why are the so sh*t.. ? Why is it only gay people want them.? AND WHY oh why they think there the best ever car made.?

 

Good reliable cars, decent styling from standard and cheap to buy/run. hows that gay?

 

They're not shit if they've been looked after mate. A good turbo one is a nice quick car at cheap money. Can be seen as a bit chavvy I suppose but nothing to get wound up over

 

 

When they were new, were they not one of the most aerodynamic cars of there time? Same era as the Saph cos these cars remember!

 

They are ok cars if you want a cheap runabout for going shopping etc.

Stlying is a bit dated now obviously, but the engines are pretty good.


I would have thought gay people wouldnt be interested in them as (other than alex of course) gay men are normally quite style conscious.


I dont suppose you happen to know someone called Ben from nottingham do you?
He's the ONLY person i have ever heard who is delusional or ignorant enough to think the calibra is a great car thats better than the likes of cosworths etc.

 

my most hated car ever, hate 'em

 

They are just so bland and uninspiring and distiinctly average that i can even vaguely understand why anyone would hate them?

 

seconded

 

Very very aerodynamic, potentially a brilliant car for some brunters top speed attempts...

 

haha why mike/PT? they are v innoffensive? did you have a bad experience?

 

Especially a front wheel drive one due to less transmission losses.

But with utterly no heritage of any real following behind them, i cant really see that anyone would bother, as whats the point in setting a record for something when you would be the ONLY person who was interested in it.

Its not like Rod where there were loads of people all competing for it and trying to get the record etc.

Even if you got to 40mph in a calibra at brunters it would probably be a record that stood forever

 

to many look like this these days. a max power readers fav

 

 

well stop buying crap mags like max power and you wont be confronted with them

 

Chip - that wouldn't happen to be your mate Chavtastic off Mig would it

 

uh i never said i buy max power

 

Nah, I've seen the way Gracie dresses.... not style conscious at all

 

i've had 2 calibra's in the past, one tuned 16v model 5 years ago when i was 18 and another 16v when i was 21 ( although this one was definitely a ringer )

the first i had was an excellent car, smooth , sleek , just enough equipment to keep you occupied and decent performance ( remembering i was only 18) although it did an indicated 150 mph whilst probably showing of to my new at the time girlfriend

i would imagine now they are all shit but a few years back they were a very good alternative to some of the more boring saloon type cars,

one night in town on the piss, i had a girl come over and say " you own the fastest car in Redditch don't you" i was like "fook off, it's only a vauxhall" (it was tuned, bout 210bhp from memory,but fook all low down power and then took off from 3k upwards )

 

so all round a great car in its day and a nice car now if you don't try too hard

 

It's just a Cavalier underneath and shares all that car's faults.

 

Had so much fun playing with one this summer.

Sat at the lights in the cossie and suddenly a calibra turbo appears in the rear view mirrors. He is caning it out of the bend prior to the lights and since the traffic lights flicked to green at the same point off I went.

The calibra driver was well over the limit so it was gaining on me very fast. Just when he is about to pass me I engage third gear.....fourth....going in to fifth I let off as he is so far behind.

Not much of a race but I take every chance to educate the calibra owners about cossie power.

 

now if the calibra driver would have done the best thing you can with a calibra and put the engine on a nova/astra/corsa

that would ahve had a different ending

i dont like calibra's i think they are crap but you cannot knock them for in a reliablity and performance per pound

oil pump failure on a let

second hand crank within standard spec Ł30
set of rods Ł30
pistons Ł100
unskimed head Ł100

and imo thats where the calibra comes into its own

but the cav turbo is much nicer lol (althou really just the same )

 

i bought my minter on ebay for Ł500, 30k on the clock and not 1 problem since bought.

my only point was the cars good for what it is (as standard), no point puttin it up against cossies!

 

Am i right in thinking its got a Cav interior?

 

Of that 'type' of car the Corrado is far superior and of the two would be my choice.

 

Oh the Corrado G60

 

its all cav mate as said earlier.. just a different lid

 

Right-o mate

 

4x4 system is GAY! lol

 

also commands a much higher price than the calibra from memory

 

best thing to do with a chavalibra is to buy a broken one off ebay, then stick the excellent engine in somthing decent My mate got a rear ended calibra turbo for Ł500 , and is currently putting it all into a corsa The 2L XE is a good transplant into a Mk1 or 2 escort for cheap power as well

 

Not bad motors but dated. does the job though, as stated.

Obviosuly when kam (urban legend ) is not moisturising and in fact driving his pink calibra some might think differently.

 

Indeed - but I'd pay it !!!!

 

if the doors didnt weigh 300 kilo's each it would be a very quick car
a good mate of mine has a white one ..
spent more on the ice than the car is worth ..
all these nice tuning bits.
polished stainless steel covers on everything
polished rocker cover ..
mitsu evo intercooler ..




and still gets its arse whooped by my cossie

 

I had one and I loved it! For what they were and how much they cost they were great cars. If modded nicely they also looked ok I think. I planned a Turbo conversion but got no further than tidying up the C20XE with a few minor engine mods.

If I rolled my Cossie today, I'd put the running gear and engine into my old Calibra tomorrow. The only thing lacking in the Calibra was the power of the Cossie. With 500+bhp I'm sure it would shift along well even if they are bloody heavy!












I like the next pic - this was a girl I spent every day of Summer 2002 with.... she liked the car too so I'm not complaining





Think this Calibra is or was the World's fastest street legal car IIRC? Something like an 11 litre engine - sure Chip will prob know more about it. Now that is a street car I would REALLY like to own.

 

It is indeed 11 litres mate, but has nothing calibra on it, just looks like one basically!

 

Looking like one is good enough for me!

Anyone else with any shameful stories / pics they want to share of a past Calibra owning life?

Admitting you have a problem is the first stage to recovery, or so the little voices tell me!

Simon

 

i have a yellow one

 

yeah man that white calibra is not! the bird aint bad though.!