Well the time has come for me to buy a new car

Just won a "P" reg Vauxhall Vectra GLS 1.8 16v on ebay

MOT May 08
No Tax

180,000 miles (not too bothered about this)

new front brakes,
new plugs,

Known/declared problems:
small scrape on front bumper
key fob not working

all for £225

car's in Abergele, N Wales

will get some pics up or start an MMC when i pick it up

I already knew this

Always have liked the vectras tho, Dunno why just sumat about them lol

sounds smart matey hope it lives longer than a caviler lmao

always like veccys meself so me thinks u gotta bargin

yeah cos you were with scott when i told him on the phone about it, and asked him for a lift to pick it up

yeah it will last longer than the cavalier

only time will tell on this fact of life lmao

SHhhhhhhh

What colour is it mate ?

Sounds good Tony mate, hope its as good as it sounds, you (and ya dad lol) were a great help when I went to pick me Rover up, I probably might not have bought it with that noise otherwise as me and Scott didnt know it was normal lol, so if you want me to return a favour come down wid ye's lemme know.

Cant wait to see it, I am assuming you will be taking it to the next meet?

yeah its going to the next meet

just gonna wash it, then i will put some pics up

but bear in mind, its on my drive (no tax)

dont bring it down without tax....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1996-VAUXHALL...858QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

this one?

Looks nice

Stuy, it's a vauxhall you know it looks nice.

i thought it was blue, but it is in fact purple

and it is due to be taxed on friday


couldn't be bothered washing it (too cold), but here's a pic of it:



Apologies for the quality of the photo, used my camera phone

Aghhhhhh, it's got trims man.

Vaux alloys are cheap enough that needs to be sorted first

Its the shape i like aswell

yeah Dazzz, i will be sorting that

very nice

great buy

silly thing is...this purchase was an accident

i was supposed to cancel the bid on it before i went to my bosses leaving party last night, but i forgot

glad i didn't now.

Nice colour, thing they look really nice in that colour esspecially once given the full polish ans wax treatment. it always grabs attention.

good purchase. i'm impressed

gotta get the thermostat replaced first because of the bodged wiring

then i will hunt for a set of alloys for it


but i gotta sort the stereo/speaker wiring out, the owner before last hacked the wires by the looks of it

Thermostat and bodged wiring - how are they related

Looks like a bargain though, I thought Vauxhalls clicked to 100k miles and dropped dead

Cheek of you chewy, my calibra has got 107k and my last one had 115K ok so the engine was ony 88k. my uncle has a vectra and thats over 120k.

hahaha! works ones dont even make it to 100k usually...

the bodged wiring is running the fan

and no, this one's still running, even at 180k

depends how YOU drive them. we've all seen you with the BMW

The Thermostat sits in the coolant track (Top rad hose). A temp switch controls the fan.

...jut making sure you have ordered the right part, as if you have ordered a thermostat its prolly going to be the wrong part as it has no electrical connections on it

yeh, but i've seen how you drive !

right, cheers mate

i havent ordered anything yet

going to get my dad who's a mechanic to take a look at it before i go ordering any parts

indeed mr Mac is correct. had to sort this problem myself on my C20XE engine as there thermostat wouldn't open. no wires on it all

well, a small but puzzling problem shown itself this morning

last night, battery fully charged
this morning, battery dead

everytime i recharged it, within 15 mins it was flat again

so..

£50 later, a new battery was fitted

Could be the alt draining the battery if a new battery doesn't fix the problem.

alternator's fine mate

had it checked today

Thats good then.

So what needs to be done to get it on the road then ??

its on the road now

just gotta sort that fan problem out

found out its the fan temp switch thats faulty

Well where are the updated pictures of it then. all clean and shiney i hope.

not clean yet. going to do it all tomorrow

still working out the wiring behind the stereo, there's loads of extra cables there .... all i want to do it put the bloody stereo in !!!

i know what you mean, mine is the same with bullet connectors. think i will just PM customice to sort mine our for me. cos i also want screen and my x-box sticking in aswell

yeah i might have a word with him myself

its doing my head in now

all i need to do is alter the live cables to fit my pioneer stereo, but its crazy behind there

and what are you insinuating about MY style or method of driving!!!!

What head unit are you putting in Tony?