Test drive Opel Calibra 1989 - 1997 compartment
$9.000
Once she was prophesied by a sports career. She really ran well and even won somewhere. Until it has grown old - both morally and physically. Now he is just a physical education center. Which in itself is not bad.Is the caliber small?
Calibra. Opel elite of the late 80s-early 90s. I remember when this model appeared with us, it was very complained by advanced people up to thirty of the family: grip maclers who have riched on viruses and antiviruses programmers, show -mens, hockey scorers, successful managers for the sale and installation of tampaxes are not surprisingly Calibra - a sports compartment at the base Vectra - created for people dynamic, ambitious, gambling glory and money. For those who have the next step in the life schedule, let's say, used to Porsche.
Interestingly, the rated attitude towards itself was significantly different from one of its predecessors in the lineup - manti, also a compartment. Mantoux in Germany with a grin was called a machine of ladies hairdressers and beginner pimps. The caliber was respected seriously. For the style of appearance, for comfort, for fantastic aerodynamics. At first, the demand was exciting, then just stable, then
And then everything quietly came to naught. Fashion has changed. The western high -speed people began to fall on more frisky brands, and over time, a caliber in Europe was credited to the category of small -caliber athletes, if not in physical education.
On our roads, caliber is a rarity. These cars are now actively flowing from the capitals to the hinterland and are unknown in Russian expanses. There are very few caliber in Moscow. For those who about five years ago ambitiously dissected them from the office to the night club and further with all the stops, now other ambitions.
Do not ask why and why
Even those calibers that come to Russia are slightly breathtaking, we go for a long time - they are not so easy to finish. Naturally, there are no fools to travel on tracks in the forest for mushrooms, but on the asphalt, even on ours, it does not require much caliber. The best service recipe: to follow the advice of the company, without delving into the subtleties for why, why.
But the fact of the matter is that we, unlike the right Germans, do not live according to the instructions. And it is our, often trouble -free, service highlights the weaknesses of the caliber. Different versions of this model are sick differently. Some are easy, without consequences. Others - with severe complications.
The caliber has several engine options: weaker and more powerful, turbo and non-tour, 8- and 16-valve. All engines have a weak point - a belt of the gas distribution mechanism (timing). As a rule, it is torn if you pass the planned replacement: I went at least 7-10 thousand km more than the required run - and hello to the belt. For a simple 8-valve engine, this is not scary. Extract $ 40-50 per new belt and a hundred for replacement. And all. But the advanced 16-valve will have complications. The valves will fly. Repair - up to the replacement of the head of the cylinder block. It costs about $ 2300. Change - in the area of \u200b\u200b$ 450. Plus valve: $ 30-50 apiece. No, it’s better to change the belt in time
People who have eaten a dog on calibers give three advice on the operation of engines. Firstly, do not wash the engine with a stream under pressure: water gets into the connectors, which is not good for contacts - you won’t start in winter until the ice in the connectors melts. It is better to wash with chemicals. Secondly, touch the road without warming up the engine - there will be less soot on candles. And thirdly, if the engine is turbocharged, do not kill it immediately after an active powerful ride, and hold it for a minute on idle - ceramic bearings in the turbine will last longer.
Protect yourself and a handout
The type of transmission also determines the degree of moodiness of the machine. The front -wheel drive caliber has no whims. But all -wheel drive can create troubles and enter into expenses. A sore spot is a handout with built -in viscousyft, redistributing torque. It is very sensitive to the difference in wear of the front and rear tires. If this difference is more than 2 mm (!), Then you can easily get such a chain reaction: a thermostat breaks, increased pressure in the accumulator tears the cuff of viscousyfts, oil from the steering hydraulic power steering goes into the distribution. Result: the rear bridge is emergency, the steering wheel without hydraulicization becomes heavy, as in centenary zhiguli. It would seem that changing Wylian and forget about it - but no. The salt is that Viskift does not deliver separately (and taking backing is just stupid), which means that you need to change the entire handout in the assembly. And this is $ 390 for iron plus $ 240 for work. Isn't it a good reckoning for 2 mm of the difference in tire wear
On this, thank God, the list of typical diseases of the caliber is exhausted. In all other respects, there is no more trouble with her than with any other German car.
So, we summarize. If you are by nature, the usual observe everything from and to, then you have nothing to fear a 16-valve engine and all-wheel drive. And if you are a normal Russian drove and you are not alien to a definite wrap (well, you think, two millimeters), then it is better to take an 8-valve and front-wheel drive caliber. She, by the way, is cheaper.
Opel Calibra 2.0i-16V
Working engine of engine (cubic cub) 1998
Power (L. S. at about./Min.) 150 at 6000
Maximum speed (km/h) 215
Acceleration to 100 km/h (sec.) 9.5
Fuel consumption (l/100 km)
90 km/h 5.9
120 km/h 7.1
City cycle 10.5
Opel Calibra Car prices
Year of issue in Russia in Germany
1990 $ 7.5-9.0 thousand $ 6.5-6.8 thousand.
1991 $ 8.0-9.8 thousand $ 6.5-7.3 thousand.
1992 $ 9.0-10.0 thousand $ 7.5-7.7 thousand.
1993 $ 9.5-12.5 thousand $ 8.0-11.0 thousand.
Prices for spare parts and consumables in Moscow
At the dealers in terms of
Brake pads per./Ass. $ 65/30 $ 50/25
Fuel filter $ 17-20 $ 15-20
FUEL PUMP
Submersible $ 310 $ 220-250
Suspension $ 220 $ 150-200
Shock absorbers
Front $ 90 -
Rear $ 70 -
Farah $ 320 $ 250-30
Sergey Sorokin, Dmitry Novokreshhenov (photo)
Source: "Autopilot"
