SiC Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, artdjones said: It didn't feel rough in any way, but it felt like it would top out at 120 kph, which is basically the performance of a 1960 Victor, so I think something was wrong, it may be wheezy, but it's supposed to have 115hp. Quick check on parkers specs, it says that age Astra J 1.6 is 1578kg. For comparison, a 2008 Vectra C 1.8VVT is 1335kg. Farking hell, how did GM get it so lardy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 7 hours ago, Bren said: Took the vectra battery back. It was dead. Could have had straight replacement but paid extra £15 for a yuasa item with a 3 year guarantee. Only after coming home have I realised the pointlessness of my decision - it is unlikely the car will be on the road in three years. This. You could blow however much on quality parts but lose sight of the bigger picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I got a phone call while I was still asleep this morning about a job I'd forgotten I'd applied for. I was still half asleep for most of it but the general gist of it is I have an interview on Teams next Wednesday! It's WFH and starts at £10/hr. I've never heard of the company so I'm off to do my research now! AnnoyingPentium, LightBulbFun, chaseracer and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 57 minutes ago, SiC said: Quick check on parkers specs, it says that age Astra J 1.6 is 1578kg. For comparison, a 2008 Vectra C 1.8VVT is 1335kg. Farking hell, how did GM get it so lardy? Don't know, it doesn't feel particularly solid, and my Mégane estate weighs 1308kg so over 250kg less than the Astra and is 150mm longer and 200mmwider as well.(According to Parker's). The Astra's weight is frankly ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 All that weight with a normally aspirated 1.6? It will be a plodder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Soundwave said: Update: it's here! The 8 valve petrol engines are pretty good. I had a 2.0 RT - it was auto - as you can imagine the box was troublesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 On 1/25/2022 at 3:12 AM, mitsisigma01 said: Bumhats, just found out my brother his binned his Maxus recently, not sure who to or when or even where ... whereabouts are you ? ...was it East Anglialand area ...if so it might not be far from your area Yep, Norfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 2 hours ago, SiC said: Quick check on parkers specs, it says that age Astra J 1.6 is 1578kg. For comparison, a 2008 Vectra C 1.8VVT is 1335kg. Farking hell, how did GM get it so lardy? Lordy...the unladen weight for the Caddy is 1235kg, and that's with all the gubbins for the dropped floor, a wheelchair ramp, the associated lashing points *and* a diesel engine up front...I know the Astra is bigger than a 6N Polo, but even so that seems ludicrously heavy. The V12 XJ-S weighs in at 1700kg, which puts it in perspective a bit I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 5 hours ago, wuvvum said: Yep, Norfolk. I'll be calling him tomorrow or Friday 👍🏽 wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 10 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Lordy...the unladen weight for the Caddy is 1235kg, and that's with all the gubbins for the dropped floor, a wheelchair ramp, the associated lashing points *and* a diesel engine up front...I know the Astra is bigger than a 6N Polo, but even so that seems ludicrously heavy. The V12 XJ-S weighs in at 1700kg, which puts it in perspective a bit I think... You cannot compare modern cars to older stuff, modern vehicles have so much more crash protection built in, plus they have things like abs pumps, multiple ecu's etc etc, FYI the new 'E' Berlingo weighs 2.4 tons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 The 2015 base Astra weighs less than 1200kg. So I don't think it was inevitable that the previous model weighed so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Speed*. Fumbler, sdkrc, anonymous user and 25 others 25 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 hours ago, Jazoli said: You cannot compare modern cars to older stuff, modern vehicles have so much more crash protection built in, plus they have things like abs pumps, multiple ecu's etc etc, FYI the new 'E' Berlingo weighs 2.4 tons. I believe the phrase rhymes with "Clucking Bell". That's as much as a Rolls Royce Wraith/Ghost. I wonder its GVW is - I bet a bag of peas in the boot would max it out. Edit: Google suggests it's true kerb weight is around 1800kg. Perhaps 2440kg is actually the GVW and they've mistaken it for kerb weight (however you fancy defining kerb weight!