Too early in the morning to be doing this .... it should have read, "those of you who were regulars thereknow my reasons"
Spantara said:Hi Guys and Gals,
I have just come in from the cold having left the "other forum" before Christmas after disagreeing with the way in which it was run. I will not dwell on that - those of you who were regulars there no my reasons.
On the "other forum" I was known as Voyager but quick changes of name are permitted on the Internet so, after a digital facelift, I am now Spantara. Why Spantara? Simply because both my Antara and I are based in Spain. (No comments about sunny Spain please - here in Galicia it has been teaming down since well before Christmas).
I now have a confession to make: my Antara is not a Vauxhaul but an Opel. The badge may be different but the guts are pretty much the same. I hope you will welcome your continental cousin even if the steering wheel is on the other side. (photo below).
I want to thank Antarius for introducing me to this forum and wish all of you a happy Easter.
Cheers // Stephen
Busterboy said:When you refer to the other forumI presume you mean Vauxhallownersnetwork or the Vauxhall Fan Club as I call it, full of people with rose tinted glasses and blinkers who have bought Antaraswhich are apretty bad vehiclereally but are tooembarrassed to admit it.
I think it is a little harsh to characterise those Antara owners who are happy with their cars as looking through rose tinted specs and blinkers.Busterboy said:When you refer to the other forum I presume you mean Vauxhallownersnetwork or the Vauxhall Fan Club as I call it, full of people with rose tinted glasses and blinkers who have bought Antaras which are a pretty bad vehicle really but are too embarrassed to admit it.
Excellent post, I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately some people like Buster boy or Hobbynut as we know him from VXONInchindown said:I think it is a little harsh to characterise those Antara owners who are happy with their cars as looking through rose tinted specs and blinkers.Busterboy said:When you refer to the other forum I presume you mean Vauxhallownersnetwork or the Vauxhall Fan Club as I call it, full of people with rose tinted glasses and blinkers who have bought Antaras which are a pretty bad vehicle really but are too embarrassed to admit it.
I take it from your tone you have had a poor experience with your Antara. Lots of people do not have these bad experiences and it seems a little insulting to group a whole bunch of people who appear to be happy with their cars as some sort of morons.
No one would deny some people have experienced problems. No new car on the market today will have a 100% customer satisfaction score. My current car - a Volvo XC70 SE Lux Auto - is a much more expensive car than the Antara, yet I have had problems with it since the day I first picked it up from the dealer. So no car is perfect. You just have to look on any car make forum to see the truth of that fact.
In fact I find it quite refreshing to see posts on car websites from people who like the cars they have bought. It makes a change from websites where the only posts are negative.
So how about easing up on people who happen to be happy with the car they have purchased.![]()