Thankyou all!
It's an option at the moment, Looking for something for Mrs VXL as a daily run-around, with few longer trips thrown in each month and something capable of having the Dog cage in the boot when we go on Holidays / days out.
Basically she sold her Sharan over a year ago as we knew it would need a bit spent on it at the next MOT and as all series II Sharan/Alhambra/Galaxy vehicles are now reaching 'rust the chassis rails / floorpan / sills' age it wasn't really worth investing any more money in, we also had my eldest son and now my stepdaughter reaching 17 within 12 months of each other so we just bought a 'throwaway' Corsa C 1.2 SXi for them to learn in and seemed sensible for Mrs VXL to use it instead of the Sharan.... Roll on 12 or so months and the eldest Son passed his test and has a Fiesta and the Stepdaughter is well on her way to passing her test and has a Corsa D 1.2.... So we only have my younger son who relies on us for transport. The Dog also travels on the back seat of my Omega using a harness when we go out but ideally is better in the cage in an estate / hatchback than the back seat with a strap really.
We've been looking at Astra Estate's - mainly 1.6's (which after Terry's issues i've lost interest in) and 1.7DTi's which all seem to have racked up the miles and you struggle to get anything other than base spec..... Signum seems to offer a bit more kit and comfort (Plenty of Design and Elite spec machines out there) and the 1.9CDTi engine for a lot less money.
Based on god awful Vectra-C, surely better options out there?
'It's not my car'
- I will only drive it occasionally, my role is to change the oil and filter and blow the tyres up!
Crank pulley failure on the 120 bhp lump.
Inlet sooting up causing a rough idle and sticking EGR valve (not necessarily in that order) 150 lump.
DPF clogging if fitted. Also check it still has one if it should... '56 on iirc
Auto box is horrific, especially in snow.
Otherwise, a roomy 4/5 seater with a reasonable boot. Later cars follow Vectra for spec. Elite has full leather, heated front seats and Nav. Middle rear seat is a token effort 40/20/40 split, so not great if you regularly carry three in the back.
120BHP - is that not the 2.2DTi? That was the common problem with all 2.2 DTi's along with the auxbelt tensioner failing - Been there - three times with Omega DTI's
Inlet sooting up, EGR valve - well it's a canal boat fuel so pretty much the norm - MDTM seems to have the solution to the EGR problem, would probably acquire another EGR and follow his method
Yep, would only be looking at a manual, Mrs VXL likes archaic technology, hence why she married me.
Stuff 'em - two of them can drive themselves, well one, but t'other one getting close!
On all the 1.9s the water pump is weak link, it weeps, bearings rust and eventually fails. Imperative the water pump has been changed with the timing belt.
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M32 manual 6 speed that is the manual option on ALL the 1.9s and is very weak. Upgraded internals available, around £400 and a days work at a specialist.
Well it would be getting a full service by Serek soon after purchase no doubt so hopefully waterpump can be ticked off, as i'm getting / feeling older life is easier to take the thing to Serek and i'll just do the usual Oil and filter changes inbetween
Gearbox.... well, I guess that's luck of the drawer, although most used car dealers will give you a three month engine and gearbox warranty...
It did have two new injectors and one glow plug.
Never had any issues with the DPF (they are no worse than any other DPF fitted vehicle), the pressure sensor pipe did split (but its easy to fix with a bit of fuel hose)
Glow plug replacement quite common on higher mileage canal boat engines I've found
Injectors doesn't sound so great as I imagine they are rather expensive.
DPF - Ok, well if it's no worse or better than any other then no room to complain I guess.
Pipe splitting - well, 2.2DTi's were forever splitting vac pipes etc so I guess nothing new there..
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