VXR Has gone. Did the deal today

I love the S60 good choice. :)

You aint had a overpowerd FWD till you had a Cadillac STS with wobbly american steering :D
 
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I'd have kept the VXR personally, but I would have cried too tbh.

I miss my CTR, MX5 is too slow :(

At least it's a bit more family orientated and I hope the consumables and running isn't as bad as the VXR, but I think it won't be too far off really.
 
MrLOL said:
Genuinely gutted that its gone, i actually cried a bit at the dealers, which everybody picked up on and took the **** out of me for, but i really loved the VXR.
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Gay :p

I bet the dealer was rubbing his hands together. Trade p/x for yours, dealer price for the one you bought.
 
mjt said:
what are bonnet lifters?
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gas struts that lift the bonnet instead of you having to lift it yourself and use the bar to hold it

Ive come from a cheap vauxhall so easily pleased !

Firestar_3x said:
I can't help but think this is going to cost even more to run than the VXR, ah well, good luck with it!
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Ive saved £300 a year on tax and tyres. Fuel will be about the same. Yes its a year older and with more miles, but it has to break a LOT to cost significantly more than the vectra. I dont mind if it costs £500 a year more, thats only £200 a year more minus the savings, and with a couple of grand in the bank to cushion us, we wont notice the increase.
 
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MrLOL said:
gas struts that lift the bonnet instead of you having to lift it yourself and use the bar to hold it
Ive come from a cheap vauxhall so easily pleased !
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are you serious?! your vectra didn't have these? :eek:
i didn't even know cars were still being produced without struts!
i presume there's a stick to hold up the bootlid too? :p

Ive saved £300 a year on tax and tyres. Fuel will be about the same. Yes its a year older and with more miles, but it has to break a LOT to cost significantly more than the vectra. I dont mind if it costs £500 a year more, thats only £200 a year more minus the savings, and with a couple of grand in the bank to cushion us, we wont notice the increase.
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what was your average mpg in the vectra roughly?
i really think you're going to see 20mpg in this given the way you drive :p
 
lordrobs said:
Gay :p

I bet the dealer was rubbing his hands together. Trade p/x for yours, dealer price for the one you bought.
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Not quite, the vectra was rough round the edges. It has a small scrape on the front that needed a front bumper respray, the drivers door side seat bolster needed repairing, and two of the alloys badly needed a refurb.

Bare in mind it needs new rear pads v. soon at £100 and 4th year service at £270 + vat it doesnt look that rosy a deal for him.

Muffin` said:
manual or auto?
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manual

Clarkey said:
From one over powered FWD to another, duller one. How odd.
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BMW was never going to happen as servicing and parts was going to be too much. Audis haldex system gets slated for being pointless, and an evo / subaru was never going to happen either.

Just about everything in its class is overpowered FWD as audi / subaru / evos / bmw would cost significantly more to run and insure.
 
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