Opinions wanted

[karlgurney]

I keep seeing people asking for advice on what new car to buy and read them with interest, so i thought i would have a go and ask the rest of the WSCC for there advice,

I'm not really into buying new cars and rarely want to spend over £800 on a car to just drive to work and back and maybe 300-500 miles a month on the motorway.

I've seen a few of the cavalier gls i's going for silly money like £300.  I would idealy like a 16v motor which one is better to go for? the gls or the sri?

Cheers

Karl

[zoso]

my dad had two SRi's when they were new... pretty much bulletproof

They did however get nicked, both of them, the ignition barrel sized solid on the second one on a especially hot day in the south of france.

And the exhaust rattled after a french railways employee bounced the car off a train...

quick tho.

[S8ight]

last time i went to the auctions they where giving cav's away free with bacon butties  

[pistonbroke]

Like karl says bullet proof really , watch for g'box drive train on high miles examples .

I ran a Glsi. bit heavier then the Sri and a bit softer suspension but quite fast . f/r arbs as standard but the worst part was the steering ,low geared and no power assist

Insurance is silly for what you pay for em and 30 mpg is tops .

[karlgurney]

I used to have a 8v sri about 5 years ago and loved it great car, looking to get a 16 valver whats the big difference between the redtop and the ecotec engines i'm not to fussed about mpg really if i was spending £15k plus on a car then maybe it would be a factor but when you only spend a few hundred quid on a car you can afford the extra petrol costs thats the way i see it  

[Big Bad Ben]

This is what you want!  

Not a chavalier, but it is 16v and injected AND you can take the roof off

£895 ono (discount for WSCC members! )

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