It's in the Telegraph & the Express and you've guessed a misprint
They are £12999 for the V6 2.8T with ~~11K on the clock
At £12999 it is no thanks
At £7699 it would have been Yes and 1 year of Depreciation Free Motoring would have been possible
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Okay, I've now looked at the motorpoint website for the Glasgow dealership.
They are showing what looks like the same car for £12699.
Methinks the paper has a typo i.e. it should be £7699 off at £12699, not £12699 off at £7699!!
makes all the difference really doesn't it?
(the mileage was 2700 btw)
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These cars really are a bargain. Cant sell new so the 12/24 month discount is mamoth.
Just not stylish enough for the journalists but a bargain to the everyday motorists if you can get it at the right price.
Anyone have one ?
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Actually I don't think they are very good. They seemed to be cheaply made and handle like a waterbed. I know I test drove both :)
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Can't imagine what you mean by cheaply made. Had my Vectra for nearly two years. Very solid, not a thing gone wrong and no squeaks or rattles.
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Second that.
The interior of my Vectra is very high quality. The soft touch plastics, highly padded surfaces and excellent feel to moving bits is from something a class above.
Mines done 31k miles and still has zero rattles and squeaks, unlike my old Astra that had an infuriating arrays of rattles after less than 10k miles.
It certainly compares well to the vast number of different cars I've seen over the years, including Volvos, BMWs, SAABs and Mercs. Not saying it's better, but it doesn't disgrace itself considering the difference in purchase price compared to the prestige marques.
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One of my work colleagues is getting a 150 bhp 1.9 diesel next month. Drove it and fell in love with it.
Cheers
DP
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Had the brakes on my Vectra done at a long established Vauxhall specialist last week. Mechanic was telling me that Signums are now out of production due to being a sales flop - guess prices may come down some more unless used demand picks up.
They're certainly not cheaply built, I think you'll find general consensus among owners and the press that the Vectra/Signum has excellent build quality.
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Since going for a night out in one (with a leather interior) I suggest that they are an excellent buy second hand. Interior space was mammouth. OK its not a Beemer but I paid nearly twice what these top of the range models cost a few months old.
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I actually wish I'd bought a Signum. With the sliding rear seat, I think it makes a fantastic family car.
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And I thought that was the Signum's problem - the rear seat was only really designed for two (especially with the "Travel Assistant" in place) therefore generally unsuitable for family use...
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Not if you've only got two kids!!
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Comparing a mate's Signum to my Vectra.
The boot on the Signum is smaller.
The boot is *less* secure as it only has a slideable cover, as per estate cars. Pull the cover in place and as has been mentioned previously in the forum, the thief will know you're hiding something from view.
The light fitted on the inside edge of the Signum tailgate is vunerable to getting broken when you close the tailgate and smash the light on whatever happens to be in it's way in the boot at the time.
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Dave, I thought the whole point about the Signum being on the Vectra estate platform was that you could set the boot size?
Either push the seats back to get a Vectra hatch sized boot but with estate rear legroom, or pull the seat forward to get the opposite effect, i.e. estate sized boot but Vectra hatch rear legroom.
I agree about the annoying compromise with the tonneau cover though - all the disadvantages of the estate without all the big space advantages.
Still might consider one if Vauxhall start putting the spec levels back up again...
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What was the ride on the waterbed like.
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