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[TW]Fox;23194908 said:
I would imagine its so that people can get in the back without needing to ask the front passenger to get out.
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Yeah I guess it circumvents the need for the front passenger to get out for others to work out they can't fit in the back and find alternative means of transport.

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Due to a change in circumstances I'm having to give up the Vitesse soon, needed something cheap to tax, insure and run.

Behold the might of 74 rampaging ponies:

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:p

It's a 2002 Astra 1.7 DTI LS, despite having less power than my eco-drive watch I quite like it aside the god awful seats (perfect condition, just really bad for my back on anything other than local runs), thankfully I have some half leather Vectra B SRI seats to put in once this infernal drizzle stops.

Let the laughing commence...
 
agw_01 said:
Surely the Vit does't cost that much to run that you have to torture yourself by driving an Astra van?
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A third of the economy round town, less than half the economy on a run, double the tax and a few hundred extra on insurance so it all adds up, my mileage will be going up a lot after the new year and I'll be on less money so needs must :(
 
My 420 will comfortably do 35 on a steady run, surely the Vit isn't much worse (or that Astra won't actually do 70mpg?!)

Either way, sad times :( I've driven one of work's Transits quite a lot recently and while I find it hilarious at how slow it is, I can imagine it'd get very tedious, very quickly.

The Rovers are pretty effortless and make for a nice drive.
 
Most I've averaged in Vitty on a long run is 30mpg, I've tried driving it economically but get bored and put foot down lol

Round town I struggle to get 20mpg, but our council did have a buy one get one free on traffic lights so a lot of stop starting with grand prix starts :D

Since buying the Astra 2 weeks ago I've done 280 miles with roughly 200 miles town driving and 80 miles motorway and have averaged 50mpg with my foot buried everywhere so it certainly uses a lot less than the Vitty lol

Around town it's nippy enough, motorways I don't seem to feel the need for putting me foot down with knowing there's no power there, could do with a bit more poke for overtaking though so a remap will likely be on the cards in the near future, there's a club member in Yorkshire who does them for £130 to other club members which gains around 30% more power and similar torque with little effect to economy so that should sort that out :)

Aside the power it's actually a nicer car to drive than the Vitesse, handling is surprisngly good too but not quite as good as the Vitesse, seats are rubbish but that'll be sorted once I fit the Vectra half leathers ;)

Seems that I'm not the only one to go this route mind, have spotted Rich1988s brother on AOC sporting a mk4 1.7 LS Eco lol
 
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