jr
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http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=488001
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gavin18787
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Good artical
Such a cool car
Would love to go out as a passanger in one one day 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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jr
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see page 2  i thought the same 
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willay
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passenger whore
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
see page 2 i thought the same
Just read the posts, your good at blaggin rides 
That one mentioned in windemere I have seen too, our holiday cottage was two doors down to him. Looked like his everyday car
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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gavin18787
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My holiday snap of it
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Daimo B
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We need a proper Vauxhall testing day.
LC vs Monaro LS6, vs Monaro SC500, vs, VXR8, vs VXR8 SC, vs Vectra VXR, Vs Astra VXR, vs VXR220 vs VX220T vs Astra GSi (mk4) vs Astra GSi (mk3) vs Astra GTE (mk2) etc....... All performance vauxhalls. How cool a day out would that be.....
Uknow a car that rarley gets mentioned as a really tarmac warrior, and if it had came to the UK, well you'd have probably died
Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette.
[Edited on 23-01-2008 by VXR]
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Daimo B
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JR, why don't you get more friendly with Dave? Yopu 2 would get on well, he loves his vauxhalls and hes a top top guy. Send him a message or something. I think he still attends the VXLSCC meets.
Speak to Nikki with the Corsa VXR on here as she still speaks to him too.
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jr
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allways worth a go
daves still comes on here from time to time iirc
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Daimo B
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Yeah he does still come on here.
You should speak to him, you two would get on well. AS i say, hes a top guy as well, a bit like Mr Mitchell, always happy to help.
He sorted Donnas flywheel out late at night, without payment (shes already drawn her limit for the day ), and let us send him a cheque.
Top bloke, and anyone reading, if you need any Vauxhalls sorting out, you should really contact V-Tuning, especially over con artists such as Regal (not that far from each other really, hours drive).
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sand-eel
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very cool, there is one around my area you see now and again.
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Not.Normal
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
allways worth a go
daves still comes on here from time to time iirc
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Daimo B
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BTW, I do not want any form of intercourse with Dave, he just really helped us out and im happy to promote his business and is one of those generally nice chappies.
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
BTW, I do not want any form of intercourse with Dave,
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Tom
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 absolute legend of a car....
Still looks awesome and purposeful by todays standards as mentioned in article
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Not.Normal
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
Seconded
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Steve
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its not a vauxhall its a lotus 
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Not.Normal
quote:
Originally posted by jr
Seconded
Yeah, but i don't mind you sending those flirty texts and calls though. I like them, carry on
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Steve
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seriously though is this car technically a vauxhall or lotus?
it has lotus badges and a lotus engine? suspension and wheels
seems like it only uses a vaux shell
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jr
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yeah, and a lotus vin plate
but vauxhall owned lotus, lotus didnt just decide to build a carlton off there own back
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
seriously though is this car technically a vauxhall or lotus?
it has lotus badges and a lotus engine? suspension and wheels
seems like it only uses a vaux shell
Well no, its a Vauxhall engine, tuned by lotus. But the engine is a vauxhall 3.0 24v unit.
Interior is Vauxhall and Cartlon.
The shell is Vauxhall.
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ed
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It's another example of a GM collaberation between marques that they seem to do so well. They just put the wrong badges on the car to make it cooler 
Lovely cars, i really want one
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Not.Normal
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The car is officially a Lotus as it has a Lotus type designation of 104. The base car (a fully built "earmarked" GSI which was then delivered to Lotus and stripped and then re-built) was only the base for the car.
You could then say, well why were the cars only sold and serviced through specialist Vauxhall dealers? Well thats because in essence the car was only built by GM as a "hey look what we can do" type excercise since GM had just bought Lotus, so creating something to give a halo effect on the Vauxhall brand hence the Vauxhall/Opel badges. I'd say it kinda did that back in the day
Although it is essentially based on the GSi most of the parts were bespoke to the Lotus including the engine blocks etc
PS. No probs Daimo
[Edited on 23-01-2008 by Not.Normal]
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jr
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i would ahve loved to see the compound charged senetor prototype
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jr
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actully did that exsist, or was it only an idea 
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