A mate called round last night to show me his new toy.....

He's been looking for a while and this one popped up local to where we live..... saving the painful trip to the mainland!

Its an '03 with 20K on the clocks. Its pretty clean and has upgrades 'n extra's inside.

The previous owner used www.parkers.co.uk for a valuation... which hugely undervalued it - so he got a steal at

 

i do like these.. never owned a turbo motor but driven a few

it's on my list along with a tvr but i don't see me changing cars for a long time so it might never get off my list

6 years with the S next month

 

he got the vx instead of a T350....

where insurance and fuel is more of an issue!!

 

And engine reliability should be somewhat better than the T350 .....

 

I test drove one of these and still have a huuuuge soft spot for one...

 

I use to own one of these. Great fun.

Best mod to improve the handling is change the alloys for a set of Team Dynamics 17inch rears and 16inch fronts you can then stick some sticky 888 tyres on - massive improvement (the speed you can corner at will make your eye balls hurt - probably)

 

yours was the all black one? i liked that.

if i could get one that would do 50mpg i'd snap it up for my commute

 

Great fun, but crappy in winter (awful heater!).

With lighter wheels, Pagid pads and Goodridge lines, mine was transformed.

Here she is when I sold her...




Oh, and Nottm - it'll easily do 45mpg on a run (off boost)!

 

I can vouch for that

 

Great little car.

I am not proud to say I still cannot get on with those square GM lights and clunky wheels. Looks like I made them in my shed. The Opel grille certainly helps a LOT, too.

But a fantastic buy now.