Brilliant little vid. Nothing silly about informing people and saving them money, well done and thank you.

Had mine for 5 years now. Just watched this out of interest and I have had every issue you have spoken about 😂 #vxrlife

Great video on way to get one now. Hopefully its good 🤞

Good vid mate thanks for the info

Great vid 🙌

Id say the stem seals can be done cheap but ideally head off job as the valves can be cleaned because of the carbon build up. Get the valves relapped in for a good seal so it helps with compression and power that you may have lost because of the build up

I've had a few. I drive one atm, I know my VXR cars ..Great cars just keep on top of things, service, check them over. I check mine over every weekend check open the bonnet, check the oil, test things out. Honestly they are awesome cars VERY fun. But yeah guys.. if you get one Just keep on top of things and your be fine. Remember it's a (performance car) Great channel btw

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Wish I had seen this before buying mine had it for 9 months now been in garage for 6 one problem gets fixed and another one occurs

I bought mine a year and a week ago it was mint and in the year ive changed pretty much every common fault on it, cost a few penny's but now its super reliable touch wood and i love her super underrated

Couldn’t of came at a better time this video, gonna buy one in a couple months I think

When it's idling for a minute or like and when you hit the throttle the blue smoke comes out of an exhaust.It annoys so much.Many people say the valve guides should be replaced along with valve stem seals and the problem should be gone .

bought mine yesterday and blew a coolant hose and figured out that my rocker gasket is leaking

So from my understanding reading between the lines you need to be fairly mechanically minded to invest in a VXR? I wanted to buy one but I have no clue about mechanics. To be honest I was looking to upgrade my 1.4SRI astra but Im kinda stuck with it for a bit now as just paid £1100 getting cam chain,pulleys,belt,water pump e.t.c all changed as it rattled for first minute on cold start. Drives really nice now though.

The rust is always minor and unlike a Ford you wont find cars which routinely need new sills at a similar age.

Bumper Brackets mate ;) lol thought id let you know haha , and nice video again mate, you should wax oil all the inside of the panels to help with rust.

Great video mate currently looking to get myself a Astra vxr. Would love the Nurburgring edition but don’t think I’ve got the penny’s for that just yet lol

Can you run these on 95 octane fuel when 98 isn't available??

too be honest there piles off shit!!!!

If I do get whine above the glove books like you mentioned what’s the best way to resolve it ?