David WilkinsFeb 27

Another 1980s Vauxhall from last year’s Festival of the Unexceptional - the top of the range Senator, a rebadged version of the second-generation Opel Senator. Vauxhall had also previously sold the first generation Senator, but under the model name Royale. The Senator was well regarded but was not replaced.

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Show threadHeather KavanaghFeb 27

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I owned Carlton estates for many years (still really miss the last one, a CDX that succumbed to tin worm). I always thought it a shame there wasn’t an estate Senator. That would have been something.

Show threadDavid WilkinsFeb 27
@snaptophobic As chance would have it, I'll have a big Vauxhall estate for you in tomorrow's post...
Show threadPhil Thane ✅Feb 27
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1980 I bought a used Chevette. It was cheap to run and nippy around town. Not bad on longer runs either, though the seats were a bit lacking. When the sills rusted a friend made new ones out of an old fridge carcase!
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@pthane @davidwilkins @snaptophobic hey. So did I. Ran it for a few years and went miles in it.
Also drove a number of cavalier hatches as a taxi driver and afterwards. Really liked vauxhall during that period about 1985 through to 2006. We found them to be great workhorses as a family.
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