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[jjleonard]

Thanks to a recent redundancy and little hope of getting a job soon, I'm ready to get rid of the mig.

I'm considering downsizing to a vectra sri, to save on insurance and fuel costs - has anyone got any advice on what I should avoid / or be aware of? I'm assuming some of you have some vectra experience...

The mig needs work, both wishbones, steering idler and cambelt in 3k miles, but if anyone wants to PM me i'm open to offers (around £1k).

[albitz]

Have you considered the LPG route for the Mig?

[Shimmy]

Changing cars at this end of the market doesn't usually make financial sense.  Better off with a known quantity rather than an unknown one more often than not.

[Kevin Wood]

Changing cars at this end of the market doesn't usually make financial sense.  Better off with a known quantity rather than an unknown one more often than not.

True enough. Most people offload cars at this end of the market for the same reason the OP is, so bank on finding plenty to do on the next one IMHO.

Kevin

[damon80]

Yep, have to agree with the others I'm afraid...

But if you're dead-set on down-grading size-wise, if you go to a Veccy SRi, you'll be disappointed (put it this way, I used to have a V6 SRi before I got my Omega - once I got the Omega, I was amazed at how better the handling was, and there was no difference whatsoever (so I noticed) in fuel consumption - and that was between a 2.5 Veccy and a 3.2 Omega)

[feeutfo]

Agreed,gas it and stick with it IMO. You already have the right car.

[dj]

i'v just gone from a mig 2.6 v6 to a vectra 2.2 & it is the worst mistake i have ever made the vectra is horrible compared to the omega keep that.

[MickAP]

I've recently sold my estate (2.5TD) and have now got a Signum (same as the Vectra C in many ways)

The only thing I love about it is the fuel economy (CDTi), and built in sat nav. And apart from it being newer, that's all I like about it. I would buy my TD back tomorrow. And I was warned before selling you may regret it

Mick

[Andy B]

As the recovery bloke said last week when he got in my car to drive it up the ramp/flat bed of the truck ..... 'they don't make 'em like this any more!'   
If it's just economy you're concerned about, stick with what you've got. Better the devil you know etc etc, you could easily have to fork on another car for MOT etc which would far outway any potential saving on a few mpg difference.

[ianu]

I agree with the rest on here too - I made exactly this maistake a few years ago.
I had a Saab 9000i with 180k on the clock - it was getting a bit tired and I thought rather than spend the money on it - I'd chop it in.
I got 500 quid px for it against a W plate Omega 2.5 - and even though I'm on my 2nd Omega now - I haven't stopped shelling out for the bloomin' thing since  .
But I love them to bits... :-/

[humbucker]

if the OP has lost his job and doesnt think he'll be able to get another then i'm not sure forking out £700 for an LPG conversion is the answer to his problems... surely the reason for selling the car, as he reasons, is to SAVE money. i know long term that might be a good idea but maybe it would be a better idea short term to fix her up with cambelt and the other bits that need doing and 'keep on truckin'. if you LPG it you'll need to sort the service parts out anyway cos you'll be keeping her so you'll have two lots of expense to contend with?  :-?

[humbucker]

incidentally, while theyre not a patch on the omega, you can get GSi vectras at a reasonable price these days, facelift ones at that. you might want to look around for one with an existing LPG conversion and kill two birds with one stone if thats the route you end up going down. 

[TheBoy]

incidentally, while theyre not a patch on the omega, you can get GSi vectras at a reasonable price these days, facelift ones at that. you might want to look around for one with an existing LPG conversion and kill two birds with one stone if thats the route you end up going down. 

I know somebody selling a 52 plate 3.2 GSi Vectra-C.  They seem to go for about Omega money...

[VXL V6]

incidentally, while theyre not a patch on the omega, you can get GSi vectras at a reasonable price these days, facelift ones at that. you might want to look around for one with an existing LPG conversion and kill two birds with one stone if thats the route you end up going down. 

I know somebody selling a 52 plate 3.2 GSi Vectra-C.  They seem to go for about Omega money...

.....straight on at a corner!

Actually I remember testing one for a weekend when they first came out, went well with the 3.2 under the bonnet and was a vast improvement on the Vectra B.

[r1]

boys listen
the man is on about saving money not spending it so if he sells the omega for say 800 pounds what can he get.
a vectra with a big engine is a no go you not going to be saving any money and you will be buying a well worn moter.
the best bet would be to
1/ sell as it is
or
2/ do the wishbones and ideler now and hope you get a job soon[good luck] so later you can do the cambelt
if you sell your car and get something else however good it looks when you buy it, a few weeks down the line a senser/ecu etc could fail costing money that you might not have.