Pick up the car on friday

Imho, drive it as you would normally from day one, don't baby it.

Warranty is there IF there are any mishaps later on in life, but modern manufacturing techniques yada yada tolerances yada yada you'll be fine.

It's not a highly strung sports engine, just drive it normally.
 
Pics!!!

And of the engine bay, a nice greese free engine bay!

Congratulations anyway, not the best of things to spend money on but you only life once, and only you can make yourself happy and unhappy:)
 
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:
Let me guess, is it all financed? Did you really have £14k to spend on a car or did the salesman manage to stiff you on a lovely finance package as well?
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The car is on one of those 0% finance deals from what Phate has told me, although he'll be tied to it for 4 years but he won't have to pay more money than the lump sum price, I also suggested he should put however much money he has left at the end of every month into a high interest savings account for the period of the finance so then he'll have a large lump sum to go out and buy a faster car.
 
Near £400 a month to drive around in an Astra 1.6.

I'm going to step away from this thread before it makes me cry. I wish you a long, happy career of driving utterly normal cars on finance.

Now I think I know where penski comes from at times..
 
[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
 
For pete's sake leave the guy alone and let him enjoy his purchase. If he'd bought a BMW 3 series he'd probably loose the same amount of money over three years, but no-one would be questioning residuals.

Phate - enjoy it mate. The handbook will give you specific running-in instructions for your car, but typically they say take it easy for the first thousand or so. Having just gone through that with my car, let me tell you those are the longest thousand miles you'll ever do... :D
 
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 ;)
 
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.
 
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
 
NickXX said:
Enjoy it mate, first cars are always special. But £14k? Ouch :eek:, hope you've got a good job!
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my thoughts excactly! 14k at 18 for an astra! i missed the other thread but i wont join in anyhoo!

If you are happy with it, then thats what counts! ;)
 
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