"Vauxhall. Put the fun back into driving."

eXist · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:37

DAIR said:
LOL

Welcome my Vauxhall brother... Let it be known...... We dont have to hide anymore!

well my first post in motors didnt go down well after i asked about a new grille but instead decided to get mine colour coded, im on the corsa d forums now but dont post much as everything is seen through rose tinted glasses on a forum like that.

having purchased the corsa new i have learned the hard way a few mistakes i made which i wont go into but suffice to say i wont make them again.

DAIR · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:48

eXist said:
well my first post in motors didnt go down well after i asked about a new grille but instead decided to get mine colour coded, im on the corsa d forums now but dont post much as everything is seen through rose tinted glasses on a forum like that.

having purchased the corsa new i have learned the hard way a few mistakes i made which i wont go into but suffice to say i wont make them again.

Like purchasing tint film from halford and applying it to your car yourself?

Scania · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:50

eXist said:
having purchased the corsa new i have learned the hard way a few mistakes i made which i wont go into but suffice to say i wont make them again.

Sorry, but you can't say something like that and not give the full story.

Beans ! - Spill 'em!

eXist · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:53

lol none of that "chavvy crap"

in terms of doing the deal, price, warrenty , which garage i used etc......

the biggest thing they screwed me on was on the 1st aug ( i got mine 31st july ) vx changed from 3yrs to lifetime ( 100k ) warrenty. my dealer didnt feel the need to tell me that if i waited 1 more day i would get this additional cover and a phone call to vx customers services was met with a pre scripted agent saying there was nothing they could/would do and i was nt the first to phone that day witrh the same issue.

DAIR · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:55

eXist said:
lol none of that "chavvy crap"

in terms of doing the deal, price, warrenty , which garage i used etc......

the biggest thing they screwed me on was on the 1st aug ( i got mine 31st july ) vx changed from 3yrs to lifetime ( 100k ) warrenty. my dealer didnt feel the need to tell me that if i waited 1 more day i would get this additional cover and a phone call to vx customers services was met with a pre scripted agent saying there was nothing they could/would do and i was nt the first to phone that day witrh the same issue.

Someone on the corsa d forum applied their own tint. I asked whether he done it himself... He said yes.... :eek:

eXist · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:55

i should add the main reason for going the corsa route was i got 1500 off on vx swappage scheme for a 99 reg beat up astra, one of the coaches at work reversed into tyhe side of it so i was happy to get rid of it lol.

at dair - the LE comes with max legal tints pre applied, 50% rear, 30% elsewere

Scania · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:56

rypt said:
Yes that is too little, it is the wrong side of 200/ton which is the lower limit of fast enough, with 250/ton being the acceptable daily point for me, and 300-350/ton being the ideal point for daily street use.

Damn! Heres poor old me stuck with 10BHP or so per ton.

Where do you get what your smoking from? - it seems pretty good stuff!

DAIR · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:58

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Damn! Heres poor old me stuck with 10BHP or so per ton.

Where do you get what your smoking from? - it seems pretty good stuff!

He has clearly been sniffing skittles

Scania · 7 Jan 2011 at 15:59

Don't be daft - They get stuck in yer nose.

Morba · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:00

eXist said:
im on the corsa d forums now but dont post much as everything is seen through rose tinted glasses on a forum like that.

which is what is said on this forum many times, owners clubs are rose tinted, here its more open hence why not everything is liked

Deep · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:17

I wholeheartedly agree with everything rypt says, and would give serious consideration to signing to his newsletter.

MOOGLEYS · 7 Jan 2011 at 16:21

I have owned more Vauxhalls than most and some have been fun and some have well not.. To me the older vauxhalls are a lot better like the Astra GTE, Calibra Turbo etc. The Lotus Carlton is one of the best cars I have owned and huge amounts of fun was had with it. I now drive a Vectra which is well not fun in any real way but does the job well enough that I bought it for....