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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2024
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Reviews of cars that are more affordable for the majority of us mortals has to be applauded. Not as clickable as Porsches, Maserati's and other £100k cars but well done for being relevant. Interesting to see how you mix it up over 2024.
Gone from one of the most stealable cars to one no one will ever want to steal - clever 😂
The Defender is not one of the most stolen cars 🤦♂️🙄
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Brutal 😂
@@beaublue1625assuming it’s not broken down 😂
@@beaublue1625stealable, not stolen
Car salesman myself…….Chloe is an asset to THE HENDY Group……….excellent
She sure is 👍
Tell Chloe that she's a star - especially if she was "volunteered".
She sure is 👍
I watched the entire video expecting it to be a wind up. No one ever got that excited over an Astra before.
My god - RR defender to Astra 😩😩
Free motoring though. Different car every few months. Can't be bad
Brilliant comment 😂😅😂
You have to give credit to ped for trying to make it interesting 😂👍 “ I’m going to drive home crying” I think he was saying.
Very fair appraisal of the Defender, telling it how it is warts and all. As you discovered, the 110 wheelbase especially as we both have two pups, is the most flexible.
Just a thought: I'm 70 & was diagnosed with Alzheimers 5 years ago but thankfully still allowed to drive. For how long I have no idea but hope I will recognise it's time to give up before being pushed as I spent over 30 years in the fire service observing the results of poor driving. On the subject of a vehicle handover I just want to raise an issue I have. As my 'instant memory is real poor', it makes new toys or changing brands with stuff that works different. TBF the last sails person knew my situation & said I could contact him anytime if I was unsure about anything. I'm 18 months from a change and right now fancy a brand I have never driven before. Great vid, stay safe x
Sorry to hear that 😢
It probably depreciated £20k as you pulled away.😂😂😂
Same as any brand new car then 😂
@@Gmh6477Actually it loses £10,065 before you even sit in the car in the showroom, according to Autotrader.
Momma e biggest depreciating car. (Not the Astra)
Hi Pete, was great to film this with you can I look forward to potentially doing this again!
If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask😊
Enjoy the Astra 🚙
I have to say that I have a HUGE love/hate relationship with Land Rovers. When they work, they are without doubt one of the best most comfortable, relaxing driving you can enjoy. However, Land Rover seriously needs to address the whole reliability issue of the whole brand, from a Range Rover owner myself, it feels like they just don't care to fix it. It's almost as if they expect their customers to accept the unreliability when you buy them.
Fair play to you Pete, this certainly makes a change.
I was expecting another £100k+ out-of-reach SUV.
This actually took me by surprise, and it's exactly the sort of thing the majority of normal car owners who aren't petrolheads, might be looking at.
It doesn't interest me in the slightest, but I am in a tiny minority of car fanatics, so I will be following the mid-term living with style opinion on this one.
Very impressed with Hendy hand over. I bought a new Vauxhall Corsa before Christmas and hand over was the sales man pointing to the brand new car in the car park. Well done Hendy.
Great to hear 👍
Just been on Vauxhall's website. PCP example (after some digging) requires £10 grand deposit to make it even remotely affordable , 5k per year mileage allowance and a 5 year term. I will watch with interest what the real range of this is. That finance works out over a pound a mile before you tax (it's coming) insurance (ouch) maintenance (£££ tyres) or charge it. (up to 85p / kWh) Absolute madness. What's really crazy is 2 years ago you could buy a brand new pre reg previous gen Astra for just £12k!!!
Aren’t most people leasing these through a company car scheme for the tax breaks?
No different to any other car in the Astra size class tbh. The cheapest lowest spec vw golf is almost 30 grand
I'm guessing you don't drive an EV. VED will be £160 so not a deal breaker, virtually no maintenance (Vauxhall EV service is £70 inc. VAT) except for tyres which are within 5% of normal car tyres and if you are charging at 85p/kWh then more fool you, public charging can be had at anything from 35p/kWh, even less if you have a charging subscription scheme. Insurance is on a par with ICE cars despite the best efforts of ill informed people to convince people otherwise.
The one downside to Vauxhall EV's is the depreciation but then presently, everything is taking a bath whilst the market adjusts to where it should be after the Covid Halcyon depreciation light days.
Just buy one after 12 months when it will be worth next to nothing.
