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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 3:45 am

well its been nearly 5 months since I bought myself a new car.

I also said the next car I get would be a diesel and preferably an estate.

Well for some reason I say these things and as if by magic just as I forget about what I said I get offered cars.

So I shall soon be the proud owner of a mk2 astra diesel estate. oh yes I am going to be tha daddy in that bad boy.

Been offered it for a ton cos its me, the boys got himself a new mk5 td escort.

Its dark blue, 1.8 non turbo abnd I think its the VX lump not the better isuzu effort, J plater. Slow, really slow.

needs a new downpipe (supplied) and a new passenger wing, lost to rust, the usual vx fate.

No tax but a months mot, cannae moan.

Need to find out the specs of the beast now! lol
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:19 am

came across these figures

1700cc, 82mm bore, 79.5mm stroke, 57bhp~4600rpm, 77bhp~2500rpm

Oh yeah its a power house! lol

Need to find out the torque and MPG.

Still turn up the fueling and it will be quicker.
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:24 am

turns out the 77bhp is the torque, figure, should have realised that eh!

77ftlb's, thats quite crap actually, my energy has 79!
JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:38 am

umm....and u r buying this because...?
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:59 am

cos I can!

Nah I said the next car I buy for myself (meganes hers, she owes me cash for it) will be a diesel estate/van, so the diesel estate it is.

I do lots of miles and I humpf a lot of crap about. So a diesel is needed and I am not happy chucking all sorts of rubbish in the 19.

With the astra I can chuck oily engines etc ion and not give a stuff. I also go to the scrappies and tip often dumping so the astra's ideal.

Only prob is the lack of power. Still I can sort that, it might be the low blow version which for some reason isn't called a td, but I can stick the isuzu 1.7td lump in it.

I can't remember if it has a towbar which would be great as well.
Fat Dave
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Joined: 22 Mar 2004
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:32 am

a place i used to work for had an astra van, it used to go like fook i got it to a ton.
i have a 53 plate transit van fwd it would wip the astra any day.
its sad really coz i get some good races in me van, i usaully blow away sprinter vans.


diesel is the way ahead, i have been saying it for years.
Neal
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Joined: 18 Feb 2004
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:40 am

theres something supremely appealing about owning a car you really couldnt give 2 shits about isnt there. Smile
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:48 am

yep, I will wash it and thats about it!

The td astras aren't bad, an ex's dad had an astra td estate, mk4, I used to drive it up and down to dundee, think the highest I managed was about 110.
JB
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Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:51 pm

it wud be handy to have a second car...then you can pull one to bits and not worry about gettin it back together same day so u can go somewhere...this is always my problem.
Chris H
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:12 am

still not got the thing been to busy, saw it the other day its a 3 door estate! gangsta or what eh!
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