Dobloseven Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Chatting to a fellow on the next road, having noticed he's got a new car and his old ones parked on his parents drive on our road. Apparently he'd bought his new one from a car supermarket and they'd refused to take the Signum as he'd only got the old style registration document. He's owned it for 13 years and says he's never received an updated one. Anyway, car is sorned until new document arrives. 54 reg 2.2 direct petrol elegance or somesuch. 130k miles. Mot till Feb 2023 with some advisories. Tailgate doesn't open. ULEZ compliant. Needs E5 fuel. Have a guess how much he wants for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 £300? It's basically a vectra at the front. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 Forgot to add it's spanish waiter in autoshite speak and that miserable dark grey metallic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 £1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviemck2006 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Probably only a few hundred. The car supermarket would have told him "sorry it's not worth anything, we will just have to scrap it so we will give you £100 as a goodwill gesture" Therfore the guy will think he is getting much better if he asks 250 and gets 200.Sent from my SM-T585 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 9, 2022 Author Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, New POD said: £300? It's basically a vectra at the front. They seem to be an answer to a question no-one asked. They're basically a four seater on the longer Vectra estate wheelbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2.2 direct best avoided unless you like dealing with unfathomable engine problems. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I remember looking at these when they were almost new, quite fancied one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 The 2.0T has the Z20NET engine which the same as the Saab B207 in mine. I think that would be a much better bet. Still a very odd car, I'd have to go a long way to ever wanting one. Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Had one in the family in CDTi 150 flavour with most of the toys - it was a bit weird but very comfortable. Can’t imagine a petrol one being worth much these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 To shed some light on the v5 theory you can go into “dvla tax check” and put the reg in, along with its tax and mot status it lists when the v5 was last issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 40 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: They seem to be an answer to a question no-one asked. They're basically a four seater on the longer Vectra estate wheelbase. Also Fiat Croma and Chevy Malibu Maxx. Nice practical spacious thing. Needs auto and V6 and the aeroplane-style gadgets and things to be remotely interesting through. chaseracer and Ohdearme 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 Signum - a bloated Vectra that isn't much bigger. A very odd thing. 2.2 direct injection petrol? Sounds like disaster GIB Price could go either way, £250 or £2500 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 35 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: They seem to be an answer to a question no-one asked. They're basically a four seater on the longer Vectra estate wheelbase. I think. More of a guess. That you can retrofit vectra seats and central seat belt. I obviously could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 What's the purpose of the centre headrest if there's no middle seat, and it's classed as a 5 seater, am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Been thinking about this seat business. Back in the mid noughties was contemplating a new or nearly new Vectra estate, most probably diesel as pretty well everything was back then. Did have a quick look at the Signum and think they shared the Vectra sales brochure. I reckon the rear seats must be like the 1st gen Meriva where the small central seat can "disappear" when the two outer seats slide inwards and rearwards between the wheelarches,making a four seater with a lot of legroom. Also think there was a storage box armrest thingy for 4 seat mode, again like the Meriva. Haven't actually had a look at the car as such. Just thought I'd see what peoples thoughts were. He's owned it for as long as I can remember, he says 13 years, which sounds about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 27 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: Just thought I'd see what peoples thoughts were If its cheap as chips, decent MOT then you can't go wrong, run it for while then cheap roffle, saves another automotive oddity from an uncertain fate and brings another motor into this community. 👍 Dan29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Are you going to tell us how much he wants for it or not? Jenson Velcro, fatharris, grogee and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Had one briefly, bland in every respect, bought as a non runner which I knew to be a faulty fuel pressure regulator so fixed it for £60, caused me no harm at all but I was glad to see it go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, HillmanImp said: Are you going to tell us how much he wants for it or not? Just waiting for your guess to come in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 4/10/2022 at 12:41 AM, RoverFolkUs said: What's the purpose of the centre headrest if there's no middle seat, and it's classed as a 5 seater, am I missing something? It's a 4 and a 1/2 seater really. Centre seat can be used by small, light person. If anyone wants a dead one, I have one outside. I think of it as a slightly oversized Astra. It was comfortable, economic (2.2 diesel did 47mpg) and had lots of toys as it was top spec Executive or maybe Elite. Was at Shitefest 2017 (? Lincoln) in it. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Dobloseven said: Just waiting for your guess to come in! £3995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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uk_senator Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Your "guess how much he wants for it" leads me to believe theres a degree of disbelief, so, I`m gonna guess 3 bags... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 He said he'd be happy with the £200 the supermarket were going to "give him". Just walked past it whilst taking the hounds for a walk. Didnt want to pry too much as his parents are quite elderly. Looks a tidy old thing that would clean up nicely.Whilst out, I saw him driving by in his "new" Vauxhall Somethingland SUV and he gave me a big wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: He said he'd be happy with the £200 the supermarket were going to "give him". Just walked past it whilst taking the hounds for a walk. Didnt want to pry too much as his parents are quite elderly. Looks a tidy old thing that would clean up nicely.Whilst out, I saw him driving by in his "new" Vauxhall Somethingland SUV and he gave me a big wave. Would scrap for double at least, some Vaux cats are quite valuable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Dobloseven said: He said he'd be happy with the £200 the supermarket were going to "give him". Just walked past it whilst taking the hounds for a walk. Didnt want to pry too much as his parents are quite elderly. Looks a tidy old thing that would clean up nicely.Whilst out, I saw him driving by in his "new" Vauxhall Somethingland SUV and he gave me a big wave. Seems like a bargain. Some cars seem immune from the crazy rises in used prices we've seen lately - no-one wants the thirstier stuff for the sake of a few ££ in fuel. Does everyone apart from me do huge miles or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, omegod said: Would scrap for double at least, some Vaux cats are quite valuable Yup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobloseven Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Don't think the 315 quid road tax helps either. How I look at it, thats 6 quid a week, or less than a pound a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 £200 ! Why are you chatting on here and not round his house, handing over the cash? BlankFrank, sierraman, Floatylight and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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