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Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« on: 16 July 2009, 07:51:04 »
Various threads of best and worst cars.
inc this one http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1247652194/all

It got me to thinking what do we consider to be  the worst of vauxhalls attempt at car buildind.

At the moment (Unless reminded otherwise) I think the Belmont  was the worst in my eyes.
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #1 on: 16 July 2009, 12:00:52 »
I have to disagree with you skruntie, we had 3 Belmonts and 2 of them being GLSi model which had the Astra GTE engine and box and was quite quick for the time. Also they where allways in so much better condition than the GTE's of the time as they where not ragged as much. And with the Irmscher rear spoiler they looked good.

The worst looking car at the moment has to be the Agila.
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« Reply #2 on: 16 July 2009, 12:11:23 »
It must be the Vauxhall Viva, that rusted away like there was no tomorrow! :o :o :o ;) ;)
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« Reply #3 on: 16 July 2009, 12:30:12 »
My first car was a Viva 1.3 had no rust at all and drove great. had the car nearly 2 years.
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« Reply #4 on: 16 July 2009, 12:46:39 »
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My first car was a Viva 1.3 had no rust at all and drove great. had the car nearly 2 years.

You were very lucky then GD.  The early 1970s Viva's all disappeared very quickly and it is now very rare to see one, unlike contemporary Ford Escorts that are still going around.

The ones I used to see, that were only 5 years old, would have rust spots in the wings, doors, boot lid, bonnet, etc, etc, that would very quickly develop into terminal holes :D :D ;)
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« Reply #5 on: 16 July 2009, 13:20:59 »
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My first car was a Viva 1.3 had no rust at all and drove great. had the car nearly 2 years.

You were very lucky then GD.  The early 1970s Viva's all disappeared very quickly and it is now very rare to see one, unlike contemporary Ford Escorts that are still going around.

The ones I used to see, that were only 5 years old, would have rust spots in the wings, doors, boot lid, bonnet, etc, etc, that would very quickly develop into terminal holes :D :D ;)

In defence of Vauxhall on this one, it was all down to the very lazy british worker on the production line for all the rust on Vauxhall's in those days.  >:(

I will say no more
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« Reply #6 on: 16 July 2009, 13:21:05 »
Sorry but got to be the Corsa......

HATE HATE HATE HATE them...............!!!!

The most boring, plasticky chav-owned cars Vx ever did......

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« Reply #7 on: 16 July 2009, 13:31:51 »
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Sorry but got to be the Corsa......

HATE HATE HATE HATE them...............!!!!

The most boring, plasticky chav-owned cars Vx ever did......

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agreed..  ;D
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #8 on: 16 July 2009, 13:37:54 »
1st Agila was a monstrosity in my book.
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« Reply #9 on: 16 July 2009, 14:31:42 »
Yes i have to agree on the viva, well the engines anyway. I have lot count of the number of engine changes that i have done because they were worn out at 45,000 miles.
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #10 on: 16 July 2009, 14:34:33 »

The most boring, plasticky chav-owned cars Vx ever did......

 :)




I just told the wife what you said about her little 03 corsa and there were lots of expletives in her reply ; !! Ha ha   ;D
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #11 on: 16 July 2009, 15:13:37 »
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It must be the Vauxhall Viva, that rusted away like there was no tomorrow! :o :o :o ;) ;)

My first car was a Viva , great car no rust at all...which was a miracle in those times.. :y
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« Reply #12 on: 16 July 2009, 15:58:51 »
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1st Agila was a monstrosity in my book.
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #13 on: 16 July 2009, 16:03:46 »
I agree with you lizzie thay had a lot of rust probs. thank god mine was ok.
and I also agree the corsa is a heap of steaming Brown stuff my wife has got one and the bloody thing is one head ache after another as soon as I get the thing put back together its going on fleabay so dont buy a red 1.0 corsa in fleabay for the next couple of weeks. Lol.
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« Reply #14 on: 16 July 2009, 16:29:57 »

To be fair to the Viva (of which I have several) you can't get new panels for them now, unlike escorts.
So it looks like less escorts rusted away, but more have been restored. Ford care about heritage, Vauxhall don't  :'(

From new the fords rusted just as much, 70's quality was poor all round.
And the engines generally last ok if the oil is changed like clockwork  :)
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« Reply #15 on: 16 July 2009, 17:01:21 »
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To be fair to the Viva (of which I have several) you can't get new panels for them now, unlike escorts.
So it looks like less escorts rusted away, but more have been restored. Ford care about heritage, Vauxhall don't  :'(

From new the fords rusted just as much, 70's quality was poor all round.
And the engines generally last ok if the oil is changed like clockwork  :)


I certainly would agree with that! :y :y :y
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Re: Vauxhalls Worst Attempt At A Car
« Reply #16 on: 16 July 2009, 18:02:10 »
Why has nobody mentioned the shove-it?
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« Reply #17 on: 16 July 2009, 19:59:59 »
Vectra B and C.
Boring?
Should have had a Toyota badge on them.
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« Reply #18 on: 16 July 2009, 20:26:48 »
the victor FD was a rust bucket also,front wings & flitch plates[inner wings] rear arches was another rust trap, the ohc lump used to leak oil from the cam carrier, the front screen was one of the first attempts at a bonded screen which used to leak like a teabag, a shame really as they were a nice drive ;)
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« Reply #19 on: 16 July 2009, 22:31:22 »
frontera >:(
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« Reply #20 on: 16 July 2009, 22:40:14 »
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It must be the Vauxhall Viva, that rusted away like there was no tomorrow! :o :o :o ;) ;)

Surely it was this ......
They were rotting aas they left the show room  ;D  ;D  ;D
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« Reply #21 on: 16 July 2009, 22:47:01 »
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1st Agila was a monstrosity in my book.
Agreed  :y

Can't immediately think of anything worse :(
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« Reply #22 on: 16 July 2009, 23:13:22 »
Oh crikey, loads to choose from.

first of the Belmonts (MKII Astra). Probably the only car I've owned that I truely hated.

Meriva. What were they thinking. Then putting a 1.4 petrol engine in it.

Vectra-B - like the Focus, only deemed good because its predecessor was so poor (or old in Vx's case_

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« Reply #23 on: 16 July 2009, 23:14:15 »
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frontera >:(
I'd blotted that heap from my memory....
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« Reply #24 on: 16 July 2009, 23:33:03 »
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I'd blotted that heap from my memory...
like a bad penny etc etc
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« Reply #25 on: 17 July 2009, 00:03:09 »
How dare you call the viva Lizzie
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« Reply #26 on: 17 July 2009, 00:07:19 »
Going back to the title of the thread
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« Reply #28 on: 17 July 2009, 00:17:13 »
because if i didn't have an omega i would not waste SO  much of my life on this site  ;D
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« Reply #31 on: 17 July 2009, 09:47:08 »
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one of the worst vauxhalls has got to be the meriva. it's like a corsa, prentending to be a citroen xara picasso. awful on every level.
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« Reply #32 on: 17 July 2009, 17:53:11 »
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