Vectra Gsi, am I missing something?

beermonster said:
It wasn't it was March 2006 before band L kicked in, his tax should be £260.
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This thread is quite interesting from my point of view now. The old guy over the road has a beautiful 530i BMW on a 2001. Keep trying to talk myself out of it and not wanting to pay 465 a year road tax was one of them. Seeing he will let it go at a mates rate for about 2k cash it is looking more tempting. hasn't even covered 100k yet.
 
Third Opinion said:
This thread is quite interesting from my point of view now. The old guy over the road has a beautiful 530i BMW on a 2001. Keep trying to talk myself out of it and not wanting to pay 465 a year road tax was one of them. Seeing he will let it go at a mates rate for about 2k cash it is looking more tempting. hasn't even covered 100k yet.
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Get it bought, believe me, if its half decent - and has been properly looked after with a detailed FSH - speaking from experience, its got at least 100k left in it, easily! ;)
 
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Third Opinion said:
This thread is quite interesting from my point of view now. The old guy over the road has a beautiful 530i BMW on a 2001. Keep trying to talk myself out of it and not wanting to pay 465 a year road tax was one of them. Seeing he will let it go at a mates rate for about 2k cash it is looking more tempting. hasn't even covered 100k yet.
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No E39 has tax at more than £260.

Though frankly if the fact you thought the tax was £465 a year was putting you off you ought to give it a miss anyway because a £465 tax bill is nothing in the grand scheme of things with these.
 
lol vauxhall people.... something about them... they think their corsa gsi or whatever is awesome, that calibres are some kind of super car etc. I drove a V6 vectra B a couple of days ago (the one which pulled stock bhp on the dyno at powerstation for those who remember). What a thoroughly disappointing drive it was. It felt like a focus 1.6 in terms of pull, the ride was awful, the seats were... well they were just in the wrong place, the steering was slow and gave no feedback, grip was poor but probably because the tyres were naff, and the handling was downright scary.

All in all a piece of ****.
 
My dad's mate had one of these when I was a kid, I liked them. But then my Dad is a Vauxhall nut, as was the majority of his mates.

It always amazes me that they do, as they're all mechanics.

I did love the grumble of it as a kid though, and of course to me it was quick!
 
Tell him to hop on ebay, there's a resistor mod that'll give him loads more power and better fuel efficiency, its also mandatory that he buy, and proudly display, an "I'd rather push a Vauxhall than drive a Ford" sticker! :D
 
Lol, very little love for vauxhalls in this thread.

I am going to admit to buying one of these, new :eek:

2001 and I had not long started my first job after uni. The Vectra Cs were just coming out and the local vauxhall dealer had 5 of these, preregistered, sitting in the warehouse. One had center stage in the showroom. Alongside the 888 Vauxhall Astra turbo coupes if you remember them.

I had just failed to buy an RB5 at the local Subaru dealer, as I couldn't get insurance. My mate was driving me home and took me past the Vaux dealer as it was on the way. I saw the GSI in the showroom (SW51OYG) all new and shiny and all sense left my body at that moment.

I handed over 14.5k, got 800 quid for the Renault and drove it away. Looked similar to this: http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3598680.htm

I thought it looked handsome back then, in met. moondust grey. It had lovely electirc Recaros, Xenons and nice alloys (think they were made by OZ) and the V6 sounded much better than my poor old R19 16v which was trying to rust itself inside out.

At the time I thought it was great, probably because it was new. It had Sticky Yokohama AVS rubber so it gripped well, but didn't like going around corners. The seats were perfect, comfortable and supportive, but the driving position was wrong and you couldn't adjust the steering column.

I had it a year before I realised it was a mistake and part-ex at the BMW dealer for an E36 M3. They gave me 10k for it. Expensive mistake and I learned the hard way.
 
I always wanted a Vectra GSi.

At the time of them being "Showroom" cars, my dad was having a new Vectra SRi (this is going back to 1998ish) as a comany car every year or so, each time we had a trip to the dealership there was always a GSi in the showroom. Always wanted one since then.

When i purchased my Mondeo ST24 it was a choice between that or a Vectra GSi. Unfortunately the *Better* of whats now left are properly over priced :(
 
Eeewwww my god - nearly 2k on a worthless Vectra B!!??? What a complete nutter. Could have picked up a tidy and 10x better Omega Elite for that money.

Some people get tunnel-vision towards a single model. I was the same when I was 17 and learning to drive in a 1.6 Cavalier L - a GSi2000 was literally my dream car. I'd practically fap over pictures in the owners manual of all the buttons and features that our 1.6 L was missing that a GSI had, and pictures in the Haynes manual of that 2 litre engine and pure porn GSi bodykit :) Sounds like this guy has the same problem towards Vectras. I got over that feeling by the time I was 17 and a half, though.

Jesus I'd hang myself if all I could manage for a mid life crisis was buying a Vectra :).

Oh well he's trapped into it now - may as well try to help. 2.5 and 2.6 are practically the same engine and have same cambelt issues. Not a major issue - just have to religiously follow the service schedule if you like your valves straight. Interval was 40,000 miles, but Vaux officially tried their luck with 80,000 for a couple of years around that time, then had to go back to 40,000 to avoid all the warranty claims. If your nutter housemate doesn't have a dead reliable cambelt history he absolutely must get it done immediately, or every mile could be living on borrowed time.

I'd wish him good luck, and to enjoy it... but can't - it's a Vectra B. Out of interest, why does he think it's desirable?
 
Liampope said:
Eeewwww my god - nearly 2k on a worthless Vectra B!!??? What a complete nutter. Could have picked up a tidy and 10x better Omega Elite for that money.

Some people get tunnel-vision towards a single model. I was the same when I was 17 and learning to drive in a 1.6 Cavalier L - a GSi2000 was literally my dream car. I'd practically fap over pictures in the owners manual of all the buttons and features that our 1.6 L was missing that a GSI had, and pictures in the Haynes manual of that 2 litre engine and pure porn GSi bodykit :) Sounds like this guy has the same problem towards Vectras. I got over that feeling by the time I was 17 and a half, though.

Jesus I'd hang myself if all I could manage for a mid life crisis was buying a Vectra :).

Oh well he's trapped into it now - may as well try to help. 2.5 and 2.6 are practically the same engine and have same cambelt issues. Not a major issue - just have to religiously follow the service schedule if you like your valves straight. Interval was 40,000 miles, but Vaux officially tried their luck with 80,000 for a couple of years around that time, then had to go back to 40,000 to avoid all the warranty claims. If your nutter housemate doesn't have a dead reliable cambelt history he absolutely must get it done immediately, or every mile could be living on borrowed time.

I'd wish him good luck, and to enjoy it... but can't - it's a Vectra B. Out of interest, why does he think it's desirable?
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He's most likely spent too much time over at migweb :)

To be fair the GSI2000 was a describable car back in its day, 200bhp AWD in the 90's was a lot of power!

My dad had a Cav SRI and back then I also day dreamed of the GSI2000, one went past me everyday on the way to school. I loved it, still got a soft spot for old Vauxhalls. Even if I know their crap.
 
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