Dan302 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I fell down a 90s Vauxhall rabbit hole today! HillmanImp, grogee, warren t claim and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 My old man had one of these, a dark blue 1.4 L with that awful tweed upholstery on a 91 J plate. These and the Escort at the time were absolutely horrible, proper grim, they had this grey plastic inside that scratched really easily. They got a bit better later on, the yellow Sport ones were ok. Dan302, Shite Ron and twosmoke300 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It's amazing to believe that parts of Carol Vorderman are over 60 years old now. GeordieInExile, mk2_craig, Dan302 and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Doom blue Vauxhall Astra on a J plate, 1.4L. @sierraman and your old man hav seen the deepest, darkest pits of human melancholy. I remember once the bassist in my old band turned up to a gig in a gold third-generation Astra. Apparently he'd crashed his Fiesta and needed another car straight away and it was all he could get. That would have been ok in 1998 but it was 2008 and possibly the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Dan302 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Dan302 said: I fell down a 90s Vauxhall rabbit hole today! My dad had a 1.7 TD LS estate, doom blue again. Following on from four MK2 Astra estates the MK3 felt a bit more luxurious. He'd not had power steering or electric windows before then. Driving a turbo diesel was a fun new experience, those early ones were quite peaky and didn't have anything below 2500rpm. It was still a bit of a pudding to drive, though. Poor old Carol V - reams and reams of boring lines to learn for a video that dealers would surely not watch. "You MUST read your information pack". The whole thing feels very Partridgian. Of the cars they compare to, the Rover looks the pick of the bunch to me. Comparing to the contemporary Escort was almost cheating, everyone knew it was shit. Dan302 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Can we post more 'celebrity' car videos here? w00dy, Dan302 and wesacosa 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 56 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said: Doom blue Vauxhall Astra on a J plate, 1.4L. @sierraman and your old man hav seen the deepest, darkest pits of human melancholy. I remember once the bassist in my old band turned up to a gig in a gold third-generation Astra. Apparently he'd crashed his Fiesta and needed another car straight away and it was all he could get. That would have been ok in 1998 but it was 2008 and possibly the most depressing thing I've ever seen. I’m afraid it got worse, some years later he bought a doom blue Zafira 1.6 on the basis it would be easier for my elderly grandfather to get in and out of. I’ve explained clearly to him if the boot was on my foot I wouldn’t be extending such a gesture. GrumpiusMaximus and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan302 Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 11 hours ago, HillmanImp said: Can we post more 'celebrity' car videos here? I forget Henry Kelly existed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, Dan302 said: I forget Henry Kelly existed! That's because you don't use Woodstock motors. Dan302 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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