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Originally posted by Knockside:
Lovely 20vt for sale on Ebay... hmmm!

a what?

Twenty valves.
Turbo.

Fiat Coupe.

oh i see, nice cars those. Only problem is that most ive seen are either that hideous yellow or dark green which is just as bad

Great cars for the money though!

brother in law owned two astra gte, one mk1, the best of em in my opinion, lovely recaro seats, cracking engine and handling in a different league to the quick, but wooden mk2...both were very reliable, very econmical for what they were, and easily maintained!!....a good un at a grand or less is, in my opinion, a good buy..they are getting rare now and a well maintained, well cared for example should provide reliable, different, economical depreciation free motoring for many years...

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Originally posted by craigjm:
oh i see, nice cars those. Only problem is that most ive seen are either that hideous yellow or dark green which is just as bad

mines that lovely mettalic burgundy...i love the car and you wont buy much else for the money that has the bangs per bucks ratio...

Noop, you won't at that!
Unless you go for 2 wheels, of course!

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Originally posted by h3ro:
my bruv is looking to buy a 1990 Astra GTE, he can afford the price of the car which is around a grand but hes not sure about the running costs. is it worth buying or would it be too costly to run? its a sporty car and i think he should buy something sensible but he really wants to buy it but hes not sure he can afford to run it.

I used to have a 1990 GTE 16V & it got nicked!

I replaced with a Peugeot 306 XS as I was too scared to buy another full fat hot hatch at that time.