Well I loved my Astra 1.2 Merit (G Reg 1990) I bought for 2k in 1994 after it had clearly spent a significant time in a Welsh Bog. (rusty sills failed the MOT that year and it was just 4 years old).
Still having sold it for scrap in 2000 for 75 quid, I don't think that all the kings horses and all the kings men could put that heap of crap together again.
I'd not have another though, underpowered, unsafe, unstable terribly put together and completely lacking in character...
