true. Even that sexy almera stayed up for sale for ages due to the broken sump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 As much as I like to see a hateful Vectra being scrapped, agreed with bigfella - it won't take much to put it right and could get you £3/400 sold or keep it and use it as a known quantity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Is there anyone who can help you out? I'm terrible for losing mojo with stuff and ignoring it for a year + but a bit of encouragement/team work does wonders. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Bub for me the only option is to repair the vectra - the only way it will be worth anything. You have spent £300 on it already that you won't get back if you dispose of it. It's not as if they rust so body panels are'nt that sought after. If it drives like crap after it has been fixed at least you can flog it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 BREN LOVES VEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 All viable options to consider. I think ill fit sump and clean it up etc. Thanks all for input. Seeing sense in what's been said Cheggers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 BREN LOVES VECMore than you know Billy - I have been perusing them on shite bay. Snowflake alloys are fit. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Didn't you have one and you hated it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Rocket Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yeahhh.. Bren you must be pished early- all I ever remember you saying is how much you hated your Vectra/ how pleased you were to get shot of it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 In the same way I complain about my wife! They look good, don't rot and aren't as expensive to fix as their contemporaries. However, they do go wrong - mine failed to proceed three times. But it added to the excitement! Also the driving experience is not particularly involving. This is my cup of tea - people pitied me for owning one. Now I drive an audi they think I'm a twat. Which simply will not do. To give you an insight into my psyche, I have owned four SD1's. I like the motoring equivalent of auto erotic asphyxiation- which a vec C is. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Yeahhh.. Bren you must be pished early- all I ever remember you saying is how much you hated your Vectra/ how pleased you were to get shot of it!!A drop has yet to pass my lips. I had the 120 diesel - slower than the EA's response to the floods. And about as reliable. I would have the 150 diesel or a 4 petrol - the V6 is meant to be hoot but with horrendous running costs. Cavcraft, Vince70 and Rusty_Rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 What about the V6 diesel? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARAGE-PROJECT-2006-06-VAUXHALL-VECTRA-3-0-V6-CDTi-SRi-Auto-Estate-/172021460907 * Uses Small Amounts Water Each Trip * WCPGW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 What about the V6 diesel? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GARAGE-PROJECT-2006-06-VAUXHALL-VECTRA-3-0-V6-CDTi-SRi-Auto-Estate-/172021460907 WCPGW?Powerful, complicted, thirsty. Pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 They're fucking awful full stop, though a 1.8 is probably the safest bet - buy Bub's and kill two birds with one stone? Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Shiters discount bren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 HH-R, on 31 Dec 2015 - 9:29 PM, said:They're fucking awful full stop, though a 1.8 is probably the safest bet - buy Bub's and kill two stone walls? EFAFTFY Bren, how about a GSi or VXR 3.2? I would be quite happy if you got one and didn't like it, as you're not that far from me and I'd buy loads of raffle tickets. andrew e, The Moog and eddyramrod 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I believe the road tax on V6's varies from expensive to extortionate. The was an ex police one on eBay that looked the tits - a real sleeper and it was less than £4k which is still far too much for a Vectra. I heard an urban myth that to have a V6 turbo serviced at a stealers was more expensive than having certain Ferrari's serviced at independent's. Then again, I was told John Wayne was a Yugoslavian and Stan Laurel was Clint Eastwood's dad. Jerzy Woking and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheggers Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 In the same way I complain about my wife! They look good, don't rot and aren't as expensive to fix as their contemporaries. However, they do go wrong - mine failed to proceed three times. But it added to the excitement! Also the driving experience is not particularly involving. Enough about the wife, what was the Vectra like? Bren, Justin Case and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcd1979 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 No,he has a trailer and a flatbed ldvwhat you trying to get me to do now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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