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9:th-Sep-2016, 08:14:59
Honest feedback from someone who has owned a Vectcra C 150 hatch and then two 1.7 J's...
Slow, oh so slow. They are heavy cars, the 1.7 125bhp variant I had in my SE and SRI were both fine for every day use but overtaking needed some planning. The engine I didn't like, very noisy, the 1.7 suffers from the 'turkey gobble' (Google it) which is so annoying, I was constantly in fear of it falling to bits as it sounded so clattery under load too.
Fuel economy: I live in Norfolk so not much traffic and a mix of A roads, B roads & dual carriageways. I used to get around 41MPG constantly on the OBC (Both cars) whereas my 3.0 diesel BMW 3 series gets around 4-6 MPG more (even when accurately calculated) go figure!
The car itself very nice, I love the J/Insignia interior. Nice place to be, it's the one thing I miss now in the BMW.
Would I buy one again? If it was a top spec 160 2.0 CDTI, yes. My brother in law has a 64 plate 2.0 160 VX-Line and I love the looks but I drove it the other week and it felt horrible to drive compared to my 6 cylinder diesel.. And guess what.. Still less MPG than my 3 litre 6 cylinder German tank!
I don't understand, possibly the fact you have to really labour these engines to get anywhere as the cars are so heavy.
On the whole: nice car, noisy engine, not amazing economy (Vectra is better on fuel but you'll know that if you have an insignia too)
HTH
Slow, oh so slow. They are heavy cars, the 1.7 125bhp variant I had in my SE and SRI were both fine for every day use but overtaking needed some planning. The engine I didn't like, very noisy, the 1.7 suffers from the 'turkey gobble' (Google it) which is so annoying, I was constantly in fear of it falling to bits as it sounded so clattery under load too.
Fuel economy: I live in Norfolk so not much traffic and a mix of A roads, B roads & dual carriageways. I used to get around 41MPG constantly on the OBC (Both cars) whereas my 3.0 diesel BMW 3 series gets around 4-6 MPG more (even when accurately calculated) go figure!
The car itself very nice, I love the J/Insignia interior. Nice place to be, it's the one thing I miss now in the BMW.
Would I buy one again? If it was a top spec 160 2.0 CDTI, yes. My brother in law has a 64 plate 2.0 160 VX-Line and I love the looks but I drove it the other week and it felt horrible to drive compared to my 6 cylinder diesel.. And guess what.. Still less MPG than my 3 litre 6 cylinder German tank!
I don't understand, possibly the fact you have to really labour these engines to get anywhere as the cars are so heavy.
On the whole: nice car, noisy engine, not amazing economy (Vectra is better on fuel but you'll know that if you have an insignia too)
HTH