carlton_mad
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« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2010, 09:09:37 PM » |
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i remember the debates on vx pirates!!
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what would life be like if we all drove fwd cars? feckin boring that's what rear drive or bust
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Pedro
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« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2010, 09:36:42 PM » |
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Aah - but in my defence, I took the pi55 outta Vectra B's, not Vectra C'S!  The C is a much, much better car!  |
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« Reply #27 on: September 06, 2010, 11:59:23 PM » |
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Particularly agree with you on the sound system and the colour, mine is the same colour.
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'92 Carlton GSi 24v Manual
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Mitch1965
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« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2010, 08:12:36 AM » |
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Glad you're happy with it mate, they do return good consumption, & handle well. Just keep your eye on the front springs though, they tend to break. The dealers do replace these gratis if they do go, assuming they're standard springs. Lowring it -35 is a good call, if you went that route.  |
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« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2010, 11:07:10 AM » |
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My brother in law has had nothing but trouble with his petrol version.
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« Reply #30 on: September 07, 2010, 11:35:26 AM » |
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Mk3 Carlton's & Senator B's....guaranteed to rust, bust, pickup dust, bend, buckle or twist.
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Pedro
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« Reply #31 on: September 07, 2010, 06:39:10 PM » |
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« Reply #32 on: September 07, 2010, 08:28:49 PM » |
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« Reply #33 on: September 07, 2010, 09:45:20 PM » |
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Welcome to the Vectra C Club Pete! Yeah there's a site called vec-c.com,, get registered & have a browse,, make sure you put me up as the referrer to, please?? My brother in law has had nothing but trouble with his petrol version.
Thats odd, i have had little trouble with mine, had it 5 years & done 45k miles, now & its one of the oldest,, |
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« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2010, 11:12:49 PM » |
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His has so far been less reliable than the 03 Fiat Stilo it replaced lol. Needed an alternator, it wouldn't idle, then would idle but had no power, new wheel bearings, new front springs, one rear spring has broken.
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« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2010, 11:24:11 PM » |
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Thats not good mate. wheel bearings, what mileage has it got on it?  Springs are the bug bear on these but are a warrunty claim at the dealers. I would say the egr valve & possibly a clean on throttle body should sort the idling? |
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« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2010, 12:12:41 AM » |
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Its not high mileage can't remember exactly. You can't get wheel bearings apparantley its a complete hub assembly.
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« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2010, 12:23:08 AM » |
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Yeah they are & £75 a pop too.  I have one sat in my garage, that i thought i needed, but ended up being a poor tyre.  |
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« Reply #38 on: September 08, 2010, 06:59:18 PM » |
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So far, I've done 150 miles on 3 gallons of weasel. The main reason I bought it, so job's jobbed. Had a play in it too - found a few limits (managed to cross one, but it righted itself after getting it slightly sideways a little ), discovered the cruise control, the steering wheel goes up, down plus in and out - loving that - the seats are well comy, innit, with plenty of adjustment............. but I was getting confuzzled at the way the wipers worked, till I found out they have rain detectors.  Also, the indicator switch seemed to have a mind of it's own till I realised a quick flick set them off for three flashes, and holding it a second longer let them flash until you turned them off of the self cancellation cut in. Stereo is like the Omega's in that it gets louder the faster you go. I don't think it's got TC - at least, that one can switch orf! Brakes are brilliant. No, really - they are. Have to say that I'm actually enjoying it in all honesty - no downsides as yet. |
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« Reply #39 on: September 08, 2010, 10:03:50 PM » |
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The indicators, if you want to cancel them your self, then just push it in the same direction as you pushed to indicate, if you have auto wipers you have auto dimming mirror too. if you activate the rear wiper this will alter the intermittency to coincide with the fronts. Wiper stalk has a sensitivtiy switch on the top. Good consumption btw! |
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« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2010, 07:48:51 PM » |
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if you have auto wipers you have auto dimming mirror too.
Nope, no dimming mirror, but definitely have the auto wipers. Not got leccy windows in the back either - my daughter was seriously unimpressed. No bother to me - I always sit in the front! |
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« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2010, 09:37:14 PM » |
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Does it have the flip to change it over then? Thats curious,, usually come together, yours is 6 months newer than mine,, Lets see your piccies of this? |
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« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2010, 09:44:20 PM » |
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Does it have the flip to change it over then? Thats curious,, usually come together, yours is 6 months newer than mine,, Lets see your piccies of this? Yep, just like all my previous cars except the Omega truck. CBA to take a pic of that mate! |
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« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2010, 09:57:20 PM » |
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Lol I meant of the whole car, the e-bay ones is too small!! |
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« Reply #44 on: September 10, 2010, 05:37:50 PM » |
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Does it have the flip to change it over then? Thats curious,, usually come together, yours is 6 months newer than mine,, Lets see your piccies of this? Yep, just like all my previous cars except the Omega truck. CBA to take a pic of that mate! Lies, all lies! Must go to Specsavers, cos what I thought was the manual lever turns out to be the photocell in it's mount! Also, when I touched it (to try and dip the mirror like a dumbass!) an orange light under it came on - WTF is all that about? It went out after 10 - 15 minutes though. It managed 270 miles on £30 of weasel juice, and that includes me erm..... shall we say 'finding it's limits' on a private road t'other night........... happy with that, as it's got the performance better than a 2.6 Carlton. Might take some pics on Sunday after it's bath. |
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« Reply #45 on: September 10, 2010, 06:57:13 PM » |
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« Reply #46 on: September 10, 2010, 07:00:12 PM » |
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Me thinks thou art removing the wee wee! Saying that, the lights were on................. I wouldn't have seen the light, but I have the Magic Tree hanging from the mirror and it caught the light. |
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« Reply #47 on: September 10, 2010, 07:02:27 PM » |
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Mine lights up in the dark, I never knew why so the last bit i did make up.. But you never had an auto mirror before either,,,,  |
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« Reply #48 on: September 10, 2010, 07:57:33 PM » |
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couple of things for you to try, When the cars locked, press & hold down the open button on the fob,,, Get in tha car, turn the key to pos II, turn it all off & then open your door, as you do this pull on the lever that flashes the headlights,,,, |
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« Reply #49 on: September 10, 2010, 08:41:23 PM » |
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