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JB! said:
had to pick one up today, is it me or are they a whole lot more fun than regular "work" cars?
i dont think i've seen a ford galaxy move like that before!
Hire cars are faster then regular cars. Well at least the ones i have had have been. Same as courtesy cars, you seem to rag them silly.i dont think i've seen a ford galaxy move like that before!
HellDiver said:
My Vectra was an ex-rental. Rolling roaded to 161hp standard, book is 140hp. Shame the engine took a dump at 20k. And again at 22k.
you bought an ex-rental???are you mad???
i feel sorry for whoever buys this one, the roof cubbyhole keeps falling down whenever you sidestep the clutch...
HellDiver said:
JB! said:
HellDiver said:
My Vectra was an ex-rental. Rolling roaded to 161hp standard, book is 140hp. Shame the engine took a dump at 20k. And again at 22k.
you bought an ex-rental???
I bought a 2006 Vauxhall Vectra SRi (Nav) when it was six months old for way less than half of what it would have cost to buy new. It was an ex-rental with 18,000 miles on the clock. I knew it was an ex-rental but as hey had about 50 of them in I could look around them very carefully and pick and choose. I owned it for a year, it ran superbly, I then sold it a year later to another dealer and got exactly what I paid for it!
Some were clearly ragged to within an inch of their lives however! You have to be very careful!
Some were clearly ragged to within an inch of their lives however! You have to be very careful!
flakeypaul said:
Some were clearly ragged to within an inch of their lives however! You have to be very careful!
Mine was OK when I got it at 16k, but the engine started leaking oil. Went in a few times, ended up having to get the engine rebuilt, then it started galloping oil, then had to rebuilt again. End up I traded it in for the Lancer, it's someone else's trouble now. I don't have the time to fart about going to dealers every week.It did go very, very well for a 1.8VVT, though, and I really liked the car as a whole.
JB! said:
HellDiver said:
JB! said:
HellDiver said:
My Vectra was an ex-rental. Rolling roaded to 161hp standard, book is 140hp. Shame the engine took a dump at 20k. And again at 22k.
you bought an ex-rental???HellDiver said:
flakeypaul said:
Some were clearly ragged to within an inch of their lives however! You have to be very careful!
Mine was OK when I got it at 16k, but the engine started leaking oil. Went in a few times, ended up having to get the engine rebuilt, then it started galloping oil, then had to rebuilt again. End up I traded it in for the Lancer, it's someone else's trouble now. I don't have the time to fart about going to dealers every week.It did go very, very well for a 1.8VVT, though, and I really liked the car as a whole.
Shouldn't the engine have been repaired under manufacturers warranty? That was what made me go for an ex-rental - not having to worry about huge repair bills!
Edited by flakeypaul on Friday 4th June 12:16
flakeypaul said:
I don't get the whole 'We Hate Vectras' thing - I know they're not superb to drive but on the whole they're good files.
Some say the best way to deal with Vectra blues is to scrap it before you spend more than it's worth on it! You know the like - fix one thing, another thing pops up.And I'm not hating.
Edited by soad on Friday 4th June 12:11
F i F said:
Why do people think it's funny and somehow praiseworthy to rag the arse off hire cars to the point they are stuffed.
Funny?! It's fun - nothing more to it. Not your motor - so rag the fook out of it. Something you wouldn't want to do with your own perhaps (well, some will do). Not saying it's the right thing to do, so don't get it twisted. But most people have done so in the past, right?
soad said:
F i F said:
Why do people think it's funny and somehow praiseworthy to rag the arse off hire cars to the point they are stuffed.
Funny?! It's fun - nothing more to it. Not your motor - so rag the fook out of it. Something you wouldn't want to do with your own perhaps (well, some will do). Not saying it's the right thing to do, so don't get it twisted. But most people have done so in the past, right?
, fastest car on the planet the 'hire/courtesy' car.flakeypaul said:
Shouldn't the engine have been repaired under manufacturers warranty? That was what made me go for an ex-rental - not having to worry about huge repair bills!
You've obviously not dealth with Vauxhall warranty then. Any repair is usually proceeded by 3 visits to the dealership, each time 2 weeks apart due to a lack of courtesy cars. They only authorise the bare minimum work be done, effectively wasting the customer's time in repeat visits.HellDiver said:
flakeypaul said:
Shouldn't the engine have been repaired under manufacturers warranty? That was what made me go for an ex-rental - not having to worry about huge repair bills!
You've obviously not dealth with Vauxhall warranty then. Any repair is usually proceeded by 3 visits to the dealership, each time 2 weeks apart due to a lack of courtesy cars. They only authorise the bare minimum work be done, effectively wasting the customer's time in repeat visits.
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