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Paul
13-11-10, 10:57 PM
Seeing as this may aswell be the PCG, thought you lot would know.

Cav Turbo's problems:

-Rear electric Windows not working?
-Do they all come with the grey dash, if they have cloth interior?
-Are the trip computer things expensive?
-Are towbars readily available?

Good tow cars?

I am buying one, and has them problems with it.

Cut a long story short, I came out of Ministry of Sound rather drunk this morning at about 5.30am, and there was a Cav Turbo being used as a minicab, got talking with the bloke, and it turns out it is for sale at a very good price.

So Im buying it to replace the Vectra!

Bubba
13-11-10, 11:00 PM
greatest drunken purchace EVER have some rep

electric windows could be something as simple as a split wire if the back doors have been open and shut constantly.

Rickardo
13-11-10, 11:06 PM
Mine had cloth trim, but it has a black dash.

I've heard if your towing, you have to do it in 2 wheel drive.

Mark
13-11-10, 11:12 PM
-Rear electric Windows not working? Could be motor, switch or loom but easy to sort.
-Do they all come with the grey dash, if they have cloth interior? Never
-Are the trip computer things expensive? No
-Are towbars readily available? Yes

Paul
13-11-10, 11:26 PM
I've heard if your towing, you have to do it in 2 wheel drive.

Anyone know anymore on this?

Rickardo
13-11-10, 11:44 PM
Paul, from what know it's in the original vauxhall manual. All you do is pull fuse 19 out.

Mark
13-11-10, 11:48 PM
What ^ he said.

ben doodar
14-11-10, 12:05 AM
What a pisser, bought a cav turbo from a taxi driver at 5.30 in the morning that's fecking awesome.

ste porter
14-11-10, 12:21 AM
i got a pound on the rear windows is down to the switch pannel in the front with the 4 switches on had 2 now where for some reason something goes belly up in them and the rear windows stop working for no reason at all

i got a tow bar on my cav turbo and a locked box and its not a problem

may have a trip computer screen kicking about mate if i have you can have it will have a looksy tomorrow for you

Bubba
14-11-10, 12:50 AM
Paul, from what know it's in the original vauxhall manual. All you do is pull fuse 19 out.

unless its a locked box

Rickardo
14-11-10, 09:56 AM
I know. If it's a locked box, don't worry about it.

If it's the original 4x4 vauxhall system, you'll have to investigate further.

Spudly
14-11-10, 01:24 PM
Sounds like if yours has a grey dash and cloth interior then its another ex-police car then Paul, you lot are going to have to stop buying cav turbos as at this rate there will be none left for me next year lol

Paul
14-11-10, 01:25 PM
Spectral blue one it is...

Spudly
14-11-10, 01:26 PM
Ooooh, very nice colour, when you picking it up then and i hope youve been in touch with the guy since, so that he knows it wasnt just drunken ramblings lol

NOV4_SPORT
14-11-10, 01:30 PM
nice one mate, but drunk buy yet lol.

iain

Eastham
14-11-10, 01:32 PM
My ex police one had a black dash and cloth seats and keep fit windows. If its not got a sunroof its prob ex police, but if its got electrc windows and sunroof and heated leather it prob isnt ex police even if it was an undercover car. You can easily swap the dash for a black one and easily found out of a calibra or cavalier.

Spudly
14-11-10, 01:35 PM
My ex police one had a black dash and cloth seats and keep fit windows. If its not got a sunroof its prob ex police, but if its got electrc windows and sunroof and heated leather it prob isnt ex police even if it was an undercover car. You can easily swap the dash for a black one and easily found out of a calibra or cavalier.




