I have just got a new daily drive. Vectra 1.8i LS Auto. Nice smooth and economical car and nice little looker too. The Volvo is on Ebay.

 

 

Its covered 81K with all the service history and bills. I got this and another 1.6 Veccy LS Hatch for my son £1500 for the both. :duffer: :)

nice looking (for a run around) and practical estate car. also a good price. where did you get it from?

That's cheap! Can't say the wheels do it any favours, but they are actually quite nice to drive. I ran around in a Vectra GSi for a while and really liked that.

Graham. I got them from FleaBay. From the same bloke.

 

Si. I do agree but they are better than the wheel trims and my mate had them lying around so they had to be put on. I think a set of plain 5 spokes would look nicer.

 

But yes! all in all I wanted economy and I went to Chester and back in it 240 miles (ISH) round trip £30 petrol from the red and still got a quarter tank left :) Keeping it at around 80MPH. :) Job done.

I love having economy cars. I bought this a few years ago for £200. 1.8 Cavalier with a full tank of fuel, taxed and tested. In effect, the car was free. Simple cars, nice and worry free motoring!

 

 

Yep if your not bothered about keeping up with the jones's u can get a really decent saloon for less than a grand or two.

 

Or you can get a zed for less than 5K and feel like you own the road :)

Yep if your not bothered about keeping up with the jones's u can get a really decent saloon for less than a grand or two.

 

Or you can get a zed for less than 5K and feel like you own the road :)

 

 

With my 300ZX on the drive I have no Jones to keep up with. I think its me that sets the standard around here mate.... :)

 

They are nice wheels Si. :bow: They would deffo look nicer on my vectra.

LOL. I don't have the car anymore. What stud pattern is yours? 4 or 5 stud?

I'm guessing it's possibly 4 stud. IIRC, the early 1800 Vectras were all 4 stud.

Oh no, i liked the volvo matey. what happened to it?

LOL. I don't have the car anymore. What stud pattern is yours? 4 or 5 stud?

 

4 Stud. I think the 2.0 ltr and above are all 5?

 

The rims on my Volvo are nicer. But with things at work getting rather tight and we are losing shifts hand over foot I have to cut back and going from 20 - 25 MPG to 30 - 35 is going to help a lot. Plus the insurance will be greatly reduced. But it does drive well. Obviously not built for speed but it is comfy. I would liked to keep the volvo but hey needs must.

Later model 1.8s had the 5 stud. Unfortunately, that kinda limits you if you ever wanted VX rims as there are quite a lot of nice 5 stud ones available.

 

You`ve just got to wait for the cam and crank sensors to go now - lol, also the HG on the Ecotec engine is renowned for going at around 80k miles although mine never did.

The wheels kinda remind me or ber can ring-pulls ! But hey, I can't take the p!ss, I have a diesel Xantia as a run around ....