Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Anyone seen how cheap R26 are? Wish I'd looked before getting the Clio 
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Chris C
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Registered: 2nd Jan 05
Location: Hemel Hempstead
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I know, very tempting because I'm getting bored of driving an oil burner.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Anyone seen how cheap R26 are? Wish I'd looked before getting the Clio
what clio do you have now?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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I wanted an R26 aswell and make it into an R26-R lookalike as the R-26R's are quite frankly ridiculous money still for less car than the R26.
I would have that over an Astra VXR.
Can only go by my mates experiences of Astra VXR's and they've had no problems regarding reliability like gearboxes, it's just luck of the draw like most cars.
When I was looking into buying my car there are plenty of horror stories about vanos/subframe cracks/rarb bushes but you just look around the car before buying, every car is going to be a risk you just try and reduce those risks by having a proper look around it.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
All cars have problems and any car in the same class as the VXR will have similar consumption.
Wouldn't have a Golf GTi for sensor issues
Wouldn't have a Focus ST for mediocre performance
Etcetc see they all have downsides
come off it, even you with you vauxhall specs cant defend this one, they are two such weak counter arguments, a sensor compared to a gearbox rebuild lol?
i think the astra vxr as a whole is a good car, but the gearboxes are shocking and you should budget to expect it not to last 50k, which by any standards is crap
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Graham88
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I always take problems with cars with a pinch of salt on the internet anyway. You will only ever hear about problems online, you don't get people posting topics to say they've had their Astra 3 years ragged it to fuck, tracked it etc and nothing has gone wrong.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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You do Graham, Lee Wilson owns my old one no gearbox issues.
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scoob
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Registered: 16th Oct 03
Location: Beverley, E Riding of Yorkshire
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i kick the shit out of my boxed cdti daily no issues (same gear box)
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Yes but on a Corsa forum there have been about 4 cases of failed gearboxes?
That is an awful lot.
R26 are cheap, i didnt buy one because i knew if i paid £13k for it it would be worth 5p 10minutes later. Stupid depreciating French cars 
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
All cars have problems and any car in the same class as the VXR will have similar consumption.
Wouldn't have a Golf GTi for sensor issues
Wouldn't have a Focus ST for mediocre performance
Etcetc see they all have downsides
golf gti's are the slowest of the lot yet you base your argument on sensor issues? also, the focus has fantastic mid range performance as standard and haa a much better chassis than the astra.
i'd personally have either as they're both as good as eachother, although the golf and focus have much better interiors.
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Ben G
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you are a lovely man ojc but i feel your arse is talking here.
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Jambo
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Id love an ST but the economy is shocking.
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Yes but on a Corsa forum there have been about 4 cases of failed gearboxes?
That is an awful lot.
R26 are cheap, i didnt buy one because i knew if i paid £13k for it it would be worth 5p 10minutes later. Stupid depreciating French cars
I'd say they can't get much cheaper tbh mate, maybe 1k-2k over a year now. Probably never a better time to buy one! I'd buy one and strip the fuck out of it and track it, but that's me
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
R26 are cheap, i didnt buy one because i knew if i paid £13k for it it would be worth 5p 10minutes later. Stupid depreciating French cars
Just had a look  Sooo cheap now! Exceptional value.
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l15ter
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I like my Astra vxr, had it for about 2 months now, the gearbox was replaced 6 months ago. The keyless entry has let me down as the battery went flat in the key so couldnt really turn the car off. Over all Im really happy with it, doesnt cost me no more a week on fuel compared to my old astra 1.7cdti and the vxr still gets 37 mpg on the motorway.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
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quote:
Originally posted by l15ter
I like my Astra vxr, had it for about 2 months now, the gearbox was replaced 6 months ago.
Internet myth M8
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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Didnt happen to Ojc, therefore it's a myth.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Anyone seen how cheap R26 are? Wish I'd looked before getting the Clio
what clio do you have now?
197
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Need to get mythbusters looking into this gearbox situation. Only way it will ever be solved.
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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Mine's on 63k and no issues.
Kiss of death from me there..
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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look how many warren has done too
plus a handful of other people off here also
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Steve
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I get irritated when people defend stuff just because they like it.
Yes I appreciate people have a passion for particular makes, but you can still priase something yet remain partial to its flaws, no car is perfect, and the vxr is a good car but does suffer from unusally high cases of gearbox failure.
I like 106 gtis, and will always priase them but will still advise anyone to watch out for gearbox problems if they are seeking advise, in a way, owners are some of the worst people to ask advice from because a lot of the time there passion and bias clouds there judgement
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Joe
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Ojc is defo blinkered. Would say a ford puma is a good car if he owned one.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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Stretching it a bit far there joe
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Joe
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Nah just jokes mate. Agree with what you say, like when people say head gaskets aren't common on rovers coz they did 10k in one with no issues.
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