@@graemecollie9233ved is currently £0 on a EV but from April 2025 if over 40k list it will be £580 years 2-6
I felt your tears Pete when your driving back the Defender . Mate , Did you lift my spirits or what , Chloe saved the day .! Loving the New one . I'm hopeful this one Is less ridiculous than the BMW i5M60 i was driving this morning !! 😂😂💯💯
The £40K+ price of this is nuts, (although AT has a new one at £31K), especially compared to an MG for £15K less or….you can pick up a 2021 Peugeot e-3008 (which I assume has a lot of Stellantis genes) for around £12K…! Not jumping on the EV hating bandwagon, but just based on its list price, you’d be nuts to get this on a personal basis….look forward to the content on it though
Cars not made in China cost more.
Many people tell us they don’t want Chinese made cars, but then they don’t want to pay the extra cost either 🤷🏼♂️
Rrp isn't an issue until April 2025 when road tax starts. About £550 for the Astra if I'm not mistaken. 😂 The only thing luxury about it is the tax lol
Totally agree and yet this has peugeout/citroen genes also stellantis so just badge engineering again.
Agree, price point starting at £40k is too high. Lots of arguably better competition at the price. It's an ICE car converted to EV which is never optimal. Say it quietly but a Tesla Model 3 is £40k for a car with significantly more range and probably a better driving experience. Also a dramatically better road trip charging experience if you regularly do long journeys.
I grew up in a time and culture when unless you were really well off, Ford and Vauxhall were the best you could hope for. There were obviously other manufacturers around in the same price range but I was almost brainwashed with “You can’t go wrong with a Henry or GM”. I could go on and on here but the short story is that I’ve had a few of each and due to some bad luck and at least as much bad decision making I have never made it to any of the more prestigious brands. Even now as I approach my driving twilight years I still look at these two brands when I’m buying a used car, and you might guess by my username that I have a liking for the Insignia. Don’t really know where I’m going with this so I’ll just finish by saying that I’m looking forward to your take on the now French owned Vauxhall brand and more specifically their latest Astra. Though I would be absolutely gutted going from a Defender to this ‘Tin Pot’. At least it’s not a Dagenham dustbin! Keep up the great work Ped 😊
Be interesting to see what you think of this one. Watched another channel yesterday where they looked at the depreciation of electric cars. The electric Vauxhall Mokka was number 1. Something like 42% in the first year.
That's because it's never sold at its RRP.
@@nealm1814 These were trade prices from Parkers Guide
I saw that too. The drop was relative to a 1 year old value of the same car last year. That means the Mokka lost around 70% of it's list prices at 1 year old and 10,000 miles. Truly nuts proposition for a private new car buyer but arguably not bad for the second owner if you can live with an EV ...and a Vauxhall.
As the owner of a Corsa-e, I'll be interested to see how you get on. Glad you like the colour, although I definitely prefer my car's orange.
Just to note there is no long range astra there is 1 battery size with up to 258 miles so probably around 200 miles of range in mixed driving and more expensive than a new Tesla model 3
I’d rather slam by balls in a draw than drive a Vauxhall! Let alone an EV Vauxhall 😩😩
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Sorry but imagine purchasing this car and the pick up day
Will keep to hot hatches as still great in comparison to these dishwater stuff
Still good that Pete is listening to his followers and not always reviewing £100k stuff
Boo pal, I’m on catch up yet again. I’ve really loved this vehicle, a 110 version in the colour, bang on.
I've never been a Vauxhall fan, I quite like this car.
It is using Stellantis platforms and powertrain, so maybe something else in the group.
Good to see you have a more affordable car
I would have the Peugeot 308 over the Vauxhall. It’s all personal taste but looks better on the outside and inside but fundamentally the same car. Received great reviews.
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One of my favourite cars was my mk1 astra gte. I loved that thing. Boxy shape, 1.8 injection with a heady 115 hp! Handling was great and it was totally reliable.
Evs are not for me..... where i live theres no public chargers ...besides , I get charge anxiety when I'm shaving, never mind being out on the Highland roads. Not that I can afford one anyway. Hey ho. Good luck with new wheels!
Well done Chloe (the volunteered one) give her a medal. Yes the 110 LR would be a very good choice if one could afford one. Speaking of range, what was the 90's range I wonder. Have fun with the Astra. Cheers from antipodes.
From a Defender to an Astra. Ooff. Love the channel by the way.
Thanks 🙏🏻
The opening face you were pulling said “lost a quid and found a tanner” Oh how right it was 🤦🏻♂️
If Hendy Group have a Maserati dealership, then you should definitely try them, I feel they are very under promoted, people don't trust their reliability.
