First Vauxhall

[acope]

As well as the one mentioned earlier, i`ve also had an FB and a 101 (4 speed floor change), good old motors, 101 was a flyer...

[TheBoy]

My first Vauxhall was a crappy 1.8GLSi Belmont, MkII. Hated it before I bought it. Don't ask.

Its one redeeming feature was a peach of a motor. Or at least its first one, which took exception to being slammed into 1st at 70mph, due to a really poor gearbox. Replacement engine was a dog. Only had the car 3 months, put around 15k on it.

Replaced with an Astra GTE MkII. Ladies car. Had that a year, before I came to my senses, and kept away from Vauxhall for a few years.

[Bixy1]

!st VX, Victor FB VX490. 1600 twin carb, ally head, four on the floor. Me too usually, repairing it. £50 quid back in '75. Lasted about a year then the rings went in 4 cylinder. 
Migrated to Ford for a while and then the next VX was an FD Victor (Randall & Hopkirk shape). 1st auto for me too. Loved the styling to bits-still do. Not many about now though. 

[78bex]

There seems to be alot of eldery older members (very late 40's) judging by the amount of Viva's mentioned 
Oh my first Vx was a 1.3 shovvvette C92HGE

I was surprised how many Viva's mentioned , my dad had 2 of them as well . I remember the smell of plastic upholstery 

1967 Viva SL90 in monaco white with power brakes. I still think like the look of these early viva`s. KAA 459E Sold it to my brother law & bought an avenger GT !!

[NF]

My first Vauxhall was a 3.0 Manual Ventora in red, had it for about 2 years and then let someone borrow it, came back with bigend failure. I then got another 3.0 Ventora this time an auto, very reliable lasted me for ages. Since then I have had 2 3.0 Senator's both 12 valve auto and 2 3.0 Omega's first saloon and now estate.

[jonnyboyws6]

I was a bit late to the Vauxhall party, had been driving for about 10 years before I got one. First was a Senator, 3 litre 12v auto, great car, indestructible, went well, loved it. Inspired by that experience I then bought a beaut of a 24v manual, learnt all about fragile simplex chains and soon had to buy something else! Next one was a 24v manual ex police car which was a goer but tatty, and I wasn't at all impressed with the basic spec, so those two became one good car. Then I got into Omegas, and somewhere along the way also had a Carlton Dippy, Cav Sri 130 8v, red top and ecotec. 

[YZ250]

I can't pretend to be loyal to Vauxhall as the two Omega's, the previous 98 Elite and my current one, are the only Vauxhalls I've owned. I bought the Omega purely for its weight as a tow car. It was a bonus that it's a nice car to drive. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. 

[omega3000]

My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. 

That was the one my uncle had and me dad was so envious 

[jonnyboyws6]

Nice. My best mate's dad had a Magnum (the posh version) I bumped into him the other year for the first time since we were about 8, and never mind what had we been doing for the last 20 odd years, within 2 minutes we were talking about his dad's and my dad's old cars!

[omega3000]

Nice. My best mate's dad had a Magnum (the posh version) I bumped into him the other year for the first time since we were about 8, and never mind what had we been doing for the last 20 odd years, within 2 minutes we were talking about his dad's and my dad's old cars!

Yeah tell the young'ins that and they think its an ice cream   
The VX490 over the road from us looked and sounded real nice back in the day , not many of those around now .

[albitz]

1st Vauxhall (and first car) HB Viva 1159cc - green & rust.
2nd Vauxhall - just over a year after the Viva - Chevette HS 2300.
3rd Vauxhall - Viceroy 2500 straight 6. My introduction to big lazy autos.
A 10 year gap followed when I had little interest in cars,and drove tedious Fords.
4th Vauxhall - Senator 3.0 24v CDi - god I loved that car.
5th Vauxhall -  Identical Senator to use for spares for the first.Never need any spares though.
6th Vauxhall - my first Omega. A 2.5 V6 CD. A big disappointment after the Senator.
7th Vauxhall - My current Omega. Facelift 2.5 V6 with LPG.Started life as a CD but have gradually upgraded it so that almost everything is now Elite spec. Ive grown quite fond of the old thing over time,despite the fact its Star Silver.
8th Vauxhall - Omega, 3.2 Elite, 2002 in black. Broken for parts.
9th Vauxhall - Omega 2.5 Elite, 2000 in blue. Broken for parts.
10th Vauxhall - Omega 2.6 CDX estate. Bought as a project to fix up. Fixed it and sold it.
11th Vauxhall - Omega 3.0 Elite 2000 in Silver. Broken for parts.
12th Vauxhall - who knows ? Watch this space.

When I need to remember any of this in the future I can do a search for this thread.

[Sir Tigger KC]

My mate's first car was a Viva Coupe which was pretty cool, and I think it was the only one I've ever seen.. 

That was the one my uncle had and me dad was so envious 

That's the one!!! My mate's was white though.    While he had it he joined the navy and was an officer cadet at Dartmouth.  Not long after he joined up, someone in authority told him to change it as he looked like a boy racer and it wasn't the sort of image that The Royal Navy wanted for it's officer cadets!!! He got a 1100 VW Polo saloon instead!!! 

[Olympia5776]

This was mine, A422 UGG .
I had it from new and this was it at 7 months 
Fully loaded with measuring equipment ,full tank of fuel and a fast left hand bend just outside Kilmarnock with a recessed manhole on greasy wet roads saw it's days with me over. I took out a bus shelter , lamp post and slithered about 75 yards ( yep, we used yards in those days  ) over new grass .
Fortunatly it all happened at a notorious spot and the lamp post had been hit before & replaced with a collapsable metal one whilst all the others on the road were the old concrete type.Policeman said that the last person to hit that pole was killed.

[MV6Matt]

I came quite late to Vauxhall.

My first was a 1996 'P' plate V6 auto saloon Cavalier. When I checked the DVLA data base it was listed as stolen and not recovered. Loved the tourque steer when you raced novas/corsa from the lights..........

Wish I'd been able to keep it really. I traded it for the 'meega

Will I stay Vauxhall? Not sure, but really like RWD, so that will probably be a big influence whenever I come to consider next car.......

Like my 'meega too much to want to change at the moment......