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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Vamps on 02 May 2010, 01:48:32
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Went to see this today, could well be my next car, anything to be worried about? Looks better than the pics and not valeted yet :)
Miles are motorway miles, the brake pedal rubber is less worn than my Citroen with only 35k on it... ::)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-Vauxhall-Vectra-1-9CDTi-16v-SRi-AUTOMATIC-150-bhp-/230457645123?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item35a8589843
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
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Tad pricey too, you could get this for less than 4k if you haggled. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201014356514161/sort/priceasc/usedcars/seller-type/private_adverts/fuel-type/diesel/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/model/vectra/make/vauxhall/page/2/postcode/tn234xq/radius/1501?logcode=p
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Sat in 3.0 V6 CDTi other day, was more comfy than i was expecting!
Loads of the auto 3.2 plods going though auction have buggered autoboxes, not sure how well they last against the diesels.
I would go for a manual :y
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Or even this if you go in with your size 10's: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201016357518598/sort/priceasc/usedcars/seller-type/private_adverts/fuel-type/diesel/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/model/vectra/make/vauxhall/page/2/postcode/tn234xq/radius/1501?logcode=p
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Sat in 3.0 V6 CDTi other day, was more comfy than i was expecting!
Loads of the auto 3.2 plods going though auction have buggered autoboxes, not sure how well they last against the diesels.
I would go for a manual :y
They're not bad but, SAAB's are better and they handle nicer thanks to having a large overhaul at the SAAB factory.
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Vamps, For gods sake do not buy your car from them!!!! I guarantee they will be all smiles until you drive away, but if you have any issues, they will get nasty, and I mean NASTY! >:(
I am talking from bitter experience here as that is where I bought my Omega from last april. They knew I had serious health problems and needed a reliable car, but when the day after I bought it the throttle wouldn't work, they low loaded it back to the garage, had the codes read at their 'tame' local garage & promptly blamed me for, quote: "dragging the shite from the bottom of the petrol tank & causing a blockage" and promptly wanted to charge me £80 for the lowloader!. In actual fact, they had driven it out of the showroom on empty & I had put in the gallon from the can I always carry & then refuelled just around the corner! The owner was a really nasty, foulmouthed piece of work. Buy it if you must, but please be very careful mate! :y
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quote: "dragging the shite from the bottom of the petrol tank & causing a blockage" and promptly wanted to charge me £80 for the lowloader!.
I've dropped the tank from 140k mile 11 year old TD, bottom of the fuel tank was perfectly clean :)
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Tad pricey too, you could get this for less than 4k if you haggled. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201014356514161/sort/priceasc/usedcars/seller-type/private_adverts/fuel-type/diesel/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/model/vectra/make/vauxhall/page/2/postcode/tn234xq/radius/1501?logcode=p
I reckon 3.5k..... :y
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
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Vamps, For gods sake do not buy your car from them!!!! I guarantee they will be all smiles until you drive away, but if you have any issues, they will get nasty, and I mean NASTY! >:(
I am talking from bitter experience here as that is where I bought my Omega from last april. They knew I had serious health problems and needed a reliable car, but when the day after I bought it the throttle wouldn't work, they low loaded it back to the garage, had the codes read at their 'tame' local garage & promptly blamed me for, quote: "dragging the shite from the bottom of the petrol tank & causing a blockage" and promptly wanted to charge me £80 for the lowloader!. In actual fact, they had driven it out of the showroom on empty & I had put in the gallon from the can I always carry & then refuelled just around the corner! The owner was a really nasty, foulmouthed piece of work. Buy it if you must, but please be very careful mate! :y
Which is the same as me :( I have ample time, my Citroen is not due back till Aug 4th and we still have the Galant or a Mig, depending on who wins between swmbo and me.... ::) ::) ::)
Given what you say, and others have said about the geerbox, think I will leave this alone..... :y
Thanks for the input chaps.... :y
Thinking Cap back on............ ::) ::) ::)
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
They're not good at all, read on the veccy c forums.
