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[omega3000]

Drove it to Croydon and bought another car. Now got 4 cars and an unhappy swmbo.

You didn't buy the Chevette HSR 2.3 then 

[albitz]

Unfortunately not.Wife hated the first one,so wouldn't let me rob a bank to buy another one.
I bought a 1990 Mercedes 190 D 2.5 manual.

[omega3000]

Unfortunately not.Wife hated the first one,so wouldn't let me rob a bank to buy another one.
I bought a 1990 Mercedes 190 D 2.5 manual.

There was a HSR on the bay , lost count of how many 1000's it went for 

[albitz]

Thers an HS on there a the moment only 32 of 400 left on the road. Only 50 HSR,s were made,so probably hardly any of those left at all now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200980566313?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[omega3000]

Thats the one  Nice bit of kit for a sunday afternoon stroll in 

[albitz]

With the dellorto carbs and tubular manifold etc. it should be around 180bhp,which in a car weighing no more than a ton,means its pretty rapid,and also has plenty of torque as its not a little screamer engine. Mine was the same spec,and there was very little that could get anywhere near it.
If I were a rich men,I would buy that if only for sentimental reasons.

[omega3000]

With the dellorto carbs and tubular manifold etc. it should be around 180bhp,which in a car weighing no more than a ton,means its pretty rapid,and also has plenty of torque as its not a little screamer engine. Mine was the same spec,and there was very little that could get anywhere near it.
If I were a rich men,I would buy that if only for sentimental reasons.

I guess £10k is a fair price for that  Convincing someone it is mite be a little more difficult 

[albitz]

Sold mine for £2300 when it was 4 years old.We live and learn.

[05omegav6]

Sold mine for £2300 when it was 4 years old.We live and learn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Chevette

About £800 more than a new one 

[Mr.OmegaMan]

Accidentally made someone jump out their skin in a car park, Started the Omega up and Accidentally my foot slipped while reaching for something onto the accelerator. Well you can guess the rest... Screams. Some people are frightened of the most unusual things. 

[albitz]

Sold mine for £2300 when it was 4 years old.We live and learn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Chevette

About £800 more than a new one 

A basic 1256 presumably ? From memory,the HS was £6105 new. I paid £5000 for mine when it was just under 6 months old. 

[05omegav6]

45% depreciation for a rusty shovit isn't to be sniffed at then

[albitz]

Tbh it should have been worth quite a bit more,but It was getting a bit tatty here & there as the build quality was crap and I thrashed it mercilessly daily,and on one occasion put it in a ditch and did a lot of damage. Cost me over £1000 to get it fixed,which was a lot of money in 1980. So,it wasn't a pristine example when I was finished with it.
The fun factor was well worth the money spend and lost though.

[TheBoy]

Driven it to another shithole, to rebuild yet another shitty DNS server.

[omega3000]

Maybe put my last ten quid in the Vectra  Now onto MV6 ownership hopefully