Hi folks, newbie here

Welcome to the forum.

Apart from the poor MPG they are fairly reliable but your are always going to get good and bad ones like most cars.

If you can find a low mileage one with a service history and a warranty in your price range you should be okay.

One thing to look out for is rust on the tailgate around the chrome trim

Brill thanks for that, whats the mpg like for everyday driving then, im only getting 28 from the vxr lol. What is the 2.0 cdti engine out of? Ive had the astra cdti before but that and a lot of the others was the 1.9, and was a fiat engine

Don't read too much in the reviews, s with any car, there are good and bad examples. I read everything I could about them before I bought mine and came to a conclusion that reviews are filled in by those that have a bad experience and ignored by the majority of users.

I have had mine now for 6 months, its a 58 plate which I bought with 29,000 miles on the clock. It now has 40,000 and only had one hic-up when I put the racechip on it and got an emmisions warning light. This was reset by disconnecting the battery and no issues since.


Its in for a service this week and the only thing I am expecting is the brakes need replacing. Average 38 mpg and this is acheived with a 80 mile trip driven between 20 miles A+B roads and 60 miles motorway. ( I live in Glossop and work in Bradford)


Love the Antara and love driving it and at the moment cannot complain about anything about it other than the heated seats are too hot on full whack!!!!!!!!!!!!!


LOL

Thanks guys, i had a tuning chip on my old astra 1.9cdti and it transformed the car, so was thinking of doing that to the antara if i bought one anyway. I came to the same conclusion about reviews, thats why i joined up here to see what they were like in real terms instead of people that have only had bad experinces. Im looking at 58 or 09 plates in my sort of budget, and will probably opt for the manual, as they seem to acheive a little better mpg. So long as i can improve on the vxr mpg im sure i'll be happy!

hi and welcome.good to see another vxr owner,and sympathize with you on the mpg lol.

Lol, its gonna kill me selling it, had it 5 years from new, and i love it, but time to be sensible

Thanks for that, i may look at the chip, or possibly even a remap and dpf delete, as i dont do a lot if ling journeys for the regen etc