Conference terri::cars_uk

1021.0. "Astra SRi wheel trims: 20 QUID A TIME!!" by SAC::DELANY_S () Thu Apr 12 1990 15:56

    Thanks to some unmentionable individual in Heathrow's short-term car
    park, my Astra SRi is now minus all its wheel trims (you know, those
    lovely spiral-design things with the red Vauxhall `griffin' in the
    centre).
    
    I've noticed in the past few days several sporty Vauxhalls that have
    clearly had their wheel trims removed by a method other than hitting a
    kerb. This appears to be a new variation on the fad of nicking VW
    badges.
    
    Having enquired of my local Vauxhall dealer as to the price of these
    things, I was staggered to discover that wheel trims for a Vauxhall
    Astra SRi are 20 quid ***EACH*** (oh, plus VAT, by the way). That's 100
    quid, just to cover your wheels! I couldn't believe it... I'm sure car
    fleet won't be very impressed. To cap it all, I was in the short-term
    car park just for one day, which cost nearly 20 quid as well. There's
    also a shortage of wheel trims for SRis, and there won't be any in
    stock for several weeks.
    
    Well, first of all, has anyone else's car suffered the same fate, and is
    there a source of cheap wheel trims for an Astra SRi? (as far as I'm
    concerned, they don't have to be the same ones as supplied: I don't
    care, as long as they fit: my white Astra looks decidedly naff with
    open black hubs). Does anyone know of a scrapyard dealing in Vauxhalls?
    The irony is that SRi wheels are 14-inch, not the 13 inches of standard
    Astras, so the individual who nicked my trims will hopefully discover
    that they don't fit his own clapped-out vehicle -- what a shame.
    
    
    Stephen

    
    The best way to replace them, is to go to the Heathrow Airport short
    stay car park, and wait for an Astra SRi to come and ...............
    
    A vicouse circle ?
    
    			Wayne

Re: .0 
>    I'm sure car fleet won't be very impressed. To cap it all, I was in the

You're kidding yourself. Car Fleet don't pay your own  Cost Centre will and 
after you gone through the grief of filling in a "accident form".
I would speak to your CC manager and explain. He'll probably agree to the 
expense if he has done his budget right.

Dave 

    You mean to say that SRi's don't come with alloy wheels?
    
    Steven

    Thats the only thing i dislike about most Vauxhalls.
    
    
    			UGLY WHEELS.
    
    Lewis.

Re: .5
>    Thats the only thing i dislike about most Vauxhalls.
>                        UGLY WHEELS.

Someone must like these wheels..who else would steal them?

Oh I see ...its a conspirecy to prevent the world from suffering Astra SRI 
wheel covers?

Regards

    re ;-1
    
    I hope so ! ;-)
    
    Lewis.