Vaushall VX200

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Sun 23 Feb 2003 20:17
Vaushall VX200 - clariman
... or whatever it is called.

Saw one in the flesh today, the Lotus Elise wannabe.

Looks nice enough, anyone here own one? What's it like?

clariman
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Sun 23 Feb 2003 21:50
Vaushall VX200 - Honestjohn
Quite a nice, raw sort of drive. Like an Elise, with a better engine (as long as you change the oil every 5k miles so the oil feed to the cam chain tensioner doesn't get blocked).

HJ
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Mon 24 Feb 2003 10:29
Vaushall VX200 - Alfafan {P}
My son had one for while. He let me "look after" it for a fortnight while he was on holiday. Notwithstanding that it was January, we managed to put 1,100 miles on it without ever getting more than 40 miles from home. Any excuse, and off we'd go. Even trips out for milk would last half an hour. Best fun you can have while not lying down! Fabulous car. Arrival of sprog meant he had to sell it.

PS it's a VX220
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Mon 24 Feb 2003 10:30
Vaushall VX200 - Toad, of Toad Hall.
chain tensioner


Is that the 2.2 engine out of the old Carlton?
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These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Toads.
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Mon 24 Feb 2003 10:33
Vaushall VX200 - Homme van Blanc
No. It's a brand new aluminium engine.

The same one in the SRi 2.2 150bhp Vectra saloon I believe.
Service intervals 20000 or annually.
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Mon 24 Feb 2003 10:34
Vaushall VX200 - Dynamic Dave
The same one in the SRi 2.2 150bhp Vectra saloon I
believe.


And the same one that's in my Vectra CDi ;o) Goes like poo off a stick.
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Mon 24 Feb 2003 11:55
Vaushall VX200 - Dan J
Nope :) Yet more ammunition for Vectra 20k service intervals... The VX220 intervals are in fact 10000 miles apart.

Vx dealer allowed me to drive one of these whilst trying to pacify me for a Vectra related incident. Very fast and it felt good to drive. Very low output for an engine this size, bhp-wise I couldn't help feel.

It'll also be prone to coil burnout as well, along similar lines to the VW issue.

Big the biggest laugh of all - Would you buy a new one of these and then trust a Vauxhall dealership to go anywhere near the thing as regards servicing? My local one is incapable of even managing an oil change properly.
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