Post your machine here

**Val** · 10-26-2006, 02:18 PM

If you have a car, or your mummy, father, brother, sister, cousin, neighbor ... and you want to share with us, just post it here.

This is mine:

It's a Golf GTi 2002 2.0 16v turbo. My old one, was a GM Kadett GSi 2.0 8v 1995, but for engine problems, it had to go!
Did you like my Golf , Eric?

edawg99 · 10-26-2006, 04:10 PM

Your Golf is cool. I like all the in dash lights. Your rims look good.
Heres mine

**open32** · 10-26-2006, 04:21 PM

Hum, I looked and relized I dont have any photos of my car. Ill have to get some.

**Val** · 10-26-2006, 04:38 PM

Just do it Rory to share with us.

yanjonm · 10-27-2006, 12:13 AM

Nice ride, Val. Have you taken anyone on before?

**Val** · 10-27-2006, 06:43 PM

Yes.
My old one was this one:

It's a GM Kadett GSi MPFI 8V 1995.
And for engine problems, my baby had to go. I loved that car. I really loved that car!!!
And today I have a Golf.

So, now post yours!

edit: about my sound system, I'll open a thread about car sound with a nice stuff for us.

10-28-2006, 03:03 PM

bobrules · 10-29-2006, 06:13 PM

my money pit:

www.irocz.net

put on chrome version of the stock wheels (exact same wheel just in chrome) couple months ago...never took any pictures.

edawg99 · 10-29-2006, 06:41 PM

WOW your car is beautiful. I wish I owned it.

**Val** · 10-29-2006, 06:49 PM

The Camaro ...
it's really a nice car. At first sight, I thought it was a Pontiac Trans AM.
Remember this car Eric?

Kenny · 11-11-2006, 02:06 AM

I went overboard and uglified my red car.

I paid for every single one of these cars with my own money. No help from parents here. Actually the Passat (grey car), I bought for my mother.

**Val** · 11-12-2006, 12:14 AM

So, you have a Golf like me, huh Kenny?

Is it a GTi and turbo like mine?
Speaking of turbo ... I'm having problens with mine... Damn!

Kenny · 11-12-2006, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Val..

So, you have a Golf like me, huh Kenny?

Is it a GTi and turbo like mine?
Speaking of turbo ... I'm having problens with mine... Damn!

Yup Golf/GTI performance version, R32. :P No turbo. 3.2L VR6, 6 speed..... and AWD!!! :D I loved the car, but sold it because of new job. In January, hello 350Z.

Is your turbo aftermarket? I'm not familiar with Brazil's engine availability, but in the U.S. the only engine available with turbo for the MKIV is the 1.8T.

**Val** · 02-14-2007, 08:23 PM

As you all know, I have a new car.
It's a 1998 GM Vectra GLS 2.0 with 8v.

This is the panel with the same stereo system told by me in the sound thread and the little screen above is to a future GPS system.

Me and my chief here in the car clube, but he has a nervous GM Corsa SS.

Hope you like it!

edawg99 · 02-14-2007, 09:38 PM

You have a nice car. The car looks great. Alot better than a VolksWagon.

**open32** · 02-15-2007, 12:21 AM

Its nice, its a v8 huh, must be pretty powerful

Samson The Cat · 02-15-2007, 02:15 AM

Vectra or Golf? Both don't come with V8s - at least here. Reason being the engine is installed orthogonally to the center-ine of the car. The most powerful engines installed in the Golf is a 3.2l V6 with 240 hp(?) (Golf R32). The strongest Opel engine for the Vectra of the product line was a 2.5l V6 with 195 hps. I don't know what's the top engine in the new Vectra. It's likely Val's Vectra doesn't have an Opel engine in it, but I doubt they redid the whole sideway-engine-concept. I bet it's a 16V R4 with about 2l displacement.

**open32** · 02-15-2007, 02:47 AM

We dont have a Vectra here at all. I guess it could be a saab 9-3 engine, thats the only comparable car we have with powerful engines.

Samson The Cat · 02-18-2007, 07:22 PM

The pictures are taken in front of an disused factory.

I didn't wash my car before taking the pictures or in the last couple of months. My car is old 12 years old and because of the 11 winters and the salty roads that come with them it's rusty too.

The wheel arcs are affected the most.

I don't even have 4 identical hub caps. The ones on the passenger's side make the rims look even smaller. Yoo see the car isn't a hobby of mine, it's just a way to get from one point to another.

The small engine looks exhausted but it still runs nicely and smoothly. Also I found that this 1.6 8V is more fuel economic than the 1.6 16V ecotec (I know someone who drives that engine)

Although the car has been reliable - apart from one ripped v-belt, it never let me down in 150000 km - it still will most likely be scrapped by the end of the year. There's just too much rusted chassis parts plus insurance is pretty high for older cars.

**Val** · 02-18-2007, 07:50 PM

Woahhh ... it's a Vectra like mine!

Well, at least is almost the same thing. What about your panel Samson? Is it the same as mine?
I think the 1.6 engine is too weak for the Vectra. I think MINE is weak and I have a 2.0 with 8v engine huh?

