What else do you drive?

[Shortstuff]

So, most people on here have one or more Opels, but I'd be interested to find out if anyone drives anything else. Do you have a different daily or a weekend car?

I've got my two Astras, but also have a Golf VR6 that I had big plans for, but now I'm desperately trying to justify keeping it as it hasn't moved for four months.

I've also just acquired a Hyundai Accent which we pulled out of a mate's back yard! I'm planning to clean that up and sell it ASAP.

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[hazrd]

That is one tidy VR6....




Astra G - Daily

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/hazrd/20130201_182209_zpsd0b3896a.jpg


Polo GTI - former weekend car. Now for sale (dont ask)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/hazrd/Polo%20GTi/P1020871.jpg

Once its gone, the saving begins, then will replace the astra with something ive always wanted (hopefully)

[Vectracious]

Honda Mummy-wagon

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i68/Vectracious/CR-V/IMG_0310.jpg

Reliable, nice 6 speed manual, beats SRi Corsa's (especially gold ones poita PaulyJ ) no sweat.

[PaulyJ]

Shut up Pete...

I have a 2001 E46 BMW 325Ci (manual) as a daily. Absolutely love it! Don't get me wrong I loved my previous Opels especially the Corsa B which I miss to this day, but the Beema is in a different league. It's awesome just cruising, it's awesome giving it a squirt through some twisties, it's even awesome with the ass-end hanging out in 2nd.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c171/paulyj/20120727_133637small.jpg

Have now also acquired from Steve [XPLOSV57] a 83 AE71 Toyota Corolla which will be a dedicated track car.
Plans are to first Grandpa Spec it up with fender mirrors (bought), front window visor (bought) and venetians .
Then I'll look at the interior and removing the usuals ie. carpet, rear seats, replacing front seats with race seats and doing a full cage.
Suspension, engine and drivetrain is pretty much decided on but now waiting on funds.
I'll start a build thread on it soon.

[PaulyJ]

Polo GTI - former weekend car. Now for sale (dont ask)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v677/hazrd/Polo%20GTi/P1020871.jpg

Once its gone, the saving begins, then will replace the astra with something ive always wanted (hopefully)

I will always love this car!

[Wraith]

Finally a thread where I can talk about my other cars without being told to shut up or have posts deleted about them especially the Merc LOL :D

My most significant other, is a current model Mercedes Benz C250-CDI Coupe it's used as my daily driver and for everything else inbetween, just as Pauly 's mentioned about his Beemer it's the same for me with this Merc ie. it's that good in every respect I simply find it hard to go back to and drive anything else...

I still enjoy the weekend squirts in my vert and alot of other nice cars I get access to, but the Merc is in a totally different league !

Could put up pics but there's heaps on this thread taken on day of delivery: http://www.opelaus.com/forums/showthread.php?32828-Took-delivery-of-my-new-Merc-C-Class-Coupe

[el3ment]

I don't actually have an OPEL yet... (waiting until March ;) ) however my other car at present is a MY12 Lancer. used to be a mitsubishi driver for the last 23 years however they are starting to go down the drain and don't keep up with the times...

So yeah, a simple MY12 lancer with leather steering, CVT tranny, ralliart front bar, bluetooth, blah blah.... :)

[poita]

Have a 2006 Mazda 6 Classic Hatch.

It's the shopping trolley, purchased brand new first reg'd in 07. Only got 85xxxkm on it.

Goes well, does the family duties.

[InsaneAsylum]

05 NA Forester Auto. put a half decent stereo in it and tint, wont be doing any other mods.

no stance, no hellaflush, no illest, no fatlace, no flatbrim cap

[scamp]

Well I seem to be the odd one out here as my other car is a HOLDEN, VQ92statesman , engine has been modded , flat tops bigger throttle body , ported heads , bored out to 327 chev pattern , runs a corvette g/box and 3.77 diff lots more mods inc suspension , just don't have all day to type ... photo shows old rims it's now on 17's
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y492/scamp06/DSCF3011.jpg
So far has run a best of 13.22 on street tyres with pumpgas, Don't really want to go quicker -( cost too much ) and needed it to be more consistent at the drags. Does burnouts into 3rd , great fun unless driving on wet roads , if you turning a corner and it upshifts it will instantly kick sideways if not do a full 180 even if you take your foot off the gas!!:eek6:

[kabel]

2003 Astra G SriT Daily Driver.

2007 Audi A3 Sportback 2.0T DSG-APR Tuned,APR TBE,Carbonio,Bilstein/Neuspeed + Whiteline gear Quaife ATB LSD + HPFP waiting to go in and back to APR for an upgrade.

1977 Chrysler CL 5.2l mildly modded,full restoration many years ago and hardly used these days-been in the family from new.

