Not enough, that my first project didn't start except for transport to my pal - no, another story happens!
To start from the beginning:
For years I wanted a hatchback V6. Just 4.631 were ever produced. One of the smallest amount after the legendary Turbo (about 2.250 produced). But small production figures means also small amount of available cars.
To make it short, most of the cars are gone and the leftovers are junk. You have to know: even in Germany just 20(!) hatchback V6 are still on road. For comparison: there are 58 Turbos in Germany on the road....
After different years of searching there was chance to get one!
I found it at autoscout24. Located in Tilburg, Netherlands. But how to do? I called my pal and he was quickly convinced that this car could be the jackpot. We contacted the seller (a car seller) and told him that we wanted to see the car on April, 2nd.Tilburg is from Leipzig manageable 560 km (350 mls) away, in one day nearly not feasable (you can do it but you will need some time after it
).My pal came to Leipzig last Sunday (no April's fool...) and we started after breakfast at 11a.m. om Monday (holiday in Germany). Two small breaks later we arrived at Tilburg a 6 p.m.
The next day (Tuesday) we arrived 9.30 a.m. at the seller. He was totally surprised that some crazy people really keep the word and drove the long way!
And there it was:
Nova Black, automatic transmission, velours, A/C, headlight wipers, check control and four electric windows. We looked for nearly an hour for the diseases but there were just some small things which are not so good. Front wings with little rust and one rear inner door trim with detached vinyl.
Rear arches in good shape but engine oil-water-cooler disintegrated and therefore "haselnut cream" in cooling system. No problems so far. To make it short: I bought it for a really low price! We managed to get export plates (the white ones, valid 14 days).
We started at 1 p.m. at Tilburg and arrived after few stops 9 p.m. in Leipzig. My pal drove the Vectra, I drove my wife's car.
Today I wanted to drive the car for myself for a further way. We filled up and started surprisingly in Leipzig.
Small V6 at the Monument to the battle of the Nations.
A coffee, a walk and an ice cream later:
Maybe someone recognizes the place?
Little famous in Britain.And two photos at Pödelwitz, a really, reallye small village near Leipzig which will be destroyed due to the enlargement of a strip mine.
More to come!
The Denkmal is 5 mins away if you go by car.
