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omega3000

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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #15 on: 08 December 2014, 15:03:38 »
Quote from: Diamond Black Geezer on 08 December 2014, 14:55:16
Sorry to hear your dad smelt like plastic...  :o

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Four of us with suitcases went to Bournemouth a few times . The new one looks horrid  :(

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« Reply #16 on: 08 December 2014, 16:06:31 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 08 December 2014, 13:27:29
Why attach memories of an utterly awfull car to a brand new one?


....it actually looks quite good imo. I wonder if they do a size 12?

Good point Chris.  I feared my first company car could have been a Viva, but thank God they adopted an all Ford buying policy and I had a brand new Ford Escort Mk1.  I was so pleased and relieved; the Ford had true street cred in the days of the Ford Escort Mexico and other Cortina rally cars, but Viva's.....................................................no young person wanted one of them out of choice!! :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #17 on: 08 December 2014, 16:46:23 »
New one looks like something Daewoo would create  ???
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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #18 on: 08 December 2014, 17:01:31 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 08 December 2014, 16:06:31
Quote from: chrisgixer on 08 December 2014, 13:27:29
Why attach memories of an utterly awfull car to a brand new one?


....it actually looks quite good imo. I wonder if they do a size 12?

Good point Chris.  I feared my first company car could have been a Viva, but thank God they adopted an all Ford buying policy and I had a brand new Ford Escort Mk1.  I was so pleased and relieved; the Ford had true street cred in the days of the Ford Escort Mexico and other Cortina rally cars, but Viva's.....................................................no young person wanted one of them out of choice!! :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D

At one point I hankered after a Viva GT. The one  with the 2 litre engine.

All came with a 'sporty' matt black bonnet, if memory serves.
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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #19 on: 08 December 2014, 17:04:22 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 08 December 2014, 17:01:31
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 08 December 2014, 16:06:31
Quote from: chrisgixer on 08 December 2014, 13:27:29
Why attach memories of an utterly awfull car to a brand new one?


....it actually looks quite good imo. I wonder if they do a size 12?

Good point Chris.  I feared my first company car could have been a Viva, but thank God they adopted an all Ford buying policy and I had a brand new Ford Escort Mk1.  I was so pleased and relieved; the Ford had true street cred in the days of the Ford Escort Mexico and other Cortina rally cars, but Viva's.....................................................no young person wanted one of them out of choice!! :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D

At one point I hankered after a Viva GT. The one  with the 2 litre engine.

All came with a 'sporty' matt black bonnet, if memory serves.

2.3 Magnum or a droop snoot Firenza would have been my weapons of choice :y
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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #20 on: 08 December 2014, 17:06:56 »
Quote from: henryd on 08 December 2014, 17:04:22
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 08 December 2014, 17:01:31
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 08 December 2014, 16:06:31
Quote from: chrisgixer on 08 December 2014, 13:27:29
Why attach memories of an utterly awfull car to a brand new one?


....it actually looks quite good imo. I wonder if they do a size 12?

Good point Chris.  I feared my first company car could have been a Viva, but thank God they adopted an all Ford buying policy and I had a brand new Ford Escort Mk1.  I was so pleased and relieved; the Ford had true street cred in the days of the Ford Escort Mexico and other Cortina rally cars, but Viva's.....................................................no young person wanted one of them out of choice!! :o :o :o ;D ;D ;D

At one point I hankered after a Viva GT. The one  with the 2 litre engine.

All came with a 'sporty' matt black bonnet, if memory serves.

2.3 Magnum or a droop snoot Firenza would have been my weapons of choice :y

Worth a bob or two, I'll wager.

Any colour you like as long as it's silver.
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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #21 on: 08 December 2014, 17:10:23 »
Quote from: STMO on 08 December 2014, 13:29:00
Quote from: chrisgixer on 08 December 2014, 13:27:29
Why attach memories of an utterly awfull car to a brand new one?


....it actually looks quite good imo. I wonder if they do a size 12?
So nostalgic old gits will post on car forums about it.
Nostalgia implies some sort of affection/quality. To a viva ? Are you tripping again? Utterly appalling pile of shite.
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« Reply #22 on: 08 December 2014, 17:11:32 »
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« Reply #23 on: 08 December 2014, 17:15:10 »
Quote from: Varche on 08 December 2014, 17:11:32
Something like this low mileage beast.?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAUXHALL-VIVA-HC-2-DOOR-1800CC-21K-SPECIAL-FACTORY-ORDER-SUNNING-ORIGINAL-CAR-/141499309561?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item20f2041df9

EeeeYUCCCCHHH.
>Holds nose/pics up by tail/winces/drops down the toilet/flushes/washes hands/sprays air freshener liberally around the room<
....sadly not the end of that appalling memory :(
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« Reply #24 on: 08 December 2014, 17:54:44 »
you would have thought..if they bringing back a car with the viva name...it would be a four door saloon type car like the old one...but obviously more upto date...
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« Reply #25 on: 08 December 2014, 17:57:24 »
I used to build rear axles for vivas and vans on the line at vauxhalls in Ellesmere Port.
Jeez...seems like a lifetime ago.
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« Reply #26 on: 08 December 2014, 17:58:08 »
varche..thats a tidy looking motor...dont know why but i love the old vauxhalls...my first car was a chevanne(chevette van)converted into and estate...good times in that motor lol
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« Reply #27 on: 08 December 2014, 18:14:02 »
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Re: Vauxhall Viva returning.
« Reply #28 on: 08 December 2014, 18:16:21 »
It's a daewoo! Yea...... :y
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« Reply #29 on: 08 December 2014, 19:10:00 »
New one is half the price of the old one, then, adjusted for inflation..
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