car reviews

[Jack Maude]

I'm thinking about buying a specific used car - a Vauxhall Calibra. Does anyne know the name of a good independent site that gives information on the car - good poitns, bad points, what to look for etc?

Many thanks.

[Panic Button]

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/index.htm

[spaced]

www.parkers.co.uk - even better than honest john

[spaced]

...why would anyone want a Calibra? It has to be worst vehicle vauxhall ever manufactured. very dated too. Save your money and buy something more reliable and better looking.

[MrJP]

Well to be fair, Vauxy Cally's have a bit of a rep for boy racer cars - and to find a clean, non-thrashed, non-modified example may be quite hard to find. I know they can be picked up for a couple of hundred quid - clean, low mileage examples (depending on model, e.g 4x4, Turbo) are up to a couple of grand. If you're seriously looking for a clean, good model - I wouldn't bother trying to find faults yourself. For a small fee HPi/AA most road organisations will do a multi-point check for you from �49. As spaced said, they don't have the most reliable reputation. I've had several friends who are "self-considered mechanics, qualified from the Stag & Pheasant Arms" do their own checks on Cavs and Calibra's... only to buy something that's really failed on them a month down the line.

[tali122]

agree with spaced (its really a cavalier coupe)-a 200sx much better choice

[Jack Maude]

Thank you to everyone that helped - I decided not to buy it in the end!