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Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« on: 14 July 2010, 09:16:11 »

Would like to know peoples experiences with the above car.
Good and bad please, as im thinking of getting one to replace the C32, as im now doing 300 miles plus a week :(
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #1 on: 14 July 2010, 12:06:20 »

drove one yesterday. Only done about twenty miles in at as i had to pop out and see a customer.

Once i worked that all the seat movements are manual except the height adjusted it was ok. The only thing that bugged me was the centre arm rest, in the way when changing gear.

Apart from that it done what it said on the tin although i really don't like the tank and temp gauges as they go the other way to the speedo and rev counter.

Best bet is phone round some local dealers and see if you can get a test drive weekend

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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #2 on: 14 July 2010, 12:15:26 »

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Would like to know peoples experiences with the above car.
Good and bad please, as im thinking of getting one to replace the C32, as im now doing 300 miles plus a week :(

Insignia TD is a bit insipid, I'm afraid. All our engineers that have them, want to swap them! the Skoda superb is exactly that, the people that have them in our company intend to purchase them once the 50k/3yrs is up.
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #3 on: 14 July 2010, 12:35:45 »

No head room in the rear......I would be going new Astra estate personaly.
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #4 on: 14 July 2010, 13:21:40 »

Yeah, thought that......but I'm only 6ft tall, too. Haven't sat in the back of one yet, though.
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #5 on: 14 July 2010, 16:04:10 »

Brother in Law found the seats in the Insignia he had for a while very uncomfortable on long journeys
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #6 on: 14 July 2010, 16:20:38 »

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Brother in Law found the seats in the Insignia he had for a while very uncomfortable on long journeys

I found that after just 5 mins in the dealer, guess they are brand new, but still  :-/
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #7 on: 14 July 2010, 17:03:23 »

How about a new SAAB 9-5  8-) 8-) 8-)
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #8 on: 14 July 2010, 20:58:30 »

insignia big outside but surprisingly small inside..

I dont like it.. :(
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Re: Insignia 160ps diesel- good or bad?
« Reply #9 on: 14 July 2010, 21:25:30 »

I like the Insgnia VXR  8-)
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