I have now had my Antara for 2 years so far its all been plain sailing.
Apart from the dpf light coming on twice which I cant complain about considering most of the week it does town driving. The only other issues have been rust on the tailgate and flaking lacquer on the alloys. Both have been fixed without any drama by the dealer.
All in all not bad in two years and 25k miles later. In that time the car BC is showing 30.2MPG again not bad considering the type of driving we do.
The second service cost me £290 and what a difference it has made. Very smooth and quiet and more get up and go and thats without me putting my racechip box back on. They also spent time and lubricated the gear linkage properly and now the gear change is the smoothest it has ever been. The 1st and 2nd gear stickiness is almost gone its just a pity it took 2 years to get it like this.
The brake pads are down to 40% and I will need a couple of new tyres so hopefully all I will need to spend on it this year will be a pair of tyres the brakes will last another year.
While it was in for the service I also had warranty work done on rust spots on the tailgate which is looking good and I had the pipe recall checked out.
After 2 years I still enjoy driving the Antara It looks good and does everything I need it to do without any dramas. I have looked about and thought about what I might replace it with but at this point in time I honestly dont know what I would buy. Nothing stands out that would be better than my Antara for the same money. While the Antara is fault free and still looks and drives like new I will be keeping it for at least another year.
What happens this time next year depends on what how the Antara is going and what is available to replace it with.
Apart from the dpf light coming on twice which I cant complain about considering most of the week it does town driving. The only other issues have been rust on the tailgate and flaking lacquer on the alloys. Both have been fixed without any drama by the dealer.
All in all not bad in two years and 25k miles later. In that time the car BC is showing 30.2MPG again not bad considering the type of driving we do.
The second service cost me £290 and what a difference it has made. Very smooth and quiet and more get up and go and thats without me putting my racechip box back on. They also spent time and lubricated the gear linkage properly and now the gear change is the smoothest it has ever been. The 1st and 2nd gear stickiness is almost gone its just a pity it took 2 years to get it like this.
The brake pads are down to 40% and I will need a couple of new tyres so hopefully all I will need to spend on it this year will be a pair of tyres the brakes will last another year.
While it was in for the service I also had warranty work done on rust spots on the tailgate which is looking good and I had the pipe recall checked out.
After 2 years I still enjoy driving the Antara It looks good and does everything I need it to do without any dramas. I have looked about and thought about what I might replace it with but at this point in time I honestly dont know what I would buy. Nothing stands out that would be better than my Antara for the same money. While the Antara is fault free and still looks and drives like new I will be keeping it for at least another year.
What happens this time next year depends on what how the Antara is going and what is available to replace it with.