Actually calibra ones are different, i will have to be a cav one as the bit under the screen has more of a sweep to it due to the different shape of a cally's screen, i never knew this untill mr Porter showed me and Rob one he had stripped:eek:

Eastham
14-11-10, 01:48 PM
Well. thats me told then lol I thought they were the same. Best get a cavalier one then which still wont be a problem to find

Spudly
14-11-10, 02:28 PM
Well. thats me told then lol I thought they were the same. Best get a cavalier one then which still wont be a problem to find



Lol, until shown otherwise i thought they were the same too, cavs wont be hard to find in a scrappers though, and ask novafusion for advice on doing the swap as he has just changed the grey dash in his (my old TD):thumb:

Mazz
14-11-10, 02:31 PM
-Rear electric Windows not working? Easy fix
-Do they all come with the grey dash, if they have cloth interior? No, black and cloth was an optional downgrade (Police spec etc)
-Are the trip computer things expensive? No
-Are towbars readily available? Go one here you can can have FOC

Joe Richardson
14-11-10, 03:43 PM
nice one paul lol

Ben
14-11-10, 03:52 PM
Fook me an ex police cav turbo now being used as a mini cab... Any round mars mileage gen lol

Paul
14-11-10, 04:02 PM
127k

Rickardo
14-11-10, 04:37 PM
mine has 137,000 on it.

mowgli
14-11-10, 05:04 PM
only in essex is a cav turbo being used as a minicab...........

that is amazing, and paul, why weren't you too pissed to buy a car???? that is slacking by png standards of drinking

Ben
14-11-10, 06:30 PM
127k
Not bad at all if thats genuine!

Most minicabs ive seen are 3-400k

grooge
14-11-10, 06:31 PM
theres a cav turbo being stripped just up the road from me :(
only ever seen it move once since the guy bought it about a year ago. hes got a gsi aswell though that he uses so hopefully hes making 1 mint car out the 2.

Spudly
14-11-10, 06:39 PM
Fook me an ex police cav turbo now being used as a mini cab... Any round mars mileage gen lol



My SRi has almost a quarter of a million miles on its xe and runs sweet as anything, ask mr Porter he has heard her running :p

Ben
14-11-10, 06:44 PM
My SRi has almost a quarter of a million miles on its xe and runs sweet as anything, ask mr Porter he has heard her running :p

Did i make a negative comment on it such as cor blimey bet thats fooked? Nope, just laughing at the combination of 2 of the highest usual mileage road users!

Spudly
14-11-10, 06:47 PM
Did i make a negative comment on it such as cor blimey bet thats fooked? Nope, just laughing at the combination of 2 of the highest usual mileage road users!



Not at all bud, youve read me wrong i assure you, couple hundred K milage is only usual for izuzu turbo dervs, and i knows what you mean by your comment, if its an ex fed car, then after a taxi, it must have been clocked and actually have more miles than the starship 'enterprise' lol

Just had to add mine, as ive never seen an xe with mileage like mine :p

Ben
14-11-10, 06:49 PM
Not at all bud, youve read me wrong i assure you, couple hundred K milage is only usual for izuzu turbo dervs, and i knows what you mean by your comment, if its an ex fed car, then after a taxi, it must have been clocked and actually have more miles than the starship 'enterprise' lol

Just had to add mine, as ive never seen an xe with mileage like mine :p

No probs mate as long as you didnt think i was having a dig!

Spudly
14-11-10, 07:06 PM
No probs mate as long as you didnt think i was having a dig!


Nah not at all bud, i try never to judge peeps on here as you can never be sure how a comment is meant when its only in written word, besides ive spoken to you before on here and know youre a good lad lol

Alex J
14-11-10, 07:20 PM
spoke to paul about this car today, as its a ban word to all you cav lovers, ill let the picture do the talking...

its a good.......
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jan2009/7/4/1C6EC8E6-E693-BAA8-7B74CA866AD1856E.jpg

Rickardo
14-11-10, 07:28 PM
Spud, ban them all..

Alex J
14-11-10, 07:31 PM
Spud, ban them all..dont mind them, but would maybe like the engine out of it:d

Spudly
14-11-10, 07:35 PM
Spud, ban them all..