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
Thanks :y
Oh, and can't have a BMW cos most older ones are used by Drug Dealers in Stockton...... :-X :-X
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
Thanks :y
Oh, and can't have a BMW cos most older ones are used by Drug Dealers in Stockton...... :-X :-X
One of my near neighbours has a beemer, and his nose is always running, and he keeps odd hours, you don't suppose this little corner of working class suburbia could be being infiltrated do you Vamps? :o
There again, he might just be a night shift worker with a weak constitution :-/ ::) ;) ;D ;D ;D :y
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
Thanks :y
Oh, and can't have a BMW cos most older ones are used by Drug Dealers in Stockton...... :-X :-X
One of my near neighbours has a beemer, and his nose is always running, and he keeps odd hours, you don't suppose this little corner of working class suburbia could be being infiltrated do you Vamps? :o
There again, he might just be a night shift worker with a weak constitution :-/ ::) ;) ;D ;D ;D :y
;D ;D ;D
Take away the Omega and what do you buy, Merc, BMW or Volvo? if you want a larger car that is reliable.
I suspect I may go with the other option and get a new Pug 3008 crossover......... :-/ :-/ :-/
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Have another Omega Vamps, you know it makes sense :y
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Tried quite hard not to buy another Omega, could not buy anything else for the money, so i guess buying anything else could be described as a waist of money?
get an Omega lpg'd. An Omegas you might say.... :D ............... oh alright, i'm going.
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Thought the above would be more usefull than a picture of a skip. (snigger)
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Have another Omega Vamps, you know it makes sense :y
They are a bit heavy, for me on a day to day basis, but not out of the equation, show me a Mint tractor, auto and not silver.... ::)
Been watching this, but no indication of condition, guess I could go and look at it, just no time at the moment ::) Migt ask Philrich to have a look, tis up his neck of the woods...... :y
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-Vauxhall-Opel-Omega-Green-/220586242626?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item335bf6f242
Only other problem is age, I must have a reliable car, a bit like our Mig and Galant I guess.... :D :D
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So, what do we think of the Signum?? or will this have the same gearbox problem as the Vectra :-/
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
Thanks :y
Oh, and can't have a BMW cos most older ones are used by Drug Dealers in Stockton...... :-X :-X
One of my near neighbours has a beemer, and his nose is always running, and he keeps odd hours, you don't suppose this little corner of working class suburbia could be being infiltrated do you Vamps? :o
There again, he might just be a night shift worker with a weak constitution :-/ ::) ;) ;D ;D ;D :y
;D ;D ;D
Take away the Omega and what do you buy, Merc, BMW or Volvo? if you want a larger car that is reliable.
I suspect I may go with the other option and get a new Pug 3008 crossover......... :-/ :-/ :-/
i have one of these on hire at the moment biggest pile of spazmodic crap ive ever driven in my life, and everything is buit for the passenger not the driver ;D
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Auto Veccy's aren't exactly the most reliable :-/
Is that true? I would only buy an auto..... :( :(
They barley last 70k when hooked up to 3.2 V6, not sure about diesels
Any know about the auto box on the CDTi Vectra then?? :-/
The 3.0 V6 CDTI destroys the auto gearboxes, sometimes as early as mid 60k.
I wouldn't chance a 1.9 either. But as you've said you only want an auto, I think it's best to avoid the Vectra C...with a manual they're fine.
What's your criterion for a potential vehicle? I assume it must be auto? Diesel, hatch or saloon etc?
That is the problem, I don't have one ::) ::) (going to end up boring the pants off you lot till sorted :D :D)other than Diesel and Auto or possibly an LPG conversion.
And please don't ask what my budget is :-/ a lost cause, I know ;D ;D
;D don't want you making it to easy ;D
I go to auctions all the time, all over the country...so if you're ever after price advice...or want to track something down...let me know :y
Unfortunately, the only diesel thing I have wouldn't fit your bill. It's a 2004 '04' Mercedes E220 CDI estate in silver 6 speed manual.