Maserati is a brand that needs exposure. etc etc
Please use my comments to get said cars on your channel😅
And not one Maserati the whole range please.
They have and I am 😜👍
Wow, superb. You have made a long term watcher very happy. Lucky man and thank you for replying@@PetrolPed
A couple of suggestions for living with an EV. Make time to read the Manual, most of the people who have problems never read it. Get into the habit of 'Top Up' charging around your useage. Don't wait until the Tank is nearly empty. Remember a selection of charge points along your normal routes, the most important being the one that will get you home, (for my LEAF the new HUB at Rugby Services M6 will get me home to Havant) Change your Electricity provider to have a low price overnight charge session.
Otherwise just enjoy the drive .
We have dogs and kids to transport (never mentioned), so it's a 110 or 130 for me cheers... 6 mins into this and turned off, Vauxhall? That'll go back soon!
Great to see you doing more affordable cars, Not been a Vauxhall fan but the new range has moved them up the style ladder , still a big problem with depreciation though.
Do bear in mind in your future review of this car that it costs over £43,000. That simply HAS to be a consideration when weighing up its pros and cons. Comparisons need to be made with vehicles of a similar spec that cost less than this one.
No wonder you're looking glum Pete. Always a wrench but hope the next long timer will bring you tons of joy, looks cool in Cobalt blue 🔵
Vauxhall and most of Stellantis brands need to bring down their retail prices from their ridiculous level right now...
Whhhhat?!? On the bright side it is the shortest month 😏
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I agree, the styling of the Astra is spot on. The Cobalt blue is great and goes well with the black accents. Would I be happy to spend £40k to see this on my drive though....? For anyone watching this channel, the answer must be, "No"....?
In my early driving years, Vauxhalls were cars to be lusted after, GTE, Gsi, etc….then they went to bland euro boxes. But….maybe the new design language might be a glimmer of hope……🤔
You're going to have to be incredibly convincing to get me to love a milk float, Pete. Very good looking motor and the tech is impressive, though.
Dear me……that will be a long month, it’ll have depreciated 50% by the time you take it back!!
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In one respect this is a terrible choice, and I doubt anyone with private taxed income will be rushing to buy one in EV or petrol format. But actually this is huge and brilliant consumer advice because I spend half my time in Europe and constantly being offered this type of vehicle as a hire car. So will be interesting to see what it’s all about before I end up with one at a Spanish airport ! ❤❤❤ the colour is the saviour ! ❤❤❤
Defender to a Vauxhall 😂😂😂😂😂
A great colour and one of my favourite Compact Hatchbacks 😊
Stunning colour, i should know i sold my Aston Martin vantage roadster a year ago and guess what....... yes it was cobalt blue. She was a beauty
My Vauxhall Grandland is in the same colour it is a diesel automatic and four months old I love it
Loved the Grassmere Green on the Defender. It's good to see you take on a more "affordable" EV. Will be interested to see how it performs. Well done Chloe!
You and me both!
Loved the look of the Defender, inc the wheels!
Never had a Vauxhall but my dad had, pardon the language, a 101! 😧
The new styling is a great improvement and it will be interesting to see how you get on. D
A Vauxhall................... uhm. Definitely not my cuppa tea. Liked Chloe though so worth the watch for you and her, oh not too bad colour to the car either. Enjoy.
I was genuinely suprised the first time i got into the new astra. Its a really nice place to be. There is, however, a big problem. Thats the price.😯
Oh Peter….nooo…..yet I have been a Vauxhall fan for…well my Dad bought our1953 Velox and hence a whole line of Vauxhalls have come and gone since. I think Tracey will hate it on sight…..it will be interesting to see what you feel driving it…the Peddlarz…..it won’t be good news. Good luck….and after the Paris news, should we go back to estates?….and my favourite was my Omega 3.0 l estate in 1997..simply a joy to own and drive. Hmm….back to the Configurator boards all over again!!😱😱🤔🤔🤔😵💫😵💫😵💫😨😨😃
Great long term review of the Land Rover Defender Ped. I like you like the cobalt blue paint work on the Astra. It will be interesting to see how you settle in to living with the Astra on a day to day basis. There will be a lot of people who are looking at this car looking for your guidance as to whether this is the car for them 👍🇬🇧😎
I love the styling of the new Vauxhalls. Modern but without the fussiness of a lot of new cars. I shall look forward to updates on this one.
