EASY TO STEAL ? BUT RELIABLE (Vauxhall Nova)

Member Name: ingham_20

Product:	Vauxhall Nova
Date:	20/05/05 (1455 review reads)
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Advantages: reliable, good handling, performance

Disadvantages: VERY EASY TO STEAL, quite expensive parts

My experience of having a vauxhall nova. Well, it was my second car my first being a fiesta 1.1, i bought this vauxhall nova off ebay for £350 it was a J-reg 1.2i luxe plus.

When i got it home it smelt of petrol constantly even after scrubbing it inside out. So when i had it on the drive way i noticed something leaking at the back of the car which turned out to be petrol. I then couldn't drive it because it was dangerous. i asked my uncle to have a quick look at it he said get the parts and he will do it.
Now the interesting part for people wishing to get a nova, i went to many breakers yards, scrap yards and i must of rang 30 companies up asking if they had this certain petrol tank in stock i couldn't find one anywhere like gold dust.
I was then told by someone that this certain model the luxe plus 1992 the petrol tanks were different to a normal 1.2. so my hunt continued after 3 weeks of getting the bus to work, getting up earlier for work i had found one it cost me £90 it was a replica of the original tank. i then asked my uncle to fit it which took 3 hours of hard work and hey presto my nova was back on the road.
i then wanted to fit my bass box,amp etc which was a simple ebough process, it was at this point that i discovered that when my engine was started i could take my key out and it would still run which meant that i had to stall it to cut it out. this was not a major issue. so there i was with my barnd new petrol tank, my amp and sub and my jvc face off driving round the streets of wythenshawe.
Until one day i came out of my girlfriends house and it was like where did i park my car, someone had stolen it. cut a long story short i ended up getting my car back and my stuff because i knew who took it. i ended up selling the car along with my fiesta for £150 which was a bargain only to hear 2 weeks later that the nova then got stolen and burnt out a sad day for my little nova.

so there we have it folks if you buy a nova luxe plus then please check the petrol tank and also put as much security on it too. apart from my bad experience i think that they handle well, pick up quite easy and they are reliable for an old car which is all you need to get from A - B.

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