"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 03/03/2018 at 21:04 • Filed to: None

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2491 days until the 2000 Opel Vectra 2.0 CD is legal to import to the United States

interstate366, now In The Industry > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:11

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28 days until the JZA80 Supra is ready.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > interstate366, now In The Industry 03/03/2018 at 21:14

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Boring, we need more interesting cars like the Vectra 2.0 CD.

interstate366, now In The Industry > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:23

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How about the base model R33 Skyline? Those are only 200 or so days away.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:38

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If you do a countdown I’ll have to retaliate in some way.

Svend > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:45

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The Vectra was one of the most mundane and boring cars of it’s time.

It’s just m, it doesn’t even warrant the rest of meh to be meh.

It’s the automotive version of being in a coma.

Discerning > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:48

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But you can already get a 1992 Vectra turbo with 200hp, a 6 speed manual, and awd.

No clue if the 6 speed can handle the power, but the C20let can make a good amount and 99.99999% of Americans don’t even know it exists.

Discerning > Svend 03/03/2018 at 21:50

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What about the Vectra turbo from the first generation? My understanding is that they aren’t awful.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 21:55

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In the meantime, get a Saturn L-Series or Saab 9-5 to whet your appetite.

fhrblig > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 22:02

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Said no one ever.

fhrblig > Svend 03/03/2018 at 22:04

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I think the US equivalent would have to be this.

If it were a flavor, it would be “unflavored”.

boxrocket > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 22:05

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1: Will they last that long?

2: Isn’t there an equivalent SAAB you could get and just fascia-swap?

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > boxrocket 03/03/2018 at 22:15

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No car can match the sultry design and bulletproof reliability of the Opel Vectra.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Svend 03/03/2018 at 22:16

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You just don’t get it. It’s a car ahead of its time.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 22:31

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Why get a Vectra when you can import a Laguna .

Svend > Discerning 03/03/2018 at 22:46

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That would be the Opel Vectra A, known as the Vauxhall Cavalier in the U.K.

It was marginally better than the Vectra B, but that’s not saying much.

If you wanted something sporty you went for the Cavalier 2.0 16v GSi or the 2.0i SRi Red Top SFi.

Both gave 148bhp

But for something with a bit more wellie.

There’s the 2.0i Red Top SFi with 201bhp.

There was a 2.5 V6 but that had 167bhp.

Svend > fhrblig 03/03/2018 at 22:54

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Ye’, it that was a drink, it would be tainted river water.

fhrblig > Svend 03/03/2018 at 23:03

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No, tainted river water has a personality. This is just tap water. It does what it’s supposed to do, and that’s it. No more, no less.

Svend > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/03/2018 at 23:12

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I do get it, we got it, friends fathers had them as company cars for selling flooring, etc... up and down the country.

Of the time we also had the Ford Mondeo.

202bhp, 2.5 V6 ST200.

We had the Audi A4.

Honda Accord.

Lexus LS400.

Peugeot 406.

Renault Laguna.

Rover 75.

the car more mundane than the Vectra, the Nissan Primera.

There are a few others but they are either meh or were too expensive for most in that sector.

Svend > fhrblig 03/03/2018 at 23:14

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Tap water, but Flint tap water, it’ll kill you, not with toxins or contaminants but you’d want to do yourself in.

fhrblig > Svend 03/03/2018 at 23:23

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Nah, because again, that would mean it has some sort of personality.

I’ve driven a bunch of them, and it’s like... well, it’s like you get in the car at one location and then get out and you’re in another, but you have no memory of what transpired in the middle. The driving experience is so unremarkable that it gives you amnesia.

Discerning > Svend 03/03/2018 at 23:33

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The red top sri was the one I wad referring to. Don’t know much about it though. Not sure what type of awd system it had. 201hp in 1992 wasn’t bad

Svend > Discerning 03/03/2018 at 23:53

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Most of Cavaliers at the time were 1.8i with something like 113bhp.

Those ones up top were the dreamed after sportier ones that top salesmen got if they were very lucky.

The (red) SRi Red Top is 148bhp, only the (metallic maroon) Turbo at the bottom is the 201bhp Red Top SFi

Discerning > Svend 03/04/2018 at 00:01

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SFi is what I meant. There’s surprisingly little information about them and they seem to have made few. I was curious about the awd system but I can’t find anything about it.

Svend > Discerning 03/04/2018 at 00:07

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There are three for sale in the U.K. right now.

They want £10k for them though.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?sort=sponsored&radius=1500&postcode=ca25xx&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&make=VAUXHALL&model=CAVALIER&aggregatedTrim=i%20Turbo

Sort of a cheap Vauxhall Lotus Charlton.

boxrocket > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/04/2018 at 01:43

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I suppose that’s true... For all modern cars in “first-world” markets, the pictured Vectra would be a significant down-grade. As for reliability, I’m not sure I believe it, since it’s a gm product, and reliability isn’t their strongest suit.

FSI > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/04/2018 at 04:43

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More of a reliability nightmare than the already shitty Vectra B. The third Laguna though...

pip bip - choose Corrour > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 03/04/2018 at 06:07

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why?

just so you know what you’re getting yourself into, have a bottom radiator hose

GM part number 90570817

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > pip bip - choose Corrour 03/04/2018 at 10:00

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I suppose a lot of people around here don’t understand sarcasm and jokes.