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nova gsi ian
01-09-11, 11:22 AM
HI guys & girls, .....im after some sympathy due to the fact this past year or so i just seem to be getting so much flack over the fact that im a nova fan!, im being told im to old for nova's and should move on to a more acceptable car for my age group :mad: im 44 and have always since the very first mk1 came about been a fan, owning probably over 200 or more in this time, currently have mk1 white 1987 modified club, and a met blue 1989 standard unmodified gte. .....So opinions please?... and how many old timers still exist :thumb: cheers guys and girls:)
nothing wrong with owning a nova at your age lol, there plenty older pensioners drive them about thier just not "in" to them as you are
why be a boring person and buy a new car which tbh all look the same basicly, big bubbles that weigh too much
yay... someone older than me!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!! yippee!!!! ooh me back's gone....cough cough...
don't worry.. we are all ages on here.. and its nice to meet someone who also remembers when the air was clean & sex wasn't......
get some pics up.. and if you can afford it, join up & go to a few club meets, we are a right varied bunch & all novas are welcome.
blue_peg_16v
01-09-11, 11:34 AM
I almost 32 and I have no intention of giving em up am thinking I'm old tho as I want a standard one lol
std is the new modified....didn't anyone tell you?
yay... someone older than me!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!! yippee!!!! ooh me back's gone....cough cough...
don't worry.. we are all ages on here.. and its nice to meet someone who also remembers when the air was clean & sex wasn't......
get some pics up.. and if you can afford it, join up & go to a few club meets, we are a right varied bunch & all novas are welcome.
i thought you were a pensioner already with the free bus pass haha
cossienova
01-09-11, 11:38 AM
I'm 29 and get stick of nobs for driving a nova but laugh at them as they all drive crap boring cars that cost them a fortune to buy/maintain, plus they have bad taste.
paul james
01-09-11, 11:40 AM
I think pretty much anyone who owns a Nova, or any old car for that matter gets told by people they should own something newer instead. A lot of people can't understand why anyone would own a car more than a few years old, let alone a car over 20 years old. People buy £10k new cars because they think it will be reliable, when of course thats way more than any repairs will be on an old car, and then they pay silly money on warranty keeping servicing and repairs on their new over-complicated car anyway!
i haven't been called names for driving a nova in 20 odd years....but then i don't exactly go for flash looking ones....
thru the hot hatch years of the mid - late 90's mine was an A reg parchment beige hatch on steelies.. even the old bill wouldn't believe it was fast..
std is the new modified....didn't anyone tell you?
What?! Whats so good about chlamydia?
I think pretty much anyone who owns a Nova, or any old car for that matter gets told by people they should own something newer instead.
Agreed, your age isn't really a factor. I'm 21 and I get told to buy a newer car or to buy a car that doesn't make me look a chav
smeagol65
01-09-11, 04:06 PM
im 46 in a couple of days and guess what my daily drive is ? yes a 1.0 nova in red ,nowt wrong with driving old cars less to go wrong !
what?! Whats so good about chlamydia?
i think you'll find they call them sti's as in the imprezza, cos every tw@t's got one
Meh I've had novas since I was 15, now at 33 I still have 3, I'll still be building my gsi till I retire lol
Jeff16v
01-09-11, 04:53 PM
I'm 38, got two of them. The more people tease me the more i buylol
Never too old for a nova! I'm 33 now and have had some sort of nova since i was 16!