Ill ban bloody maris, if he even thinks of making this into a maris special, i tell you its ferking annoying as i only bloody want one, yet every bugger is happening upon them:eek:

Alex J
14-11-10, 07:37 PM
would maris do this????...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/378866956_2c23f471e7.jpg

Spudly
14-11-10, 07:38 PM
Fook me that is/was a turbo :cry:

Danny s-p
14-11-10, 07:40 PM
maris lol

Alex J
14-11-10, 07:42 PM
Fook me that is/was a turbo :cry:you know i love a good old axe man burnout:d
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/378866897_fd60b9a0f4.jpg?v=0

djbrowney
14-11-10, 07:46 PM
erm guyyyyyyyyyyyys it meris lol

Alex J
14-11-10, 07:48 PM
erm guyyyyyyyyyyyys it meris lolmerris to you sir lol

ste porter
14-11-10, 08:17 PM
my cav t has 187 tho on the clocks and the shell is spot on engine was silent ect only problem i have is head has decided to go porus but thats no biggy just an exscuse to strip the engine out the car tart it all up and put it back as i want it

funny thing is my white gsi 2000 4x4 that got converted to turbo was only showing 74 tho and the original xe was foobared and the shell was as rotten as that pic of the burnt out one looks

point is its not the millage that kills these cars its how clued up and dedicated there previous owners have been

in regards to spuds cav the xe in that sounds like its just come out the factory i have never heard an xe run and sound as sweet and as quiet as that. Even completly freshly rebuilt xe's dont run and sound as sweet and quiet as his it realy is unbelivable especialy it the xe has dont the indicated millage!

Jack
14-11-10, 08:59 PM
point is its not the millage that kills these cars its how clued up and dedicated there previous owners have been
^ This.

I'd rather have a 200k+ engine thats been serviced on the nose every [insert GM servicing schedule interval here], than one thats done only 60k but never been serviced once in its life.

Spudly
14-11-10, 09:10 PM
I think ive properly struck lucky here, mines clackety from one of the tappets on first startup, then once warm she is quiet as anything and purrs like a kitten on tickover, and actually pulls like a train aswell, so im more than happy, ive got no history but local knowledge says previous owner was a vaux tech:thumb:

Paul
23-11-10, 11:28 PM
all being well, i will become the new owner of this on Thursday!!

eddgsiturbo
24-11-10, 10:06 AM
get some pics up of it mate when you have it.

draper
24-11-10, 12:38 PM
brilliant drunk buy, only thing i manage to buy when pissed is ginsters pasties from the 24hr garage and there normally out of date

maddogdaz666
24-11-10, 02:17 PM
lucky swine! I want and need one! The best buy ive had was whwn i was sat in a car park 10 yr ago in my dads car talkin to a mate. Id blown the engine on my nova sr again! When he mentioned he'd sell his cav gsi for less than £400. This was 1am so we drove strait to his house n i drove away a happy man!

AlexW
24-11-10, 02:42 PM
all being well, i will become the new owner of this on Thursday!!

Your be needing the 4wd then, its ment to snow lol

Alex J
24-11-10, 03:35 PM
Your be needing the 4wd then, its ment to snow loldont be silly, the 4x4 wont work, its a vauxhall cavalier rememberlol !!

Paul
26-11-10, 04:25 AM
The 4x4 works.
Clutch slipping, steerings vague, EML is on, fuel leak, back bumper held on with gaffer tape, doors booted it as is wing, electric windows dont work, clocks are peeling, trip computer doesnt work, no abs, immobiliser is tempremental, no stereo or front door speaker, grills cable tied on and also the electric ariel doesnt work.

Other than that its a minter! On a serious note shell is very clean, i have a very good condition leather, 2spare AFMs lots of black plastics, good new door, spare headlight, phase 2 chips. Engine sounds sweet, gearbox is sweet, tyres are all near enough new, brakes are sharp, rear arches are near enough mint, new turbo few k ago, cambelt done 15k ago, brakes overhauled at cost of £400.

