andys sxi
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It's alrite John I'm on the look out for another a3
April 08 feature car
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noshua
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Originally posted by corsa-sxi
http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/vauxhall/astra/vauxhall---------astra-1-9-cdti-16v-sri-150-3dr-exterior-pack/764279
looks nice
That's the one I was looking at as it's only round the corner  That colour and red are by far the best!
John I known what you mean but when splashing out £7-8k on a car its's nice to have a bit of piece of mind.
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Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Shouldn't let it worry you, any car you buy could catastrophically fail 5 miles down the road, such as a dodgy, supposedly better quality, A3. It could also go the rest of it's life needing only wear and tear items.
Thats true.
But then again, it will always be in the back of your mind, knowing how bad the gearboxes are, just waiting for it to fuk up.
It would be daft to think that any1 who knows about the M32 issue, could just ignore it.
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ash_corsa
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Originally posted by CORSA NUT
Been told to avoid any vauxhall with the 1.8 VVTI engine. Shit MPG.
Don't buy the petrol, mrs had a 1.8 VVT from new, mpg was appalling, struggled to get anything above 32mpg!
Was a fucking nightmare to sell on aswell, lost a fortune on it!
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SXI - Matt
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Do they all have the m32 fitted then? There's not a lot you can do though if it hasn't already been fixed apart from hope it doesn't happen to you.
I'm on the hunt for the silvery blue colour what ever that one is quite like that grey one, don't want one with any more then 40k on either. I know even 60k isn't a lot on these as people keep saying but I'd just prefer a sub 40k mileage example.
Found one with 33k on in the colour I wanted with colour coded chrome and had been lowered on the eibach set up I wont by Thorney & I walked away :-( :-( :-(
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craig8
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Had a 1.9 cdti for a year and a Vxr for 3 years both of them remapped and never had any gearbox issues at all so it's not all horror stories
E36 328
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SXI - Matt
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quote:
Originally posted by craig8
Had a 1.9 cdti for a year and a Vxr for 3 years both of them remapped and never had any gearbox issues at all so it's not all horror stories
Is it the same gear box then in all of them? Did the map make a big difference on the CDTI one things on the top of my list when I find one
[Edited on 31-12-2012 by SXI - Matt]
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craig8
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Yeah both m32's
It was actually a tunning box that was on the cdti and took it from 120 to 170 but was horrible to drive with it on and I would never fit one to another car or recommend them to anyone
E36 328
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SXI - Matt
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quote:
Originally posted by craig8
Yeah both m32's
It was actually a tunning box that was on the cdti and took it from 120 to 170 but was horrible to drive with it on and I would never fit one to another car or recommend them to anyone
haha fair enough I've always heard very mixed reviews with tuning boxes, I've been looking into an actual map maybe at thorny or some were that has been used loads ect
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SXI - Matt
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-VAUXHALL-ASTRA-SRI-CDTI-150-3DR-Exterior-Pack-3-door-34K-miles-IMMACULATE-/160940815192?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2578d1f358
This is the one I should of purchased now sold though, on the hunt for the same colour now as this is how I want it looking
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craig8
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I would never use thorney again after having their map on my Vxr and the complete lack of aftercare when it was found to be running dangerously lean then tried blaming everything other than the map
[Edited on 31-12-2012 by craig8]
E36 328
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corsa-sxi
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The 1 I posted was much nicer than that above.
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SXI - Matt
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa-sxi
The 1 I posted was much nicer than that above.
Each to there own I guess, the price for this compared to the standard grey one is incomparable as this only had 34k on it compared to 60+ on the grey one. Although some people would be happier buying from vauxhall which is understandable, the silvery blue with colour codes chrome is perfect to me
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John
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I've had a dtuk box on various 1.9cdti's and a couple of 1.3cdti's and it's been brilliant on them all.
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SXI - Matt
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Did it make a big transformation John? Reading you get better drivebility more power and better MPG almost seems to good to be true eh
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John
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Quite a big difference yes, a very noticeable increase in power and the mpg certainly didn't get any worse.
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pow
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I drive a car with an M32 gearbox. It's fine.
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big eck
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So was mine for a short while lol
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smcGSI16V
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Mines been fine for 88k. Don't see what all the hoohaa is about.
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big eck
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Here we go again lol. You know what the hoohaa is about.
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Beato
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Had my CDTi 150 with Green DTUK box on from 23k to 80k still running fine. I think the box is decent, makes a very noticable difference in performance, as for mpg not so much.
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SXI - Matt
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Did they do a facelift model on these if so any one know what year and what was changed?
Found one so fingers crossed I'll have one soon, black not the silver lightning I was ideally after but black does look good, just a badger to keep clean
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SXI - Matt
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Ok just a quick one, I've found one I'm going to go for but before I do I was just thinking what else is out there in the price range I'm looking at
So £7/8k want some think good on fuel so a diesel of some sort preferably a 3 door unless it doesn't come in one. Sporty looks and fairly quick, no more then 45k on the clock and no older then say 57 plate
Any ideas?
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big eck
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Mk2 Leon tdi's are nice, nippy as fook with a remap as well.
My mate paid £7.5k for this one from the dealers
[Edited on 02-01-2013 by big eck]
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SXI - Matt
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There quite smart looking to actually may have a quick look on Ph
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