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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / General Car Topics (UK group) / August 2005views regarding Vaux Astra diesel
New to this group so bear with me if this is an old question: Colleague is selling his daughter's Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.7D (K plate 120K miles) and wants £470 for it. (she's off to college and will not need a car). FWIW she is only it's second owner. I would use it initially only for commuting as purely in terms of fuel economy it would pay for itself - it costs me £50 a week in petrol for a 250 mile commute What should I look for or what would make me run away from it? In the longer term it would also offer a vehicle that my nice can practice her driving in next year when she is 17. TIA Richard  SignatureReal email address is RJSavage at BIGFOOT dot COM > New to this group so bear with me if this is an old question: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > What should I look for or what would make me run away from it? The price for a start. About £150 too much. SignatureConor "You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend and you've never seen Star Trek? Good Lord!" - Patrick Stewart, Extras. > Colleague is selling his daughter's Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.7D (K plate > 120K miles) and wants £470 for it. (she's off to college and will not > need a car). Seems like a lot for a 12-13 year old poverty spec Astra. A quick look at Autotrader shows a few 1995-97 models for under 500 quid, including a smattering of turbo diesels. > What should I look for or what would make me run away from it? Look for a more aesthetic and interesting car :o) To be fair, it'll probably be very economical and cheap to repair, if a little slow (someone will be along shortly with values for 'a little'). Should be immaculate with loads of service history to fetch anywhere near the asking price though. >>Colleague is selling his daughter's Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.7D (K plate >>120K miles) and wants £470 for it. (she's off to college and will not [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Should be immaculate with loads of service history to fetch anywhere near > the asking price though. The only appeal seems to be that, as all vehicles at this end of their life are about £400 which seems to be a figure plucked from the air with the intention of persuading the punter that the vehicle is actually worth more than a trip to the scrapper and are thus all equally worthless, this partcular bit of worthless junk is being sold by someone I share a desk with and will thus, albeit be under no obligation to do anything in response, have to listen to me moaning about the pup he has foisted upon me. In other words could I do worse (or better)? Remember it's to be used for only 250 comuting miles per week. Richard SignatureReal email address is RJSavage at BIGFOOT dot COM |
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