Livefast123 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I'm looking at replacing my ageing Golf Gti with a people carrier type vehicle. I have been offered a brand new Zafira 1.8 petrol for 9545. Does anyone have a Zafira and what are they like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Drove a Zafira for a while and it didn't inspire me at all. The main problem was the engine. At 15,000 miles it felt like it was on its way out. Wouldn't pull you out of bed. The steering was also quite poor. For space it was very good, but I wouldn't touch one again if I'm honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I think they are underrated, solid and a nice drive, some very good specifications for people carriers. They are a lot of car for the money. What engine one are you looking at? They are solid and a nice drive. If you want fast, don't buy one. They are meant to chug lots of people about. 7 seats in use means little luggage space unless you use a roof box. The seats are good but you need to slide the middle row forward to put them up, annoying if you have a load of large child seats strapped in the middle row. I am now about to sell a Zafira simply because it has a manual gearbox and we want an auto. It will not fetch much as it has now done 115K almost faultless miles. Other than servicing and tyres etc, the only thing that want wrong in all this time was a £25 crankcase sensor. Tyres are very very cheap also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 LIVEFAST123, I bet your even more confused now :lol: one says they are rubbish and the other says they are great, ??? well just to add more confusion bud,, I,ve just been looking at a wheelchair adapted one for our son and they drive well,ish but was not as roomy as the Kia Sedona atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 Top gear rate them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 My head is spinning lol. We are looking at the 1.8 petrol (120) as I don't do to many miles these days around 14,000 a year. I get to drive high performance cars in work so I drive like Miss Daisy on my own. For the price it's hell of a lot of new car even with fairly high tax and fuel consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) One of my daughters in law owns a couple of children's nurseries and they have a few Zafiras to ferry kids about. I owned a 2.2SRi some years ago, my other daughter in law has one, also a couple of relatives. If you can live with the fuel consumption - not bad, but not brilliant - they are a lot of car for the money. Reliable, cheapish to run / maintain. It seems to have become fashionable to slag off Vauxhalls, whilst praising Volkswagen and the like. I don't know why, but I have driven many of both brands and I don't see Volkswagen as any better - in some respects - worse. Edited March 14, 2014 by Gordon R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 My head is spinning lol. We are looking at the 1.8 petrol (120) as I don't do to many miles these days around 14,000 a year. I get to drive high performance cars in work so I drive like Miss Daisy on my own. For the price it's hell of a lot of new car even with fairly high tax and fuel consumption. I'd take a look at the smaller diesel zafiras.... We need more space now so a Galaxy will replace ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd999 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 One of my daughters in law owns a couple of children's nurseries and they have a few Zafiras to ferry kids about. I owned a 2.2SRi some years ago, my other daughter in law has one, also a couple of relatives. If you can live with the fuel consumption - not bad, but not brilliant - they are a lot of car for the money. Reliable, cheapish to run / maintain. It seems to have become fashionable to slag off Vauxhalls, whilst praising Volkswagen and the like. I don't know why, but I have driven many of both brands and I don't see Volkswagen as any better - in some respects - worse. Can only reiterate what Gordon has said. We have one: reliable, ok (but not brilliant) fuel economy, and plenty of room (7 seats). We looked at other makes of car - Ford, VW etc - but you definitely seem to get more for your money with Vauxhall Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted March 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 I don't know if I do enough mileage for a modern diesel with all this DPF nonsense and can't really afford for the car to be off the road. My commute consists of a 1 mile trip to the motorway, 15 miles on the M5 then around another 2 on a dual carriageway to work. I'm currently getting an average of 31mpg from the Golf so it can't be any worse.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd999 Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 MPG specs for 1.8 Zafira (petrol)... Urban Fuel - 29.4 mpg Extra Urban - 49.6 mpg Combined - 39.2 mpg Manufacturer's statistics always tend to be over-positive, but I still think you'd get reasonable MPG since most of your driving (83% by my reckoning) is on the motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 I'm looking at replacing my ageing Golf Gti with a people carrier type vehicle. I have been offered a brand new Zafira 1.8 petrol for 9545. Does anyone have a Zafira and what are they like. Cheap at that money, very good people carriers, few toys compared to many of the others but has the important things like AC, only older cars can get a little problematic, even diesels believe it or not. I personally don't like the driving position but unlikely to be a fault of the car design ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Sorry but i would never own anothet vauxhall.they are woeful......vw all the way for me.....superior vehicles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 Lived in my current house since 2001 and all the time my next door neighbour has run a piccaso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deershooter Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 MPG specs for 1.8 Zafira (petrol)... Urban Fuel - 29.4 mpg Extra Urban - 49.6 mpg Combined - 39.2 mpg Manufacturer's statistics always tend to be over-positive, but I still think you'd get reasonable MPG since most of your driving (83% by my reckoning) is on the motorway. I have the automatic version of the 1.8 fuel consumption is more like Urban 23 Combined 28 Extra urban 34 This is the best I have ever had in 4 years and I don't drive like a F1 driver Deershooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 A chap that lives near me had a 4x4 and sold it and got one he is happy with his that is all that I can add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stet Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 My wife drove one it wasn't bad but she now has an smax and is far better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted March 15, 2014 Report Share Posted March 15, 2014 We've had a 1.8 petrol for 12 years now and it's been pretty trouble free. Only big bill was due to a water leak through the bulkhead, which required the dash and most of the interior to be removed for the sake of a couple of quid's worth of sealant I hate the ride quality though, without any weight in it it bounces around like an unloaded van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingo45 Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 If you buy a diesel spray clean the MAF sensor with the right stuff. Another thing is clean out the EGR valve system properly. Not a very nice job but then again well worth it if the EGR valve is taken off the engine and cleaned .While doing so scrape clean the exhaust muck out of the system you can see using vac at the same time. Our Zafira was an old boot but now its superb. Its all on the net just try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted March 16, 2014 Report Share Posted March 16, 2014 I'm looking at replacing my ageing Golf Gti with a people carrier type vehicle. I have been offered a brand new Zafira 1.8 petrol for 9545. Does anyone have a Zafira and what are they like. Hi Livefast123 Thats a great price for a new car to be honest. Is it for the latest shape/ model. Or for the last of the older shape ? Weigh up VM's 100k lifetime warranty if its serviced correctly, it seems a good deal if you offset against diesel models purchase price to cost per ltre at the pumps to actual useage mpg. Please PM me the info of the Vauxhall Dealer selling as id like to enquire as very keen my self ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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