Wish i had bought a auto....

**shadylee** · 17th January 2011, 23:09

Purchased my 06 veccy cdti 120 8v around 2 months ago,and after 3800 miles i have come to a few things that are niggling me.

1,I think the car could do with a remap,mainly due to the lumpy/surge like power delivery.

2,really wish the car was a auto,even if it hurts the mpg.I find the short 6pd box rather tiresome in traffic going up and down speeds.Im sure the tourqe from the cdti could cope with a slushbox fine.

things i love,

1,auto lights,auto wipers,auto climate controll and cruise control, all these little touches make the car feel special to me,lie a more premium brand.

2,The board control for the car,the timer,range,average mpg and instant mpg,and also in my car the cd70 navigation with tmc.

3,the size of of the thing,have taken 3 adults including me and it didnt even feel like they were on board,loads of room too.

just a few of my observations so far

**Grumpy1954** · 17th January 2011, 23:12

Autoboxes are good, tiptronic so option to change up/down manually if you really want to.

**scotty84** · 17th January 2011, 23:18

I have a 2006 2.2 direct auto, Only had it 6 weeks driven about 700 miles. Its my first auto after driving manuals for 8 years, I must say I do love it, I thought I would find it boring but with the choice of auto or the geartronic you can still give it some abuse like a manual but without a clutch pedal lol.
But I would like some of the extras you have lol, I got the sri models so crappy cd30 (doesnt even play mp3 discs), no auto lights no climate control. I do have auto wipers and cruise control, oh and the rear windows arn't electric lol I mean come on no rear elec windows on a 2006 car lol.

But yeah an auto is alot better in traffic, not so boring as people say but lazy driving if you want to haha

**shadylee** · 17th January 2011, 23:24

I thought the cd30 had mp3 playback scotty?

**scotty84** · 17th January 2011, 23:28

Originally Posted by shadylee

I thought the cd30 had mp3 playback scotty?

Only the cd30 mp3 does lol. I have seen a cd70 with screen and satnav disc for £289 so I might treat myself to it.

**Bigtee** · 18th January 2011, 09:24

Auto box's are great on a new motor in warranty 4 years down road and several miles under there belt you may need to take out a mortgage to fix it when it packs up.

It does take time to get used to the vectra gear box especially if you have come from a petrol to a diesel as i have found but you can learn to live with it.