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[swordfish]

anybody ever owned or drove a calibra v6 
 opinions please 

[Keith ABS]

  My eldest bought a V6 manual with stage one chip, gmax 40mm lowered all round and other bits. Drove really well, good power cuvre with that chip which optimised everything and gave him 5 mpg over his 2 litre 8v. Suffered the normal V6 oil cooler failure though, but we all know about them

Keith B

[Omegatoy]

loads of ex police ones and 2 or 3 ones ive repaired,nice cars BUT scrabblers when trying to push on a bit!

[tigers_gonads]

anybody ever owned or drove a calibra v6 
 opinions please

I know a young lady that used to have one with a 3ltr lump fitted
Lets just say it really flew 

[swordfish]

Thinking building one of these              http://www.autods.net/calibra/     if only vauxhall would have made the rear wheel drive

[tigers_gonads]

Thinking building one of these              http://www.autods.net/calibra/     if only vauxhall would have made the rear wheel drive

Mmmm, the one I knew was black with gold BBS style alloys and a full DTM body kit c/w ironing board spoiler 
Not normally my cup of tea but it did look good or was it Kat's more then ample bosom 

[swordfish]

RWD V8 LS1   

[EMD]

anybody ever owned or drove a calibra v6 
 opinions please

Nearly bought one of those in auto flavour , was a bit too low for me but nice looking car in ice blue  Still quite a few around for sale . Body kit looks good , but not good for speed humps around here 

[05omegav6]

4x4 version should solve most traction issues...

[swordfish]

not sure if i should look for a V6 / 16V RED TOP on carbs /  or turbo   

[05omegav6]

not sure if i should look for a V6 / 16V RED TOP on carbs /  or turbo   

One with an MoT is probably a good starting point...

[ckz]

i it helps.
i bought a brand new one when they just came out.
what a waste of money.

i wanted a purple one with black leather and all the toys you could have.
as i ordered it when opel shut down for summer holidays i had to wait 3 month to be build..

finally arrived at the showroom.
as i signed paperwork, turned the key and drove it out the showroom the whole of the front bumper including spoiler fell off.

well, i endet up with a vectra garage car from them.
2 month later the new one came.

in red as purple wasnt available. less money too.
i agreed and had it.
60 miles down the road on the way home i endet up under a motorway bridge beacuse it started raining.

no. not because i didnt want the new car to get wet.
the sunroof didnt close and the wipers didnt work.

back to the garage. vectra for another 2 month.

got a black one at the end. buy the time i think we had a 40% cheaper brand new car. lol

on the way home the engine blow up. just as we reached 67 kilometer. ha ha.

back to the garage and bought a mercedes 190 E 2,5 which i had 5 years without problems.


bad experience on calibra, so no thanks. i would not buy one ever again. ( it was one of the the first v6 every build when they came out. )

[swordfish]

     ok . thanks

[drinksoptional]

Loved my calibra    regret selling it  always  got attention  and was fun car on the twisty roads  still want another .   

There is a guy doing a  monaro /ponitc gto  rear wheel v8 conversion
suilt  racing or something

[ckz]

 
maybe interesting.

don't give me wrong, that is my personal experience with this car.
i wasn't happy about it and for the money i suposse spend, which i got back completly, it should be a perfect car.

if i wouldn't have this experience i may would go for another one.
they look nice.

but burned kit avoids fire.

anyway, now with 2 dogs and want my comfortable space i dont think it would suit my needs. ha ha
would also look stupid with a caravan on the back.