Missus decided that the previous vehicle had to go (3.2 V6 Isuzu Trooper, PETROL 
)..
I didnt want the flippin thing in the first place and had seen a nice N plate A4 Estate sport thing in blue but she saw the Trooper and had to have it, as you can imagine the fuel economy was terrible, ~320miles to a tank @ £70 a tank.....
Well she found a nice little black X plate A2, 46k, 1.4 Petrol.
So far I like it actually, it handles well, it feels like a bigger car on the inside and for the £30 it cost to fill it up it gave us 240miles and that was with a trip up the motorway to Ikea and back so much better than the Trooper ever would of done.
I must say I was amused by the little sun blind behind the rear view mirror (sad I know but I like quirky little things) and its not as gutless as you;d think being a 1.4..
However, the blind spot caused by the pillars, crikey!
No feedback thru the pedals, maybe its just me being fussy or having previously owned Vauxhalls where you get feedback thru the brakes and the clutch.
No washer bottle empty warning?! Whats that all about, my old G plate Cav had one of them....
Driver storage, the little cubby under the stereo, big enough but no lip on it really so if you have to accelerate whatevers in there ends up not in there..
6th gear, not got one, a shame really as even this little 1.4 would be loads better if it had a 6th for when your on the motorway...
Rear window heater, when its on the radio's useless, this a common easy to fix thing.
Headlight, bulbs gone, old car less than 5 minute job, seems from the guide that aint so on this puppy..
Oh and one other thing, when we got the car it only came with one key, is it possible to just buy a blank from eBay or similar get it cut and then do some get in the car press a few buttons thing?
Would it also be possible to re-encode the alarm/immobiliser so if someone turned up with the "other" key we dont have they could unlock the car with said key but do b****r all else?
)..I didnt want the flippin thing in the first place and had seen a nice N plate A4 Estate sport thing in blue but she saw the Trooper and had to have it, as you can imagine the fuel economy was terrible, ~320miles to a tank @ £70 a tank.....
Well she found a nice little black X plate A2, 46k, 1.4 Petrol.
So far I like it actually, it handles well, it feels like a bigger car on the inside and for the £30 it cost to fill it up it gave us 240miles and that was with a trip up the motorway to Ikea and back so much better than the Trooper ever would of done.
I must say I was amused by the little sun blind behind the rear view mirror (sad I know but I like quirky little things) and its not as gutless as you;d think being a 1.4..
However, the blind spot caused by the pillars, crikey!
No feedback thru the pedals, maybe its just me being fussy or having previously owned Vauxhalls where you get feedback thru the brakes and the clutch.
No washer bottle empty warning?! Whats that all about, my old G plate Cav had one of them....
Driver storage, the little cubby under the stereo, big enough but no lip on it really so if you have to accelerate whatevers in there ends up not in there..
6th gear, not got one, a shame really as even this little 1.4 would be loads better if it had a 6th for when your on the motorway...
Rear window heater, when its on the radio's useless, this a common easy to fix thing.
Headlight, bulbs gone, old car less than 5 minute job, seems from the guide that aint so on this puppy..
Oh and one other thing, when we got the car it only came with one key, is it possible to just buy a blank from eBay or similar get it cut and then do some get in the car press a few buttons thing?
Would it also be possible to re-encode the alarm/immobiliser so if someone turned up with the "other" key we dont have they could unlock the car with said key but do b****r all else?
