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[tunnie]

Other issue with a 3.2 Turbo is the Road Fund Licence will make your wallet squeal 

3.2 is N/A Mr Ambla.

2.8 is turbocharged........and cost £500 + to tax each year.

Engine means nothing, it's the year.

If it's registered after 1st March then it get's the crappy VED bill. Pre 1st March 2006 it's the happy days one 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Other issue with a 3.2 Turbo is the Road Fund Licence will make your wallet squeal 

3.2 is N/A Mr Ambla.

2.8 is turbocharged........and cost £500 + to tax each year.

Engine means nothing, it's the year.

If it's registered after 1st March then it get's the crappy VED bill. Pre 1st March 2006 it's the happy days one 

July 2007.

[amba]

Remember looking at a Turbo Signum a while ago,almost to the point of parting with money...when I saw the road fund cost decided against it.

Thanks for clarification,Mr.T

[Andy B]

Other issue with a 3.2 Turbo is the Road Fund Licence will make your wallet squeal 

3.2 is N/A Mr Ambla.

2.8 is turbocharged........and cost £500 + to tax each year.

Engine means nothing, it's the year.

If it's registered after 1st March then it get's the crappy VED bill. Pre 1st March 2006 it's the happy days one 

July 2007.

Join me in the  £500 a year VED gang 😂

[amba]

That's just way too pricey for our crap roads.

[Andy B]

That's just way too pricey for our crap roads.

I balance the Merc out with a £20 a year  Smart Fortwo for commuting 😉

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Other issue with a 3.2 Turbo is the Road Fund Licence will make your wallet squeal 

3.2 is N/A Mr Ambla.

2.8 is turbocharged........and cost £500 + to tax each year.

Engine means nothing, it's the year.

If it's registered after 1st March then it get's the crappy VED bill. Pre 1st March 2006 it's the happy days one 

July 2007.

Join me in the  £500 a year VED gang 😂

It's worse, Mr B.....eanz. £45.07 x 12 = £540.84.

[Andy B]

Other issue with a 3.2 Turbo is the Road Fund Licence will make your wallet squeal 

3.2 is N/A Mr Ambla.

2.8 is turbocharged........and cost £500 + to tax each year.

Engine means nothing, it's the year.

If it's registered after 1st March then it get's the crappy VED bill. Pre 1st March 2006 it's the happy days one 

July 2007.

Join me in the  £500 a year VED gang 😂

It's worse, Mr B.....eanz. £45.07 x 12 = £540.84.

'Conveniently ' all 4 cars' road tax is due at the end of May (?) which means something like £800+ ..... I usually do it all in one hit!! 😨
It's  only money 😀

[zirk]

I got a Vectra C 3.2 Manual Elite with all the toys Sat Nav Colour CID etc, LPG'd as well, wasn't really in the market for one, but this came up as Seller kept quiet about it being LPG as there was no Gas where he lived, price was right so would have been rude not to for a cheap run around.

DiffO get a manual, especially if your thinking about getting it LPG'd, there not brilliant on fuel, MPG wise no much better than my 3.2 Manual Plod (also LPG'd), In fact I would also say my 3.2 Manual Plod gives the Veccy 3.2 a good if not better run for its money on a straight and around corners, the Veccy just doesn't seem to have the same grunt as the Omega 3.0/3.2's.

Driver and seating position seems to take ages to get used to, keep messing with the seat position doesn't seem to help, unlike the Omega where you just jump in it and go. 

Can be a lot of phantom Canbus fault reporting issue going on with the Veccy C, which can be challenging with the MOT Man, another common problem is the Electric Assisted Power Steering throw up faults when theres nothing wrong with it, under steer is not too bad on them with the right tyres on, no provision to turn TC off so your pretty much in the hands of the Gods if you push it around in the wet.

Apart from that not a bad run around once you get the hang of them compared to the Omega, not sure I would be paying tons of money for one though.

[tunnie]

Driver and seating position seems to take ages to get used to, keep messing with the seat position doesn't seem to help, unlike the Omega where you just jump in it and go. 

This is my primary issue with them, not very comfy. Given that when we do long drives, MrsT will hand me the keys, I want something comfy I could just jump straight into!

Volvo V70 on the other hand, sat in a few of these, super, super comfy! (2005-8ish) era. Before they interior went pants.

[Viral_Jim]

Well, that was a let down, a real case of one man's "stunning example" is another man's fixer-upper  .

In summary: badly stonechipped nose, leaky cam cover(s), lumpy idle both cold and warm, tear in the drivers seat, heating and ventilation not working on drivers side, sluggish electrical adjustment, driver's side wing mirror had lost interest, tailgate bloody noisy. Oh and last time it had a cam belt, Gordon Brown was in Number 10! 

There was also a remnant of some kind of dried herbs in the centre console, looked a bit like oregano, did not smell like oregano 

Not sure how it drove, as I didn't bother. It also wasn't cold when I got there, which could be innocent, or not. Sadly one of those that photograph's well, but doesn't stand up to close inspection.

I forgot to post the ad before now, just in case anyone else is in the market for a lot of work:

http://www.darnallmotors.co.uk/used-cars/vauxhall-vectra-3-2-i-v6-24v-elite-5dr-sheffield-201612060379717?at_source=autotrader&at_medium=desktop&at_campaign=website-visit&_ga=1.184986345.1964346080.1449582278

[STEMO]

Sheffield....that was a bit of a drive to view a heap of shit.

[Viral_Jim]

Yeah. Thankfully I had a meeting to go to in Heanor, so I was 3/4 of the way there already. Otherwise I would have been p!ssed!

[aaronjb]

Yeah. Thankfully I had a meeting to go to in Heanor, so I was 3/4 of the way there already. Otherwise I would have been p!ssed!

I'd have been narked anyway, although it sounds like the current owner could have offered you something to take the edge off that!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

£1299......hardly a bargain bucket price.

For that money it should have been excellent......if not quite perfect.