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[Doctor Gollum]

It might not be able to seat seven dwarves, but at least it can top a ton/corner/hit 60 in less than a bank holiday weekend/seat five full sized adults/rwd.

I'll wager that it was cheaper to buy too

To buy and fix (though not convinced it is fixed, but it can almost hold its own with a 1.7CDTi Astravan to about 75mph) I reckon cost me about £1150 buy the time I bought new turbos, MAFs and inlet gaskets .  Though it was bought predominantly as a storage facility .  For all its hateful characteristics, its been money well spent.

Probably twice that into The Barge , although that includes £900 in wheels/tyres and another £300 in cosmetics.

I get the storage point though, having access to some sort of estate car is invaluable. 

[TheBoy]

I get the storage point though, having access to some sort of estate car is invaluable. 

We keep toying of getting shot of it, as we don't need 3 cars, and I have a garage again.  But its is useful to carting stuff (as neither the XJ or the Omega has seats that fold down). And it is ridiculously reliable, given how its abused.

[TheBoy]

Bloke opposite has a mate with a clapped out ex Royal Mail van, and turns up most days (Lockdown? What lockdown?) for the passed few months.  Every  he leaves, the bloke opposite has to push start him.

Christ, surely he could have got a new starter motor fitted in that time


Just watched him again pushing it down the road

[TheBoy]

Failed to put diesel in it 

[dave the builder]

Failed to put diesel in it 

alzheimer's 
welcome to the over 50 club 

[dave the builder]

took Mum's 2002 astra G for an MOT
 it was extended till December 12th but i decided as i'd checked it all over  post lockdown that i may as well  take it in
it passed with no advisories and zero CO emissions 

[Doctor Gollum]

Did they forget to test it?

[Nick W]

Did they forget to test it?

it's not one of Terry's cars.......

[VXL V6]

Astra G's are well bolted together 

[dave the builder]

Did they forget to test it?

The MOT tester left the wifi/bluetooth thingy that links car to computer emission analyzer  plugged into the OBD2 port of the car so yes it got tested 

back story of the car..... it's not an ebay banger, my mum has had it since nearly new (about 2000 miles on the clock)  purchased from a Vauxhall main stealer, I've checked it over and serviced it etc every year including rust proofing etc ,it's now on 60,000 miles, never failed an MOT 

Bangernomics wise ,it's a real fail due to the initial purchase price 
(18 years, £10,000 is £550 a year loss ,not including service items )

[Doctor Gollum]

There's not too much that you can grumble at for £65-70 a month

Might not be a car that you add value to by washing it, but hardly bank breaking

[Nick W]

Bangernomics wise ,it's a real fail due to the initial purchase price 
(18 years, £10,000 is £550 a year loss ,not including service items )

Bangernomics means not spending much to buy and keep the car. This means a £500 petrol Astra is a much better bet than a £500 V6 Omega. Unless you need some specific Omega characteristic like the size of the estate load area, or towing ability. That's need, not want, like RWD


The alternative is to buy a new car and keep it for a long time, as your mother has done. Spending £550 a year to own a car is hardly a bad deal.

[dave the builder]

17 pence a mile depreciation 
if she wasn't 77 years old i'd tell her to walk 
oh wait.....
she's probably spent 10 grand on shoes she never wears over the 18 years too 

I'm not knocking the astra range ,they are a great car , we have 5 in the family and a zafira A and B 

[VXL V6]

I do like the Astra G, quite a tough, well sorted car for it's time which doesn't seem to suffer much rust years later, yes it's bland in the way only a Vauxhall can be but who cares? If you put every manufacturers SUV's in a line and looked at every one from a side perspective I wouldn't be able to tell you which manufacturer each one is!

Mrs VXL has an Astra H Ecoflex CDTi Design Estate which is quite a good progression, shame the seats and long distance comfort isn't to my liking but then I suppose the Omega Elite seat has far more adjustment.

[Raeturbo]

Yes I love my Astra G 16v 1.6 on lpg it’s saved me a fortune over the years