After some time since my first post about this car, I have finally remembered to get some photos up.

P Reg Vauxhall Vectra GLS 1.8 16v

Current plans:
Set of 17" Alloys
Lowering (maybe)
Clear side repeaters

But apart from that...who knows

Anyway, here it is:

Its the same one my mates got ( the white one) and hes done 125,000 thrashing miles and still going strong (just lol)

They are nice cars and i like your plans not OTT

Keep us posted mate

this is still going strong at just under 181,000

Haha people say the engines are shit but yours and my mates proves them wrong

Iv always had a soft spot for them tho, Dunno why lol.

its the Ecotec engine

supposedly the better one

Nout wrong with Ecotec's, they will last a long time with just basic maintenance, not exactly bullet proof like a derv, but one of the better petrol's!

Lookin nice and shiny now fella, I wont be down the rock tonight, will see it at the next meet though I guess?

didnt say there was anything wrong with the Ecotecs

and yeah, i will be at the next meet, where ever it may be

Lol I know you know that there isnt, just aimed at anyone who think's their shit

there's always someone who hates the ecotec engines

this one's still running strong even at 180k

but i think that this is a recon engine

very nice buy, will have to see this at the meet as it was too cold to go out tonite

Seen this in the flesh today and i have to say it was a BRAGIN

whats a BRAGIN mate

is that the same as a Bargain

Yes mate it would lol, Im thick and cant spell

Also i often type really fast as that should of said "bargin" even tho its still wrong lol Bargain

Still no changes to it. But im the lookout for a nice cheap set of alloys for it

anyway, courtesy of Scott_F.....



This was taken tonight.

It does have a blue dash kit in it, and these pics are on the way. Just need to get them off my digital camera

Thought I would give you a quick update.

MOT Monday 14/07 @ 10am, should fly through it (so i will have the car at the next meet)


And the tyre has arrived for the alloys, so they will be fitted Monday afternoon.

Here's a pic of them:



I have 5 of these now (1 as a spare)


Pics to follow on Monday of them fitted.
Will also put some pics up of the blue dash kit

OMG this is actually updated are you feeling ok

will be updated again tomorrow

alloys look swell mate, hurry up with the mot and lob em on

just a update in tis vehicle iv just left tony's and its booked in for MOT today and its sure to pass i hope eerrmm the alloys wil be one the vehicle today aswell i will make bloody sure of it as i never got soaked for the fun of it pickin these fookers up in wales so they will be fitted ASAP.

will get pics wen wheels are fitted

New alloys are fitted. And as promised.... A few pics:











The next plan is to get it lowered

Look good mate...Suit the car..

Even better when shes lowered.

When ya gettin that sorted???

just got to get some money together

looking about a 30 to 40 mm drop

got to do it soon though, because one of my shocks is leaking.
Might as well lower it at the same time as i do the shocks

wheels look smart on the car well worth the trip and well worth gettin soaked for aswell the end result is lookin good and once its lowered it will look better

also... come to the decision.... the tow bar is going

that means ya whole back end of ya car will fall to bits as its only that holden it together hehehe

had the back end checked before making the decision

we have even planned its removal, and know exactly where the wiring goes too

should be quite easy to do

if u like gettin ya hands dirty which i dnt

will take about 10 mins to remove it from the car, then there's the electrics to take off

Thought i would put a quick update up

Just bought a set of GMAX Springs and Shocks to drop this car 40mm

Should be arriving soon, at a cost of £250

Good stuff Tony, you fitting them yourself?

just got off the phone to him today and he is gonna get a garage to fit these as he is bein lazy

yeh but at least if anything goes wrong, he aint gotta sort it himself, its down to them...

good point jonah forgottin about that bit

got the shocks and springs to do as well as:

rear anti-roll bar bushes
front o/s cv joint


so a garage can have it

I know I haven't updated this for a long time, BUT....

BAD NEWS

RIP VECTRA

At 2am this morning.

Back end of the car slid out on me due to the state of Chester's roads. Icey and NOT gritted
Slid off the road and hit a lamp post head on at about 40mph.
I was under the speed limit !!

Just got back from Chester A&E.
A little sore. The seat belt did its job. Chest is going to bruise quite nicely, and they think I have sprained my thumb, so another bruise due to appear there.

I have pictures of the road (including the icey patches). Going up to the car tomorrow to collect my belongings, and will get photos of whats left of the car.

Emergency services on scene within a couple of minutes (All 3).


