Help on Astra VXR, what do I look for?

[turbojolt]

a cavalier turbo? there extinct now ain't they

[maddogdaz666]

i hope not, i will own one...... one day.....one day

[staggy_gsi]

You'd be much better off spending top money on a cav turbo than buying a dirt cheap vxr....

But i understand that getting this point across to a female is difficult to say the least. They just look at the reg plate and think the newer the better, even though the majority of remaining cav turbo's will have been cherished and looked after better than a vxr in your price range

[maddogdaz666]

I have been trying to explain this to her . Even saying that it's more of an investment as it won't loose money, in theory it should go up in value, but she just doesn't want one as her daily.
I best get her nova SR on the road then n she can use that as her daily
Bit of a change from the 62 plate fiesta she had when I first met her nearly 3 yr ago
But she sold that as a deposit for our house we bought 8 month after meeting

[Dan Stanley]

Just a point to think about, but wouldn't you prefer your Mrs to drive around in something newer with a better safety record? As opposed to something older? Cav's have got an airbag, side impact bars and seat belt pre-tensioners. But a mk4 or 5 Astra will have that and a whole lot more. Would much rather suffer a crash in a newer car than an old but cherished car.
If you couldn't afford the Astra VXR, could you have the sporthatch with the 2.0T engine, or even the 5 door 2.0T SRi with the bodykit and big wheels?

[maddogdaz666]

We have looked at a few Sri 2.0t's too. Then I would buy the VXR bumper and interior

[ste scott]

Trust me mate walk away. It will be cheap for a reason! A couple of years ago i really wanted one, i mean really wanted one. Only had 6k to spend but all the good ones were around 8k, just had to leave it that was my head talking, and if you had any common sence you will do the same

I have been trying to explain this to her . Even saying that it's more of an investment as it won't loose money, in theory it should go up in value, but she just doesn't want one as her daily.


I best get her nova SR on the road then n she can use that as her daily
Bit of a change from the 62 plate fiesta she had when I first met her nearly 3 yr ago
But she sold that as a deposit for our house we bought 8 month after meeting

62 reg 3 years ago?

[Andy]

was gonna say just the same LOL

[maddogdaz666]

Sorry 59

[scott.parker]

Dude here's my 2ps worth, from purely friends experience ect I think you would better off looking at a mint mk4 Astra coupe turbo, you can get them cheap enough, then fit the mk5 vxr turbo setup on it and spend more cash modifying it to how you want, instead of full price of the car, also imo the interior in the mk4 options is nicer... :-)