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OPCSA
11th March 2010, 04:59 AM
Hi All,
My name is Gareth and I am from Johannesburg, South Africa. I have been a true Opel nutter and probably will be for the rest of my days.

All my cars that I have owned have been Opels. From my first car, a white 1981 Opel Kadett 1.6GLS (Mom's old car). Although the body lost it's battle against the rust (Down in Durban), the engine kept on going. This is what really impressed me about the car that was already 12 years old before I took ownership.

Through the years of abuse and mocking from family and friends about my passion for the Opel brand, I stuck to my guns and owned what I desired.

My Opel history that I have owned in the past:

'84 Red & Black Opel Ascona 1.8 GSi Limited Edition,
'96 Blue Opel Astra 160iE,
'99 Green Opel Kadett 200iS,
'02 Blue Opel Astra Classic 1.8CDE,
'07 Magma Red Opel Astra 1.8 Sport,
'08 Arden Blue Opel Astra OPC.

My Current Car:
'10 Power Red Opel Astra OPC
3608
My Wife's car (bought last week):
'10 Opel Corsa Essentia
3609

Cheers,

Gareth

rodsfromday
11th March 2010, 06:25 AM
Welcome boet!!

btm
11th March 2010, 08:58 AM
howdy and welcome! tidy rides

i fly out to SA in 2 weeks :)

Nurb608
11th March 2010, 09:00 AM
Welcome to the site mate, impressive list of cars there :)

Calibrated
11th March 2010, 08:32 PM
howdy and welcome! tidy rides

i fly out to SA in 2 weeks :)

what? where in SA are you going? i fly back to brisbane on sunday :(

Ice
11th March 2010, 10:28 PM
welcome bud and nice rides you have there, nice to see your an Opel person through and through.


enjoy the forums :)

Ice

btm
12th March 2010, 11:30 AM
what? where in SA are you going? i fly back to brisbane on sunday :(

everywhere. got 5 weeks over there :D

sa, namibia, botswana, zambia and zimbabwe

Ash VXRoz
12th March 2010, 01:52 PM
Welcome Gareth!! Good to have another South African on the forum! By the way, "SA" here in Aus stands for South Australia;)

delemonte
12th March 2010, 08:09 PM
Nice car history.. The MY10 Astra still stock?

Welcome to the site mate ;)

guy 27
12th March 2010, 09:00 PM
Welcome to OA

OPCSA
16th March 2010, 04:34 AM
Thanks Guys, hope to be a regular visitor to this forum.

OPCSA
17th March 2010, 08:58 PM
Nice car history.. The MY10 Astra still stock?

Welcome to the site mate ;)

Thank you - yes it is.

OPCSA
17th March 2010, 08:59 PM
Welcome Gareth!! Good to have another South African on the forum! By the way, "SA" here in Aus stands for South Australia;)

Thank you. Where in South Africa are you from?