10-26-2006, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	Post your machine here If you have a car, or your mummy, father, brother, sister, cousin, neighbor ... and you want to share with us, just post it here. This is mine: It's a Golf GTi 2002 2.0 16v turbo. My old one, was a GM Kadett GSi 2.0 8v 1995, but for engine problems, it had to go! Did you like my Golf , Eric?

10-27-2006, 06:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	Yes. My old one was this one: It's a GM Kadett GSi MPFI 8V 1995. And for engine problems, my baby had to go. I loved that car. I really loved that car!!! And today I have a Golf. So, now post yours! edit: about my sound system, I'll open a thread about car sound with a nice stuff for us. Last edited by Val : 10-27-2006 at 06:44 PM.

10-28-2006, 03:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Viking20 Posts: n/a	my favorit

11-11-2006, 02:06 AM	#11 (permalink)
Kenny Hardly here..... ever. Join Date: May 2000 Location: TN Posts: 138 My Profile	I went overboard and uglified my red car. I paid for every single one of these cars with my own money. No help from parents here. Actually the Passat (grey car), I bought for my mother. Last edited by Kenny : 11-11-2006 at 02:11 AM.

02-14-2007, 08:23 PM	#14 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	As you all know, I have a new car. It's a 1998 GM Vectra GLS 2.0 with 8v. This is the panel with the same stereo system told by me in the sound thread and the little screen above is to a future GPS system. Me and my chief here in the car clube, but he has a nervous GM Corsa SS. Hope you like it! Last edited by Val : 02-14-2007 at 08:26 PM.

10-26-2006, 04:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	Your Golf is cool. I like all the in dash lights. Your rims look good. Heres mine

10-26-2006, 04:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	Hum, I looked and relized I dont have any photos of my car. Ill have to get some.

10-26-2006, 04:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	Just do it Rory to share with us.

10-27-2006, 12:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
yanjonm Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 1,448 My Profile	Nice ride, Val. Have you taken anyone on before?

10-29-2006, 06:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
bobrules Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: USA, NJ Posts: 68 My Profile	my money pit: www.irocz.net put on chrome version of the stock wheels (exact same wheel just in chrome) couple months ago...never took any pictures.

10-29-2006, 06:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	WOW your car is beautiful. I wish I owned it.

10-29-2006, 06:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	The Camaro ... it's really a nice car. At first sight, I thought it was a Pontiac Trans AM. Remember this car Eric?

11-12-2006, 12:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	So, you have a Golf like me, huh Kenny? Is it a GTi and turbo like mine? Speaking of turbo ... I'm having problens with mine... Damn!

02-14-2007, 09:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,583 My Profile	You have a nice car. The car looks great. Alot better than a VolksWagon.

02-15-2007, 12:21 AM	#16 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	Its nice, its a v8 huh, must be pretty powerful

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02-15-2007, 02:15 AM	#17 (permalink)
Samson The Cat currently without DSL :-( Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,284 My Profile	Vectra or Golf? Both don't come with V8s - at least here. Reason being the engine is installed orthogonally to the center-ine of the car. The most powerful engines installed in the Golf is a 3.2l V6 with 240 hp(?) (Golf R32). The strongest Opel engine for the Vectra of the product line was a 2.5l V6 with 195 hps. I don't know what's the top engine in the new Vectra. It's likely Val's Vectra doesn't have an Opel engine in it, but I doubt they redid the whole sideway-engine-concept. I bet it's a 16V R4 with about 2l displacement.

02-15-2007, 02:47 AM	#18 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,821 My Profile	We dont have a Vectra here at all. I guess it could be a saab 9-3 engine, thats the only comparable car we have with powerful engines.

02-18-2007, 07:22 PM	#19 (permalink)
Samson The Cat currently without DSL :-( Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,284 My Profile	The pictures are taken in front of an disused factory. I didn't wash my car before taking the pictures or in the last couple of months. My car is old 12 years old and because of the 11 winters and the salty roads that come with them it's rusty too. The wheel arcs are affected the most. I don't even have 4 identical hub caps. The ones on the passenger's side make the rims look even smaller. Yoo see the car isn't a hobby of mine, it's just a way to get from one point to another. The small engine looks exhausted but it still runs nicely and smoothly. Also I found that this 1.6 8V is more fuel economic than the 1.6 16V ecotec (I know someone who drives that engine) Although the car has been reliable - apart from one ripped v-belt, it never let me down in 150000 km - it still will most likely be scrapped by the end of the year. There's just too much rusted chassis parts plus insurance is pretty high for older cars. Last edited by Samson The Cat : 02-18-2007 at 07:32 PM.

02-18-2007, 07:50 PM	#20 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 8,156 My Profile	Woahhh ... it's a Vectra like mine! Well, at least is almost the same thing. What about your panel Samson? Is it the same as mine? I think the 1.6 engine is too weak for the Vectra. I think MINE is weak and I have a 2.0 with 8v engine huh? Last edited by Val : 02-18-2007 at 07:51 PM.