2006 HSV VXR-some stuff done.....wallet much lighter !

Thinking of losing the Astra G for a Corsa OPC,just thinking though.:nono:

[scamp]

you'll soon have a car for everyday of the week !!! you lucky b@*%####!!! lol

[chris_r]

The other ride I don't list in the sig, but have mentioned a bit throughout the forum is my work vehicle, a 2010 Hyundai iLoad van with the 2.5L D4CB turbo diesel engine and 5 speed manual box. Goes really well, but it is unreliable as f***. I've rebuilt the engine at 68,000kms (just hit 150,000 this week), the clutch and flywheel have had to be replaced (now has Exedy HD clutch and single mass flywheel) and now the aircon has crapped itself.

Between this van's unreliability and Hyundai's piss poor customer relations, the iLoad isn't too bad to drive. I just wish I didn't have a bad word to say about it, but I've got plenty more than I ever wanted for the $40+k it's cost me so far.

I do have another van, a 92 SH Mitsubishi Express SWB with carby 4G63 on LPG and manual. I originally bought it to get around during the time I was getting the iLoad fixed (that took about 3 months), but since lending it to my brother, it's now got a blown head gasket and needs some work to get the petrol part running again. It was an ex-tradie job, complete with racks and signage, which were later removed. For a van that's 20 years old and has covered 450,000kms, I think it still went alright before the head gasket went. I soon plan on replacing the gasket, as well as a few other things in order to get it running again and keep it as a backup as I never know when the iLoad will iFail again. Plus, it's pretty much worth nothing if I were to sell it or scrap it. Although, if between the GSi, the E30 and the iLoad I somehow get bored, I could always fit a V6 in it, lol.

[lonewolf1983]

Just the astra for weekends
This for work (all expenses paid):
http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/130130/322r1/4766ac2_20.jpeg

[Shadow110]

Just the astra for weekends
This for work (all expenses paid):
http://imgc.classistatic.com/cps/blnc/130130/322r1/4766ac2_20.jpeg

Do they make one for males too??? Lol :-P

[kabel]

you'll soon have a car for everyday of the week !!! you lucky b@*%####!!! lol
The Valiant I have had for 25 years so it is more a heirloom than a mode of transport these days.
I have run out of garage space now so there is no chance of one for everyday of the week !

[lonewolf1983]

Do they make one for males too??? Lol :-P

Heh, its actually an awesome daily, 64,000km's without so much as a mechanical issue :)
Lightweight and manual so goes ok for day to day stuff.

Best part is the fuel card, not paying for rego, insurance etc!

[Shortstuff]

if between the GSi, the E30 and the iLoad I somehow get bored, I could always fit a V6 in it, lol.

Hmmm, I seem to have a spare Buick V6 and an engine crane sitting in my garage! Conversion kits are about $1400 last time I looked. That would make a mean sleeper.

[Shortstuff]

Heh, its actually an awesome daily, 64,000km's without so much as a mechanical issue :)
Lightweight and manual so goes ok for day to day stuff.

The Hyundais seem to be pretty tough mechanically. The Accent we just pulled out of my mates back yard hadn't been run for 18 months and had weeds growing up through it. Gave it a super good wash, changed the oil and ran some flush through it and it's come up well. Started second go even after all that time.

It had a few minor dints in it, but the panels are so thin that I just pushed most of them back out!

[lonewolf1983]

The Hyundais seem to be pretty tough mechanically. The Accent we just pulled out of my mates back yard hadn't been run for 18 months and had weeds growing up through it. Gave it a super good wash, changed the oil and ran some flush through it and it's come up well. Started second go even after all that time.

It had a few minor dints in it, but the panels are so thin that I just pushed most of them back out!

we have had 6 of them in the fleet, combined ~380,000km's in them and zero issues.
Not bad for $13k drive away with a 5 year warranty

[metry]

was meant to be a weekender but gets 50/50 treatment with the astra. its my 1979 chrysler lancer
http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/Alexander_Metry-Thesecond/chrysler%20lc%20lancer/24122011787.jpg

[gman]

In Hong Kong we have a Volvo XC90 R-Design 2.5T with a BSR Stage 2 tuning kit on it ( tune, filter & exhaust)

In Australia we have:

1) a 2010 VW Tiguan 147TSi with a Bluefin Stage 1 tune;

2) Silver 2003 Astra SRi-T with approx 160kw ATW's which I bought from Pete on here over Xmas

2) Black Astra SRi-T which is in the process of being finished as a Time Attack car

3) 1972 Porsche 911 SC which is in 100,000 different pieces as I'm trying to rebuild it myself and do an RS conversion on it. Only been 11 years and counting!!! :lol:

[Wraith]

3) 1972 Porsche 911 SC which is in 100,000 different pieces as I'm trying to rebuild it myself and do an RS conversion on it. Only been 11 years and counting!!! :lol:

Nice one Gman !!!

