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The 98 model.
Dont know much about them looking at one for the wife.
Cheers
Paul

JonMc

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They go well and with a decent exhaust sound good. You need to watch the rear strut top mounts as they can go and cause the rear wheels to rub on the spring seat.

A pain if you plan to look after it DIY. I had a V6 cavalier for 8 years and it was fairly reliable. You get a bit more power and better gear ratios on the GSI, especially of that vintage. A lot of car for the money.

Jap2Scrap

Just sold a GLS V6 of that year on eBay. Comfortable enough motorway cruiser and pretty quick when pushing on. Also I'd imagine the suspension revisions make the GSI a more chuckable car than the wallowy GLS.

As noted above, working on anything under the bonnet is a royal pain in the ***. I lived next door to the local Vaux service centre manager until recently and even with those sort of discounts nothing was cheap to get done due to the hours of labour involved doing just about anything mechanical.

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Sorry for posting in the wrong section.
Thanks for your replys guys keep em coming.

Luminous

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Seen mixed reviews on the GSI. Some reviewers love them, others just don't. They tend to depreicate pretty hard, so since you are buying used it can be a good financial purchase.

Drive one and see if you like it is the best bet imo.

little-ginge

Had a 99 (s) SRI V6 saloon which I sold back last summer ( and before anyone asks I am a female )

I brought it from a Vauxhall dealer about 4 years before, and tbh the only reason I sold it was because I was offered a deal on a brand new car which I would have been foolish to pass up, other than that I would have kept it.

It was fast enough for me, comfortable to drive in, and I had no real problems with it. The only draw back was it had quite a bit of wheel noise in the back when hitting the motorways etc.

The one thing I would say is to watch out for the crankshaft sensor. It was fine when I owned the car but the guy who brought it off me phoned after 5 months of owning it, to if see if I could come up with any ideas with why it had suddenly started stalling on him- he had taken it to a mechanic and they had some thoughts..

I had a Astra sport prior to the veccy, and had a smiliar issue with that. It turns out I was spot on( most unusual) - crank sensor had failed. Doesn't cost much to get sorted, bit when you suddenly stall whilst travelling along a busy road, and server fails it isn't amusing

micared-prodrive

ive owned two,a 98 and then a 2000 model,i loved the cars,very reliable,great comfort and performance,high milers with a full history are never a problem...........very nice all round motors m8...

scoobyverysoon

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A guy at work used to have one - not bad at all - bit on the heavy side but can bloody shift - not as much room in them as you think (weird)

G00ner

I had an S reg Estate, in it's time it was a pretty good car and got a few comments from other petrol heads.

I had mine from new and covered just under 100k in 3 years without fault.

ScoobyWRX300

I owned a 2000/W reg 2.5 GSI Saloon which I sold Oct 2005 to buy the scoob.
Owned it for four and a half years. Never had any major problems except it took Vauxhall (2 garages) 4 attempts to change the cam belt without it whining.
Also used to eat the inside edges of rear tyres which became expensive despite frequently realignments.

Before the Vectra I owned a 2.0 Cavalier GSI 16V for around 8 years and loved it. I must admit I was disappointed with the performance of the Vectra in comparison despite going from a 2.0 16v(150bhp) to a 2.5 V6(193bhp).

Preferred the look of the Vectra compared to the standard scooby - especially the wheels. Also much more solid feel, better equipment levels and bigger boot. Lack of performance was the real/only reason for changing to a scooby.

kingofturds

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Ive had the sri and gsi I loved them both although crankshaft sensor and cambelts went on both of them (destroyed the engine on the gsi) . Had a lightened flywheel on the gsi which definitely improved mid range peformance which could feel a bit flat with the standard 15kg flywheel.

billythekid

I had a dark green 2000 model in 2001. It was the 2.5 version. Got it with 10k on the clock and sold it about 6 months later with just under 35k on the clock, no faults or niggles at all. Still have a photo of it on my desk, really enjoyed the time I had with it and if I had not got a firms car then I would probably still have it with about 200k on the clock! LOL

Mike123

Autocar and EVO really rated the ones they had as driving machines. Autocar reckoned the GSI they had was somewhere in between the ST24 and ST200 ability wise. Think they suffer from being geared too long like many Vauxhalls which blunts the performance but gives good economy on motorway

I went and looked at a few at the beginning of last year whilst I was looking for a family bus. They sound great even std, but as suggested before, any DIY on them seems to involve a lot of time ( changing plugs etc ).

They seemed to fetch good money for a good example - in the end it was cheaper to get a decent E36 328 saloon for me as I had limited time and there was more choice of BMs.

The second GSi I went and looked at had the very rare AP brake upgrade on it ( same as off the limited ST200 ) which was an option on the GSi. The first guy who had it worked for Vauxhall

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Looks quite promising

johnnyroper

if i was to buy a vectra it would be the v6 i worked for vaux for 5 years and they were by far the most reliable engine in the range providing the servicing is done and the cambelt is changed as a kit with all rollers
they are suprisingly economical when driven sensibly for a 2.5 v6

JonMc

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That'll be the rear strut bushes. It's quite a common problem so I'm surprised your vauxhall dealer didn't rip you off to fix that one.

G00ner

Oh yeah, just remembered mine was chewing up inner edges on the rears (paid for by Lex on a full maintenance lease, haha).

That's the only real downside, Vauxhall dealers are even worse than Subaru dealers.

JonMc

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On the plus side, because of this there is a lot of good independant specialists for both marques

kingofturds

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