by "Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
Published 04/18/2017 at 13:07
by "Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
Published 04/18/2017 at 13:07
Tags: Daily Driver
; VX220
STARS: 30
Behold my insanity which has decided that this will be a suitable daily driver, wont be picking it up for at least a week though :(
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/18/2017 at 13:10, STARS: 4
/endorsed
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
04/18/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 2
nice Saturn Sky
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/18/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 1
Wow congrats. Make sure to mock 4muddyfeet, he told me he’s too tall to fit in one :D
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/18/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 6
Thats the opel gt, this is the VX220. Basically a Lotus Elise.
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 1
Thanks, will do :D
"Bytemite" (bytemite)
04/18/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
You’re living the dream. DD’ing an Elise. Why did you get this over the Elise by the way?
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
04/18/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
Don’t be such a lenghtophobe.
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
close, but no cigar
"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/18/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 0
*In Mr. Regular voice*
Nice miata.
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/18/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 1
Haha, I’m a short person it’s in my nature.
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
04/18/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 2
I really like these things, always have done. Congrats!
/dontmock
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 13:30, STARS: 0
The Elise with the Toyota engine (rather than the Rover) is a lot more expensive and didn’t want the rover engined one, also the VX has abs whereas the elise doesn’t
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 1
Thanks, the thought of owning an Elise had been building for awhile and this came up locally and couldn’t turn it down
/mustresistmocking
"Bytemite" (bytemite)
04/18/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 0
You mean MR2 Spyder
"4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30" (4muddyfeet)
04/18/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 0
Anyway, it’s not that I don’t fit into one. It’s just that getting in is a chew, and I’m sure me attempting to get out gave the salesperson night terrors. That damn door sill is just too high!
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 0
Getting in is ok for me, it’s the getting out with the roof on that is a bit inconvenient lol
I might look into getting a removable steering wheel to make it easier
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
04/18/2017 at 13:57, STARS: 0
I don’t know if it fits the UK version of the engine, but that 2.2L Ecotec has a factory supercharger kit for the Cavalier/Sunfire/Cobalt.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
04/18/2017 at 14:01, STARS: 0
Wait, did you really?! Did you get an actual Opel? Cause if you did that is a facia swap I want to do so badly to a Sky Redline!
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 14:06, STARS: 0
yeah it’s a fairly common mod that people do on the owners forum from what I’ve seen, I think I’ll get used to the car before adding 100bhp to it lol
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 1
Yes I did really do it after thinking it over the weekend (and will a little encouragement from oppo) as for the opel query nope Vauxhall, it’s slightly different to the Saturn Sky so not sure if a swap would be possible
"feather-throttle-not-hair" (feather-throttle-not-hair)
04/18/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 1
Nice, I love how those look. I have a friend over on this side of the pond that has an Elise, but he only drives it on nice days. Red was probably a good choice, my friend’s is asphalt colored and he says he’s just constantly nearly being hit by people not seeing him when he drives it.
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
I tend to go for coloured cars rather than white/silver/grey/black etc. as I like to stand out in the crowd lol
"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
04/18/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 0
Ford EXP
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
04/18/2017 at 15:01, STARS: 0
Vauxhall... Opel.... Same difference...
They do the Opel swap here a lot... That is what I was thinking about... Wrong car lol
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
04/18/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 0
the joke
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your head
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
04/18/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 0
thatsthejoke.jpg
"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock)
04/18/2017 at 15:13, STARS: 1
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/18/2017 at 16:04, STARS: 0
What Twingo Tamer said
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
04/18/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 1
Here stateside we had a Saturn Sky Redline turbo in our shop last week. We had to sort it out for the owner. Was dumping excess fuel to the point the oil was diluted and some raw gas coming out the tail pipe. Scary stuff. Someone had been tinkering with things and some things wrong causing the condition. I’m pretty certain one incorrectly ran wire was feeding a constant signal for the injectors to flow.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
04/18/2017 at 17:28, STARS: 0
OMG! Really? That is a bad thing
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
04/18/2017 at 19:56, STARS: 1
Omg omg omg. the first time I saw one I was like “what. the . fuck. is that?!?!” We need a full oppositelock review.
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/19/2017 at 02:53, STARS: 0
I shall see what I can do in regards to a review
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/19/2017 at 09:46, STARS: 0
Turbo?
"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
04/19/2017 at 09:54, STARS: 0
2.2 N/A but it’s the same engine as the Cobalt SS so can add a supercharger later on if I get bored
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
04/19/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 1
Its amazing what people can screw up when they think they know what they are doing. There are a lot of good DIYers but I think maybe twice that many that shouldn’t even open the hood. We were surprised the catalyst weren’t ruined yet from all that fuel but maybe they had been gutted. At least it ran after we fixed the wiring issue.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
04/19/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 0
Yeah... There are things I just won’t deal with because sometimes it is just easier to pay someone else.