More Snotternomics, 2008 Vectra SRi

[martin mrt]

As part of my ongoing desire to cut my outgoings as much as possible, I sold my previous 2001 Mondeo Snotter as it was due its MOT so I cut my losses with that and ran the M3 daily until a suitable replacement was found.

Here it is, a 2008 Vectra 1.8 SRi in Pommegranate Red, it's an ex mini cab, but has only done 100k and has for the most part been looked after quite well, it has a few battle scars, airbag light is on and needs a new aux belt fitted, gearbox us a touch noisy in 5th but I'm not too concerned as I don't go far in it, other than that its a perfect pub/work/station car






All in all its not a bad buy at £500, taxed and tested until August.

[kiethton]

Not a bad price for an 08, 5er says the mileage isn't genuine though!

[rallycross]

At £500 it's either clocked, still on finance, stolen recovered or catC - or possibly all of the above at that price.
Good luck sorting that out when you find out the real story.

[aspirated]

Certainly doesn't look like a £500 car

The rear wing on that tarted up 997 is hilarious

[mwstewart]

Five Hundred Pounds It's almost criminal!

[martin mrt]

Mileage is genuine, its an ex mobility car from new, bought by a friend at 29k and used as his taxi until three weeks ago.

[Fun Bus]

£500?! I sold to 'We Want Any Car' a 110k, 2008, CDTi (150) in the same colour and spec about a year ago for £2300!

[slipstream 1985]

aspirated said:

Certainly doesn't look like a £500 car

The rear wing on that tarted up 997 is hilarious

is that not a 996 spec gt2 wing on a 997?

[mwstewart]

slipstream 1985 said:

is that not a 996 spec gt2 wing on a 997?

And clubsport tints bruv!

[martin mrt]

I'm not too hot with my Porsche knowledge, but according to someone better informed than myself its part of some optional aero kit

[tbc]

Definitely something fishier than a barrel full of lesbians about this.

the alloys/tyres alone are probably worth about £250-300 on eBay

[jamiebae]

Well CAP Clean is almost £2k so on the surface it looks like a total steal, but obviously it isn't going to get a new MoT until the airbag light is fixed and who knows what the problem is there.

It'll still break for more than £500 though

[ChrisDT]

The Porsche just looks like a 997 with an Aero Kit?

Nice £500 snotter though!

[mini1380cc]

Incredible value, well done.

[DaMasterMind]

Fack me ive leased new car's for the past 8 years and had no idea what 500 quid got you these days that is pretty incredible.

[martin mrt]

Nothing fishy about it, bought from a friend, with some minor faults.

Airbag light is drivers "squib" which I believe is the steering wheel slip ring

I'm not a vauxhall fan but it's actually a decent enough car, for the money I can't complain.

[nipsips]

Theres your problem...

Slip ring is the CIM module. Not a cheap part! They range from £150 + coding to the princely sum of £500 + coding...

[GC8]

kapiteinlangzaam said:

martin mrt said:

Mileage is genuine, its an ex mobility car from new, bought by a friend at 29k and used as his taxi until three weeks ago.

In that case, bugger off you are a jammy git.

(mates rates arent usually allowed though )

Yes, the noisy top gear will probably be due to the owner/driver driving everywhere in fifth, rather than high mileage...