I dont know whether to break it, restore it or sit on it and ponder for a while...

Connor
26-11-10, 04:30 AM
Might aswell use it for a while, it got much tax or test?

Paul
26-11-10, 04:55 AM
Tax end of month, 2 weeks mot...

Alex J
26-11-10, 06:33 AM
Tax end of month, 2 weeks mot...ill bring me tool box ,and paddys bike down the yard later:thumb:

Southie
26-11-10, 06:45 AM
A beer, kebab and a turbo now that's a good night lol

Sounds like it will be an easy fix, must of had the eml light on for a while if he's given you extra afms and similar bits. Does the engine sound okay then Paul?

Run it till the summer and sell to Spud with 6 months t&t on ;)

Jack
26-11-10, 07:33 AM
ill bring me tool box ,and paddys bike down the yard later:thumb:
I thought your toolbox only had an axe in it? lol

Alex J
26-11-10, 07:37 AM
I thought your toolbox only had an axe in it? lolaxe isnt in the tool box, it lives next to the nova in times of needlol

Graeme
26-11-10, 07:42 AM
If you have no use or desire to drive it then breaking it is the best way of maximum return but it'll be a shame seeing as you've already saved it from drunken clubbers sick and chilli sauce, I say try curing all the faults without spending to much money and then sell it to Spud so it can have a cherished and happy retirement, any pictures of it yet? Oh and don't let Merrrrrrris near it with any tools or paint lol

Alex J
26-11-10, 07:53 AM
If you have no use or desire to drive it then breaking it is the best way of maximum return but it'll be a shame seeing as you've already saved it from drunken clubbers sick and chilli sauce, I say try curing all the faults without spending to much money and then sell it to Spud so it can have a cherished and happy retirement, any pictures of it yet? Oh and don't let Merrrrrrris near it with any tools or paint lolwhy not, can only improve it will my skills:d

Ernie
26-11-10, 08:10 AM
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQJllkT9TD9-bdW_m00FytJdwHFxWmKeYMMUoEFzHrzpV9l_NyS

Paul
26-11-10, 03:14 PM
I will be stripping this car keep your eyes peeled for thread in FS if youre interested in any bits

Paul

Alex J
26-11-10, 04:14 PM
I will be stripping this car keep your eyes peeled for thread in FS if youre interested in any bits

Paulafter driving this car today, i would like to say it was the WORST car ive ever been in since i was born , what the hell is all the hype about, truely shocking cars, cant wait to strip it, good engine etc, but i do now see why so many end up stripped , when you go london tonight, see if you can get a cozzy as a taxi homelol

Joe Richardson
26-11-10, 04:19 PM
The reason it will be shocking ride,because it had been used a taxi,ie used and abused alot,if you got a well looked after one it would be a nice car :)

Alex J
26-11-10, 04:23 PM
The reason it will be shocking ride,because it had been used a taxi,ie used and abused alot,if you got a well looked after one it would be a nice car :)i have a £300quid nissan primera gt, more miles, better drive, and a hell of alot cheaper than a cav turbo, best thing is the engine and box imo. scrap the rest.

Joe Richardson
26-11-10, 04:29 PM
i have a £300quid nissan primera gt, more miles, better drive, and a hell of alot cheaper than a cav turbo, best thing is the engine and box imo. scrap the rest.

least the engine and box will sell easy :d

Alex J
26-11-10, 04:31 PM
least the engine and box will sell easy :dthe engine and box would make there way to my car if i had the money, but i think pauls going to slap it in the vectra gsi:thumb:

mowgli
26-11-10, 04:49 PM
I will be stripping this car keep your eyes peeled for thread in FS if youre interested in any bits

Paul

wear gloves when you remove the back seat.....

Adam
26-11-10, 07:40 PM
Still sounds cheap for what you paid!

Personally ive never really seen the attraction in cav turbo's, best bits under the bonnet lol

Alex J
26-11-10, 07:54 PM
Still sounds cheap for what you paid!