having worked at a Vauxhall dealer, I have driven the full range, the Mokka and Corsa EV range is terrible out of town! as for the Astra I have only driven them for 10-20 miles, I imagine its the same around 130 miles at Motorway speeds. I'm surprised they didn't give you the new GS range as it's phev and shares the drivetrain of the Grandland (except the 4x4) although has less BHP
The reason for range anxiety is varied. First off it takes maybe 10mins to fill a petrol or diesel not an hour (assuming you can find a charging location) It's NOT a mindset, thats just a sales person talking sales stuff. When people get in a car and the very first thing they talk about is the "info tainment" thats a red flag.
great video petrol ped love the colour of your new astra , i still have my astra elite owned it 7 years never let me down once
Nice one!
Nice colour, end of good points!
It’ll be interesting to see how you get on with this car. Can you indicate any servicing and running costs that a new owner may face?
Will do 👍
Gee, 43k for a corsa! We are really saving the planet, for sure! Nuts!
I’ve just got the Mokka e ultimate and it’s stunning. The adaptive headlights are just magical. My friend has a new Astra and has had awful experiences with the infotainment and instrumentation cluster going completely blank. So far four attempts by Vauxhall to fix it
Great 👍
New Defenders are cheaper to finance than used by around 50%. About to order a new D300 90. You can review it if you like later in the year. I’m in Petersfield 😊
Test drove the D300 90 last weekend ( the same green on green 75th anniversary) great car, want one. Yes cheaper to buy a new one on a 5.9% PCP at the moment than used
The crease in the centre of the bonnet is very ‘Viva’ kinda era, from that low down view.
Your face driving the blue lol lol still want the D90 . Lol lol great wee channel and very good at telling things spec etc .
AAAAH , A Defender. What`s the cost of insurance ?Never mind the ladder on the back.Ha Ha.Should be a defibrilator after future insurance quotes.
From a defender to an electric vauxhall astra ,how disappointing
I'm sure it's a good car ,but no ones ever going to walk away from a car then look back at it again with the warm feeling of I'm driving that as they would in a defender lol. I'm not being hard on the astra as many many moons again I part exchanged my bmw e38 728i for a one lady owner mk3 vauxhall astra bertone 2.0 8 value convertible. I was doing 600 pounds a month in fuel in the bmw and as nice as it was it had to go ,the astra came in at a friend's garage and the deal was done .I had that car for two years and it was fantastic. Never had a vauxhall before and haven't had one since . I sold it and bought a ford explorer 4.0 v6 XLT nearly a defender 🤪
A little surprised that you didn’t get a tourer, but this will be an interesting (short) long termer!!
Sad day for you Pete. Bye, bye Daisy. I like the colour, re-freshed front, rear and interior of the Astra - looks more modern.
And it's got the pan roof!
What a contrast 😊
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It's very 'Peugeot' inside on the switchgear front! I wish manufacturers would drop the obsession with gloss black everywhere. Looks rubbish after a few days. Will be interesting to see how you get on with it. 👍
that great of them for giving you a free car mate, a car a car
I shed a tear for you both.
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Going from the Defender to this car is a form of self flagellation.
I always ask or look up the expected mpg. Thought all “ice-men” did?
Great to see you’ve taken my advice Pete. 😊 Test driving cars that are more in tune with the average family. So looking forward to the first impressions video. Great colour and hopefully Vauxhall are bouncing back
I'm not sure the average family would spend 43k on a astra
Absolutely
I really like the design. It's different and sporty. However, the engine range is terrible and I think there's quality issues with the interior considering the price vaxhaul charge.
Model 3 or an Astra for 40k , I can't see who's going home with this......I would imagine you'll be able to pickup a new pre-registered one in the 3rd quarter for under 30k when Vauxhall panic and realise they won't hit the 22% target
Nail on the head. No private motorist in their right mind would buy a brand new EV right now. End of the year the market will be flooded with pre reg. better to sell an EV at a £10k loss than an ICE and get a £15k fine.
If the ZEV mandate doesn’t get scrapped, there’s going to be a few manufacturers go bankrupt because of idiotic governments.
Even with the subtle hints, I have to admit I was expecting an Octavia vRS, lol!! They do do a nice blue for the vRS I have to admit.
Anyhoo, will be interesting to see what fun and games you get up to in the Astra and can I suggest a name..... Alan the Astra..??
