What Car Do You Own?

[HuffPCair]

Love the two Audis.

Also I have a question and didnt want to start a thread just for it. My sister just got stationed in Italy and they are looking at getting a used car instead of drivng hers everywhere cause she says its to new to haha.

How good are Opel cars? She is looking at a 99 Opel Vistra I believe it is called that?

[ownage]

Love the two Audis.

Also I have a question and didnt want to start a thread just for it. My sister just got stationed in Italy and they are looking at getting a used car instead of drivng hers everywhere cause she says its to new to haha.

How good are Opel cars? She is looking at a 99 Opel Vistra I believe it is called that?

Opel = Vauxhall. Oldest german car manufacturer I believe. Good reliable stuff.
never heard of Vistra. If its an MPV, it could be a Sintra, which they took off the market because it wasn't very safe.
Maybe se means a Opel Astra? Astra's are good.

[HuffPCair]

Opel = Vauxhall. Oldest german car manufacturer I believe. Good reliable stuff.
never heard of Vistra. If its an MPV, it could be a Sintra, which they took off the market because it wasn't very safe.
Maybe se means a Opel Astra? Astra's are good.

Ok that is what I thought and sorry I meant Vectra not Vistra. I don't know where I was when I typed that haha

[Erklat]

Opel = Vauxhall. Oldest german car manufacturer I believe. Good reliable stuff.
never heard of Vistra. If its an MPV, it could be a Sintra, which they took off the market because it wasn't very safe.
Maybe se means a Opel Astra? Astra's are good.

Ok that is what I thought and sorry I meant Vectra not Vistra. I don't know where I was when I typed that haha

Opel's reliable? Tell me you're joking

As for this case, from the '93-'00 they were in theirs dark age. Some of the worst engines in Opel's history were produced in that time. Those cars also had a chassis prone to rust in almost no time. Gearboxes also prone to malfunctions. At say 230,000km it needs to be completely repacked or it falls apart if the 5-speed F18 gearbox is being used, the one which has R next to the first gear.
In Germany they have a saying, this is literal translation: "Germans driving Opel are the ones who can't afford a real German car, but must say they are driving one".
Good part is that the replacement parts are relatively cheap and widely available.
I drive Astra 2002. But as opposed to Vectra in case, mine has 1.7 Isuzu diesel engine since both Isuzu and Opel are parts of GM group.
Oh, this was great. At the moment my dad was still using this car, 3 days after warranty expiration, turbo broke apart on the highway. 3000€ total repair costs with labor and transportation to the nearest repair shop.

3 months ago I was on trip, don't know how you Americans call it, the part which produces electricity after the engine has been started(dynamo?) broke down. 150€ repair in total. They are installing both Bosch and Delco parts, but latter is a piece of junk.

Very reliable
But as I love mine because it is relatively cheap to maintain and has very low gas consumption.

[LiquidFiction]

Opel's reliable? Tell me you're joking

As for this case, from the '93-'00 they were in theirs dark age. Some of the worst engines in Opel's history were produced in that time. Those cars also had a chassis prone to rust in almost no time. Gearboxes also prone to malfunctions. At say 230,000km it needs to be completely repacked or it falls apart if the 5-speed F18 gearbox is being used, the one which has R next to the first gear.
In Germany they have a saying, this is literal translation: "Germans driving Opel are the ones who can't afford a real German car, but must say they are driving one".
Good part is that the replacement parts are relatively cheap and widely available.
I drive Astra 2002. But as opposed to Vectra in case, mine has 1.7 Isuzu diesel engine since both Isuzu and Opel are parts of GM group.
Oh, this was great. At the moment my dad was still using this car, 3 days after warranty expiration, turbo broke apart on the highway. 3000€ total repair costs with labor and transportation to the nearest repair shop.

3 months ago I was on trip, don't know how you Americans call it, the part which produces electricity after the engine has been started(dynamo?) broke down. 150€ repair in total. They are installing both Bosch and Delco parts, but latter is a piece of junk.

Very reliable
But as I love mine because it is relatively cheap to maintain and has very low gas consumption.

We call it an Alternator. It recharges the cars Battery when the car is running. And Opel is no longer a German Manufacturer. And it hasn't been since 1929. When it was sold to GM. It was founded in 1863.

