Pick up the car on friday

Phate

Phate

Phate

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Well, about 6 weeks ago when i made a thread about buying a new car and you lot all told me not to. i still went and bought one :p got a phone call today saying i can pick it up friday :D \o/ simply can't wait for it. then i got the whole weekend to go cruising :)

got one quick question though. whats usually the best amount of miles before you can err.....go for it. so to speak? its an Astra 1.6 16V engine. i always thought it was about 1000
 
Nozzer said:
Take it easy 'til 7-800, then gradually push towards the redline with every 100 past that, until 1000.

Or you could just thrash it from the start and leave it for the next owner to worry about.
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lol :) cool, yeh i was thinking not to take it above say 3k RPM till the first thousand or so
 
[TW]Fox said:
Do you not get a sinking feeling every time you look at that missing 5 figure sum in your bank account with only a common or garden bog standard 1.6 litre Astra to show for it?
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No :) i don't get a sinking feeling :) im really happy i went for it. i cant stop smiling :D

and do you no mystic meg? :p
 
Kamerad said:
lol :D Sorry Phate but you should have taken advice from people on this forum. Getting yourself into so much debt at your age for a car that will be worth significantly less in a years time and no doubt you will be utterly bored with it.
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meh i took in the advice and yeh i bought it. you all keep bangin on about what i **** of done, but i didnt so why nt drop it now eh? getting old dont ya think? ;)
 
Nozzer said:
This isn't really the place to pan someone's purchase. He's asked about running it in, not residual value.
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oh you think this is bad?

you shoulda seen the other thread i made. about 4 pages long i think
 
Fox is right this is a public discussion forum, and people give advice all the time, and i took it into consideration and i still bought one. so i dont mind people giving me advice :) and no what people are saying how im going to regret it isnt delfating me at all. because im geuinely happy with what ive done (even if i dont no any better ;))
 
S@njay said:
Pics!!!

And of the engine bay, a nice greese free engine bay!
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OH YES come friday will be another thread of fox telling me i shouldnt of as the pics of it inside and out are posted :D just hope its sunny!
 
[TW]Fox said:
Near £400 a month to drive around in an Astra 1.6.
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almost. its £300 a month

i no what it sounds like. 300 a month and its only an astra. but then again my mate is currently driving a new fiesta and paid 12k for it on finance. and i think that was silly. when he could have got a leon for that. and got insured at a reasonable price
 
Baron G said:
Phate - enjoy it mate. , let me tell you those are the longest thousand miles you'll ever do... :D
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Thanks man :)

lol aye the running in period won't take long :p :D ;)
 
saitrix said:
I hope you enjoy it. But damn having that much on finance when statistically you are most likely to crash it due to your age. :eek: I wouldnt fancy paying off finance for a car thats been written off.
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if it gets written off u jst give the car back to them. and they give your money back
 
saitrix said:
Ahh ok. :) Still crazy, I bet it costs you a pretty penny with the insurance too.
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i rang churchill and switch my policy. on my now not current astra folks payed for the first year (did the same with my sister) and it was £1985 and when i switched it it cost an extra 200, and when it renews it's gonna cost something like 1400
 
=GAMMO= said:
Exactally what i was thinking the last 2 new cars of mine got a good pasting under warrenty if it was gonna fail it was defo going to be within the warrenty period, have fun in your new motor, quite like the astras myself
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i like your sig :p strangely aluring :)

aye after the lease is done i either give it back or pay off the rest or swap it for a brand new car and they take whats left of the astra and take it off the next car.

you guys got me thinking now, whether to light the tyres up as i pull away from the dealers :p

ill have to overtake my mum on the way back though :) specially seen as we go on the A12 lol :D
 
lordrobs said:
IMO as long as you don't bounce it off the rev limiter from day one and make sure you don't give it too much stick whilst its cold a modern engine should withstand pretty much whatever you throw at it.

Having said that I'd drive it as if the engine was constantly cold for the first 100 to 200 miles then make sure you don't visit the redline until at least 600 miles are under its belt.
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i would never give any engine stick when its cold. :) i'm just curious what it's likely to be before that throttle pedal can touch the floor behind it :p
 
jonarob said:
You've made a big mistake, and my laughter is out of disbelief that you went against the advice that was pretty much 10:1 against you buying a brand new Vauxhall... On credit.
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like Fox said earlier, its a public discussions forum dude. so yes people may advise an etc. but i don't let this forum affect my life etc. when people were taking pics of their room for GD people were going down to the bank getting a load of 20's out laying them on the desk, take a picture and take the money back :confused: yes i browse these forums a lot and they make me laugh, but i take what people say into consideration but they don't affect what i do in life.
 
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