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Hope you all have a good one👍🏻

I had the insignia for 1 week.nice looking car but thats as far as it went.dealer did the gearbox repair as asked to before me buying it tho after their mechanical engineers (hahaha) Put the gearbox back in!! the thing pee'd the gearbox fluid back out over a week of ownership though to be fair the dealers said it only lost less than 0.5 of a litre (hahaha again) there was pools of it in my driveway and where I parked the car daily.the 2006 T25 d4d was miles better and always will be than any vauxhall. You and I both got a lucky escape by not selling the T25's. The vauxhall gearboxes are made of butter!

If you're not sure what the cause of the failure was, I'd still be inclined to explore replacement under warranty. If the dealer says it isn't covered, then look at replacing yourself.

Isn't the car still within the 5 year/100,000 mile new car warranty? If so, the washer pump may be covered.

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Ha ha, no change there then. No worries mate, have a nice Christmas Taff Bob

I've seen an Mr2 turbo engine in T Sport running around 340bhp. Engine and gearbox was around £2 then £3-4K Labour removing the old one and setting up the new one. Or you could go straight for a gt4 turbo and start with 240bhp! Again it's all money isn't it. Or maybe just buy a car that's already modded like an Evo etc that's running 600bhp. Least then all the works done for you and it's run in too.

One of these to maintain a trickle charge through the OBD2 socket. Mixed reviews but could be useful for keeping that 12v aux. battery on hybrids up to scratch, if left for long intervals. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AC1LLQY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi Yeah I decided to put some MR2 Roadster seats in. They don't have the side airbags in though. Very easy to fit and a more comfortable driving position.