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Wanted: Local Cheap Stop Gap....
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(30-10-2013, 03:25 PM)Strikeforce Wrote: You put an ad up for the vec yet?
Im looking for a new car and im undecided as what to go for so wouldnt mind having a ganders at what you have to offer

You wouldn't want it!! I wouldn't feel right selling it to someone I know anyway, would rather trade it in and let a dealer decide to do with it. Would make a good paperweight I guess.

Spec list is:

2006 (06) Vectra Design 1.9 CDTi 150 in Lightening Silver
103k miles (only done 3k in 7 months, proves how much I dislike it!)
MOT till Feb
6 months tax - tax is £175 the year though!

Good points -
6 CD changer with DAB
Auto dimming mirrors
Half (fake/vegetarian) leather seats, wheel and knob.
Auto wipers and lights.
Climate control.
Rainsports all round on 16" (bubbly) alloys with safety 'spinning head' lockers, so you're f*cked if you lose the key. Drivers one very worn from lack of TC, passengers one 3k old as was replaced when the spring went through it.
New front springs, top mounts and droplinks in March.
New stat and coolant in March.
Doors don't dent as easy as 306 ones so you can PLAC where you like, and you'll need to as it's pretty wide and awkard as you don't really have any rear or front corner visibilty.
Folding rear seats down doesn't require lifting the bases or removing headrests - much easier than in small hatches!
Is can bus so can distract you from driving to alert you that you have a bulb out, same system also tells you when the screenwash is low. Which happens to be now.
Has bosch aerotwins.
Is long enough for fitting ski's or lengths of wood in
Hasn't been washed since I bought it and doesn't look particularly dirty, low maintenance colour

Bad points

Drivers seat ripped on arse bolster.
Stalk design is shit, learn not to indicate and expect to get frustrated trying to get the right setting on the wipers.
AC doesn't work, and climate doesn't appear to reach a desired temp, or demist the windscreen when selected, great fun in the damp, dark weather we get atm.
EGR stuck open so have blanked it (emmisions light on due to this, could be mapped out)
Front fog has a hole in it
Rear light has a 'star' crack in it
Plenty of small scratches for creating parking spaces where bushes were.
Turbo sounds like a siren, used to be just when cold, now its constant.
DMF feels awful, feel the pedal pulsing through your foot, and the clutch slips easy if you rev before the clutch is fully up, both were replaced only 25k ago. When you put the clutch in slow speed you feel the engine move, at least one mount needs replacing.
Very slow to start, had new plugs so not them, my guess is the broken DMF took out a starter tooth but wasn't replaced at the time as the battery and earths seem fine.
Theres a loud metallic crack/clunk from NSF when pulling away quickly, and a terrible wobble at speed on corners, thinking its something loose or perished around the passenger wheel area, wishbone maybe.
Terrible bounce from the rear, honestly this is the worst, and makes me feel carsick, I assume the shocks are fine and this is normal as it passed MOT just before I bought it (the same MOT that missed the huge crack in the spring that snapped though). Wouldn't advise putting children in the back after eating.
Odd chirping noise under load, either a slipping aux belt or a boost leak, there are plenty of boost leaks that blow oil round the bay as if it was an old Peugeot.
Brakes are shit, for the size of the car they should've been bigger! Not helped by the Unipart pads that don't work when cold, gives some interesting experiences at the end of the road in the morning....on the plus side, the ABS does work well when needed though.
Gearbox leaks quite a lot as the plug wont stay tight, someone's probably crossthreaded it or something, I dunno but the carpet on the undertray stinks of GB oil and the box is always dripping.
Gearbox is also really crunchy if you skip a gear and doesn't like selecting 3rd, especially when cold.
Swirl flaps appear to leak and blow EGR shit through their seals onto the underside of the top engine cover, but the bar is still attached (or it was when I last looked, probably has fallen off now)
Comes with a shitty spacesaver wheel that I threw on the drive in a rage and probably bent it. Can include a full size spare though.


Oh, and I'll be looking for as close to £3k as I can get. Sad
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Messages In This Thread
Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 28-10-2013, 11:49 AM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 28-10-2013, 12:31 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 28-10-2013, 05:07 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Strikeforce - 28-10-2013, 05:34 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 28-10-2013, 05:38 PM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 28-10-2013, 05:46 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 28-10-2013, 06:03 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by strictly_perv - 28-10-2013, 06:04 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 28-10-2013, 06:09 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 28-10-2013, 09:15 PM
Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by devils_fuel - 30-10-2013, 12:51 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 30-10-2013, 01:40 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Pompey306mark - 30-10-2013, 01:47 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by karl1989 - 30-10-2013, 02:37 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 02:46 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 30-10-2013, 02:59 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 03:04 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 30-10-2013, 03:04 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 03:10 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 30-10-2013, 03:34 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 30-10-2013, 03:12 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 03:16 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Strikeforce - 30-10-2013, 03:25 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 04:27 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 05:31 PM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 30-10-2013, 07:57 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jake - 30-10-2013, 08:03 PM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 30-10-2013, 08:27 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 30-10-2013, 08:30 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 30-10-2013, 09:41 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 10:25 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jake - 30-10-2013, 11:16 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 11:27 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jake - 30-10-2013, 11:52 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 30-10-2013, 11:55 PM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 31-10-2013, 12:08 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 12:19 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by aggyj17 - 31-10-2013, 12:24 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 12:27 AM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 31-10-2013, 06:42 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jonny81191 - 31-10-2013, 07:11 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 11:24 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jonny81191 - 31-10-2013, 12:07 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 12:13 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Jonny81191 - 31-10-2013, 01:11 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 01:23 PM
Re: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 31-10-2013, 08:12 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 31-10-2013, 11:46 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 11:50 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 31-10-2013, 11:54 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by cpikey316_ - 31-10-2013, 11:56 AM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 12:00 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by cpikey316_ - 31-10-2013, 12:00 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Toms306 - 31-10-2013, 12:03 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by cpikey316_ - 31-10-2013, 12:04 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by 1616six - 31-10-2013, 12:10 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by cpikey316_ - 31-10-2013, 12:16 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kernow_joe - 31-10-2013, 12:20 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 31-10-2013, 12:49 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kernow_joe - 31-10-2013, 02:35 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by THE_Liam - 31-10-2013, 02:55 PM
Re: RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by kentiiboii - 31-10-2013, 02:12 PM
RE: Local Cheap Stop Gap.... - by Niall - 31-10-2013, 05:35 PM

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