But, if you kind of know what you're after, I'll see if I can point you in the direction of something via auction.
Thanks :y
Oh, and can't have a BMW cos most older ones are used by Drug Dealers in Stockton...... :-X :-X
One of my near neighbours has a beemer, and his nose is always running, and he keeps odd hours, you don't suppose this little corner of working class suburbia could be being infiltrated do you Vamps? :o
There again, he might just be a night shift worker with a weak constitution :-/ ::) ;) ;D ;D ;D :y
;D ;D ;D
Take away the Omega and what do you buy, Merc, BMW or Volvo? if you want a larger car that is reliable.
I suspect I may go with the other option and get a new Pug 3008 crossover......... :-/ :-/ :-/
i have one of these on hire at the moment biggest pile of spazmodic crap ive ever driven in my life, and everything is buit for the passenger not the driver ;D
That's interesting, I have not driven one yet...What do you mean about everything for the passenger? I know you never really get to know a car till you run it, thinks like storage and control access etc.....
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Is there any starage on a Signum. :-/
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well obviously its built for foriegn markets in that the dash slants slightly towards the passenger the huge storage box in the center console only opens one way and that is against the driver so if you want to get some thing out the unit its near on impossible :-X
oh and personally i think that it handles worse than my cannal boat ;D :y
and i cant wait till it goes back, but i spose these are just personal oppinions :y :y
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well obviously its built for foriegn markets in that the dash slants slightly towards the passenger the huge storage box in the center console only opens one way and that is against the driver so if you want to get some thing out the unit its near on impossible :-X
oh and personally i think that it handles worse than my cannal boat ;D :y
and i cant wait till it goes back, but i spose these are just personal oppinions :y :y
I currently drive a C4 Grande Picasso 7 seater, so I guess similar to handle and the engine is the same.
Thanks for the info, think I need a 24hour test drive.. :y
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good luck :y :y hope you find what your looking for :)
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Signums use the same gear as the Vectra estate so same boxes I suppose.
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well obviously its built for foriegn markets in that the dash slants slightly towards the passenger the huge storage box in the center console only opens one way and that is against the driver so if you want to get some thing out the unit its near on impossible :-X
oh and personally i think that it handles worse than my cannal boat ;D :y
and i cant wait till it goes back, but i spose these are just personal oppinions :y :y
Your comments upset my local Pug dealer when I asked for a 24 hour test drive, arranged through Peugeot, and he wanted to know why ::) ::) What a stroppy salesman, and I know that he lied to a potential customer on the phone when I called in to look at the car recently :-X
We could not agree on a suitable length of time to test drive the car, he wanted a run up the road and back, so I simply told him to leave it at that then. Just wait till Peugeot get back to me :D :D :D
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So, what do we think of the Signum?? or will this have the same gearbox problem as the Vectra :-/
No major gearbox problems on the Vectra.
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well obviously its built for foriegn markets in that the dash slants slightly towards the passenger the huge storage box in the center console only opens one way and that is against the driver so if you want to get some thing out the unit its near on impossible :-X
oh and personally i think that it handles worse than my cannal boat ;D :y
and i cant wait till it goes back, but i spose these are just personal oppinions :y :y
Your comments upset my local Pug dealer when I asked for a 24 hour test drive, arranged through Peugeot, and he wanted to know why ::) ::) What a stroppy salesman, and I know that he lied to a potential customer on the phone when I called in to look at the car recently :-X
We could not agree on a suitable length of time to test drive the car, he wanted a run up the road and back, so I simply told him to leave it at that then. Just wait till Peugeot get back to me :D :D :D
;D ;D ;D ;D hahahaha he only wanted to let you drive up the road and back because if you had it for 24 hours you would realise what a load of tosh it really is ;D ;D ;D
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Went hunting in Darlington later this afternoon, one of the better used car dealers, possible result. Got my eye on a Rover 75 CDTi in Green. 04plate, not even in the garage yet, due in next week but noticed in tonight's paper it is advertised already ::) ::)
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Went hunting in Darlington later this afternoon, one of the better used car dealers, possible result. Got my eye on a Rover 75 CDTi in Green. 04plate, not even in the garage yet, due in next week but noticed in tonight's paper it is advertised already ::) ::)
75 CDTi wouldn't be a bad bet, they're very nice cars :y
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Went hunting in Darlington later this afternoon, one of the better used car dealers, possible result. Got my eye on a Rover 75 CDTi in Green. 04plate, not even in the garage yet, due in next week but noticed in tonight's paper it is advertised already ::) ::)
So, basically you have gone full circle.
