Not all it's cracked up to be! (Vauxhall Tigra in general)

Member Name: Absy_Baby

Product:	Vauxhall Tigra in general
Date:	16/02/09 (140 review reads)
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Advantages: Looks good

Disadvantages: Expensive, uncomfortable and just NO!

The Vauxhall Tigra Exclusiv (this is the new shape convertible top specification).

18 months ago i was looking for a new car, as a young (mid twenties) woman with no children or prospects of having any in the near future i test drove the Vauxhall Tigra. To be honest i didn't need to test drive it, the minute i realised i could afford it i wanted it!

However buying a car on a decision made by how great i'd look with a 2-seater convertible was not ideal and now 18 months later i am paying the price.

The car itself looks great, my favourite feature is the boot and yet i also hate it. It is electronic and you press the button for just over a second and it automatically opens, great! Well not when it comes to closing it, if it's raining hard then the last thing you want is to be stood there with your finger on the button, and that is what you must do until it shuts. GREAT!

The car is very clever and has loads of great features, heated seats, airbags, cd player, remote central locking, 17 inch alloy wheels, electric windows, fully leather interior, massive boots space (unless the roof is down) and best of all it is a convertible, with a hard top, so much less likely to be broken in to. How comes the insurance companies don't see that?

My insurance is just under £550 a year, with an excess of over £500 due to the fact i'm under 25 (ok so that is my problem) but the fact it is a convertible WITH A HARD TOP bumps it up further. Rediculous!

This car is great for some fun but not a very practicle choice, it is great for getting out of doing the pub run but not great when you want to cart stuff around in your car.

The interior is just standard corsa (old shape), it is very basic and considering a vauxhall tigra will set you back over £15,000 brand new, this is very disappointing!

Overall not great, i'm sorry to say, and the worse part yet is you expect to be driving your sporty little number around in the sun and yet going over bumps is the biggest chore, you have to slow down to about 2 miles per hour to make sure the boot makes it over, the springs make an awful noise and it's an uncomfortable ride!!!!

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