Only just yesterday my next door neighbour finally got a hold of his 1982 Porsche 911 SE Targa which he purchased about a month ago from a guy in Sydney it's in pretty good shape with around 140,000km on it , went for a fang and although not exactly my cup of tea it was an enjoyable ride none the less, except for the transmission the manual gearboxes in those things are an absolute piece of crap it takes about 5 minutes to shift between gears LOL love the sound of the old flat 6 boxer engine :D

I'll be getting my hands on a ground up brand new built '67 Camaro rag top very soon !!!! all original except for a 4 sp turbo hydra trans and a worked over 400 small block :cornut:

[Gsi_Bryce]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/09/puvu2ysy.jpg 96 Corsa b gsihttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/09/a3y5e8ap.jpg 05 rodeo turbo diesel dual cab

Both get driven equally lol :)

[ward_1979]

2012 Holden Cruze - Supplied company car with free fuel!

The wife's car is a 2008 - D40 Navara turbo diesel - Have this to tow our 26ft camper trailer around. Plus the 150L long range tank is good when we head to bathurst 1000 every year! Down side is its over $200 to fill every time!

[dutchy]

Drive a bike at the moment but not for long :smile5: My wife drives a 2012 Peugeot 4008. Also got a Fiat Punto parked in Holland and a Fiat Marea parked in Portugal.

[ChrisMaz]

Been driving the missus' Camry hybrid quite a bit the past few weeks. Absolute junk.

She's keen to buy either a GTi, Astra OPC or a 135i. Fingers crossed on the OPC or 135.

[SIMid]

http://www.tangcla.com/photos/delorean_120325/images/IMG_9609.jpg
When I'm running late .......

http://www.ivo.lu/Former-Lancia-Beta-Spider.jpg
My money pit. Currently at the Resto (exactly the way it's suppose to look like completed)

[aussie_in_london]

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/wreckx2008/Wales%20-%20The%20M%20adventure/DSC04608-1.jpg

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp260/wreckx2008/Astra%20OPC/OpelAstraOPC2011194.jpg


4 trouble free years but time to move on.....
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[Ice]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/11/a7umebum.jpg

Ahh it was just for the weekend but for that short time it did feel like mine and boy was it good :)

[kabel]

So how do you rate the Corsa Shane,been thinking of trading my Astra G daily driver on one ?

[sooty]

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd42/diesel110_photo/05db7ad8-96ff-454c-b797-7f8e1a60c1ec_zps6a1eef51.jpg
Some AWD goodness :thumbs:

[aussie_in_london]

Yeah a pretty good little car for general use/runabout ....

Build quality is a bit iffy like bumper fitment etc, and the glove box is useless, the lid doesn't line up to well and ours actually fell off lol

But for the price you can pick them up for and the bit of performance you get out of them, yeah a good little and fun car.....

[Shaun]

Ford Ranger Ute for work . ( All expenses covered)

The VXR has become a weekend drive

[preludacris]

gawd dam thats a nice Lib. What exact model is it sooty?

[sooty]

gawd dam thats a nice Lib. What exact model is it sooty?

2007 Liberty GT tuned by STi #103/300

[kts350]

Have my Astra that I use to drive to work only because i can't get the keys to the Captiva off my wife. The Astra's good to drive but the Captiva has aircon that works and a banging stereo.

[BradstaMS]

Aside from the Astra, a 2009 Mazda 3 SP25. And about to buy a Honda Accord Euro.

[Wraith]

Aside from the Astra, a 2009 Mazda 3 SP25. And about to buy a Honda Accord Euro.

The BL Mazda 3 SP25 is very very good car all things considered, had a MY '11 myself for a year :)

Are you going to buy the current model Accord Euro ?? work colleague has one (6 months old now) he mostly loves it the only gripe being he says it's too thirsty...

[BradstaMS]

Are you going to buy the current model Accord Euro ??

Hell naw. CL9 which is 07 ish. Im in two minds now. Accord Euro or Civic Type R, or sumsing boosted.

[Feelinlucky75]

my gf's car and new family run about - 2002 forester 2L auto.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/486053_10151560050540449_2098278336_n.jpg

and my new toy :D - VT SS 308 auto on LPG,

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/21/egemaryq.jpg

[chrissn89]

Holden Cruze MY12 SRiV 1.4ltr turbo rocketship and my partners BL MY10 Mazda 3 MPS.

[Kennedy]

From time to time I have a VW Crafter lol and the odd drive of a mean 620 bhp V8...

[willhouse]

06 Navara STR, 04 Toyota Caldina GT Four, and as of today a mint 89 Toyota Starlet Turbo S!

[Feelinlucky75]

06 Navara STR, 04 Toyota Caldina GT Four, and as of today a mint 89 Toyota Starlet Turbo S!

how do u like the caldina? i have mates with a stagea, legnum and the legacy spec b lol... they are all direct competitors.

awesome pick up with the starlet.. they fly :D /off topic

[scamp]

Have now sold my Statesman :sad:after having her since 94 I thought it was time to sell it but I'm sure gonna miss her !
Have now bought a brand new ( 2012plated ) mazda6 . Sure as hell slower than the statey and the astra but the interior is omg flash. Mazda dealers sure want to get rid of them as they not only wanted to talk deals on price but also threw in a bucket load of extras, the one i'm gettin even has the uprated interior , the only option it's missing off the top model is no flappy paddle gear changing which i did'nt want for it anyway