[Erklat]

Opel's reliable? Tell me you're joking

As for this case, from the '93-'00 they were in theirs dark age. Some of the worst engines in Opel's history were produced in that time. Those cars also had a chassis prone to rust in almost no time. Gearboxes also prone to malfunctions. At say 230,000km it needs to be completely repacked or it falls apart if the 5-speed F18 gearbox is being used, the one which has R next to the first gear.
In Germany they have a saying, this is literal translation: "Germans driving Opel are the ones who can't afford a real German car, but must say they are driving one".
Good part is that the replacement parts are relatively cheap and widely available.
I drive Astra 2002. But as opposed to Vectra in case, mine has 1.7 Isuzu diesel engine since both Isuzu and Opel are parts of GM group.
Oh, this was great. At the moment my dad was still using this car, 3 days after warranty expiration, turbo broke apart on the highway. 3000€ total repair costs with labor and transportation to the nearest repair shop.

3 months ago I was on trip, don't know how you Americans call it, the part which produces electricity after the engine has been started(dynamo?) broke down. 150€ repair in total. They are installing both Bosch and Delco parts, but latter is a piece of junk.

Very reliable
But as I love mine because it is relatively cheap to maintain and has very low gas consumption.

So this car won't stop tormenting me.

Today it ended up in repair shop again. The culprit - alternator

Luckily this time the malfunction manifested itself before the car actually stopped. Say every few days when I ignite, headlights start to blink, all lights inside start to blink (speedometer, radio display, cabin lights) and car starts to tremble at around 1000rpm in second gear - it isn't supposed to do that.

So now it is at the repair shop, tomorrow I'm going to get it and I'm eagerly awaiting to get 150€ lighter again, second time this year.

Last week when these malfunctions started to manifest themselves, I was on highway. In contrast to the fact that I in my experience I never saw four broken cars in the stop lane as that time, I realized all four where BMWs.
Though persons who ought to get coup de grace are allowed to have
cars these days, this sure tells a word of two about reliability too.

This is the last malfunction. One more and I'm getting rid of it plus this is the last time them german pos set it's wheels in my garage.

[Rasmus66]

Got to cars at home.

An old Peugoet 106 Xr 1,4I my daily driver and the other car is a Triumph Toledo 1500TS



It's a big project but it will be a very fun car when it's done

The old engine is replace by a 2,0 liter 16V from a Triumph Dolimite Sprint stock Hp around 130-140 so it will be pretty quick of the line

[Andrew LB]

Love the two Audis.

Also I have a question and didnt want to start a thread just for it. My sister just got stationed in Italy and they are looking at getting a used car instead of drivng hers everywhere cause she says its to new to haha.

How good are Opel cars? She is looking at a 99 Opel Vistra I believe it is called that?

Thanks!

Unfortunately I can't help you out with info on Opel. They along with Renault, Fiat, Peugeau, Seat, Skoda, and a few others are not imported to the United States. I find it kind of ironic that our Government spent decades blocking importation of many European brands due to their compact size and presumed lack of safety.... and now they're promoting our car companies (the Government owned ones) to move towards what you Europeans have been doing for decades.
Personally, we should have buried General Motors when they went bankrupt and let the free market (and responsible corporate managers) dictate which cars win and lose. And since Europe has been making smaller, sporty, and fuel efficient cars for so long... I'm sure they're lightyears ahead of anything these old farts in Detroit will come up with anytime soon.

I just gave a look at a few European car websites and I kind of like the little Clio Renault Gordini or Sport GT... probably two very fun cars on a tight road course. I recall Citroen and Peugeot have made some good performing hatch-backs over the years. The current lineups look pretty ugly though.

Not long ago in a trip to Mexico I saw countless VW's on the roads which are not U.S. legal such as the Polo GTI Cup. A sweet little hatch (with 180bhp).

Opel = Vauxhall. Oldest german car manufacturer I believe. Good reliable stuff.
never heard of Vistra. If its an MPV, it could be a Sintra, which they took off the market because it wasn't very safe.
Maybe se means a Opel Astra? Astra's are good.

Wow. And I had always thought it was Audi who came first, back in 1909. Vauxhall began making cars (horseless carriages) back in 1903 in England. Opel began a couple years later, but still before Audi.

Oh... and if I"m not mistaken, Vauxhall is from England (and owned by General Motors since the mid 1920's.