sc0ott
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Originally posted by Warren G
buy my astra
Stick a for sale ad up in general chat 
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Warren G
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lol
am i getting my point across yet! haha
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mikenoncorsa
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Originally posted by Ojc
Its nonsense, overhyped internet crap and people who don't depress the clutch properly and haven't a clue how to drive.
Thats a load of bollocks for a start, I've been driving a hell of a long time and I know how to depress a clutch properly.
Mine went with only 40k on the clock. Cost me £1360 for a rebuild.
Big Eck, it ain't bollocks! Did you own yours from new? If not, you have no idea how it was driven! I'm a workshop controller for a VX dealer, it ain't as common as the internet makes out!!
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big eck
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Well there a massive list of people with the same problems on vxrowners, aon/aoc etc, so it is a lot more common. A lot of the guys with massive knowledge have also said the M32 box is shit.
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John
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We've covered this before, AON and vxronline are full of twats.
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Mieran
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My mate has a nurburgring vxr one, he drives like a women, box gone at 20k.
Before vauxhall fixed it under warranty they sent the ECU to thorney to check if its been remapped, obviously it wasn't and they fixed the box but he then started having electrical problems which were ecu related lol
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big eck
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Originally posted by John
We've covered this before, AON and vxronline are full of twats.
And your a genius and know everything???
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Warren G
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Adgree
I worked at vauxhall for 5 years, barely saw these so called commom problems
i personaly only replaced one m32 corsa vxr gearbox for diff noise under cornering
had a few 6 speed m20 gearboxes with 3rd gears gone,
saw alot more astra vans with 1.3's and 1.7's with gearbox faults than 1.9's or vxr's
funny you dont see the fleet companies on here moaning
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John
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Originally posted by big eck
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Originally posted by John
We've covered this before, AON and vxronline are full of twats.
And your a genius and know everything???
No, I'm close enough to a genius to not believe everything I read on forums though, even if I had happened to have that problem.
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mikenoncorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
Well there a massive list of people with the same problems on vxrowners, aon/aoc etc, so it is a lot more common. A lot of the guys with massive knowledge have also said the M32 box is shit.
People who have problems make it known, you never see any threads saying 'My car is 4yrs old & my gearbox is fine'. It ain't common!! My VXR is Sept '06, 33k, no problems at all!
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big eck
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Well I experianced the problems first hand and having asked most of the poeple on the forums (like most do even on here) the ones in the know put forward there thoughts.
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Russ
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my gearbox is also fine
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Warren G
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Originally posted by Russ
my gearbox is also fine
welcome to the club
lets make a 'my gearbox is fine' post on AON and vxronline
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big eck
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Originally posted by mikenoncorsa
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Originally posted by big eck
Well there a massive list of people with the same problems on vxrowners, aon/aoc etc, so it is a lot more common. A lot of the guys with massive knowledge have also said the M32 box is shit.
People who have problems make it known, you never see any threads saying 'My car is 4yrs old & my gearbox is fine'. It ain't common!! My VXR is Sept '06, 33k, no problems at all!
Mine was an 06 as well and my gearbox problems didnt start till 40k so dont count your chickens just yet
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John
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People who don't know how to treat the car with a bit of respect also won't think that, they'll be on the forums looking for some other excuse.
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big eck
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Originally posted by Warren G
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Originally posted by Russ
my gearbox is also fine
welcome to the club
lets make a 'my gearbox is fine' post on AON and vxronline
I would actually like to see the outcome of that
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big eck
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Originally posted by John
People who don't know how to treat the car with a bit of respect also won't think that, they'll be on the forums looking for some other excuse.
Its a VXR so I would think the occasional abuse is expected.
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Warren G
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i dont think there related to how the cars driven either
i dont want to get banned again on AON  you start the thread lol
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John
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There's a difference between driving the car hard and abusing it.
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Warren G
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Originally posted by big eck
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Originally posted by John
People who don't know how to treat the car with a bit of respect also won't think that, they'll be on the forums looking for some other excuse.
Its a VXR so I would think the occasional abuse is expected.
i wont buy a car, and like some do on aon, dont boot it in 1st anda 2nd
you buy a vxr to abuse it! and i would !!!
and the cocks on AON apparently dont go over 70mph, posted a video on there and all spat there dummies out!
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Warren G
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Originally posted by John
There's a difference between driving the car hard and abusing it.
2nd gear on boost lanches count as abuse  ?
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sc0ott
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So how many astra vxrs, cdtis, sri etc are there in the world which have all the same gearboxes and how many of those are members of a forum? It seems the issue is over rated as i bet there are a shit load more people who own various specs of the astra who arent a forum member and dont have a problem.
Imo its those who thrash it around tend to get the problems more frequent which doesnt mean the every day drivers will get the same problem
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big eck
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Of course your going to thrash a VXR about now and again, you dont buy a car like that to drive about like miss daisy.
Granted there are more OK boxes than bad ones but some guys are on there 3 boxes and claim its the box thats at fault not there driving style.
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John
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So they've managed to get 3 bad gearboxes in a row when most others are perfectly fine, yet it's still the gearbox?
They can't even believe that any more surely.
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
saw alot more astra vans with 1.3's and 1.7's with gearbox faults than 1.9's or vxr's
TBH there is a shit load more of them than VXR's!
Anyway gearboxes are supposed to last longer than engines so I would expect 100k+ miles minimum.
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