Ordered a new Vauxhall Today,
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That looks quite nice actually.
enjoy
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Options were limited...
VXR Styling Kit
Bluetooth
Fog Lights
Leather
Adaptive Lights
Parking Sensors...
Thats about it... in no big fan of leather, maybe if free id be happy, otherwise no.
(Axeboy on mates account)
VXR Styling Kit
Bluetooth
Fog Lights
Leather
Adaptive Lights
Parking Sensors...
Thats about it... in no big fan of leather, maybe if free id be happy, otherwise no.
(Axeboy on mates account)
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That was my first thought, the steering wheel looks foul!
Options... I misunderstood.
Other car options were basically:
Honda Civic
Golf/Passat
Mondeo/Focus
Mazda3/5/6
BMW 1
Merc CLC thing
Audi A3 Sportback etc
Nissan X trail/Quashqueer
Toyota Auris/Avensis
Volvo s40/v50
Etc etc etc
However, my top choices pre Oct were the Mazda 6 Sport and the Mondeo 2.2 Titanium X. Since the car market changes tho, these have been dropped of the list and the 1.8 TDCi Titanium was the same option as the Insignia I chose.
Personally having driven the mondeo 1.8 TDCi titanium, i was unimpressed with the power and interior. The mazda was nice enough, but I still wanted a bit more power.
Other main contendor for me was the Audi 2.0TDi sportback, but I test drove that a few days ago and it wasnt great. Not powerful enough, and really quite basic spec. So that fell off the list.
Other car options were basically:
Honda Civic
Golf/Passat
Mondeo/Focus
Mazda3/5/6
BMW 1
Merc CLC thing
Audi A3 Sportback etc
Nissan X trail/Quashqueer
Toyota Auris/Avensis
Volvo s40/v50
Etc etc etc
However, my top choices pre Oct were the Mazda 6 Sport and the Mondeo 2.2 Titanium X. Since the car market changes tho, these have been dropped of the list and the 1.8 TDCi Titanium was the same option as the Insignia I chose.
Personally having driven the mondeo 1.8 TDCi titanium, i was unimpressed with the power and interior. The mazda was nice enough, but I still wanted a bit more power.
Other main contendor for me was the Audi 2.0TDi sportback, but I test drove that a few days ago and it wasnt great. Not powerful enough, and really quite basic spec. So that fell off the list.
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[TW]Fox;12799224 said:
Driven the Insignia then?
Of course not, not many have yet, closest I've been is a good poke around the interior at the Motor Show.
Driven a Hyundai Getz, have you? No? But I bet you've a list of cars you'd rather own than one of them..
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Yes an F430, but In that class of car without knowing how it drives who's to say.....
It's an unknown quantity and I'd not want to order an unknown quantity if I had to live with it for 3 years if it turned out to be yet another Vauxhall.
Their track record is appalling. It might be great but I'd want to see for myself before I comitted myself to it.
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[TW]Fox;12799224 said:
Why would someone who is looking at larger saloons choose a 1 series which is, as nice as it is, somewhat more cramped. Unless I have misread the thread.
I went out in the Mazda 6 recently and it is nice as well.
That company car list is very similar to ours although we get the Saab Vector Sport (with the 180 ttid) and 123 Msport.
And the Insignia looks nice imo and sure beats the Vectra which took the approach of keeping Vaxualls 1980s customers happy with blandness and understatedness since well 1980.
Correct, specifically the bit where I said 'I think I would' rather than YOU SHOULD HAVE.
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[TW]Fox;12799735 said:
Classic
but usually your I would rather have implies you should have got 