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 9:32 AM, barefoot said: Took the Scirocco to be tracked up yesterday. This morning I have 2 turns of the steering wheel to the left, but only one & a half to the right as I discovered when driving into next door's hedge. Took it back yesterday to have it sorted... Sorted it is, by means of a 'new O/S/F TRE replaced due to thread worn'. As any fule knows, Sciroccos never had TRE's on both sides, so it should say 'O/S/F TRE fitted because we didn't know what we were doing'. That's a new garage I was trying. After being treated like I floated down the River Trent on a cream cracker it looks like I won't be going back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 18 hours ago, wuvvum said: Yep, Norfolk. He scrapped it with ASSingtons in Sudbury about a week ago . He said it was pretty fkd . Clutch gone . Side door hanging off. Drivers door electrics hanging out wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Just been offered a low mileage classic Ford.... Trouble is it's a recently retired hearse. 🙄 Dyslexic Viking, BorniteIdentity, grogee and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: Just been offered a low mileage classic Ford.... Trouble is it's a recently retired hearse. 🙄 I don't know how I'd react to this, pretty sure I wouldn't be able to say no ☠️ Dyslexic Viking and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Just been offered a low mileage classic Ford.... Trouble is it's a recently retired hearse. That really shouldn't be a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 8 hours ago, Jazoli said: You cannot compare modern cars to older stuff, modern vehicles have so much more crash protection built in, plus they have things like abs pumps, multiple ecu's etc etc, FYI the new 'E' Berlingo weighs 2.4 tons. That is a fair point - though you'd hope that modern construction methods, cutting down on wiring through the use of multiplexed Comms etc would help offset *some* of that, though yes cars are definitely just heavier than they used to be for the most part. I guess a more relevant comparison then is to the 2020 Audi Q3 Vorsprung which our neighbour has - 1620kg. So a couple of decent bags of shopping in the boot of the Astra and they're the same weight. Thinking it must have just been in that awkward period where a lot of the new safety and emissions tech was having to be "bolted on" to a design that was basically from a couple of generations ago so no effort had been made to offset the extra weight. Still surprised at the figure though... it's definitely one of the more unexpected bits of mostly useless knowledge picked up this week! Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, junkyarddog said: Just been offered a low mileage classic Ford.... Trouble is it's a recently retired hearse. 🙄 Some of The most desirable classic Ford’s in my book. Hope it’s a bug eyed Scorpio! chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I'm hoping it's a Mk6 Escort with unpainted bumpers. It's a funeral, nobody is in a rush. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I haven't seen it yet,but apparently it's a 1990 2.0 pinto powered Sierra auto,47k from new. My 2.0 auto Capri needs an engine and box...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Local car manufacturer shows new car. It would only take an hour to walk to the mclaren headquarters from their new factory on the old BOC/ Bristol site. MJK 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 https://www.facebook.com/BulwellPoliceUK/photos/a.1503333513297267/2783592505271355 junkyarddog, Tickman, barefoot and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 6 hours ago, junkyarddog said: Just been offered a low mileage classic Ford.... Trouble is it's a recently retired hearse. 🙄 Sounds like a dead cert! GIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightMegs Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 The faded 16 valve sticker now has company thanks to @LightBulbFun Dyslexic Viking and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 9 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: He scrapped it with ASSingtons in Sudbury about a week ago . He said it was pretty fkd . Clutch gone . Side door hanging off. Drivers door electrics hanging out Thanks for checking. That's a bit far for me - it'd cost me about 40 quid in fuel to get there and back. I'll give eBay a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Thinking about taking the Fabia a wee run today, going a little off-course to another Tesco in another town lol... living life to the extreme and that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Elgrand decided to fail on point of sale. Firstly the fan belt snapped, and this illuminated the EML. After getting it home with a new fan belt the EML re-illuminated. Looks like the Crank position sensor has died a death. Simple fixes at least! BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 13 hours ago, High Jetter said: Sounds like a dead cert! GIB Wonder how the body is? chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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