Opel Vectra

Tomjim

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/07-opel-vectra-1-6-low-mileage/15593382

What is this car like value wise

Are they economical

Toyotafanboi

Not particularly good value for money. I wouldnt expect it to be great on fuel and its quite a low spec.

Not to be too harsh, as it does look clean and has a decent NCT but it's probably one of the worst ways to spend €2000, if you what you want is a mid 00's petrol saloon, there are far nicer alternatives in that budget.

How will you feel next year, when that Vectras NCT has expired and it will cost €500 to get it through the retest, knowing that with no NCT its worth literally €0 and with a new test it's worth €500 tops. I wouldn't give more than €1000 for it.

colm_mcm

An Avensis would be a much better buy I think.

Tomjim

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-astra-1-6-16v-sxi-automatic/14849459

what about this, its a 2 door

mikeybrennan

Tomjim wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/opel-astra-1-6-16v-sxi-automatic/14849459

what about this, its a 2 door

Pricey for 10yo astra

bazz26

OP, you've gone from a petrol manual Vectra to an automatic Astra to a diesel Civic. They are all different cars with nothing in common with each other, what criteria did you use to arrive at these cars?

Toyotafanboi

Thats insane money for that Astra. It's also a painful semi automatic making it worth even less, that's a €1500 car and a hard sell even at that.

Old Opels are generally worth close to zero, regardless.

What do you need in a car?

Tomjim

i,m looking for something that is solid and will last. I do a bit of farming so I need something that can pull a trailor.

The only criteria is that whatever I spend it will last a few years and I won't be spending money on it

Not fussy if its petrol or diesel

Have family so probably need 4 doors

Toyotafanboi

Definitely sounds like a job for an Avensis they were born for that.

Toyotafanboi

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2007-toyota-avensis-estate/15187719

/thread.

Fair few clicks on it but if you treat it right it'l do that again. Painfully reliable, good history, one owner, NCT'd, estate, hitch, all yours for a grand.

Tomjim

thanks for all the advice so far, re the avensis, is the petrol an option for me as well as the diesel

colm_mcm

Of course, what are you planning on towing?

Tomjim

colm_mcm wrote: »

Of course, what are you planning on towing?

max weight 1.2 tonne. it would only be bout once a month

Tomjim

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/passat-as-new/15561353

would this be as good as an avensis

Toyotafanboi

Not by a country mile. Better finished, possibly but very questionable reliability.

Tomjim

is there any other car to go near the avensis for what i am looking for

Tomjim

what is the jetta like an 08

Tomjim

anyone

Toyotafanboi

Jetta actually dodges a lot of the expensive issues that the Passat suffered from like the various electronic handbrake faults, ESCL faults and very expensive key fobs.

Tomjim

I bought an 08 avensis 1.9 D4D. 110,000 on the clock. cost 4250 at the start of June

All going well until this morning when I noticed the temperature moving up and down, car seemed to be nearly hitting the overheating lines on the gauge but didn't.

I put coolant into it and this seems to have solved the problem (there was very little coolant in the car)

Now I did notice in the last few weeks that the heater didn,t seem to be working very well

colm_mcm

you've cured the symptom but not the problem. You should get this checked ASAP.