replacing Vectra 1.9cdti
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Can't see it myself, care to expand on this?
The only thing i found the Insignia worse at was rear visability, otherwise in every key area it's better than the terrible Vectra.
To save me a bit of typing
http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3297
http://www.autoinsider.co.uk/problems/car.php?cid=1773
Covers a few of the problems
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I'm not talking about car problems, the Vectra is plagued with many many issues most of which are car dependant, no car in history has ever been made without 1 problem.
I'm talking about a direct comparison between the insignia and Vectra, as in how does it drive, fit and finish etc.
I'm talking about a direct comparison between the insignia and Vectra, as in how does it drive, fit and finish etc.
Ok. Even in the SRI spec the Insignia felt too loose on the road. I never felt as confident on twisty roads as i do with the Vectra. The paint finish was poor, bumpers not matching the rest of the car. Carpet nearly seemed to be too small as it kept coming away from the sides, suffered a lot of wind noise. Auto gearbox was garbage. It loved front tyres 9500 miles from a set of Contis, and a disaster to reverse. Brakes never felt great and electric handbrake never give me a lot of confidence on a hill. Now on the good side there was more room in the cabin and seats would have been better had the material on the base and the sides not worn away so quickly. Been a year from i got rid of mine so thats only a few things that spring to mind. Its a pity as it could have been a good motor.
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Confident in what, its ability to roll around and understeer whilst providing zero feedback through the wheel?
[TW]Fox;22863202 said:Confident in what, its ability to roll around and understeer whilst providing zero feedback through the wheel?
The Sri is not that bad slightly stiffer springs help. They are no performance car but for a fwd large car they are quite chuckable.
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The autobox fitted to at least some of the Vectra's (my dad's 2.2 DTi is what I'm basing my post on here) is dreadful. On paper there's a loss of 8MPG for his model (47 down to 39) and a second off the 0-60.
To be fair though, his has done 160k at 8 years old and is only now starting to fall to pieces. Nothing major has gone wrong up to the point, and whilst I constantly bash him over it not being as well put-together as the Mondeo my grandad had, I'm probably wrong in that because all I ever think about is that he never got round to getting the passenger door window controls fixed!
I doubt the newer car will net you 10 more MPG, the trip is short, the engine will have barley just got into its optimum by the time your almost at work.
Why diesel? 13 miles is still very much in petrol territory I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. Its only really 6250 work miles per year.
Also as others have said, your spending thousands to get you into a car that's only 18 months newer and saves you a little on car tax. You wont save any money on fuel. You cars only 5 years old, not even half way through its realistic working life.
Why diesel? 13 miles is still very much in petrol territory I'm surprised no one has mentioned it. Its only really 6250 work miles per year.
Also as others have said, your spending thousands to get you into a car that's only 18 months newer and saves you a little on car tax. You wont save any money on fuel. You cars only 5 years old, not even half way through its realistic working life.