Personally ive never really seen the attraction in cav turbo's, best bits under the bonnet lol+rep , worst car ive ever driven , even worse than a yugo 55lol ,

mowgli, the paddys bike will remove seats, and the axe for the rest, apart from the best bits:cool:

Bubba
26-11-10, 07:55 PM
:o

GIVE me the shell

Alex J
26-11-10, 08:01 PM
:o

GIVE me the shelli reckon scrap money and you could own a bare shell, ill talk to paul later:thumb:

Bubba
26-11-10, 08:03 PM
i just have no way of gettin it home...a problem ive had with lookin at shells many a time

mowgli
26-11-10, 08:09 PM
the paddys bike

finally you've mentioned a tool that i appreciate

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Va2KA2Tqnl4kGM:http://compactor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/-147151605019222840.jpg&t=1

Alex J
26-11-10, 08:11 PM
finally you've mentioned a tool that i appreciateim a bit crazy with one, best tool on road, axe 2nd, and hammer 3rd for the winlol

L14MNP
26-11-10, 08:17 PM
P11 Merris?

Underrated car and cheap cheap now. :thumb:

Alex J
26-11-10, 08:19 PM
P11 Merris?

Underrated car and cheap cheap now. :thumb:p11? what dose that meanlol

mowgli
26-11-10, 08:21 PM
you need about 28% of the filler that you'd use on a vauxhall?????

L14MNP
26-11-10, 08:23 PM
p11? what dose that meanlol

lol. 96-00.

Never mind. Just give it death! lol

Alex J
26-11-10, 08:31 PM
lol. 96-00.

Never mind. Just give it death! lolyou mean the primera gt? its the best £3oo ever spent, and its a damm good motor!! ill post a picture up tommrow (hope this is what you mentlol ) its a p reg!

L14MNP
26-11-10, 08:34 PM
Yeah I meant that. P11e is the chassis code for that shape. No need for pics if you cba. Want D2 coilovers and 18's, Larger injectors, rare JDM bits, R33 GTR 4 pots? I have loads of fly bits for these things lol. /Xmas sale list. (worth a go lol)

P plate. You got the clear tail lights. lol

Alex J
26-11-10, 08:41 PM
Yeah I meant that. P11e is the chassis code for that shape. No need for pics if you cba. Want D2 coilovers and 18's, Larger injectors, rare JDM bits, R33 GTR 4 pots? I have loads of fly bits for these things lol. /Xmas sale list. (worth a go lol)

P plate. You got the clear tail lights. lolit has, only has half leather, but its a daily driver, so i wouldnt spend a penny on it , if i started putting junk on it , it would break downlol , handles well, its also faster than the cav;)

same colour and spec as this one on the bay ,very good daily and cheap as chips!!!
http://i.ebayimg.com/19/!B7,fPO!!Wk~$(KGrHqZ,!iIEzNTltMbQBM0GgSH+g!~~_12.J PG

*Adz*
26-11-10, 09:03 PM
i gotta trip computer here if u intrested mate...

Alex J
29-11-10, 04:51 PM
cav turbo has been stripped of the lump, and lets just say it looks alot better, r.i.p worst car ever, pictures are to follow from paul!!! every time we could not get a bolt out ,or a pipe off because it was rotton, i gave it a good old merris beating!!!!!..... hope you like.... xxxx

Spudly
29-11-10, 05:29 PM
:cry:

Andy
29-11-10, 05:31 PM
:cry:
buy it then you gibbonlol

Ernie
29-11-10, 05:33 PM
ive seen the pics.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1180.snc4/150259_463388227399_637782399_6007293_2446705_n.jp g (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6007292&id=637782399)
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Hang 10 Merris...

Spudly
29-11-10, 05:33 PM
buy it then you gibbonlol


I cant as for one i dont have the monies yet, and besides it been smashed up!

