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The #Corsa with two working headlights, and a reminder where the temperature sensor goes.. #CarMaintenance #Opel #Vauxhall #AutoRepair
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TIL: replacing #headlight bulb on #Opel / #Vauxhall #Corsa C is a cursed job, requires lowering whole entire bumper to get the headlight unit out and then the ambient temperature sensor needs to be put back into the bumper..
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I've mostly always driven #superminis and am regularly on the road late at night - whilst I've noticed other drivers take more chances if I'm in something like the shed of an #Opel / #Vauxhall #Corsa we use as a fleet car, I rarely get bother in the #VWPolo - but I suspect many they see a brown man who looks younger than he is, think "he's probably got a knife in the door card" and their paranoia is the only thing stopping any conflict..
Today, another white Vauxhall Astra GTE - but this one is the second-generation model introduced in 1984, a sister to the Opel Kadett E. The Mk2 Astra was very similar to yesterday’s Mk1 under the skin but got a new, more rounded aero look in the (jelly) mould of the Ford Sierra and the C3 Audi 100. Sales received a boost with the arrival of the 16-valve ‘red top’ engine in 1988. Photographed at the British Motor Museum in January 2024.
It’s Astra day again today. Or at least it is if you are an aficionado of Vauxhalls rather than Opels - the German sister of these first-generation Vauxhall Astras was still badged as a Kadett. A few weeks ago @MarSolRivas mentioned something about the Russian authorities putting more powerful Astra engines in their Lada Nivas and I promised to post some sporty Astras. This is the GTE, introduced 1983, a rival to the VW Golf GTI. Snapped: British Motor Museum.
When I posted about the Vauxhall Victor, a few people mentioned the Cavalier. Launched in 1975, this was based on the second-generation Opel Ascona but borrowed its sloping nose from the Manta coupé. While the Cavalier wasn’t as big as the Victor, it presented an attractive alternative for Vauxhall buyers and probably contributed to the Victor fading away, itself to be replaced by an adapted Opel model, the Carlton. Snapped: British Motor Museum
