another car idea's post

VERY nice! but no i'm used to the 4 seats again now really, although that is a bit of a sleeper! no expects something that old to be quick :)

Before you go changing it.....

Is the car still worth less than the finance outstanding on it?

I do like the S15 a lot. The S14 are a bit common for my tastes.

They're a bit bargey for my taste.

I know a guy with one of these, I don't beleive the Honda claimed 160bhp. His friend with a 106 GTi owns him over a standing 1/4 at Elvington often.

Too old man.

They handle well, best gearbox I've ever used. Not very fast in stock spec though.

Could get a Cat D repaired V6 for £8k or so :-)

Is there something you're not telling us?

Hah no not yet :-) Mine is still 100% intact.

Add to the list R33 GTS-t Skyline R32 GTR Skyline Early WRX Turbo RX-7

All good fun.

Fraser

And more importantly, have you paid at least half of what you were due to.

If the car is 'upside down' - trade speak for being worth less than is owing on it and if you have paid at least half of what you were due to then you can do a voluntary termination and hand it back with no mark on your credit history.

The motor trade finance people hate people doing this, but if your car is on finance then it's more than likely one of the conditions you signed up to in the first place.

I'm not convinced this is both accurate and sound advice.

There may well be terms which allow you to do this, but I'm sure it'll put a rather nasty stain on your credit record.

Go check the citizens advice website. It is part of the agreement, and as such you are not breaking the agreement. Since I did it around 7 years ago (with the Marea 2.0) I have had no problem with mortgages, phones, services or any new agreements.

Here's a lovely long URL relating to it.

P.S. It was actually a car dealer who advised me of this right initially but it was very much on the basis that I promised not to mention where I had got the information from.

Having said all of that, Vamp should definitely make his own mind up and ignore all of the above.

Yes, I've read it all, but they can and will place a note on our credit record saying that you opted for voluntary termination.

It's impossible to predict how that would affect someone after that - if you own your house and are making mortgage payments, then it'll have less of an effect than on someone who's living with their parents with no assets.

remove the above because insurance on above is over £3k for me! yes even the WRX!

Rear seats on these are a joke and the two Skylines aren't that much better. Well, at least the rear seat in a Skyline isn't a torture device like it is in an RX-7.

They are fairly complicated cars and cheap to buy (but not to run) which IME makes for a disastrous combination if you buy 'downstream'...

It was the second he signed up for the finance, wasn't it?

Peter

Hmm. I suspect you'll miss rear wheel drive...

You said you wanted four seats, right? Did you mean four usable seats? :)

Personally, I enjoy the mark four Astra turbos...

How about a 9-5... sorry, no, Signum 2.8 turbo?

yeah few people have got them at work, well 2 anyway there ok, trouble is rarely see a good one at our place.

signum na bit of an odd ball car that one!

So worth looking out for?

Incorrect.

It's the current 9-3 / Vectra / Fiat Croma platform.

The 2009 9-5 will be based on the same platform, which will be shared with the 2008 Vectra and the 2010 9-3.

The current 9-5 is based on the old Vectra platform.