29 years ago

Isambard

...we bought a grey Opel Kadett



..today we bought another Grey Opel



Same Dealer, Same SALESMAN.

(Same wife in the picture)

Dravokivich

Congrats on the kid! (assuming that's your son in passenger seat)

Isambard

Dravokivich wrote: »

Congrats on the kid! (assuming that's your son in passenger seat)

nope....

Odelay

Did you get much the trade in?

James Bond Junior

Odelay wrote: »

Did you get much the trade in?

He said it was the same wife!

Dakota Dan

Them mokka's are mokeeah

BrianD3

Dravokivich wrote:

Congrats on the kid! (assuming that's your son in passenger seat)

Isambard wrote: »

nope....

Fine head a hair on you - for an ould lad!

TheDriver

Is that Greenhall motors? Nice lads there

crasy dash

TheDriver wrote: »

Is that Greenhall motors? Nice lads there

My exact thoughts when I saw the picture,funny it was the hedge in the background I recognised from driving past on the way home to Charleville.

boardsuser1

Isambard wrote: »

...we bought a grey Opel Kadett



..today we bought another Grey Opel



Same Dealer, Same SALESMAN.

(Same wife in the picture)

I’m in love with that Kadette.

A very rare sight now.

vandriver

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I’m in love with that Kadette.

A very rare sight now.

I put up 70000 miles in a year in one doing courier work.Never missed a beat apart from a new clutch which was changed in half an hour.

StereoSound

I remembered my dad back when I was a kid wanting a Kadett, he bought a Nissan Bluebird instead though.
My friends father had a navy blue 3 dr 89' Kadett. Nice car in their day!

Isambard

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

I’m in love with that Kadette.

A very rare sight now.

it was a 1.3 LX, great car, never gave us any trouble.

GustavoFring

These are the kind of stories I like. Had many good memories being a kid in Kadetts, Asconas and Omegas.

Well wear with the new motor.

Dr_Colossus

Was that first picture taken in Co. Galway on the road between Screebe/Camus and Maam Cross.
Well wear in the new motor, I hope you got a good deal for repeat custom and the salesman recognised you all these years later.

Isambard

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Was that first picture taken in Co. Galway on the road between Screebe/Camus and Maam Cross.
Well wear in the new motor, I hope you got a good deal for repeat custom and the salesman recognised you all these years later.

very likely that would be the location. Spookey

TheDriver

GustavoFring wrote: »

These are the kind of stories I like. Had many good memories being a kid in Kadetts, Asconas and Omegas.

Well wear with the new motor.

Omegas? Very fancy. Loved the omega CD wheels and the ascona GL

AMKC

Isambard wrote: »

...we bought a grey Opel Kadett



..today we bought another Grey Opel



Same Dealer, Same SALESMAN.

(Same wife in the picture)

Lovely classy car. Well wear. Do you intend to keep that one for 30 years as well?

boardsuser1

GustavoFring wrote: »

These are the kind of stories I like. Had many good memories being a kid in Kadetts, Asconas and Omegas.

Well wear with the new motor.

Don’t forget Manta’s

jca

Had an 88 Kadette as a company car it was brilliant. 1.6 petrol it had well over 100,000 miles on it when it was traded in. It was still knocking around the area up to about 2 years ago. The heater matrix started leaking, it was a simple slide out job to replace. Great car.

coolbeans

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

Don’t forget Manta’s

...or Rekords.

Doltanian

You'll find the old 89 to be alot more reliable, Modern Opels are junk, same category as Renaults and the rest of the French junk in my opinion.

TheDriver

Doltanian wrote: »

You'll find the old 89 to be alot more reliable, Modern Opels are junk, same category as Renaults and the rest of the French junk in my opinion.

Give the man his day of glory with his new car. French junk is still better than Toyota or audi in this day and age

Doltanian

TheDriver wrote: »

Give the man his day of glory with his new car. French junk is still better than Toyota or audi in this day and age

Toyota>Audi>French Junk in reality.

boardsuser1

coolbeans wrote: »

...or Rekords.

Or Monza’s :pac:

TheDriver

Doltanian wrote: »

Toyota>Audi>French Junk in reality.

Maybe 29 years ago when Kadett trumped them all.

boardsuser1

StereoSound wrote: »

I remembered my dad back when I was a kid wanting a Kadett, he bought a Nissan Bluebird instead though.
My friends father had a navy blue 3 dr 89' Kadett. Nice car in their day!

A Nissan Bluebird, Jesus, the childhood memories are flooding back.

The neighbour had a 1986 saloon, great car.

I don’t care what people say, today’s cars are sh1te next to all the oldies mentioned in this thread.

boardsuser1

TheDriver wrote: »

Maybe 29 years ago when Kadett trumped them all.

Even the Audi Quattro?

TheDriver

Except it's fond memories through rose tinted glasses. Majority of cars were fairly wrecked by 100k miles and weren't very comfortable in reality.

JoeA3

Cork Truck Driver wrote: »

A Nissan Bluebird, Jesus, the childhood memories are flooding back.

The neighbour had a 1986 saloon, great car.

