Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Nyphur said: Did these ever compete in the BTCC? Its got that look about it. davehedgehog31, cobblers, Dick Longbridge and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Nyphur said: Did these ever compete in the BTCC? Its got that look about it. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/magazine/1994-btcc-vauxhall-cavalier-classified-of-the-week/ You can even buy one. Barry Cade and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 11 hours ago, Jim Bell said: On gsi wheels no less. cav slabs as the news on the street call them Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, stuboy said: cav slabs as the news on the street call them Word. Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Dick Longbridge, BlankFrank, loserone and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I have a plan.. Tickman, loserone, sdkrc and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheDoctor said: Good old Tam Chester fae Forfar in number 17 there. Lacquer Peel and horriblemercedes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, stuboy said: a swanky GLS 🚨SUNROOF ALERT🚨 davehedgehog31, BorniteIdentity, Jim Bell and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 The facelifts don't have the "turbo intercooler" badge on the back. Lacquer Peel and BorniteIdentity 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Barry Cade said: The facelifts don't have the "turbo intercooler" badge on the back. Good. Extra sleeper. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: Good. Extra sleeper. 😐 I miss the '90's. People would rather have an STD now. Jim Bell, The Moog, spartacus and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabergé Greggs Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I’ve got 2 claims to John Cleland fame: 1) My dad bought a Volvo 850r from him at his Volvo dealership in Galashiels 2) I fixed his sons bike- he once went mental at me down the phone for losing some parts when I worked at the local bike shop. he still has a BTCC Cav, I saw him race it at Oulton last year 👍 Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 1-58 please. My daughter will have no. 59. michael t, The Moog, Jim Bell and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Some of the gauges are visible only through a spooky horror film filter! Hallowe'en appropriate. Barry Cade, Jim Bell, DavidB and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I think this is possibly the only Vauxhall I'd make room in the bed for. Lacquer Peel and Floatylight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I think this is peak repmobile. Well in sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 16 minutes ago, loserone said: I think this is possibly the only Vauxhall I'd make room in the bed for. Ditto, I had a J plate 1.7td GLS in Burgandy in late 90's, best car of eva, did 100k miles in it, still miss it, blew £10k on replacing it with a Passat 110tdi , will defo have some tickets when the time comes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Not only an excellent purchase but an entertaining read, with all the humour poignancy and factual accuracy expected from a Jim Bell report... 173,572/10 not only would I read again, but I probably will... Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cade Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-cavalier-sri-relisted-due-to-timewaster/333768167077?hash=item4db6220ea5:g:MGQAAOSwxDVfjAM8 spartacus, dome, cobblers and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Barry Cade said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-cavalier-sri-relisted-due-to-timewaster/333768167077?hash=item4db6220ea5:g:MGQAAOSwxDVfjAM8 God that's lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbraith Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Cavs are life. Mine isn't broken, but it requires safety related maintenance. I don't know how a car can be so ergonomically bad and yet be as comfy as a favourite pair of shoes. Oh, and that one's Frost Blue if nobody's mentioned it. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 My dad went through 4 as company cars in mid 90s. I was allowed to drive them on the company insurance - so I did. One green Gls TD was the steed that took us 5 up, to a rave in Wales on a hill, almost rolled on a forest road when driving down a windy trail being rally driver.Another one was regular transport down to Cornwall to go surfing and a third was the weapon of choice to impress girls when handbrake turning into the school road. The hatchbacks meant that they are pretty decent with the seats down. Lacquer Peel and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I was offered the cavalier in a swap for the diesel 305 but I didn't go for it.I've known the owner for a few years through trading cars with each other.Sent from my moto g( power using Tapatalk Psycho Charlie Knobcheese, Lacquer Peel, sdkrc and 10 others 11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Do love a cav, dad upgraded from an mk2 1.6l to a mk3 on an f plate as a company car when I was about 10/11 and it was light years ahead of the old one (the car of tomorrow, today - if I remember the advertising blurb correctly). i had a 2.0CDi as a youth and brother had an Sri, 15bhp more versus wood veneer and velour, not to mention my party tricky of over inflating the rear air shocks from a nozzle in the boot and making the back as stable as Bambi on ice.... ...after I crashed that one through a hedge backwards, I got a newer Cdx and loved it, although it started tripping light fuses. Naturally, my idiotic teenage solution was a bigger fuse to give me time to walk round the car and figure out the problem. However, having swapped the fuse and turned on the ignition, as I approached the rear to inspect the lights, I was struck by the sight of what I took as exhaust gasses clouding (odd for a sunny day), except I hadn’t turned the engine on just the ignition. in one of those slow-mo-horror realizations, that was further confirmed by the acrid smell of wire shielding hitting my nose, I realised it was actually a small electrical overload in progress. Fortunately it didn’t take hold as I dashed for the keys and cut the power. A less* scrupulous person would have no doubt traded it in with a dealer in daylight for an equally battered Honda Prelude. Nyphur, The Moog, dome and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Time to go. The car seems to be magnetically drawn to the A1 and the torch will only point south. dome, Ohdearme, The Moog and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 It's taken me to a bleak hellscape! gm, Shirley Knott, juular and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Is it Christmas day already?! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 @The Moog 'to a rave in Wales on a hill, almost rolled on a forest' I'm seeing you in a new light now. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 15 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said: It's taken me to a bleak hellscape! Careful now, those cooling towers have eyes Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 You outbid me! 😂 Nice to see it in the sheissenfold. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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