Tell me bad things about the Vauxhall Tigra.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:29

After missing out on the sensible car we were after the wife want's to get something pretty for summer.

She's decided the Tigra meets the strict criteria of small engine & small car & looks nice, so now i need to go and find one.

Looking around the M/R plate age, what do i need to look out for?

Cheers

Duke · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:30

Puma > Tigra

1.7 litre free revving engine with reasonable economy, cheap to run and good reliability. Oh and a hoon to drive

flat-6 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:32

As above. The Puma is actually a good car, whereas the Tigra is pony.

Alex UK · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:32

Duke said:
Puma > Tigra

Correct. The Puma is a very good car, beats the Tigra in every conceivable way.

moss · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:33

Isnt it basically a Corsa B with a different body? Puma's a better car, but I suspect they cost a fair bit more though.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:37

Quick scan on Autotrader.

Cheapest Tigra £795
Cheapest Puma £1995

Hmm

[TW]Fox · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:37

There is a reason for that. Tigra is rubbish.

Sonea Fifer · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:37

I recall i female workmate of mine asking me to change the headlamp bulb in her Tigra in our lunch hour, now this is normally a 30 second job but on the Tigra you've either got to completley remove the bumper or unclip the fasteners under the front wheelarches, which allows the bumper to be "eased" out so the headlamps will clear it. :eek:

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:39

[TW]Fox;11245206 said:
Tigra is rubbish.

It looks nice, which is more important to my wife.

Lopéz · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:39

The Tigra has the hardest, most uncomfortable excuse for a back seat I have ever experienced.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:40

Lopéz said:
The Tigra has the hardest, most uncomfortable excuse for a back seat I have ever experienced.

I'll warn the kids.

Gilly · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:41

The Tigra is badly built, handles poorly, falls apart in any kind of collision and is rocked all over by the Puma.

james.miller · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:43

Lopéz said:
The Tigra has the hardest, most uncomfortable excuse for a back seat I have ever experienced.

he speaketh the truth. i remember my auntie having one, and me and my cousin both having to bundle in the back of it. both > 5'10. there is NOT a lot of room in there, no to mention the seats. ouch.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:45

Gilly said:
The Tigra is badly built,

I'm used to that.

Gilly said:
handles poorly

She doesn't do spirited driving, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Gilly said:
falls apart in any kind of collision

This bit worries me, last car came out of a crunch fairly well (ie, it soaked up the impact pretty well.)

Gilly said:
is rocked all over by the Puma.

Which costs more than twice as much.

Any usual weak spots to look out for?

[TW]Fox · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:47

SB118 said:
Which costs more than twice as much.

For good reason. Your cars seem to last a few months tops. Why not buy a nice Puma and look after it - in the long run it will cost less than buying new cars all the time.

Sonea Fifer · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:49

Lopéz said:
The Tigra has the hardest, most uncomfortable excuse for a back seat I have ever experienced.

Should have stumped up for a hotel room then huh?

Cyanide · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:49

The tigra also shares the same interior as every other vauxhall on the market. I did 25k last year in what is effectively a Corsa. I'd have cut off my wedding tackle for vauxhall to have spent another 50p on interior design, materials and seat quality/comfort.

Gilly · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:50

SB118 said:
This bit worries me, last car came out of a crunch fairly well (ie, it soaked up the impact pretty well.)

Any usual weak spots to look out for?

An old colleague of mine had one, and was reversing out of the work car park in front of a few of us. I don't think she'd been driving all that long and there was a few of us about waiting for her to go so we could.

She clipped the barrier next to the huge lights we had out in the car park (think the big alien craft looking things above city centre dual carriageways) and the front wing pretty much disintegrated and she earned herself a crease all the way across the bottom of the car to the far door. She wrote it off at about 5 mph.

Lopéz · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:50

SB118 said:
I'll warn the kids.

Seriously mate, I am no lover of luxury, I've driven more old sheds than most people here, my standards are below ground level - but it's like sitting in the back of a Transit with welded up dampers.

And a 4 foot roof chop

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:50

[TW]Fox;11245280 said:
For good reason. Your cars seem to last a few months tops. Why not buy a nice Puma and look after it - in the long run it will cost less than buying new cars all the time.

Our last 306 gave us 6 months and wasn't taken off the road through choice.

And we keep buying cheap cars because we don't have £1995 to spend on a car.