anyone own a Vauxhall Astra?
- Thread starter jordy
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Would advise the Astra jordy. My bro and I have had 4 between us over the last 10 year and they\'ve been very good value.
I had EGR valve go on mine which was £200 but thats the only bother we\'ve had betwen us bar normal servicing and wear and tear. Bro has a diesel estate now which he bought new from the dealer at a very cheap price. Don\'t overlook the dealers, go and ask what they can do. You might be surprised lol!
My son in law has had 2 Focus\'s through his company. Nowt but trouble esp the diesel.
Hope this helps.
I had EGR valve go on mine which was £200 but thats the only bother we\'ve had betwen us bar normal servicing and wear and tear. Bro has a diesel estate now which he bought new from the dealer at a very cheap price. Don\'t overlook the dealers, go and ask what they can do. You might be surprised lol!
My son in law has had 2 Focus\'s through his company. Nowt but trouble esp the diesel.
Hope this helps.
KeithB
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Dekland if your EGR ever goes again there\'s a bloke on ebay does them for about £50, they are only held on by two bolts.
I got the diagnostic test done at Blueline Taxis in Wallsend for £35 (at least half the price of the dealers). The bloke advise me to try and clean the valve myself with carb cleaner but I just asked him to get one and fit it, cost me about £80.
I\'ve bought my last 3 vauxhalls from Reg Vardy but aint been back since I put the astra in for a MAJOR service at a cost of £160 and they rang me at work to ask if I wanted to pay extra to have the plugs changed :casstet:
I got the diagnostic test done at Blueline Taxis in Wallsend for £35 (at least half the price of the dealers). The bloke advise me to try and clean the valve myself with carb cleaner but I just asked him to get one and fit it, cost me about £80.
I\'ve bought my last 3 vauxhalls from Reg Vardy but aint been back since I put the astra in for a MAJOR service at a cost of £160 and they rang me at work to ask if I wanted to pay extra to have the plugs changed :casstet:
Thanks for that Keith. I did look into the EGR valves at the time through a mate who owns a garage down here, but the one we needed was a \"special\" only fitted to the limited edition \"Premier\" which has air cond. Think Vauxhall quoted about £90 for a standard one at trade price, so your find is a sound one!
Never had any servicing at a main dealer so not up on prices for that. Bro didn\'t intend to buy new but offer was too good to turn down. Think he paid about 8,600 for a new diesel estate in Leicester. Dealer said they\'d had to review their prices because of major competition from car supermarkets!
Cheers
ps. Reg Vardy flogs Ford down here in the Midlands.
[Edited on 29/12/2005 by DEKLAND]
[Edited on 29/12/2005 by DEKLAND]
Never had any servicing at a main dealer so not up on prices for that. Bro didn\'t intend to buy new but offer was too good to turn down. Think he paid about 8,600 for a new diesel estate in Leicester. Dealer said they\'d had to review their prices because of major competition from car supermarkets!
Cheers
ps. Reg Vardy flogs Ford down here in the Midlands.
[Edited on 29/12/2005 by DEKLAND]
[Edited on 29/12/2005 by DEKLAND]
