Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
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Was out last night and my mate let me drive his 53plate 1.7CDTi Astravan and tbh i quite like them. Got a couple of insurance quotes and its coming up a little bit mroe expensive than mine at the moment, bareing in mind im paying £1500 on my mums policy, FC. And for the van they want £1900, own name, FC.
Was chatting to POW this morning and he said there impractical because of rear seats, but you can buy seats for them and they've already got the mounts in the van.
TBH i only want one because there different. Remap, colourcode, lowerer and alloys and jobs a good one.
Opinions please.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Unless you need a van for work purposes then no. I have found insurance prices for vans silly, I'm 19.
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flybikeslee
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Registered: 2nd Jan 07
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id have a van  plus i always have my bike in the back of the corsa so a van would make more sense
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Jakey
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Someone that agrees.
Somebody mentioned that you can get about 40% power increase from a remap? True or false?
I'd also have one so i don't have to take 4/5 people about..
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Hammer
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Get the same engine in a car if it's that you want. Walking down the street naked is different from the norm, doesn't mean to say it's the right thing to do!
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flybikeslee
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yeah apparantly with better MPG aswell. only thing that would bother me is not seeing out the back but im sure you'd get used to it 
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Colin
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Unless your a plumber or an electrician NO 
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Jakey
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Hammer - The cost of a car with the CDTi is to expensive, even on eBay and places there £5k +
Lee - My mates has got a rear window, so do most that i've seen.
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flybikeslee
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oh right cool, just did a quick search
this with a better bonnet and grill would look awesome 
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Jakey
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Thats Andy Will's from Sandbach.
Some people may recognise old car.
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?PhotoAlbumId=3354933337
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Jakey
Hammer - The cost of a car with the CDTi is to expensive, even on eBay and places there £5k +
Does it have to be a cdti? I had a mk4 astra with the 1.7td isuzu engine and that went well, would have been not too shabby remapped!
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Jakey
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Yeah supose, i wanted something a little different than a normal Astra..
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ShEp
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why buy an astra van and put seats in it?
why not just buy and estate, same looks, but windows and seats already there, and estates can look mighty cool
less estates done than vans
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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REALLY think a van is a stupid idea?
Oh and if you think your gunna get 150bhp with 55mpg hooning around town everywhere JUST cos it a diesel, it wont happen
[Edited on 06-02-2008 by pow]
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Nick-S
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good luck mapping the z17 dth 
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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if u dont need it dont buy it!...why not get a decent diesel car? if uve got £3k or more ure be laughing...cheap tax and that too!?
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Phil W
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Registered: 1st Jul 05
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quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
oh right cool, just did a quick search
this with a better bonnet and grill would look awesome
The guy who built this van did one previous to it, my mate bought it from him and it was sooo awesome
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Bram
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
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Are you really willing to pay £1900 p/a to insure anything let alone an Astra van? You're either rollin in it or need your head examining!
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
Location: Aberdeenshire Drives: VXR Astravan,Evo 9GT,mr2 tbo
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i'd go for it. although personally wouldnt pay that for insurance. maybe wait until it would be cheaper to insure.
big fan of vans.
[Edited on 06-02-2008 by c20let]
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Bram
Are you really willing to pay £1900 p/a to insure anything let alone an Astra van? You're either rollin in it or need your head examining!
He sounds like a young lad! What is he suppose to do?
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Jakey
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
quote:
Originally posted by Bram
Are you really willing to pay £1900 p/a to insure anything let alone an Astra van? You're either rollin in it or need your head examining!
He sounds like a young lad! What is he suppose to do?
Yeah, im 18 in March. Im far from rolling in it but i liked the idea of being different and buying a van. Fair enough there not to many peoples tastes but from what i've seen theres not many diesels for sale that i like.
But like i said, if somebodys got an idea for a car, please share.
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MikeE
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Registered: 7th Mar 03
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im getting one but cos i need one as im a carpenter just got to sell the corsa c now. the quote i got was £1100 for business use aged 21 with 1 ncb and 1 crash at falht
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