You started out fancying a rover. ::)
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Went hunting in Darlington later this afternoon, one of the better used car dealers, possible result. Got my eye on a Rover 75 CDTi in Green. 04plate, not even in the garage yet, due in next week but noticed in tonight's paper it is advertised already ::) ::)
So, basically you have gone full circle.
You started out fancying a rover. ::)
I don't know what I want, or what price or even new ::) ::) current car is a lease car, so lot of money for nothing, hence the change. yep thinking of Rover, but went to see a Volvo today, older than I was thinking, petrol not diesel but, sat in it and was like sitting in you favourite arm chair, unbelievable... :y Car is a Cat D, but at the price not bothered, photos available of damage and only superficial,,, :-/
Also wondering if the best bet is to spend some money and have the Galant refurbished / restored, I love that car :D I spend my professional life making very serious decisions, but can I make a decision for myself, well according to swmbo, I can't..... :-[ :-[ :-[
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So are you able to accept a smaller car than your current one then?
Rover 75 diesels are pretty reliable but, woefuly small inside and in the boot
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So are you able to accept a smaller car than your current one then?
Rover 75 diesels are pretty reliable but, woefuly small inside and in the boot
I think Mike has a plan, he gets the licckle rover, wife falls in love with it, she drives that, Mike gets the Mitshibihi thingy back, all's happy. :y :y
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So are you able to accept a smaller car than your current one then?
Rover 75 diesels are pretty reliable but, woefuly small inside and in the boot
I think Mike has a plan, he gets the licckle rover, wife falls in love with it, she drives that, Mike gets the Mitshibihi thingy back, all's happy. :y :y
:P I mentioned getting the Galant refurbed, she said that it was a good idea, she could have it back and leave me with the Mig ::) ::) ::)
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So are you able to accept a smaller car than your current one then?
Rover 75 diesels are pretty reliable but, woefuly small inside and in the boot
No problem, though I don't want a very small car... :)
I love Mig's but a little heavy for me to use on a daily basis, do a lot of running about, parking it tight spaces etc, particularly at work :-X Not totally ruling one out though..... ::) ::) ::)
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So are you able to accept a smaller car than your current one then?
Rover 75 diesels are pretty reliable but, woefuly small inside and in the boot
No problem, though I don't want a very small car... :)
I love Mig's but a little heavy for me to use on a daily basis, do a lot of running about, parking it tight spaces etc, particularly at work :-X Not totally ruling one out though..... ::) ::) ::)
As i frequently wind co-works up, Omega has a better turning circle than most small hatches :)
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anything must be better than a Citroen though, surely ....?
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anything must be better than a Citroen though, surely ....?
Even a Lada?
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even better...
boot space...
the right colour... ;D
http://limonster.com/gallery/data/503/Trabant_Limousine_front_corner1.JPG
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anything must be better than a Citroen though, surely ....?
Been a great car :y waiting for a purchase price for it, another option is to buy it, depending on price, after all I know who has driven it, and how, from new ;D ;D if i were to buy it then I need to rub off about 5000 miles of motoring off the front tyres before the end of the lease, and it is due it's next service within the month. So, would come with 4 new tyres, just had the back ones done, full MOT and Service...... ::) ::) ::)