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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
 
Ev0 said:
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.
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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 :)
 
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.
 
=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
 
Phate said:
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
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Flooring it isn't the problem its revving the tabs off it you should be worried about :p
 
I gave my Golf TDI a fair bit of stick from day one to 12,000 miles on the clock. The engine loosened up nicely.

That said, the Turbo broke at 10k miles - but due to a turbine fin which snapped off. So I doubt my ragging contributed to it. Got replaced on warrantee anyway - so probably better to accelerate the failure of duff parts to get them sorted before the 3 years are out.

As said above, just drive it normally and don't bounce it off the limiter.
 
Phate said:
glad to see your imput hear. its exceedingly useful. or are you just trying to spam your way to a hitman?
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I don't even know what you're talking about.

But anyway, I completely agree with Fox. 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.
 
jonarob said:
I don't even know what you're talking about.

But anyway, I completely agree with Fox. 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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Mate theres no point trying to tell him, hes made the mistake and hes going to pay for it, weather he says so or not :)

Good Luck with the car phate, make sure you enjoy the new car feeling while its there cos it dont last long

Sam
 
Not something I would have done at your age, however it's your money so good luck with the car hope it works out.
 
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.
 
I agree on the high credit at young age, but plenty of people make that mistake, and it's not the end of the world, just something many of us wouldn't entertain personally..

However, it seems odd that people would praise Velocity in the other thread with his A3 (nice car btw, love those new A3's)..

Looking at the figures.. (and doing a a 'Fox')
A3 2.0T FSI £19100 with 59% retained value = £7831 lost in 3 years..
Ashtray 1.6 SXi, £14175 with 45% retained value = £7796 lost in 3 years..
Even taking into account the excellent price velocity got his A3 for, although the options make didley squat on residuals, so its still £18K with 59% retained value, so it will still lose £7560 over three years.. in reality this is hardly any better...
 
Demon said:
Looking at the figures.. (and doing a a 'Fox')
A3 2.0T FSI £19100 with 59% retained value = £7831 lost in 3 years..
Ashtray 1.6 SXi, £14175 with 45% retained value = £7796 lost in 3 years..
Even taking into account the excellent price velocity got his A3 for, although the options make didley squat on residuals, so its still £18K with 59% retained value, so it will still lose £7560 over three years.. in reality this is hardly any better...
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At least for his less cash he he has a 2 litre turbocharged hot hatch with a posh badge and excellent build quality, whereas Phate will lose more cash and.... has a 1.6 Astra.

If anything your figures further highlight the rough deal Phate has, rather than justify it.
 
Demon said:
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Looking at the figures.. (and doing a a 'Fox')
A3 2.0T FSI £19100 with 59% retained value = £7831 lost in 3 years..
Ashtray 1.6 SXi, £14175 with 45% retained value = £7796 lost in 3 years..
Even taking into account the excellent price velocity got his A3 for, although the options make didley squat on residuals, so its still £18K with 59% retained value, so it will still lose £7560 over three years.. in reality this is hardly any better...
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Erm the actual value of the car is 23k it's just I'm paying 18k therefore once it's lost 7k in 3 years it's worth 16k, I will already have been paying for it for 3 years and paid it off therefore I won't actually technically loose much.
 
[TW]Fox said:
At least for his less cash he he has a 2 litre turbocharged hot hatch with a posh badge and excellent build quality, whereas Phate will lose more cash and.... has a 1.6 Astra.

If anything your figures further highlight the rough deal Phate has, rather than justify it.
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Except the cost of finance, £18K on regular finance will cost a damn site more then £14K on 0%.. so it will work out cheaper then the Audi.. seems pro-rata a good deal.....
 
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