I don’t care what people say, today’s cars are sh1te next to all the oldies mentioned in this thread.

I’ve fond memories of some cars mentioned here also. I remember my posh neighbours having a Bluebird. I thought it was the bees knees. Even had an electric aerial!

But let’s not get too carried away. It’s rose tinted glasses stuff. Any of us on here would be in for a serious shock to the system if you got transported back to 1989 and drove any of those cars of that era for a week. They’d feel absolutely prehistoric in every way imaginable compared to what you’re used to today.

bazz26

My father had a Nissan Bluebird back in 1989. Was a 3 month old ex demo top of the range facelift model compared to your standard paddy spec cars back then. Think it was 1.8 or 2.0 litre. Had everything you needed including remote central locking which was relatively unheard of in a run of the mill car. Paint started bubbling on the doors and rust forming just below the window frames though after two years and he traded it for a Carina II not long after that.

goodluckduck

Love this post. Sorry if you said, but did you keep the Kadett for 29 years or did you move it on since?

Atlantic Dawn

I loved the look of the Bluebirds, I've not idea of the BHP of them, they could have been complete sheds.

Dakota Dan

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I loved the look of the Bluebirds, I've not idea of the BHP of them, they could have been complete sheds.

I had 2 1.6 bluebirds wouldn't pull the socks off a dead man also rust buckets. The last one I had started leaking in the floor, all datsuns and nissans were rust buckets.

Dakota Dan

MentalMario wrote: »

Was in a Kadett with 12 other passengers and a driver when I was a kid going to a match. Not a seat belt between us. Good times.

13 of ye? Ye must've been very small.

ELM327

I'd prefer the Kadett :P

Are you selling?

bear1

You know.. You should go back to the same spot and take the same picture

Dakota Dan

bear1 wrote: »

You know.. You should go back to the same spot and take the same picture

He can't take the same picture, he could take another one though.

Isambard

what? go to Galway again? Is it compulsory?

Isambard

ELM327 wrote: »

I'd prefer the Kadett :P

Are you selling?

Yep send ,me your bank account details....

Isambard

goodluckduck wrote: »

Love this post. Sorry if you said, but did you keep the Kadett for 29 years or did you move it on since?

Replaced with a Fiat Tipo in 1992

bear1

Dakota Dan wrote: »

He can't take the same picture, he could take another one though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfOqXFcycB8

road_high

vandriver wrote: »

I put up 70000 miles in a year in one doing courier work.Never missed a beat apart from a new clutch which was changed in half an hour.

Simple reliability. No electronics, egr valves, DPFs or any of the other unreliable and expensive non sense on new cars.

road_high

GustavoFring wrote: »

These are the kind of stories I like. Had many good memories being a kid in Kadetts, Asconas and Omegas.

Well wear with the new motor.

We went allover the country (totally unrestrained) in one. They were part of the motoring scene, like Hyundai are today. It's a shame Opel went into such decline.

Dakota Dan

road_high wrote: »

Simple reliability. No electronics, egr valves, DPFs or any of the other unreliable and expensive non sense on new cars.

I've a Mazda 6 2007 with 300k km 180k miles on the clock and still going strong with only normal wear and tear. Newer cars have too much extras though. I saw a thread recently where a 2016 Tucson with brake assist was braking during normal driving, surely drivers don't need assistance with something that is only a tap of their foot away.

bazz26

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I loved the look of the Bluebirds, I've not idea of the BHP of them, they could have been complete sheds.

Dakota Dan wrote: »

I had 2 1.6 bluebirds wouldn't pull the socks off a dead man also rust buckets. The last one I had started leaking in the floor, all datsuns and nissans were rust buckets.

For the most part the engines were geriatric in terms of design and power except for the very rare ZX turbo version. The diesel was prehistoric but they were the Skoda Octavia of their day with taxi drivers.

fancy pigeon

bazz26 wrote: »

For the most part the engines were geriatric in terms of design and power except for the very rare ZX turbo version. The diesel was prehistoric but they were the Skoda Octavia of their day with taxi drivers.

We had one as a taxi in the 90's, 2.0D. 88MH717

Had more gearboxes installed than tyres and after 300k miles was traded in at the 10 year mark. Parts were expensive too (links for the back were expensive and often went for example)

Wasn't rotten from what I remember, but a dog slow car

Left the road at a sharp bridge once, I'll never forget the bang when it landed again

bazz26

They handled like a barge so only liked straight roads.

JoeA3

I remember they were loaded up with kit when they were on their runout. Electric everything, colour coded bumpers, trim, etc. The Primera that replaced it looked very dreary in comparison.

StereoSound

My Dad's Nissan's bluebird didn't rust at all... It was an 87' 1.8 SLX in silver... he had the car from 1990 to 1997 and not much trouble and 100% no rust. The starter motor did go on it around 96' though but look wear and tear. Big comfy car and we loved it as kids... And there was a cool looking bonnet vent even though the car had no turbo.... However there was a turbo version.

The reg of our bluebird was 87D 14773.... Wonder is it still out there.

B-D-P--

Im supprised how many 181 regs there are already