phunkynova
01-09-11, 07:20 PM
49 and I have a Nova and the only one in CZ
49 and I have a Nova and the only one in CZ
how f*****g scary do you look in your avatar haha
phunkynova
01-09-11, 07:30 PM
how f*****g scary do you look in your avatar haha
I'm even more Scary with out the balaclava :eek:lol:thumb:
Im 30 and im happy that ive got a nova, local peeps see me about in my astra and ask me if ive still got one as im not me without one apparently lol
Used to get ragged and teased about having one, but i always quote when i went to vaux the same day as my mate, i bought a pair of brand new mk2 headlights for it, and front discs and pads for about 60 quid (iirc) and fitted them myself, a mate had his front discs and pads done on his mk4 astra GSi the same day, cost him about £350 i think it was, and people thought i was mad having a cheap car haha:p
I'm 31 and dont actually get teased as much as I used to tbh - I think its more down to people starting to appreciate the fact that novas are too old to be chav! lol
Now if I had a Saxo/corsa C/etc, then it would be a different story...
nova gsi ian
01-09-11, 10:23 PM
cheers everyone for the positive remarks. :) you have made an old nova fan happy , glad there are still a few OAP's about :)
cheers everyone for the positive remarks. :) you have made an old nova fan happy , glad there are still a few OAP's about :)
As my 'scene' fan will always say 'haters gonna hate'....
Some people will go out of their way to cast dispersions on others cars purely because its not what theyre into, but you will always be welcome over here, and at any/all vaux shows:d
stevie78
01-09-11, 10:58 PM
am 34 loland my mate always takin the piss about it but he does not have people stop him in the street wanting to buy his 14 fiesta lol
nova gem 1970
02-09-11, 04:35 PM
im 41 & love novas ,had mant of them in my time ,& still got 1 now :} do what ever makes you happy ,
i think people dont like novas is because the 90's scene where every chav in the land wanted/had/stole one
Royston
02-09-11, 06:12 PM
I's 44 too, and own 3 white Nova's:roll:
Wouldn't worrylol
Southie
02-09-11, 07:16 PM
I'm 34 and don't own one lol Miss mine though and no doubt I'll own one again once my funds let me.
Im almost 31 have the Nova GSi, a Calibra 16v project and the mk4 Astra GSi as a daily driver, and when I see some of my mates driving around in their sensible family cars i think WTF?
That is definitely not me! I drive what I have because I want to and ignore the haters, they are just jealous cos they dont have a Nova anymore! lol
It doesn't matter what you do there's always someone that will say "Oh aren't you too old for that?" when does anyone get too old for messing about with cars whether its a 2.0 Nova or a MK1 Escort?
People keep telling me I'm too old for what I do, but school girls need love too!
nova gsi ian
03-09-11, 12:08 PM
your a great bunch on here!.....appreciate the support , excellent forum with decent people :)
i hope iv got a nova when im in my 40's, it'd be worth a fortune then, currently 23. and you get extra points for having one at your age
i hope iv got a nova when im in my 40's, it'd be worth a fortune then, currently 23. and you get extra points for having one at your age
lol iirc Royston has had his sr from new! So he's had it a while! I've had some form of nova since i was 16, (nearly 18 years lol) hope i always have one!
i had a lean patch when i owned a few mk1 astras back in the early 90s... and suddenly one morning, i got up & told deb that i was going to get one again....and prompty went & got one again.
you can never be to young or to old to own a nova! i am 18 and have 3 so far
I'm also 44..
You're never too old, mate.....
I'm 28 and there has always been a Nova about me since I was 1! My mum got one brand new in 1984, since then there hasn't been 1 day at our house Novaless, and can't see that changing anytime soon! I still think anyone that drives one everyday deserves a medal, I know I couldn't do it!
^^ agree with that , im 30 and as most of you have had a nova since i was 17 , but only for the last 4 years that i decided to keep nova for fun and have a daily ,
no way could i put up with a nova everyday again now lol
joff-turbo-nova
08-09-11, 12:11 PM
I'm 40 in a few weeks time and I still love Nova's and like Vauxhalls in general (as I know how they work, which parts fit what and where to find advice and guidance!)
I've had my Nova since I was 17 and its part of the family now (its even in my will!) . Used to get loads of stick at work about having my nova, but this has diminished now that novas are generally no longer chav cars!
