Spotted cv8 canterbury

[Powermaster1]

1pm old Dover road canterbury silver cv8 series 1

[Codswallop]

'Twas most probably me

I was following a newish 1 series from the cricket ground - was that you by any chance?

Also had a nice chat with a chap while out shopping earlier today. Love how these cars get such a good reaction

[Powermaster1]

Hi mate I was traveling int the other direction caught site of you at the last minute sounds nice though

[Codswallop]

I'm guessing you were driving something other than your Monaro? Would have been good to stop for a chat otherwise (and to hear your new exhaust!).

Sadly I'm just in Canterbury to visit family, then back to Cornwall where I'm currently living. Shame that most of the meets are so far away now!

[Powermaster1]

Yes I was in my wife's car , that's the problem with having cars that are rare in this country there scattered all over the place

[Codswallop]

Makes the thrill of seeing/ hearing one that much better though!

Best thing is that our cars are always owned by enthusiasts. No one buys one by accident just because it's the most expensive version of the 3 series or A6 - people buy them cos they just want one

[Powermaster1]

That's right I've had mine 5 years and I waited 6 years until I found the one I wanted it was the beach run on top gear that made my mind up I've always been into the big vauxhall/GM brand my first was a Opel commodore gse coupe that got me hooked then 1 monza 3 Carlton gsi's and now the monaro my boys want it left to them I my will!

[Codswallop]

The beach run on Top Gear did it for me too Jez Clarkson also included a Monaro in 9th place in one of his books in a top 10 garage list, which just sealed the deal for me

Good car to have passed down in the family too. Lucky kids!

[mfp4073]

Ive tried to find part two of this episode, Sadly part one is all I can find. When Clarkson put his foot down and thundered off into the distance and said, (something like) 'it does what a muscle car should..it puts a great big smile on your face'.......
From that point on I was sold...I had to have one. I wonder if he has any idea how much of an effect this episode had on petrol heads?

[Powermaster1]

My son watches Dave avidly and he surprised me and taped (recorded on the Digi box)the whole episode so I have it for posterity. I watch it every now and again as mine is the same model and colour glad though mine wasn't used as all that sand and sea water must have been disastrous to the underside of the car.

[mfp4073]

I'm sure someone on here owned that very car. I believe Vauxhall super cleaned the car after that episode. The car suffered no ill effects from the salt bath .......which is nice to know

[Powermaster1]

I heard a while ago that someone in rotchester had it and also it had been sprayed white as it was on eBay in that colour

[MedwayMonaro]

Powermaster1 said:

I heard a while ago that someone in rotchester had it and also it had been sprayed white as it was on eBay in that colour

That would be me. It was not sprayed white though! It was fairly clean underneath although it has been rust treated since that episode.

[Powermaster1]

Do you still own it ?

[MedwayMonaro]

No I sold it quite a while ago to fund the purchase of a charged one..

[Powermaster1]

Do you still own it ?

[Powermaster1]

It must have been good owning the holly grail car that literally made most of us want one because Vauxhall didn't really advertise the car it was basically your car on top gear that did all the work

[mfp4073]

Powermaster1 said:

It must have been good owning the holly grail car that literally made most of us want one because Vauxhall didn't really advertise the car it was basically your car on top gear that did all the work

Very true, I could never understand why Vauxhall went to the trouble of importing these cars, but never really advertised the fact. If it wasn't for Top Gear they might have had a really hard time shifting them. When you think about it Monaro's and VXR8's were quite rare when new, and 14yrs later, they are almost mythical. Still at least most petrol heads know what these cars are about.

Edited by mfp4073 on Saturday 6th January 11:58

[Powermaster1]

That's right it's as though Vauxhall didn't want to sell the car , as in oz under the Holden name and America as the Pontiac they really sold well. If when you check how many Vauxhall sold from monaro through to vxr8 the figures don't really stand out as record breaking