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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:39 PM
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hi guys
im new on here been browsing for a while and thought i better get the first post out of the way.
im currently looking for an impreza wrx not too clued up on all the numbers but im sure ill find plenty help on here and what to look out for.
im currently driving about in my cavalier turbo.
not a great deal done to it but running around 260bhp.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 07:20 AM
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Hi !
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 07:41 AM
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260bhp cavy ....... now there's a scary thought
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 08:39 AM
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Have you taken the taxi plate off
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:54 PM
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Welcome TurboDel - you're from Cavweb, IIRC. I followed the same route - got sick and tired of looking at overpriced and dodgy vauxhall 4x4's. Got my Scooby a few months back. The day after a drove a cally turbo (which turned out to have a blown head gasket) drove a scooby and new where the future lay
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:09 PM
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hi guys thanks for the replys.

nick_cat - yeah use cav web now and again. yeah the 4x4 system aint exactly the best in the world so hopefully get an impreza some time soon.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by corradoboy
Have you taken the taxi plate off

lmao yeah i took it off mate.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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heres a quick pic of the barge,
lol

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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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Welcome... :-)

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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:36 PM
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Welcome Turbodel, should've gone for the V6 Cavalier mate, far better
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Welcome Turbodel, should've gone for the V6 Cavalier mate, far better
yeah far more reliable too.
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboDel
yeah far more reliable too.
not so sure about that
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 03:06 PM
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To be honest i did'nt think Vauxhall's had many reliability problems
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 03:37 PM
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One or two stories spring to mind....

The old 16v Astra GSi 2.0l cylinder head was prone to cracking, the calibra petrol tank was shaped in such a way so that it held water and rusted through (from the top) and the gates on the 6-speed box where so close you could (and a few people did) change from 6th to 2nd at high speed followed by a nasty grinding and crunching sound as the gearbox lunched itself. The less said about the Lotus Carlton the better.....


.... oh and an unladen rascal van could be persauded to tip up on it's nose if you braked hard enough....

It's amazing what you pick up if you dad was a field investigator for Vauxhall

I used to to drive nothing but vauxhalls but I fancy a scooby now..
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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Yeh, one of the 16v redtop sri's I once owned suffered both a porous cylinder head and a leaking fuel tank.
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