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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Dave on 12 March 2007, 13:03:58
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Astra GTE 1.8
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CD 2.0 with a 130 engine and gearbox.
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I have own the Elite for 3 years now.Great car but now wished i had saved i bit harder and got a 3.0.
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Seriously nice looking omega you've got there.. :y
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Very nice Omega, love it. And it can turn corners at speed unlike the GTE ;D
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Omega looking very nice :y
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Very nice Omega, love it. And it can turn corners at speed unlike the GTE ;D
Great in a straight line,i had Irmscher shocks and springs fitted and it still hated turning.As the car is park in the pic someone came of there drive opposite hit the car and put it on the pavement.I had the GSI wheels and the Irmscher side skirts fitted on the insurance,along with the suspension. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
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Yes, super fast straight line car, just had no steering, very scary. But looked the business. IMHO the 1.8 Escort RS Turbo was the safer option. :y
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I had the 8v 2.0 GTE. As stated, couldn't do corners, but really predictable, and easy to get tail happy...
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I had the 8v 2.0 GTE. As stated, couldn't do corners, but really predictable, and easy to get tail happy...
I'm too young to have ever been in one nor driven one, but it seems it's a long-standing tradition for FWD Opels/Vauxhalls to not do corners ::)
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Very nice looking car - it certainly looks well cared for.
I have one question though - where did you get the little air intakes next to your front fogs? I've never been a fan of the grilles mine has and wouldn't mind swapping them for a set of those.
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Nice looking motor Dave :y
We've all been down the boy racer route I guess, but as a 'dad cruiser' I'm really happy in the Omega.
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Very nice looking car - it certainly looks well cared for.
I have one question though - where did you get the little air intakes next to your front fogs? I've never been a fan of the grilles mine has and wouldn't mind swapping them for a set of those.
Thanks to another member on here i found them here http://www.superspeed-carstyling.co.uk/merchant.ihtml?pid=663&step=4 .I paid about £100 for the two,they took 2 months to arrive.,but they do finish the front off.
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Cool, thatks for that.
I emailed them and they charge £95 + £8 P&P - and while they look a lot better than the grilles I'm not sure about spending over £100 on them, plus a can of paint..
Maybe next time I get a bonus at work I'll order a couple without looking at the numbers!
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I agree a lot of money for what they are, my car was going into the body shop to have a scratch done. The finish was very poor and need a lot of work before they were sprayed.
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looks very nice... :y
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Very nice car, i did not go the route of fast Vauxhalls unless you call a Viva HA trying to get rid of it's rust fast. :-[
Was more into Capri 3 Litre MK2. and Ford Escort MK2 with 1.6 litre engine in, well it was in the 70's. :o :o
You can still surprise the boy racer with the Dad cruiser though. ;D ;D ;D
8-)
DaveL
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Looks very nice, and you can't beat the lowered suspension, grips like :P.. as you know :y
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bump [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]
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just like me many moons ago :y
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http://www.superspeed-carstyling.co.uk/merchant.ihtml?id=230&step=2
Seems he does quite a range of stuff. Including some extreme style body kits.
http://www.superspeed-carstyling.co.uk/merchant.ihtml?pid=2582&lastcatid=452&step=4
Would they be worth approaching as a group/forum for some form of discount should any members ever want something, I have looked for styling and tuning info for the Miggy for quite a while now and never stumbled accross them.
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The sri looks nice in black I used to have a similar one in that lovely none metalic burgandy colour they did.
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I bought a brand new 1.8 GTE just before they went to the teardrop shape.
Never again.
It was one of the models built during the German steel strike. 2 A4 pages full of faults with it in the 8 months I ownded it. The wiring loom accross the bulk even melted and nearly caught fire whilst trying to start in a petrol station one day (2500 mile on the clock.)
Quick car, handled ok. too hard/harsh a drive and put me off front wheel drive for life.
Replaced it with a Sylvia Turbo (Brand new) having done 8000 miles in 8 months I chopped it in the GTE aginst the Sylvia and got £6500 for it.
With the cash discount I got on the GTE I only paid £6520.20 for, so 8 months of motoring for only £20.20 plus fuel. :y :y :y :y
The Sylvia was in a different league and I honestly thought I would never have annother Vauxhall ever again.
I am so glad I changed my my mind
I have since had a 1200 Opel Kadett runabout, a 3 door Viva with M+S tyres on BMW 320 rims for the heavy snows in the late 80's and wouldnt have been with out either of them.
My last four cars have been Carlton CDi, Carlton Diplomat, Current Cars are 2.5 GLS and 3.0 Elite Miggy Saloons.
Am I gald I changed my mind and returned the Vauxhall.
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Very nice car, i did not go the route of fast Vauxhalls unless you call a Viva HA trying to get rid of it's rust fast. :-[
Was more into Capri 3 Litre MK2. and Ford Escort MK2 with 1.6 litre engine in, well it was in the 70's. :o :o
You can still surprise the boy racer with the Dad cruiser though. ;D ;D ;D
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DaveL
I had a Vx Chevette 2300 HSE, that was fun! After that I had a Lotus Talbot Sunbeam which was more of a complete car and a lot more useable when driving it very, very fast.
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That's a really nice selection of vauxhall. So where are you going now for your next step the VXR 8 ?
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Lovely Omega but I honestly dont get why people say the Astra GTE doesnt handle?
I have had five of them all 16 valvers and pretty much anihilated everything on track with them, great cars that DO handle you just need to know how to drive them, people go barrelling into a corner expecting it to turn at high speed, it wont, it will understeer like a bitch unlees you transfer the weight to the front Ie dip touch the brakes THEN nail it into the corner and it will go round, in all the years ive owned them ive only ever got bitten once and that was my own fault, over zealous onto an icy roundabout chasing a civic type R and lost it.
Great cars I would have another like a shot if I could just find one that hasnt rotted away or the owner didnt want extortionate money for it.
Sorry for the rant but thats one subject that really gets my goat lol