Andy
29-11-10, 05:34 PM
I cant as for one i dont have the monies yet, and besides it been smashed up!
just seen the pic lol

Alex J
29-11-10, 05:44 PM
there is more!!! better than a punch bag aswell!!!

Jack
29-11-10, 06:46 PM
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/spudunlock.gif

Alex J
29-11-10, 06:52 PM
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Misc/spudunlock.giflol !! attention PAUL!!! post the rest up for the win you chickenlol

Ernie
29-11-10, 07:11 PM
get them up mate..

Alex J
29-11-10, 07:12 PM
get them up mate..rob his face tube ernie, he is being LONGlol

Ernie
29-11-10, 07:16 PM
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Paul
29-11-10, 07:16 PM
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Alex J
29-11-10, 07:19 PM
where is the "booting in the side in rage" ones????

Jack
29-11-10, 07:19 PM
Nice work lol

I'd quite fancy a GSi-style chavalier, but with a 3.0 V6 inside instead of the gay 4pot

Alex J
29-11-10, 07:24 PM
Nice work lol

I'd quite fancy a GSi-style chavalier, but with a 3.0 V6 inside instead of the gay 4potthey are crap in all forms, best use is for nicking the engines out and trashing the rest with the humplol

Alex J
29-11-10, 07:25 PM
and its getting rolled on its side later this week to rip the diff etc off :d

Ernie
29-11-10, 07:25 PM
saves you taking it out on a bucket seat lol...

Alex J
29-11-10, 07:27 PM
i look like a fat hunter with his prize in this picture...lol

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Connor
29-11-10, 07:29 PM
didn't see no axe action marris.
I'm disappointed :roll:

Alex J
29-11-10, 07:30 PM
didn't see no axe action marris.
I'm disappointed :roll:there will be a follow up once its down to the bear shell, then ill go hell bent on it!!!lol

Joe Richardson
29-11-10, 07:52 PM
poor cav :(

dj_wudgey
29-11-10, 07:54 PM
i agree joe id love a cavy turbo aswell as my sr!!

Joe Richardson
29-11-10, 07:57 PM
i agree joe id love a cavy turbo aswell as my sr!!

yeah i would have a cav mate,they look well with the right mods:d

dj_wudgey
29-11-10, 08:02 PM
yea they do id leave the body pretty much standard and just tune the f*ck out off it!!

vauxluva
29-11-10, 08:02 PM
Had a burgandy a 1.8 with a sri lump i loved it would have another tomorow

Ernie
29-11-10, 08:07 PM
i look like a fat hunter with his prize in this picture...lol

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs614.ash2/156676_463387792399_637782399_6007289_1830166_n.jp g

I killed it lol

dj_wudgey
29-11-10, 08:11 PM
Had a burgandy a 1.8 with a sri lump i loved it would have another tomorow

id rather have a turbo though lol id have a sri or something though now i have a kid for a every day ride!!

timbo1980
29-11-10, 08:39 PM
poor cavi-t:cry:. I broke up mine a few years ago,it was immaculate,had loads spent on it, but it had a exhange engine that i wanted for my corsa,The plan was to put it back to standard but split up with the ex ,so left her with the bare shell i sold the rest for a nice profit R.I.P L401ARY.Surprised it drives badly as taxis are supposed to be in tip-top condition( Hackney checks are a nightmare).

John
29-11-10, 08:51 PM
lol this thread is brilliant!

Andy
29-11-10, 08:55 PM
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtYlH58QiEB3MYlHBa8j6gGJHcILZva 6XS0jNSYjXzfxxYBFBK

Alex J
29-11-10, 09:02 PM
Surprised it drives badly as taxis are supposed to be in tip-top condition( Hackney checks are a nightmare). in london, everyone is a taxi driver lol , why would you want to own a cav turbo? only good for the engine, the rest is scrap!

Paul
29-11-10, 09:04 PM
lol this thread is brilliant!

cause the cav got killed? or the story behind it lol

Paul
29-11-10, 09:05 PM
Surprised it drives badly as taxis are supposed to be in tip-top condition( Hackney checks are a nightmare).

