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Old May 29, 2012 | 11:52 AM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 11:58 AM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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Holy fuck, I don't know what to laugh at first, the car or the price? Surprised he managed to get such a big amp in the boot....
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:00 PM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:09 PM
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Wow!

My brother had one a few years ago until it was written off, was a damn clean car and apart from being terrible at getting its power down it was a good reliable motor
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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I actually like this one...
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3895980.htm
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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Surprised he managed to get such a big amp in the boot....




I need a spoiler in my life
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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just looked at that....Id love one one day
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:18 PM
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I quite like the old 8v engine,had one in a calibra with a 130k on it and it did the book top speed of 127mph all day long,never driven the redtop although seen a few gsi cav's shift,always wanted a 2.0 turbo 4x4 cav but rare these days
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by E980VTJ
I quite like the old 8v engine,had one in a calibra with a 130k on it and it did the book top speed of 127mph all day long,never driven the redtop although seen a few gsi cav's shift,always wanted a 2.0 turbo 4x4 cav but rare these days
rare because people rape them for their engines for corsas and novas

wouldnt mind one myself but its finding a decent one for a decent price
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Old May 29, 2012 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rog
If that was a saloon it would be 10x better
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Old May 29, 2012 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by rog
Thats not bad.Im not a lover of vauxhalls either.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 03:07 PM
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i love mk2 cavs ive had loads over the yrs including lxi saloon in black loved it rarer then the sri. i would like another
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Old May 29, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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OMG !! I've scrapped better cars than that.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 03:12 PM
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I would happily purchase that and burn the fucking thing! How can anyone (apart from max power readers) look at that and go 'ahh mate thats phatt'.

Im a Cav fan and this is just abuse, i'd be embarrased to know someone who owns it!
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Old May 29, 2012 | 03:58 PM
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Imagine doing all that and standing back to look at "it"....... What would go through your mind lol...!!!!


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my dads next door neighbours friend has one in white, its immaculate... then he walks round the back and sees my shitty sierra Is the lotus carlton rwd and the cav mk2 fwd?
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Dunno why but I have ALLWAYS liked the oldj1 cab Sri 130!
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Old May 29, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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I used to love my sri130 lol I thought it was so fast at 17!
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Old May 29, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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We are all just old. That bodykit is the bees knees.

Just not for me
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Old May 29, 2012 | 07:09 PM
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Love them old Sri 130's anyone remember the rare cav that wasn't a cav was it a calibra they were red?.

Had a nova Sri and gsi when i was 18 you could turn the hazard light switch round and take the keys out also Astra gsi was a good car actually even better at 19 quick too (obviously didn't break any speed limits)

Quite like themk1 Astra gte's
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Old May 29, 2012 | 07:11 PM
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Old May 29, 2012 | 07:46 PM
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I do love an sri 130 mk2!
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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rog

Me too, and I ruddy hate vauxhalls. I'd happily own that, de-gay it a bit and give it a good spruce up.

Mate of mine had one years back, was a dark steel grey colour, the amount of abuse it took was unbelieveable! Don't build vauxhalls like they used to lol
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3 of my mates had "calibre" mk2's at one point, one was purple with a LET in it, and was featured in a fair few magazine's back in the day.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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my mate had a cavalier gsi 16v 2 litre j reg i think it was, went really well would do an indicated 150 mph without to much bother, great car in its day.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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i really like cavaliers and ive had 8 over the years, only mk3 never a mk2, my first was a 1.8 ls i made a turbo rep out of and i had a mint g reg gsi till some twat nicked it
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Had a few base spec mk2's years ago and then had a red 130 saloon.The car looked mint but it was quite rotten underneath.We used to have loads of these back in the day when my mums husband was trading ,Cdi's,lxi's etc 1.8/2.0 8v was pretty bullet proof.A gut in my street has a red mk2 cab,but . . . . . its auto
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Originally Posted by nichol4s
Love them old Sri 130's anyone remember the rare cav that wasn't a cav was it a calibra they were red?.

Had a nova Sri and gsi when i was 18 you could turn the hazard light switch round and take the keys out also Astra gsi was a good car actually even better at 19 quick too (obviously didn't break any speed limits)

Quite like themk1 Astra gte's
Called a cavalier Calibre
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Old May 29, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Rare one that mate, I'd jump on it asap.
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The first car I remember my dad having was a mk2 Cavalier estate. Would happily own any mk2 now, something about them I like...
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Old May 29, 2012 | 10:43 PM
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My first car was a mk2 cav sri saloon, silver over black, reg no. A565 WRX, a legendary car round here for many reasons! most of them illegal!
I would love another, but i fear i would be very disappointed.
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Old May 29, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Fraggle...
and i spot This... Gem
I think you should phone up about it

You - "Hi, im ringing about the cavalier you have adevrtised for sale, have you still got it?"

Seller - "Ye blud, iz sick man, still got it"

You - "Ha! Am not suprised"

Hang up
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The Calibre' ones are pretty rare...

should have all been 4x4 or rwd same with escorts
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Old May 30, 2012 | 06:55 AM
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in the style of arnold, "thats one ugly mutha fooker".....
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Old May 30, 2012 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by CosworthGuy
Called a cavalier Calibre
Today, very retro and cool
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Old May 30, 2012 | 08:12 AM
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Perfect for the summer

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Old May 30, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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First car I bought at auction 10 years ago was MK2 Cav SRi E reg in black,cost me £80 sold it to my uncle he did 10,000 ish miles in it and they was hard miles was a nice car.the ignintion barel went and then just scrapped it
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