Driven hard under 20mpg. Driven normally mid 20s around town. It's a great motor, but not for someone doing high mileages.
A good site for questions is vectra-c dot com. Lots of info on there.
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The Vectra (3.2 Elite) is in for an accident repair :-(
I am getting better mpg than from the old 3.0 MV6 Omega - I've driven about 2500 miles and averaged 25.9 mpg - and I've been "enjoying" the car somewhat. It's probably lighter than the Signum and I am sure I could drive it more economically.
The accident happened at about 2:00 am on Friday. I had collected daughter from the Hexagon (Reading) after a show to drop off at Uni (Birmingham). I was kind of trying for a record door to door time (which I achieved), but traffic in Reading & road closure at Wycombe/M40 junction left the door open for another attempt sometime! :-)
So...I was travelling at...err...70 plus a bit down the A34, just overtaking a lorry and suddenly there was this enormous goat size creature standing across my lane looking at me. Unfortunately I am sure I was the last thing he saw. I didn't have enough time to even go for the brakes. Judging by the damage (mid to front offside) he must have crouched (presumably to run) as I hit him. The front bumper was a complete mess, (found some embedded bone the next day), and quite a mess of pipes and wires hanging down behind it. Power steering went instantly so I guess it leaked. Rad was bent but not broken. Couldn't see any damage to metal bodywork but I'm sure there must have been. Airbag didn't deploy. Everyone says it was a muntjack (sp?) deer.
Car is now safely with a repairer (I have to commend Direct Line insurance service for being very easy to deal with) and am awaiting an eta for return.
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Judging by the damage (mid to front offside) Power steering went instantly so I guess it leaked.
Smokie - ouch. It was probably more than likely to be a muntjac. Plenty of them about at the moment - less one.
The PS reservoir sits directly behind the offside part of the front bumper, behind the front foglight. I hope the damage is more cosmetic than structural?
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Hi, thanks for the replies in particular the direction to the Vauxhall forum site.
Can anyone see a flaw in running an 03 3.2v6 Signum Elite with 25,000 miles costing 6.9k for 50,000miles - even assuming it depreciates to nothing and allowing for a few repairs and servicing I reckon cost per mile should be 34-35p(exc. insurance).
This is equivalent to what my tdi passat has cost over the last 45,000 miles and the Signum must be nicer to drive.
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Des, testdrive it, if you like it, buy it. It´s your money.
If it´s fuel economy you´re after get an Audi A2.
Good luck.
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