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So it looks like I still haven't grown up. 7years in the pipeline and I got another one.
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So it looks like I still haven't grown up. 7years in the pipeline and I got another one.
I wonder how old is the oldest member on here is, I'm 31 and I'd guess there is mostly older members these days then youngsters
Seen some right oldies at shows this year.
Plus my grandma had her Nova well into her 70's if not 80's lol
I feel like I'm 60 so does that count lol
I'm 34 and just bought a load of parts from what seem like kids. Lol
maybe I should sell up and buy an Insignia and admit defeat. Lol
Yeh sell up! But don't buy an insignia ffs. Buy a cavalier its a more grown up car than a nova lol. I'm 36 and sold up 3 months ago.
I don't feel too old to own a Nova but I would feel too old to buy a new Viva lol
I'm in my mid forties and don't give a sh#t what everyone else thinks. Besides most young folk haven't got a clue what a carb, points etc are anyway.
I'm 57. Do I win a prize?(Not Werthers Originals)
Try telling walter rohrl, group b rally legend, that hes too old,
Can you imagine his grandkids telling their mates, they are going for an afternoon drive with grandad lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8pqPPzOMtw&t=192s
Here he is 26 years earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdy8CG09rSU
Novas are brilliant end of, basic cars that have become rediscovered in price which to me has made them too expensive, parts alone have made them a nightmare so this will only bump up prices... especially of rare ones but even shitty 5 door hatches become desirable lol
Dod, I'm not angry. I'm just disappointed.
Receding hair line at 52! Think yourself lucky I was bald at 22 lol
I'm 34, now have my 4th Nova and when I'm out driving it I feel like I'm 24 again.
One of my ex work mates asked if I could should his new girlfriend a "real" Vauxhall, then explained she worked for thurlow nunns (Vauxhall dealers) in fakenham, as a mechanic, to which I replied that she knew how to use a laptop. She has vowed to punch me! Lol.
We're never to old for Novas, we all either love Novas too much or are drawn back to our teenage/early 20s and just don't want to grow up! I know I don't really want to!
I've not had one now for 7 years but I know if I drove one I'd still have a smile on my face, I do miss that crocking clutch nose lol
I'm 33 I sold mine a couple of years ago and said I was finished with them. Went to pvs in June and now bought another after swearing I was done, drove 420 miles home and smiled all the way.
Can you imagine having the knowledge & skill you do now, when you were 17yrs old with your 1st nova...
I bought my first Nova (1986 Mk1, secondhand from a local dealership) in 1991, when they were still available from the factory. Had I known back then what I know now, I would have gotten at least 2 GSi's with every possible option in the book and a shedload of rare spares (gutter trims and coin trays anyone?) to make sure they would run forever. Oh well, such is life. lol
Me and a mate were talking about this the other day . I have had over 30 novas if only id know what they would end up like I would never have sold a single one lol. I rember having a what would now be mint gte and fitting a full abyss kit to it and throwing away the interior .
I know the feeling throwing away engines and decent spares thinking they were worthless. If only we knew. Never mind what's done is done. Just been out for a we spin in mine there still smiling ☺
Id never bother getting one again but im far from nostalgic lol and have nowhere near enough time to piss about with old cars.
The older i get, the more i appreciate boggo standard powerful dailys.
I do find it funny when people say modern cars are shit, boring blah blah. How the fuck do you know, youve only ever owned 20+ year old cars lol go an drive a modern hot hatch like an RS3, Golf R or even Fiesta ST180. Unbelievable amounts of fun straight out the factory.
I get what your saying mike that's why I sold mine also wanted more garage space. But fords no I hate them German cars all the way! I'm on this forum because I love the look of a nova and interested in what members are doing with them. But I don't like driving one so for me no point owning one. Like what you said modern cars are a joy to drive so refined and technology becoming better and better.
I understand where you are coming from but I test drove a mark 3 focus rs a month ago and I was close to buying but then though very hard about it and I would have to get rid of my e90 daily as couldn't justify keeping 2 cars at that kind of money. Bought a nova turbo and am really enjoying it and it's in the garage at night and still have my e90 that I get 50 to a gallon as a daily driver
And the nova is more fun than the Rs imo
The new RS isnt all that. Cracked cyclinder heads, water leaks and even headgasket failure at under 10k miles lol. Wouldnt waste your money. A guy i work with sold his at less then 8k miles because of issues.
As much as i like classic hot hatches, im not centimental enough to buy another one lol modern performance fasty road cars really are very good these days.
Not had a road one for 7years,with today’s prices I just couldn’t justify/afford having a road one anymore.
That goes for any “hot hatch” now tbh
I'll be 45 this christmas. I've had my Nova GTE rally car precisely 15 years and it's been on the road (almost) throughout.
My first Nova was, er, 20 years ago.
Too old? No, not really.
I'm 52 and 4 months ago(after 2 year search!!) I managed to get my hands on a j reg Nova td. Immaculate. Fantastic little runabout!!
Never too old to own a Nova imo
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drive a Merc 4x4 company car and own a Boxster weekend steer.
id love another nova.
i doubt id look any more stupid than I do in a Boxster!
I've had GSI everything, M5's and Twin Turbo Sierras and nothing excites me more than seeing a clean and tidy Nova but when you weigh it up, they're small boxy, poorly built and slower than a fecking 1.0 Micra. It's the picture perfect love hate relationship.
I wonder how the thought throughout life for owning a car let’s people think you’re too old? When are you too young then to own a car?
I last had one in 1999 am 35 now I would have another. It's the simplicity of them
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