Vauxhall's with missing front logo

Hyburnate · 14 Jan 2019 at 16:48

Terminal_Boy said:
Do Vauxhall’s still get Barry’d up with BBS wheels, a rubbish spoiler and shopping list of decals on the side?

Yes

ADT · 14 Jan 2019 at 17:28

It’s actually a known fault with the earlier insignias that their front badge falls off!

Nasher · 14 Jan 2019 at 17:44

Terminal_Boy said:
Do Vauxhall’s still get Barry’d up with BBS wheels, a rubbish spoiler and shopping list of decals on the side?

Yes but I see less and less of it now. I guess insurance costs have killed a lot of it off.

But yea, people probably remove them to lower the embarrassment of it being a Vauxhall

Dis86 · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:04

Acme said:
Badge's?

Badges, badges? We don't need no steenkeen babes!

Akagi · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:10

Terminal_Boy said:
Do Vauxhall’s still get Barry’d up with BBS wheels, a rubbish spoiler and shopping list of decals on the side?

Vauxhalls never get barry'd up with BBS wheels. Barry can't afford BBS'.

Fake ones maybe.

Housey · 14 Jan 2019 at 18:10

Poor people are people too you knows, they gotta eat.

Wait, that makes no sense.

HellDiverUK · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:33

Badges are like the rest of the cars, tend to fall to bits. I had half a dozen Vauxhalls, upgraded to a Renault (which in 2 years hasn't broken, everything works, cost me £150 for two services). You know your cars are **** when a Renault is infinitely more reliable and cheaper to run.

Akagi · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:43

HellDiverUK said:
Badges are like the rest of the cars, tend to fall to bits. I had half a dozen Vauxhalls, upgraded to a Renault (which in 2 years hasn't broken, everything works, cost me £150 for two services). You know your cars are **** when a Renault is infinitely more reliable and cheaper to run.

Why do you hate yourself?

Scuzi · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:46

HellDiverUK · 14 Jan 2019 at 20:53

Acme said:
Why do you hate yourself?

*shrug* The Megane goes better, handles better (for a pauper-spec shopping trolley car full of tools), is more comfortable, and is so far more reliable than any of the Astras I had (Mk4s and Mk5s). Plenty of sad bits of trim on the Megane, butthe Astras weren't immune to that problem.

Firestar_3x · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:05

Finglonga said:
Also noticed Vauxhall are still putting "Turbo" badges on the back of their cars as well.

Shocked they still don't write ABS on the side.

Diddums · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:06

HellDiverUK said:
*shrug* The Megane goes better, handles better (for a pauper-spec shopping trolley car full of tools), is more comfortable, and is so far more reliable than any of the Astras I had (Mk4s and Mk5s). Plenty of sad bits of trim on the Megane, butthe Astras weren't immune to that problem.

It's quite simple isn't it? If you have a car that suits your needs and does it reliably, then screw what everyone else says. Too many people parrot the same old crap on the internet, bad reputations and rumours take forever to die. Vauxhalls are perfectly good cars, as are most Surrenderwagons. They're not gonna set the world on fire in terms of performance or break track records but that's not what they're for, they're designed to be tools that are reasonably comfy, reasonably economical, reasonably affordable, and reliable. Nothing wrong with that.

Diddums · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:06

Firestar_3x said:
Shocked they still don't write ABS on the side.

The best is "Biturbo" on their vans, or "DualFuel" on the old Astras

HellDiverUK · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:17

Diddums said:
It's quite simple isn't it? If you have a car that suits your needs and does it reliably, then screw what everyone else says. Too many people parrot the same old crap on the internet, bad reputations and rumours take forever to die.

Well said. I'm only driving the Megane because it was super-cheap (£5495 for a 3 year old car with 5300 miles in it, ex-Motability lease car), replacing a 2014 Corsa that had serious electrical gremlins (alternator, ECU, coilpacks, O2 sensors).

At 42 years of age I don't really care what the car looks like, as long as it goes and stops, the heater and aircon work, and I can listen to Radio 2.

Andi-C · 14 Jan 2019 at 21:53

Pre face lift insignia badges fall off, it's a failure of that gen models (year 08 to 12). Loads of people saying they washed the car & it fell off lol.

I bought a facelift model & it's been great.

Bad rep I've found is mainly because they sell so many that failure rates seem high due to people moaning about issues. Same as BMW's at the moment, loads of fleet cars being sold off the roads are littered with them.

Housey · 15 Jan 2019 at 09:24

I had a Belmont company car once and it was one of the worst cars I’ve ever had. I went to the US in 91 and my hire car was a Pontiac Le Mans. I was so excited only to see a white Belmont arrive with Pontiac Le Mans on the boot. Luckily it broke 2 yards from the hire place and they swapped it!

Jez · 15 Jan 2019 at 09:39

ADT said:
It’s actually a known fault with the earlier insignias that their front badge falls off!

Thats interesting, i assumed that it had to be a fault rather than people trying to be "cool". You see so many with the badge missing.

vanpeebles · 15 Jan 2019 at 10:13

I miss the days of cars having "injection" on the sides in an italic font.

Resident · 15 Jan 2019 at 11:14

I've taken the badges except for the manufacturer logo off the back of my car.

I only did it because kids kept nicking both Ts & an I.

Replaced them twice and removed them on the 3rd time.

Siliconslave · 15 Jan 2019 at 11:32

Housey said:
Luckily it broke 2 yards from the hire place and they swapped it!

when you say broke do you mean drove it into the first post you could find?

my old man had a vectra company car in the 90s and it was totally useless - its party trick was locking the doors and opening all the windows (and sunroof) when it rained, mainly on the motorways but somehow it managed to do it once while parked outside the house.