When I say taxi, i mean a random car with a bloke doing some minicab driving!

On Friday for example, I cam home with a bloke in a Previa who could barely speak a word of English!!!

Alex J
29-11-10, 09:06 PM
When I say taxi, i mean a random car with a bloke doing some minicab driving!

On Friday for example, I cam home with a bloke in a Previa who could barely speak a word of English!!!and at a score, who cares if its hackney carrage or not, your drunk and dont care how you get homelol

Benn
29-11-10, 09:11 PM
.Surprised it drives badly as taxis are supposed to be in tip-top condition( Hackney checks are a nightmare).

Really? Privet hire taxi checks are so basic it's un real. There are almost no mech checks on it.

Some Cav's can be utter weapons. I get in Pete's and always end up giggling as he powers in to a roundabout...

Alex J
29-11-10, 09:19 PM
Really? Privet hire taxi checks are so basic it's un real. There are almost no mech checks on it.

Some Cav's can be utter weapons. I get in Pete's and always end up giggling as he powers in to a roundabout...you could get this one nite in london, 90% are illegal mini cabs!!
http://image61.webshots.com/161/9/83/47/451298347pzfHaU_fs.jpg

ste porter
03-12-10, 05:07 PM
why?
what a shame and a waste of a very rare car! by that i mean 11 cav turbos left in polor sea blue i have one theres one a few miles from me which i know has recently been written of so that makes 10 and now this makes mine 1 of 9!

fair enough you didnt want the shell but i garente you would have got minimum of about 450-500 quid for the bare shell on cavturbo owners club and it would have been restored to some state of tune!

not mad just dissapointed surprised me from paul aswell!

Paul
03-12-10, 05:12 PM
Its scrap. Had been smashed up the ****. No one ever wants to part with cash, just dreamers promising to pick it up in X days time.

Not got room time or patience for that with this! Its going to the scrap yard once ive filled it up with old **** out the garage.

Mike
03-12-10, 05:18 PM
On Friday for example, I cam home with a bloke in a Previa who could barely speak a word of English!!!

Orly? :gay:

MattBrown
03-12-10, 05:19 PM
Its scrap. Had been smashed up the ****. No one ever wants to part with cash, just dreamers promising to pick it up in X days time.

Not got room time or patience for that with this! Its going to the scrap yard once ive filled it up with old **** out the garage.

So true its unreal:thumb:



If someone was a genuine buyer, came, payed, collected and left, but 95% of the time its some preck with no money, dreaming.

Long live the c20let:d

Ben
03-12-10, 05:21 PM
what a shame and a waste of a very rare car! by that i mean 11 cav turbos left in polor sea blue i have one theres one a few miles from me which i know has recently been written of so that makes 10 and now this makes mine 1 of 9!

Not being funny or bitchy but genuinely intrested, how on earth do you know that?

Spudly
03-12-10, 05:22 PM
Iirc there is/was a register using info from TV's check on them over on CTOR:thumb:

Mike
03-12-10, 05:23 PM
Iirc there is/was a register using info from TV's check on them over on CTOR:thumb:

Wasnt the socalled register merely only based on Tax/MOT'd vehicle only though?

MattBrown
03-12-10, 05:25 PM
Wasnt the socalled register merely only based on Tax/MOT'd vehicle only though?

Exactly.

For all we know theres 30 sat around the uk in barns/sheds/widows garages etc.


Really rare and old stuff turns up allover the place:thumb:

Mike
03-12-10, 05:27 PM
Well its gonna be in accurate as fcuk then IMHO if this is the case.

Ben
03-12-10, 05:28 PM
i dont believe those stupid register on forums:

I personally know of a completely orignal nova sport that the bloke who owns it does not even own a pc, (currently garaged and sorned)

i also know a old boy in his late 70's maybe even 80's with a cav turbo in that blue colour same as pauls, he bought it brand new from vauxhall as he loved cavaliers and asked the salesman for the "best model" and ended up with a turbo lol. He drives it twice a week with his leather driving gloves on.

