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[brummieboy]

 I know its not an Omega,
but am thinking about one of these next year...maybe...
currently I'm driving a  v6 mk3 mondeo,and its been great,
so the st220 is also a possibility...Any views welcome, have a good day!

Dan

[kingycos2]

Its either a vectra VXR or a vauxhall VXR8, 2 totally different cars. The Vectra is a very quick, reliable car, but needs coilovers as the handling is catastrophically bad, that's on the basis your gonna throw it round corners etc!!! 
The VXR* is a machine, simple as... Price difference is about £12k but the noise they make is worth that, never mind the performance. Best 4 door saloon available at the minute IMO.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2009-09-VAUXHALL-VXR8-V8-6-SPEED-MANUAL-1-OWNER-6800-MILES-MINT-/370650979575?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item564c851cf7

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

The VXR* is a machine, simple as... Price difference is about £12k but the noise they make is worth that, never mind the performance.

The economy difference is quite something too. Not that the Vectra is frugal, but VXR8 is in the low to mid teens in town. If I could, I would...

[omega3000]

V8

[waspy]

My advice would be to join some HSV (Holden Special Vehicles), Monaro/VXR8 forums & learn about the cars. Please don't call the R8 a Vectra especially on these forums as you'll get abuse.
They're first of all a Holden which is from Australia. Don't expect the normal VX dealer to know much about them, you could take it to a VXR VX dealer, but they really don't have a clue either. There are some specialist dotted around the country for servicing & parts if you need them.

[brummieboy]

Apologies for the typo!! Its the vectra vxr that i meant! The vxr8 is in another league!
Cheers for the advice so far...

Dan

[feeutfo]

For a minute I thought someone had put a v8 lump in a vectra. 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

For a minute I thought someone had put a v8 lump in a vectra. 

I think that would destroy the Vectra-C's famed handling

[the alarming man]

For a minute I thought someone had put a v8 lump in a vectra. 

it is bad enough with a diesel....

[omega3000]

Erh getting confused  so the vxr vectra is the one with the V6 turbo and with a little suspension tweaking it would be fine 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Erh getting confused  so the vxr vectra is the one with the V6 turbo and with a little suspension tweaking it would be fine 

Yes. If a little chavvy in that metallic blue colour.

[tunnie]

Erh getting confused  so the vxr vectra is the one with the V6 turbo and with a little suspension tweaking it would be fine 

Pah, no, with a V8 it would be far from fine.

The chassis can't even handle the 3.2 V6 

[kingycos2]

Vectra vxr with standard 2.8t engine is a quick car, but on top of the cost of the car, a decent brand set of coil-overs is nearly a £1000, and they are a must as it under steers catastrophically. So buying one and then some lowering springs wont help.

[Del Boy]

The Vectra VXR is a quality bit of kit, and they're very quick.

[D]

Till you get to a corner and then you find yourself in a ditch. It cannot do corners fast, so its not fun to drive. Terrible torque steer as well, deadly on a bumpy road. No amount of coilovers will correct the understeer as the chassis is poorly set up. Coilovers just make the ride even harder and uncomfortable.

The ST220 on the other hand is very well set up, despite being FWD. No point having the extra horses unless you plan to only drive on straight smooth roads.

Sorry but the Vectra VXR is a terrible car. And tax post 2006 is £460.