Vauxhall Senator

[47p2]

27 years since I bought my Senator and it cost around this price back then. The only car I wish I had never sold...


Click (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132286581359)

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[Audidothat]

Senator - Will forever remind me of getting stopped for speeding on the M4!
Did you get the full 7k? That is a strong price, well done!!

[47p2]

This isn't my car, I owned mine back in 1980 and wish i had kept it.

[1781cc]

Room for another? I wish I hadn't rolled my MK1 Astra SRI, loved that car.

Funny how some stick in your mind, you have a chance to buy another, I wont get a chance to find a MK1 ever again

[Johnmed]

That does look nice, but at £7k, I'm not so sure.

[tintin]

That does look nice, but at £7k, I'm not so sure.

Agreed - almost 10 years older than a FE D2 S8, and asking for a premium over one of those. I don't think so.

[Dezzy]

Room for another? I wish I hadn't rolled my MK1 Astra SRI, loved that car.

Funny how some stick in your mind, you have a chance to buy another, I wont get a chance to find a MK1 ever again

Were the Mk1's not SR's as they were on carb's? had a twin choke Webber on mine. GTE's were injected 1800 units. Great fun cars. Only recently got shot of a piar of front recaro's front one.

[1781cc]

Yup, you are right, it was a carb car, don't know why I put the i

It's was a great in all but engine, all black, loved it

[Dezzy]

Yup, you are right, it was a carb car, don't know why I put the i

It's was a great in all but engine, all black, loved it

The MK2 was an SRI and the Cavilier. MK1 Astra should go to the cool wall +++

[tonupkid]

That Senator, same colour as the one I had (1988). I agree, one of the best car's I've had. It's worth repeating how similar they are to the D3's. Just look at it against your signature picture :love:
I bought a Mk 1 Astra GTE for one of our salesmen (don't ask). Strewth it flew, but you had to keep it screaming. Massive fun for sprinting about but I think not the best for distances.
Both the Senator and GTE had digital dash boards which were panned in every review I saw. I liked them, they were clear and delivered what you needed to know. You could switch between MPH & KPH by holding down, I think it was, the trip reset button. Discreetly putting it into KPH was a great way of winding up unsuspecting passengers.
SWMBO had a Cavalier 2.0i CD 1990. Another good car. Very comfy, cruised effortlessly @ 90 all day. And, despite what all the reviews said, It could take being chucked round the corners. A bit of a Jekyll & Hyde :D

[The_Laird]

Sometimes I wonder if it's my medication, but this is just fugly IMHO, inside and out!

[tonupkid]

Sometimes I wonder if it's my medication, but this is just fugly IMHO, inside and out!

Not your medication, it's the lack of a D3 in your life. Your aesthetics are still undeveloped. There's hope, but I'm not holding my breath:)

[tintin]

Your aesthetics are still undeveloped.

Very harsh Nick - you could just have said underdeveloped...

[tintin]

Sometimes I wonder if it's my medication, but this is just fugly IMHO, inside and out!

The meds may be playing a part Jim, but any '90s electronic dash is bound to look naff, and the styling's not too hot either. Having said that, it's probably better quality than anything Vauxhall have produced since :(

[47p2]

That Senator, same colour as the one I had (1988). I agree, one of the best car's I've had. It's worth repeating how similar they are to the D3's. Just look at it against your signature picture :love:

I went to Northern Ireland with my mate a couple or three years ago to look at buying a 'mint' manual Senator after exchanging 20+ emails with the vendor, a very rare beast in manual as I had never seen one before but was assured it was 100% genuine. On arriving I met another mate at Larne and walked over to the Asda car park where the car was waiting for my arrival. It looked low...very low, a quick shuffty underneath revealed a set of lowered springs:):Confused: Then under the bonnet revealed the remainder of the automatic gear selector cables. That was enough for us, we were out. Only problem was the guy had driven 60 miles to get to the ferry and wasn't happy and wanted compensation. My mate's 6'3" and built like the proverbial brick s**thouse so he decided enough was enough and told the guy to get on his bike. That's when the s**t hit the fan and a Transit van with 3 bears arrived like a scene out of the Sweeney. They jumped out the van and they took a look at the size of my mate and decided to jump back in the van and leg it before WW3 started...:ROFL

What I couldn't believe was just how small it was compared to the A8.

[Dezzy]

Both the Senator and GTE had digital dash boards which were panned in every review

:tuttut: MK2 had the digi dash Mk1's were (Astra's that is, never been in a Senator)
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16674&stc=1&d=1502183378