Vauxhall Astra H estate (2004 - 2009) - £2991 for an 04 estate with 93k miles

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Sun 14 Sep 2008 15:53
£2991 for an 04 estate with 93k miles - AndrewMarc
Hi All

I am looking for a new (used) car and have seen this car.

My synopsis

1.7 DTI envoy 2004 04 plate
From main dealer
AC included
93k miles
Timing belt required at 100,000 (Anyone estimate how much?)
3 owners and it appears done 20k miles a year (spread evenly)
FSH with last done by main dealer in March of this year.

What do you think? What should I look out for/ be wary of?

Thanks in advance for all your help and any comments

Andrew

Edited by Pugugly on 14/09/2008 at 15:54

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Sun 14 Sep 2008 15:56
£2991 for an 04 estate with 93k miles - jase1
A bit rich IMO.

Not sure about the diesels but on GM petrol units a cambelt/tensioner change is around £200-250.

I'd be looking closer to £2500 and getting the cambelt done by the dealer at no extra charge.
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Mon 15 Sep 2008 00:18
£2991 for an 04 estate with 93k miles - catsdad
Vauxhall's own website gives trade-in values of £1500-£1960. Depending on which end of the range they paid the last owner, the mark-up they are asking is up to 100%. Seems very high. However if its an excellent example and covered by Network Q, it might be worth it. As is often said on cars like this, there are plenty out there so no need to rush in. If you are going to buy at least get the cambelt and associated work (water pump etc) thrown in.
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