Cars nobody here has driven (except me), cont'd *

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 05/08/2016 at 14:42 • Filed to: Vauxhall, Viva

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* y compris le brave Flavien

Vauxhall Viva HB

Equipped with 1159cc (or as the manual quaintly put it, 70.7 cubic inches) of four cylinder power and in this case a BW 35 automatic box. In an unusually frank assessment a British magazine, according to Wiki, described it thus equipped as“among the slowest cars on the road”.

They were right. The box absorbed about half of the power. Automatic cars remain a small minority on my side of the pond to this day. Other notable points were single circuit brakes which could fail totally (and did one day to my mother’s alarm) and an ignition system which objected strongly to wet weather and so WD40 had to be sprayed on everything with wires on it. That and rust. The floor eventually gave way.

KatzManDu > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 14:44

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A+!

Trying to get a co-worker to let me drive his Clio V6. I already drove his Capri.

not for canada - australian in disguise > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 14:49

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Also known in Canada as the Envoy Epic.

Which, due to Canadian roads, had a massive tendency to rust. And there was a tiny controversy over later models catching fire.

Tiny issues, really.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 14:49

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My Mum had one of these. The floor fell out.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 14:52

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I’ve driven one of those... O wait no I havn’t

Cé hé sin > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/08/2016 at 14:52

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My dad had a Mk3 Cortina. Did the same. He put chicken wire across the hole. Problem sorted so long as you didn’t try to stand there.

Nick Has an Exocet > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 14:54

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I like the styling on these - classic 3 box.

Cé hé sin > not for canada - australian in disguise 05/08/2016 at 15:01

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Controversy about the brakes too. Different times.

gmctavish needs more space > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 15:25

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I think my dad’s friend had one of these in Northern BC as a bushcar

Cé hé sin > gmctavish needs more space 05/08/2016 at 15:29

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That would have been a Chevrolet Epic, as they were called over there.

Hoccy > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 15:33

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Not that long since I saw one of these for sale here. Happy I bought a 142 instead.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 16:03

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My grandfather had a lhd HA Viva that apparently was a miserable piece of shit. He bought it new and sold it about four years later for a fracture of what he had paid.

gmctavish needs more space > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 16:28

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Oh my dad said it was an Envoy. I looked it up and now I don't know if it was a Viva or a Victor

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Cé hé sin 05/08/2016 at 20:08

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I mean literally fell out. As in the floorpan & seats dropped onto the road while the car was being driven. I was too young to remember, but I gather mum was not a happy camper. It’s still spoken of somewhat tensely in my parents house.

Cé hé sin > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 05/09/2016 at 04:33

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That must have got everybody’s attention!

I recall that we got water building up in the wells on each side of the boot, a problem resolved by using the wheelbrace to punch a new drain hole.