I’ve decided not to bother with an estate. I’m all about cheap and cheerful now. My days of boy racer astras are over.
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It’ll feel very pedestrian compared to the high performance Astras you’re used to.
The gumtree spec suggests a 0-60 time of over 16 seconds. Not sure that’ll be much fun trying to pull out onto a busy main road.
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My wife’s 1.2 Polo was a slug with curiously expensive parts.
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Yes, going to London in a 1.2 would be horrendous
I did it and back in a 900cc matiz, and know how Chris bonnington felt after his mount everest expeditions
My Fabia 1.2 was fine, 4-up motorway runs were no trouble. The fiat 500 1.2 I was loaned was shite, 4th gear for hills on the motorway.
The 2016ish fabias are well worth a look.
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I’m still at the blair/brown years finance wise.
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Skoda, FABIA, Estate, 2009, Manual, 1896 (cc), 5 doors,
Price: £ 1,499
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gumtree.android
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bloke over on PFM selling a 2009 Focus 71k miles - wants £2k so maybe over budget
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Yes saw that thanks.
After thinking it through, I need to get another estate
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That Skoda will be quite nice. The 1.9l VAG turbo diesel is, I think, a reasonable engine. We had the same engine in the previous model Fabia and it was great. That same engine is in base model Passats and is reasonable enough performance wise. And you can get the car serviced by independent specialists.
Surely the engine size is less important than the power? I have a 1.0l Fabia III with 110bhp and it is a wee pot-rocket. My sister’s 1.2 Polo with 60bhp is hopeless.
Auction closes tomorrow and currently £1300.
https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/59096010/clean-title-2016-citroen-c4-cactus-bristol
It’s really down to running costs, if it breaks, how much to fix it.
Most of my driving is local, but I’ve more or less always had an estate car.
I’ve stayed with vauxhall as they always seem cheapish to fix.
Joined a vauxhall forum, and a bloke with the same year car had identical problems starting his, turned out it was the ecu, so going to see how much a 2nd hand fitted one will cost.
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Go for an aftermarket reprogramable one, then book a rolling road session.
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What’s a rolling road session?
I’ll mainly be going for the cheapest one that stops working in 9 months.
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It’s probably safest you don’t know, all that extra power would probably snap your neck.
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Would it be cheaper to take it to Vauxhall and have them diagnose the fault?
Otherwise you could keep throwing money at it and get no further forward.
My friend works at a vauxhall spares place, and I think they have the kit to test it.
Don’t think it will cost a fortune to get it done.
The ecus on the diesel are in a weird place, right by the front offside bumper, which obviously isn’t ideal with water, mud etc.
If it’s not that ill probably scrap it,and buy another lump with a different set of problems.
It is annoying as it has had a new clutch alternator and battery the last 12 months, and I’ve hardly used it.
Just picked my son up, and can now hear a highish pitch whurring intermittently.
I hate cars.
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