Pictures to follow.....

woah, gutted for ya mate, but glad that your still in one piece, at the end of the day its a peice of metal that can be replaced, all that matters is that no-one was seriously hurt.

i would hope so @ 2am on a wed morning lol

sorry to hear about the car mate!

Gutted matey - at least your still in one piece...

Gutted mate

Could have been worse though.

Ouch... Glad to hear your ok mate

Conditions were getting bad last night, so no doubt you wont be the only one to have something happen to ya.

funnily enough, there were 2 other RTA's in the hospital last night

and the family whos wall i narrowly missed came out at the time and said im not the only person to spin out on that corner last night. but the 1st to actually hit something

not very good news. but it shows the council need to do something about that stretch. at least gritting it would be nice

apparently the damage to the car was quite excessive for a front end smash. i haven't seen it properly yet. head was up my arse at the time

going up to the car this afternoon

its being collected by the insurers in the next couple of days

so i had better get what i need from it

any pics fella?

just waiting for a mate to run me up there

will get some up later on

Shit man thats bad, glad ya safe and well, only the car is hurt, as already said, you can get another car no problem.

Where abouts was it? I cant remember exactly where it is as I don't know Chester, but about two years ago on a road towards the city centre part, I saw two cars spin out on the same bit of an icey road in the same night, neither of which seemed to be doing excessive speeds etc...

It amazing how dangerous an ungritted road can be to even the safest of drivers.

sorry to hear about this Tony. like everyone has said you can get another car

the crash was actually mickle trafford which would be the A56 Warrington Road

Leads from Chester through Mickle Trafford and on to Frodsham



Thinking about just getting it out of Autolift and stripping it. Will get more money for it than the insurance is going to give out.

Just need to enquire about release/storage fees and the cost of the recovery from Autolift to my address

Right, i have a load of photos of the scene and one of the car

Just waiting for Scott to email the rest over (my camera battery went dead), then i will have a look through a post a couple up

Loads more pictures taken, but you get the idea from these:

Pretty big hit that matey!

yeah, im feeling it mate

will get a better idea when i upload the next two, but still waiting for scott to send them to me

Ouch man, you have been quite lucky, as Stuy says its a pretty big smash that, the car is in a horrendus state!!

To add a bit of humor in a bad situation, I bet you are glad you dont drive a Metro lmao!!

very glad

kinell mate r u ok?

shit mate ...i bet ya feel it today glad your ok mate ...you put a lot of work into it ....it gives you a gud excuss to change ya car now

Fook me, in a pretty bad shape that.

Least you're ok though mate, and yeah, gives you an excuse to change ya car now lol

Gutter for you matey but at least you or nobody got badly hurt

nope. and a bit of advice for you there spinking

vectra's dont make good drift cars

CLOSER VIEWS OF THE DAMAGE:

Front wheel drive gayness

Now if it was a 200sx you would be in more pain and prob would of been upside down in your seat when the emerg crews arrived

Strong cars though must admit (dosnt help you feeling gtted though sorry)

no worries mate

Will your insurance pay you out???

hopefully. but my excess is stupidly high

see what happens. they are collecting it thursday

car's been collected from the yard, so awaiting a response from the insurance


need to get my alloys off it once i have heard off them,

so does anyone have any vauxhall steelies with tyres going cheap ?

dont worry about condition

Check the local scrappys mate, even if you can only phone up. See what they have in. Do you think you will try and get the car as well as a payout to break, or you just gonna jib it off now?

Do you have your NCB protected?

no protection on the ncb, its 3 years

getting the car back to break mate.
going to have a chat with the insurers tomorrow about it

Whatever happens with the insurance, best advice I can give in my experience is to stand ya ground and don't let them intimidate you, although ya only gonna need that advice if you decide to claim financially on the insurance of course.

going to have an injury claim going in

my passenger is thinking about doing it too

If one person is doing it, ya may as well both do it (providing the passenger is also injured of course lmao ) as it wont adversely affect you next premium any further iirc.

This topic might as well be closed


Cat B Insurance Write Off

New car has arrived

whats the new car man?

Ste lad...

https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/268392#Post268392

CONFIRMED TODAY BY THE INSURANCE

Category B Write Off

Being returned to me this week free of charge.

So its being stripped.

Internally its fine, plus most of the external parts. And i have access to the engine bay - as you can see from the pics though, radiator, headlights, indicators, fog lights, etc all damaged/missing

PM me if anyone wants anything off it

This car is due for delivery Thurs 20th Nov in the morning

I wont have it for long. So if you want anything off it, let me know asap, and i will get the parts removed for you

Engine, gearbox, etc - I will need assistance for removal