Tom's Vectra - Progress Thread

[leeds_182]

Reminds me of my old VXR - I've always liked the vectra c's.

 

[DanielJames]

not really, I had a 98 primera GT rep when i was 18!

Snap.

​Although mine wasn't a rep

 

[DanielJames]

Don't no why people find this so strange, it's a very nice car for a 20 year old

Why do people say this
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A nice car should just be a nice car, regardless of the owners age.

 

[CaptainSlow]

Snap.

​Although mine wasn't a rep

lucky! mine was a white 1.6 si underneath, to my eyes it was a btcc racer lol

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Why do people say this
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A nice car should just be a nice car, regardless of the owners age.

Its the sorta car you get when you have family and dogs to lug about. Boring to drive, boring inside, boring to look at, good at lugging family around safely and comfortably, that's it. Which, IMO, is why its still a strange car for a 20 year old. When I was 20, I wanted a fun car, a Vectra is as far away from fun as you can get. Each to their own though.

 

[M26]

lol at some of the replies in here. I got the same reaction with my Astra.

​Car looks nice however, I like what you are doing with it !

 

[Tomas]

Thanks for all the comments, I'm going to be ordering the lowering springs on payday.

 

[SC03OTT]

I'm sure someone asked earlier, but, why didnt't you just get an SRI? They can't be that much more to buy? These things are worth like, 8 quid now, no?

 

[Eddie.]

Hate to echo everyone else, but while it looks reasonably good, I'd only last an hour before falling asleep at the wheel and stacking it.

 

[banther]

I had a SAAB 93 at 18.

Guess who all the drunk girls wanted lifts home with.

 

[_williams_]

Give the guy a break, he obviously likes the car and I think what he's doing with it looks good! At the end of the day it's no different to what people do to Clio's.... ph2 rear on a ph1... why not buy a ph2?! Turinis.. why not buy a trophy?! You could look at alot of modifications on alot of cars and say "why didn't you get a..."

Plus on another note, 99% of the time on our roads I'd rather a nice comfy vectra over a crashy noisy Clio, on track it's a different story but give me comfort any day!

 

[Tomas]

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Going to paint the calipers Blue, getting lowering springs on payday along with window tints.

 

[Tomas]

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Another photo, instead of springs I'm getting FK coilovers.

Also, anyone good on Photoshop could you please PM me? Thanks

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Coilovers? On a Vectra? What a massive waste of money. It'll go from a boring, poor handling but big and comfy car to a boring, poor handling, bone shakingly harsh ride car. It'll look better though, I guess.

 

[jesus]

Coilovers on a Vectra actually works really well. It looks and actually handles the part for a barge.

 

[Tunst]

Coilovers? On a Vectra? What a massive waste of money. It'll go from a boring, poor handling but big and comfy car to a boring, poor handling, bone shakingly harsh ride car. It'll look better though, I guess.

Coilovers on a clio? What a massive waste of money, why ruin what renault made so well?

Because why the f**k not.

 

[_williams_]

Coilovers? On a Vectra? What a massive waste of money. It'll go from a boring, poor handling but big and comfy car to a boring, poor handling, bone shakingly harsh ride car. It'll look better though, I guess.

The Vectra actually handles quite well for its size! If you're comparing it to your Mondeo don't! I have both and the Vectra is much better then it!

 

[STICKER TWONK]

This thread is just full of LOL's! You have a brand new Mondeo AND an old Vectra? So your young and own 2 family cars? Baller.

 

[Scrooge]

It looks good but the tints will ruin it imo.

​Nothing wrong with a family at his age though.

 

[_williams_]

This thread is just full of LOL's! You have a brand new Mondeo AND an old Vectra? So your young and own 2 family cars? Baller.

Apologies I didn't realise the mk4.5 was brand new, I have very little knowledge on Mondeo's, i bought mine because it was cheap. As for the baller comment, I wouldn't call myself young exactly (26) and I have 2 kids (2 year old and 7 week old) so I think I probably qualify for a family car, or am I mistaken?!

LOL

 

[STICKER TWONK]

Even more confused as why you'd coilover a car you'll be lugging family around in lol clearly I'm not going to understand this at all. I have a family and would want the safest, biggest, most comfortable car I could afford, luckily I am provided with such a car for my job.