Gone to the Graveyard

[kiwi_in_oz]

Well it had to happen eventually but my beloved 99 V6 has gone to heaven. Holden need to be given a good *&^ headbut, since what killed my pride and joy was a cracked head. Repair bill from Holden $9000 (minimum). No amount of ringing around could find me a reconditioned engine and even then if I was going to be able to find one, a new radiator etc due to sludge damage was going to kill me.
I have loved this car but the repair bills on it have been somewhere between crazy and criminal. See below some examples for your own amusement

Timing Belt $1500
Knock Sensor $600
Ignition Coil $700
Plug Leads $300
Loss on Tradein $14000

Over the last 2 1/2 years of owning the Vectra I have done 90,000kms at an overall cost to me of repairs and writing the car off of $20,000 NEARLY WHAT I PAID FOR THE THING.
So I have made the cadinal sin and gone to the dark side and brought a Camry. Very boring I know but there is a reason so many sales reps have them (myself now included) They are bullet proof and cheap to maintain.
So I sign off guys maybe I will buy a Vectra again but not until the idoits at Holden reduce some of their offencive prices.

[InsaneAsylum]

agreed, they're a piece of shit :mrgreen:

[Bernard Siong]

should have got a lexus

reliabilty of a camry
style of a euro

[btm]

quite a difference in price though...

[zoidberg]

IS200 will be going cheap soon.......New IS250 gets released soon, and right now there is 4.9% finance on all demo

BTW any car can be a demo, they just label it one in there internal systems

[oneightoo]

$1500 for a timing belt??!!!!!??? is that for real??!!

i've always done my own!! $70 for the belt i think the last one i did was!!

so that makes it $1400 labor??!!!!??

unbelievable...

[Greg K]

oneightoo:
the timing belt is a bitch of a job!!
the price is that high coz it prob includes all the pulleys as well!

add another $600 for a water pump too, as the only time you get to change it is when you do the timing belt!

sorry to hear about your car mate!

[Namus]

if u get the IS200....get it s/c'd 8) lacks some grunt down low...

[low astra]

if u get the IS200....get it s/c'd 8) lacks some grunt down low...

hahahha nam i think all us 1.8 astra drivers need a s/c then hahaah

[zoidberg]

SC430 surprisingly are a very good drifting car

[Namus]

if u get the IS200....get it s/c'd 8) lacks some grunt down low...

hahahha nam i think all us 1.8 astra drivers need a s/c then hahaah

lol very true rob....better make that 2 actually :oops: :lol:

also, if u can get ur hands on a Jap-only released RS200, these are HEAPS better...packing around 160kW...much better suspension as well..

[oneightoo]

Greg K:
it sure is a bastid of a job, which is why i hate doing it, good thing you dont have to do that often..

[kiwi_in_oz]

Timing belt on the V6 is and absolute shocker I had a couple of Mechs look at it and turn down the money. Some stats released recently show the Vectra as one of the least reliable cars on the market along with the Commodore