My New Motor - Astra Coupe

[P20 ELE]

Finally got me another Vauxhall!!
After more than a year seeing the MG sitting on the drive doing nothing I can't wait to have my own car on the road!

Put a deposit down on this today, bringing it home next weekend

[Gordon Livsey]

good choice mrs melv, i need to fit the front bumper back on to my coupe.

what engine size is in that, is it a 1.8

p.s ive got a mint set of fog lights if you want me to post them to you as im fitting a gsi bumper to mine and the fogs are no use to me, you can have them for the grand total of feck all!!!!!

[P20 ELE]

Since when did you own a Coupe?! (You can tell i'm not on here very often!)

Thanks, yeah, its just a 1.8, didn't want to go any bigger as I'll be using it to get to and from work every day

[Gordon Livsey]

since before chrimbo, went without a set of wheels for about 6 months after i sold the nova

p.s let me know if you want the foglights (if the car hasnt already got them) and i will send them up as there just lying here gathering dust

[P20 ELE]

Any pics of it on here?

Thanks Gordon, pm on the way

[Dexy]

Looks good ellie, needs some coupe turbo rims to finish it up nicely

[neil105]

Nice motor,got a spare can of yellow paint here tee hee.Would of had that MG off you but i was after the 1.4 for Sara

[P20 ELE]

Looks good ellie, needs some coupe turbo rims to finish it up nicely

Cheers Dexy

Melv won't thank you for putting ideas like that into my head though! lmao

[GaryVaux]

any plans for it?

[keithcdb]

Tisk! You could have bought mine! lmao

Looks good tho, crail soon?

[Melv]

any plans for it?

Insure it and pick it up so I can get my bloody Corsa back and the engine conversion started!! lmao

[GaryVaux]

Everyones a winner!!

[P20 ELE]

Tisk! You could have bought mine! lmao

Looks good tho, crail soon?

I've seen the way you drive it

Crail - I doubt it, possibly Billing depending on what car Martin has when it comes round

[P20 ELE]

any plans for it?

Pay for it! Nothing planned for it just yet, will be keeping my eye out for some wheels though.

Insure it and pick it up so I can get my bloody Corsa back and the engine conversion started!! lmao

Think I might need to clean it out before you get it back

[Kev_G]

Elle thank god you got rid of that yellow **** box!

[P20 ELE]

Elle thank god you got rid of that yellow **** box!

Oi!! I've still got it......once the weathers cleared up a bit it'll be gettin a good clean inside, dry it out and get rid of the mould , a wash and then stuck in the paper.


Note to self: Never buy another Rover.....

[Melv]

Note to self: Never buy another Rover.....

i'm just quoting this

[Benn]

Very nice.

[GaryVaux]

Oi!! I've still got it......once the weathers cleared up a bit it'll be gettin a good clean inside, dry it out and get rid of the mould , a wash and then stuck in the paper.


Note to self: Never buy another Rover.....

For the mould, put an ice cream tub full of salt inside the car (soaks up all the moisture and the mould will disappear)
If the interior smells a bit , sit a container of vinegar in the car for a few days aswell, sounds daft but works a treat

[TINTIN]

For the mould, put an ice cream tub full of salt inside the car (soaks up all the moisture and the mould will disappear)
If the interior smells a bit , sit a container of vinegar in the car for a few days aswell, sounds daft but works a treat

Would an old fish and chip wrapper work then?

Nice looking car Elle

[P20 ELE]

For the mould, put an ice cream tub full of salt inside the car (soaks up all the moisture and the mould will disappear)
If the interior smells a bit , sit a container of vinegar in the car for a few days aswell, sounds daft but works a treat

Cheers Gary, will give that a try!

Been meaning to take the sub, amp & speakers out of it for ages but never actually got round to it and its damp in the boot, if I bring them inside and leave them to dry off for a bit do you reckon they'll still work?

[P20 ELE]

Well what a waste of a weekend!!! Went off to see the car Saturday morning and it was a complete lemon!!

When I spoke to the guy on the phone he told me it had:
Full Service history
Just had an mot that day
Decent tyres
2 keys
'Immaculate' body work
64000 miles
2 months tax
2 previous owners who had looked after it well.

On first seeing it it looked ok-ish. Checked round it and there were a few fairly big scratches and wee dings - but thats to be expected on a 10 year old car so I wasnt too bothered, all it needed was some tlc.
Gets round to the front and its obviously been in an accident and badly repaired - the bumper was a totally different colour and you can see where they had put masking tape on it when it had been sprayed, there was quite a dent in the drivers side wing and it just didn't look like it all fitted together properly.
Had a look in the boot and the carpet was pissed wet through and you could see that the sealant wasn't original.
There was a scuff on the back bumper (which he did tell me about) but he 'forgot' to tell me about all the other scuffs, scratches, chips and dings.
The inside was disgusting!! Stank to high heaven, rips and tears everywhere, generally just . His understanding of immaculate obviously isn't the same as ours.

Anyway, went into the office and the 'valeter' starts to write out a receipt for us, and nae offence but this guy was thick as mince, couldn't even spell my name!
Before I signed anything Melv questioned the accident damage. He said he didn't know anything about it so got his boss.
So this other guy comes through and tells us that no damage had been recorded.
Asked him about the service history. He told me on the phone that he had all the paperwork. I'd sent my grandparents round to have a look at it earlier in the week and he told them it was in the post. When we asked, he conveniently couldn't find it.
We took a look at the v5 and mot certificate. V5 seemed genuine enough but there was more than the 2 owners I was told it had. The mot was a complete joke - it had been mot'd in september 2009 which is fair enough but why tell me that it had just had an mot the week before?! It had also 'accidentally' gotten wet and you couldn't read the mileage on it. Accidentally my arse!!!
By this point both of us just looked at each other and shook our heads. Got the guy to put our deposit back onto my card and just walked away. I'm so so disappointed that they lied like that when they knew fine how far we were travelling.

So we're back home now, Coupe-less and back to the drawing board!!

[keithcdb]

Just buy mine x

[P20 ELE]

Just buy mine x

I don't like the colour lmao

[keithcdb]

I don't like the colour lmao

Typical woman! ;-)