Opinions on Vauxhall Insignia please

adamc260

Holy heck that's some depreciation!!!

£27,000 down to £13,500 and the car would be at most 12 months old!? Someone lost £1125 a MONTH in depreciation alone.

Trebor16

Honeydog wrote: »

I wouldn't give up a Jeep and buy a Vauxhall! But that's just my personal opinion based on my experience of Vauxhalls I've owned and driven recently. Not going to discuss it further - just my 2p.

You need to bear in mind that Honeydog's recent experience of Vauxhall ownership relates to a 1999 Astra.

PS I wondered how long it would be before he would post on this thread:D

Stephb1986_2

adamc260 wrote: »

Holy heck that's some depreciation!!!

£27,000 down to £13,500 and the car would be at most 12 months old!? Someone lost £1125 a MONTH in depreciation alone.

Adam I totally agree with you I bought the Eos brand new with most of the extras for £26,000 I sold it back to them 18 months later for £18,000 I was gutted as you can imagine. I then vowed to myself that I would never buy a brand new car again.

I've had the Jeep for 2 years now I paid £11,500 for it then they are still going for £10,000 upwards so either I got a good price or it's held it's value.

Steph

mikey72

Trebor16 wrote: »

You need to bear in mind that Honeydog's recent experience of Vauxhall ownership relates to a 1999 Astra.

PS I wondered how long it would be before he would post on this thread:D

And to put it in context, it was a damp carpet they didn't notice for two years, until they had an accident, and the inurance assesor pointed it out to them, so not earth shattering.

Stephb1986_2

Every car is different like I wouldn't recommend a Vw Eos to anyone after the experience I had but I know there are some happy people with their eos maybe mine was just a bad egg.

I've done a what car comparison against petrol v diesel and the diesel came out best so I'm happy sticking with a diesel

Steph

Iand1

Just my 2p's worth, dont get the 1.8 petrol

shocking MPG, far too underpowered for that size car, had one as a loaner a few month back, looked nice with the SRI pack and big wheels though.

2.0 diesel drove nicer

LandyAndy

Stephb1986 wrote: »

Adam I totally agree with you I bought the Eos brand new with most of the extras for £26,000 I sold it back to them 18 months later for £18,000 I was gutted as you can imagine. I then vowed to myself that I would never buy a brand new car again.

I've had the Jeep for 2 years now I paid £11,500 for it then they are still going for £10,000 upwards so either I got a good price or it's held it's value.

Steph

There's nothing inherently wrong with buying new. What is foolish is buying new and selling after just 18 months. If you buy new then aim to keep the car 7 or 8 years or even more.

Lum

I have had several Insignias as hire cars and sorry to say but I really dislike them. They are a massive improvement over the Vectra that they replaced, but I'd still rather have a Mondeo.

A small list of things I dislike:
- The seats. It seems impossible to get them into a position that doesn't aggravate my back problems on long journeys. Even 20 minutes driving is enough to cause me pain.
- Electronic handbrake. Sorry but I just don't trust them.
- Visibility. Ok so all modern cars have crap visibility out the back, but the Insignia is particularly bad and Vauxhall are rubbing salt into the wound when they make a car with a rear windscreen shaped like a D rotated 90 degrees to the left then supplying a rear view mirror shaped like a D rotated 90 degrees to the right. Forward visibility is pretty bad too with A pillars big enough to hide a Transit van.
- Engine. The 1.8 petrol engine feels like you're driving a mediocre 1.8 diesel except for the fuel bills. The diesel version is worse.

Things I like:
- It's miles better than the Vectra
- Really nice cupholders
- They have finally gone back to proper latching indicator stalks instead of the electronic kind introduced on the Vectra.

Every time I get an Insignia as a hire car I end up praying that my Mondeo is fixed quickly and in the meantime leaving the Insignia on the driveway in favour of my weekend/track car for commuting even though that costs a fortune in fuel.

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Im currently running round in one of these for a bit as my works car. I like it - drives ok if a little bit sluggish at times.

I dont mind the seating position - seems good enough for my height and build but my god why do they have to have that stupid electronic handbrake. Its a nightmare. Mind its the only thing I can find wrong with it really and ive been driving it for a month now

pinkteapot

adamc260 wrote: »

Holy heck that's some depreciation!!!

£27,000 down to £13,500 and the car would be at most 12 months old!? Someone lost £1125 a MONTH in depreciation alone.

We bought a 10-reg Mondeo in July last year, when it was 14 months old with 11,000 miles on the clock.

10-reg Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Zetec. List price at new £22,729. We paid £12,800.

First year depreciation on a new car is shocking. You save a fortune buying a one year old car, but I found it nerve-wracking as I thought it might be a lemon - who in their right mind would trade in after a year? :rotfl:

OP - can't comment on the Insignia but try test-driving a Mondeo as well. Same class/size of car. We love ours, it's a dream to drive (for motorway cruising) and the majority available are manual. We didn't look at the Insignia come to think of it. We test-drove a Toyota Avensis, a VW Passat and the Mondeo. It'll just come down to what you feel right/comfortable in though.

DPF is fine so long as you know about it. We do 15-20,000 miles a year so are on the borderline of a diesel being more economical, but petrol Mondeos aren't available often as the diesels are more popular when new. If you get a modern diesel, make sure you drive at 2,500 RPM or higher for a steady 15 minutes every couple of weeks. At least that was the advice on Watchdog and is what we do. A diesel won't react well to only being driven to Tesco and back.

EDIT: Oh God, just read in the earlier comments that Insignias have the electronic handbrake. I HATED this in the Passat we test-drove. Hubby did too when he stalled at a junction on the test drive and got confused trying to get going again.