Surely the Astra Sports Tourer would have been a better choice with the dogs? The new estate is quite a good looking car though, for me, only in an petrol variant...
I think they might be telling porky pies about the range. 😂 you should have it for this month then another month in the winter and see the difference
Great to see you back in an EV. Car looks impressive, compact with a good range. Enjoy.
The Defender is for sale at Hendy Southampton, £68,962. Good value against what they cost new, and with the extras fitted!
I used to have a Vxl Astra 2.0CDTI SRI Sports Tourer 2013 in red.
Astra, well, that’s a big difference.
Great review ped
Thanks 🙏🏻
Good looking car, that Astra. Nice colour, too.
Well this should be interesting. Look forward to lots of content on this over the next month.
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Thinking back to the handover when I bought my current car a couple of years ago. After all of the finance and paperowrk was dealth with, it consisted of them giving me the keys and telling me where the car was. There was someone by the car when I got there, who asked if there was anything I wanted to know. I replied, I'm sure I'll work it out. Then I drove off. To be fair, that seemed like it was enough. I was at the garage for 10-15 minutes.
You were definitely taking the scenic route up through West Stoke and Funtington 😃
Yep. Nicer on camera and you don’t have to drive through Chi 😂
@@PetrolPed no point driving through Chi now its quicker to walk 😂
I didn't think I would say this but I like the look of the electric astra! Especially in that blue! Nice
Glad you like it!
Looking forward to your review Pete, Vauxhall do appear to have upped their game on the styling front at least. Coming up to a year of ownership of our Mokka-e which we bought used and its cost us nothing except for public charging as we don't have access to allow us to charge at home and even that is a fraction of what it cost to run and maintain the ICE car it replaced.
Conspiracy theory; Stelantis charge a premium price so that when it's leased, the monthly payments have enough margin in them for the company to make a profit on each vehicle even with the depreciation levels...
Will be interesting to see if the actual range will be anywhere near the sales pitch statements
Right…….is it possible to set an alert for the day after this thing goes back?
LOL 😂
Firstly I love the colour I pass that car in hatchback form on a regular basis and always take a double glance as I love the car. Will you get your bike in the back? I am interested and looking forward to your review. You must be really down about the Defender going but you were very professional and kept your disappointment off camera.
Pete was obv gutted to swap out the LR for this 'lovely blue' vx. Hope the next month goes quick.
Jeez, talk about a downgrade, at least it's only for 1 month.
Vauxhall has to be the least aspirational marque around.
I am betting at 5:05 that you are off to Hendy MG in Poole ;) and I was wrong lol
Good guess. There are quite a few Hendy dealers in Poole 😜
Hope to go to MG soon for the Cyberster 👍
Oh ❗️ Vauxhall and electric, let me know when it goes back and I will tune back in then 😉
Fully loaded with all the toys and the first thing you do is adjust the manual seat :)
I was looking to see if anyone picked that up a 40k top of the range model without electric seats wtf that's a big no way in one move
Way prefer a manual seat 👍
@@PetrolPed Tumbleweeds :)
Very much looking forward to your experience with the Astra. Had an '09 for a few years and loved it.
With all the blind spots on modern cars, we never talk about it.
I’m a EV fan but the land rover Id jump in all the time unless it was the only car available that Vauxhall would sit. Thankfully it’s only a month a useful you’ll get to experience it to pass on your thoughts. You’ll miss the LR if we get more snow ❄️ plus and I usually hate huge vehicles I liked the Tonka toy look of it. This blue Car is probably frightening dear to buy, please don’t say it’s over £30k for a Astra. (typing as I watch) Dealers have to be honest on range from day one or all you do is disappoint owners who thought because they got told they got more. A bit like MPG figures for some brands where a bit fantasy island.
Love the Defender and although I'd go for the 110, I can understand why you didn't want it to go.
The Astra is an interesting car, alongside the other variations from the Stellantis group. Not sure why but i've never really been a fan of Vauxhall and always preferred Ford.
The current offerings are a little confusing price wise as list price of the Astra and Cross seem to be way too high compared to other similar cars from different manufacturers but recently Vauxhall have been offering some massive discounts of up to £9k I understand which make the cars more competitive. It's a conundrum as to why price them as they have and then discount? Why not just make the list price lower in the first place, although the whole industry seems to be having a price crisis so who knows?
Look forward to seeing your thoughts and how you adjust from the defender?