Hellooooo all

[Spud Murphy]

Hello there peeps

My names alex, but i prefer being called Spud (nice nickname) as thats what everyone in the entire world calls me

Im 16, just your typical teenager, i have a scooter, but i can assure you im not a chav ;D.  I am part of 2 scooter clubs (Thanet Scooterists + South Coast Pirates S.C.), and will be getting a Vespa PK 100 this year.

My grandad owned a Cavalier GL from new, he retired early, and as a result the car was only used two or three times a week to go shopping and to church.  As a result of under-use the car was never very reliable, it never got to properly stretch its 1600cc legs on an open road, which was a shame

The car was an A reg. 1.6 auto, in green with a matching, brilliant condition interior sadly in its later years it suffered from dreaded surfast rust (as most do lol).  When my grandad died in 2006, me and my mum had to bring gran to live with us in Kent, and as my grandparents lived in Essex, we had to make an 160 mile round trip every weekend to check the house was ok whilst we were trying to sell it.  Then attention turned to the Cav, and at that moment in time (and still now until we move house in the next month or so) we have an awqward to get into parking space, so we can only park our Astra in it.  Sadly this meant at the tender age of 13 i had to decide if i wanted to spend all my money renting a garage and storing the car until i had the knowledge to work on it, or crush it.  The worst decision iv ever had to make, but after a long think the maths just didnt work in favour of keeping the car and she had to be crushed :'( :'(

I have regretted seeing her being loaded onto the back of the flat bed and being driven away down the road ever since, it still makes me sad now just thinking about it.  But i have decided i will have another mk2 in my life again!! and will give it the life it deserves!! ;D

anyways thats my Cav. life story over hope you enjoyed it.

Spud

[Guest I_JEREMY]

Welcome to the club mate,nice story,shame you had to let her go to the crusher,but circumstances and all that. Hope you enjoy your time here.  8)

[Spud Murphy]

cheerz Abocav, il do my best mate ;D

just had a look at some pics of 08 events and found a car thats identical to my grandads from what i can see, bar the wheels, dunno if someone on here owns it?

http://www.mk2cav.com/body/main/events/2008events/for%20site/frostbite035_edited27.JPG

perfect colour!! ;D

[Spud Murphy]

aha, this is the text from the pics of that Cav.

"Shortly after we were settled Kev and Paul turned up in the leaf green cav (which you may remember me finding and posting on the forum and that Kev had come to the rescue of). In it's own way this car became the real show stopper for me and certainly drew more admiring glances than many would care to admit. There was such interest in the car that we left the Priory for an excursion to the Ibis car park to allow others to check out the car in person before it got to dark to see it's base spec green awesomeness."

lovely car! looks just perfect :-\

[kensascona]

that would be the one owned by frisco  8)

[Frisco]

That is indeed mine. The trims have been removed and it now has the standard ones on, it also has the mental green interior.

Oh and welcome to the club

[Spud Murphy]

The trims have been removed and it now has the standard ones on, it also has the mental green interior.

the trim looked like the standard ones to me

and got to love the green interior ;D with the leather backing to the seats, and didnt it have a green dash as well? (cant remember back 4 years lol)

thats one mighty fine green machine you have there sir!!

[Frisco]

Na its a base so the standard wheels are just the silver steels with centre caps. Green dash, green carpet, green headliner, green everything ;D

[Spud Murphy]

Na its a base so the standard wheels are just the silver steels with centre caps

iv got to of the centre caps, and one of the ashtrays from the rear doof, and the badging off the back, and a few other things, its what i could scavange in 2 minutes before it got taken away lol.  And the wheels in the pic were the only difference between my grandads and yours.....well and the condition of the body

[Matt O-SRi]

Welcome to the club mate. Is that your grandads old estate in the scrappy in your avatar pic? 

[Spud Murphy]

no, and if it was his car id be sat here crying my eyes out lol :angel:

its there to remind me of what i never want to see a mk2 look like if i can stop it from happening! and i dont think the scrappage scheme would of helped our plight much...