1988 Vauxhall Astra 1.3 Merit MkII
1988 Vauxhall Astra MkII in Black Books, TV Series, 2000-2004 Ep. 2.04
Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2010-10-23 19:42 |
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◊ 2010-10-23 20:22 |
Don't cry Leoz - at least it's not a Marina and no piano was sacrificed. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 20:51 |
Destroying a Kadett E/Astra MkII is a kind of cultural event since a while: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkHb-a_CGG4&feature=related .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2010-10-23 21:09 |
Very slow - 1812 Overture would have been more dramatic. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 22:29 |
 Indeed. I didn't know these two morons were still around. It won't be long until they run out of "instruments", though. In Germany, the Astra MkII equivalent is about to disappear from the streets- and the junkyards, too. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 22:33 |
Not just in Germany... Can't think of the last one I saw. Even the MK3 is getting scarce. As an aside the shape of these reminds me of a cockroach... Don't know why it just does. |
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Gomselmash11 ◊ 2010-10-23 22:40 |
Unfortunately, here in the Narcosur, garbage as the Chevrolet Astra / Vectrastra and other scars, here are abundant because in Brazil are sold very well and because people are assholes to buy. Very asshole to buy similar stuff. The example of the fragile is the most truthful. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 22:46 |
@Sandie: That's an appropriate comparison. I've never liked that car, too. Ubiquitous in the 80s and 90s, now forgotten. An uncle had a whole bunch of them a couple of years ago. They could be picked up for a couple of Euros (or sometimes for free) and were easy to fix. And those with the 1.8 and 2.0-litre-engines were quite agile. Besides, I reckon it was a better car than its hideous successor. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:00 |
According to Wikipedia the two most stolen cars in the UK were the Astra MK 2 and the Vauxhall Belmont (which was the saloon version). So someone must have liked them. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:03 |
I've never been a fan of this car, but I had to handle with it. Two former gril-friends and my wife were (always satisfied) Kadett E-drivers. A cheap made car with dull interior (the seats are causing butt-pain), but the technic was nearly unruinable. My wife's 1991 Kadett went to the shredder under its own power. And I must admit, that I made on a Kadett E like that /vehicle_64020-Opel-Kadett-1986.html my driving license. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:06 |
Or they were even easier than Fiestas to break into. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:08 |
There were some youth gangs, named "Crash Kids", in Germany in the early 90ies, who always took stolen Kadett E's for this purpose. But not this purpose: /vehicle_101236-Opel-Kadett.html The specialists for that preferred -also stolen- Audi A8. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:08 |
** Alert - ingo's talking about barbecues again. ** |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:10 |
In that cap we see another common use of such vehicles. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:11 |
Years ago, I think in the 80ies, there were many Fords stolen - with thin aluminium-made key-fakes, Readers Digest had put for PR-reason in their mailing-pieces. Someone has found out, that with that "keys" you could open ca.25%-30% of some Ford-models of the early 80ies. |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:17 |
We should have a poll on the forum: What was more shit Astra MK2/Kadette E or Nova/Corsa A? |
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◊ 2010-10-23 23:23 |
Compared to their real primitive Fords-rivals they weren't not the worst shit. |
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◊ 2010-10-24 03:41 |
I actually like the Astra MK2/Kadett E. I've always liked Vauxhalls, until... 1993 when they released the Corsa and then they became boring in my opinion. The Astra MK2 is my favourite Vauxhall, it was a popular boy-racer car back in the 80's and 90's over here, before all the chavvy modifying came into play. Pity now there are hardly any MK2's left. The only real problems they had were rust (like all old Vauxhalls), the digital speedometer not working correctly and the biggest flaw - Bad security and locks. Most were stolen. Today you still see a lot of MK3's around, in fact I see one almost every day, often in a good condition. Pity then for me that they aren't MK2's.  |
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◊ 2010-10-24 12:50 |
There was also a story that the earliest remote locking devices on eg Peugeots and Renaults used the same wavelengths as remote units for TVs and VCRs. Therefore the cars could be unlocked by the TV controls several people were found guilty of car theft because they had TV controls in their pockets when arrested. I also liked the reverse possibility - someone unlocks their Renault and all the TVs in the street change channel. |
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Gomselmash11 ◊ 2010-10-24 18:39 |
GREAT! |
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◊ 2023-05-19 16:44 |
Origin Germany |
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◊ 2024-09-22 14:17 |
Model Astra S Merit Engine Size 1297 W0L00033J2774638 W0L = Vauxhall Motors Ltd. 0000 = no special vehicle 33 = Sedan 2-door hatchback J = 1988 2 = Bochum (Germany) 774638 = serial number -- Last edit: 2024-09-23 03:57:07 |