Joff
phunkynova
08-09-11, 08:15 PM
So dose that make me the oldest one on here with a Nova ?, surely not !.
nova gsi ian your only as old as you feel you can be a slipper wearing stay-in grandad at 20 plus or a stay-out all night party animal in your later years it's up to you.
If you like driving Nova's GOOD ON YER what other people say is not important it's how you feel that is important. You only live once have fun.
Royston
08-09-11, 08:36 PM
So dose that make me the oldest one on here with a Nova ?, surely not !.
Offplot may take the top spot;)
not wanting to cast aspertions;)
letvalva
08-09-11, 08:39 PM
33 and still have two white nova gsi's and an astra champion, always get teased about having old cars at work, lad at work has a 55 plate civic type r and in the last 12 month my xe corsa , nova xe gsi , and xe astra champ have all wiped the floor with it lol
phunkynova
08-09-11, 08:42 PM
Offplot may take the top spot;)
not wanting to cast aspertions;)
Point taken your right
I thought CP was about 72 or something?
I've always had one since I was 17, am 30 next weekend. Haven't driven one for nearly two years though as the novelty has worn off for me so the car just sits collecting dust now.
In my case there is some truth in the saying "once you go Jap you never go back!"
So err, Lee, you breaking it?
nova gsi ian
09-09-11, 11:25 AM
So dose that make me the oldest one on here with a Nova ?, surely not !.
nova gsi ian your only as old as you feel you can be a slipper wearing stay-in grandad at 20 plus or a stay-out all night party animal in your later years it's up to you.
If you like driving Nova's GOOD ON YER what over people say is not important it's how you feel that is important. You only live once have fun. Thanks all, so glad to know im not the only OAP on this forumlol, your all a great bunch , cheers:thumb:
matthew172
09-09-11, 07:10 PM
im 30 now and ill never sell my nova, my first nova was when i was 18 and the nova bug will live on in me until i die, awesome cars
MARTIN KELSON
09-09-11, 09:39 PM
Iam 40 next year & still enjoy messing with the Nova
Planning in my mind its next reincarnation so think i will have it still for many years to come.
Calamity Josh
09-09-11, 09:49 PM
I know it slightly works differently with me but i'm fifteen, been around vauxhalls since i was about 10, the great thing i find is when i can drive on the road at 17 i'll have this nice nova saloon sat on banded steels in comparison to everyone elses mums nissan micra, Old school's cool :)
People keep telling me I'm too old for what I do, but school girls need love too!
lol lol lol lol
You're supposed to wait until they leave school, so about 3.30PM for most.
Southie
09-09-11, 10:16 PM
Nova's are a terrible drug that I'm only just getting rid of, I'm now in rehab lol
siegsi8v
10-09-11, 12:07 AM
Never too old lads! 31 but 12 in the brain im affraid..... ive had it all.... Its about time you grew up!... you still driving those sheds!....your stuck in the 90s!...why dont you buy something decent?...ha
Ive got a mk2 astra gte collecting dust,,,and im currently cleaning out the joint bank account (wedding funds!!) fixing up my nova gsi after a rear end shunt!! couldnt face scraping her cat c now.....:d
I'm 38. Still have my purple nova in pieces.... Does that count?
I'm 37, been into Novas for 13 years but as a teenager, the two coolest cars were the SR and XR3, they were the two street cars when I was 12 I suppose.
Got my first Nova in 1998, thought "I'll get a more modern car in 6 months hen I can afford it"
Well, 6 months later I was discovering just how good even the 993 ohv was, stuck with it.
After 5 yeras or so, I decided to grow up and get a modern car, I hated it, it was so boring and actually not any faster.
So, years later I love my Novas, I personally prefer standard ones but each to thier own.
Lts of folk laught when I turn up in an old Nova, but when thier modern eurobox bus as the size genrally is, breaks down guess which car takes them to and fro the garage.
Anyway, you are not too old, you just have some character!
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