Up until very recently i knew of a nova spider that again the owner never has or will use the tinterweb (sold it last year iirc).

And i also have a friend with a grey cav turbo who hates the internet and owners sites etc.

So how on earth do these only 9 left people really know how many are left unless they hack the dvla database!

Mike
03-12-10, 05:29 PM
^Exactly.

I know of loads of cool old skool cars stashed away. A Chevette HSR being one.

Spudly
03-12-10, 05:30 PM
I dont know exactly where the info came from, that was just a guesstimate, it is a massive shame though whether it be cos its now died through the hands of Paul, or the previous owner who showed it no love, and left it in a state it wasnt wanted to be repaired!

Ben
03-12-10, 05:32 PM
^Exactly.

I know of loads of cool old skool cars stashed away. A Chevette HSR being one.

my point exactly, loads of us who are into cars no about people with these cars!

I know someone else with a Sierra RS500 with 4k miles on and it hasnt moved in 20 years to my knowledge!

Bubba
03-12-10, 06:05 PM
there is more!!! better than a punch bag aswell!!!

:mad: im guna axe you nova clean down the middle...:eek:

Paul
03-12-10, 06:15 PM
It was scrap.

Ive just gone to collect the bonnet off of it so i can go sledging.

Mike
03-12-10, 06:18 PM
It was scrap.

Ive just gone to collect the bonnet off of it so i can go sledging.

I reckon a Lotus Carlton bonnet would be better for sledging IMO, go faster vents an all.

MK999
03-12-10, 06:40 PM
Nova sport bonnet. 'Genuine' ones go faster too.

Ben
03-12-10, 06:42 PM
Nova sport bonnet. 'Genuine' ones go faster too.

Only with a brown undercoat!

Paul
03-12-10, 06:42 PM
Iveco daily bonnet, weld 2 fiesta seats on it, attatch to back of nissan navara= deathtrap

Cav bonnet + big hill = ???

Ben
03-12-10, 06:45 PM
Cav bonnet + big hill = ???

Injury!

Graeme
03-12-10, 06:47 PM
My mates had a jetski donut tied to a 300 bhp scooby was funny to watch

Ben
03-12-10, 06:52 PM
My mates had a jetski donut tied to a 300 bhp scooby was funny to watch

Reminds me of this for some strange reason .... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAR8DGfbTLc)

Paul
03-12-10, 06:57 PM
The 4x4 bonnet

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=tj-jdoIQxFQ

Mike
03-12-10, 06:57 PM
Reminds me of this for some strange reason .... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAR8DGfbTLc)

Fapping ace! lol lol

Paul
03-12-10, 06:58 PM
Ben that is fu(king quality

Joe Richardson
03-12-10, 07:44 PM
It was scrap.

Ive just gone to collect the bonnet off of it so i can go sledging.

qaulity !!!!!!

Bubba
03-12-10, 08:10 PM
Cav bonnet + big hill + barbed wire fence = death

much more imaginative

djbrowney
03-12-10, 11:46 PM
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad165/djbrowney_let/n564695630_1469902_4859.jpg

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad165/djbrowney_let/n564695630_1469907_5977.jpg

Paul
03-12-10, 11:55 PM
Nice Browney, im still alive, bonnet was a good runner!!

djbrowney
03-12-10, 11:59 PM
haha was i meant to ring you back earlier ???

Paul
04-12-10, 12:12 AM
nah its ok sweetie x

dj_wudgey
04-12-10, 01:13 PM
http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad165/djbrowney_let/n564695630_1469902_4859.jpg

http://i932.photobucket.com/albums/ad165/djbrowney_let/n564695630_1469907_5977.jpg

that looks well fun lol

Joe Richardson
04-12-10, 01:32 PM
mint lol