Tell me bad things about the Vauxhall Tigra.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:29

After missing out on the sensible car we were after the wife want's to get something pretty for summer.

She's decided the Tigra meets the strict criteria of small engine & small car & looks nice, so now i need to go and find one.

Looking around the M/R plate age, what do i need to look out for?

Cheers

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:37

Quick scan on Autotrader.

Cheapest Tigra £795
Cheapest Puma £1995

Hmm

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:39

[TW]Fox;11245206 said:
Tigra is rubbish.

It looks nice, which is more important to my wife.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:40

Lopéz said:
The Tigra has the hardest, most uncomfortable excuse for a back seat I have ever experienced.

I'll warn the kids.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:45

Gilly said:
The Tigra is badly built,

I'm used to that.

Gilly said:
handles poorly

She doesn't do spirited driving, so this shouldn't be a problem.

Gilly said:
falls apart in any kind of collision

This bit worries me, last car came out of a crunch fairly well (ie, it soaked up the impact pretty well.)

Gilly said:
is rocked all over by the Puma.

Which costs more than twice as much.

Any usual weak spots to look out for?

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:50

[TW]Fox;11245280 said:
For good reason. Your cars seem to last a few months tops. Why not buy a nice Puma and look after it - in the long run it will cost less than buying new cars all the time.

Our last 306 gave us 6 months and wasn't taken off the road through choice.

And we keep buying cheap cars because we don't have £1995 to spend on a car.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:54

Gilly said:
An old colleague of mine had one, and was reversing out of the work car park in front of a few of us. I don't think she'd been driving all that long and there was a few of us about waiting for her to go so we could.

She clipped the barrier next to the huge lights we had out in the car park (think the big alien craft looking things above city centre dual carriageways) and the front wing pretty much disintegrated and she earned herself a crease all the way across the bottom of the car to the far door. She wrote it off at about 5 mph.

Hmm, doesn't sound very parking/woman friendly.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 22:55

Lopéz said:
Seriously mate, I am no lover of luxury, I've driven more old sheds than most people here, my standards are below ground level - but it's like sitting in the back of a Transit with welded up dampers.

And a 4 foot roof chop

I'd be happy if she got another astra or pug diesel, but she wants to have a shiney car for a bit.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:03

InvaderGIR said:
306 Phase2/3 ?

It's shiney and will once again absorb impacts well...although it's not as girly as a Tigra/Puma.

InvG

Tried buying one tonight at the auctions, the bidding started at the top of our budget

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:06

[TW]Fox;11245368 said:
We must have read this thread wrong then as you refer to an M reg Tigra, which is of course no more shiney than another Astra or Pug diesel.

moss said:
I suppose to a majority of women, a tigra will be far more 'shiney' than an astra. Just googled a few images and my gf agree'd.

^^ what he said.

SB118 · 6 Mar 2008 at 23:08

InvaderGIR said:
That's fair enough, getting a worthwhile sub £1k ph2 is not easy, ph3 is near on impossible. Not stopping me hunting though, I hate that Peugeots seem to be about all I can afford to buy and insure.

InvG

Was willing to spend £1400, it was a very clean car, bidding started at £1500

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 09:43

mx-5 has a lack of rear seating too.

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 09:47

barnettgs said:
Huh? That doesn't change the fact that it's fugly.

Not to a woman.

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 09:53

barnettgs said:
Neither to you.

huh?

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:28

penski said:
You don't have the slightest inkling of how the female mind works in such matters.

*n

PS: Megane koop is a good suggestion. Xsara?

Just showed her the megane and xsara stuff, doesn't like the xsara (it's too big), BUT the megane did get approval. Which is good, even though the engine is bigger meaning more fuel bills and higher road tax.

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:30

[TW]Fox;11247041 said:
The Xsara is the same size as the Megane isn't it? It's certainly the same size as her old 306 thats for sure.

Shhhhhh! she's like something else now, don't spoil it!

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 10:33

Phil W said:
... the Xsara looks like a 3-door hatch ...

That is exactly what she said

SB118 · 7 Mar 2008 at 16:55

thecremeegg said:
And to the OP, theres loads of Oumas on autotrader starting at around £1000...no excuse to buy a tigra

Had a look and there aren't any within 200 miles of us for under £1250

and that one is 170 miles.

Think i've swayed her away from a tigra now though. Just a pain we need to buy a car in a rush, once the insurance cheque comes through she loses the hire car.