I BOUGHT A CHEAP VAUXHALL ZAFIRA FOR £1,000!
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"Single mother at the school gates in a onesie" 💀💀💀
This cracked me up 😂
So accurate 😅
Two pairs of pyjamas at the moment. Its a bit nippy out.
With one wheel trim missing and keyed down the side!!
Likey with the engine light and ABS light on too
Came for the Zafira, stayed for the niche partridge quotes 🛏️
Lovely stuff!
Hi Matt. Your job is exactly what I want to do when I am older, and you manage to teach and entertain with poor but hilarious humor. Thanks for the honest and to the point reviews. One of my top 3 KZhead channels!
Matt is about 50. Dont wait that long and do it now
@@user-js8eg2fp3x lol - doubt he's 40!
@@user-js8eg2fp3x Ha ha, That's a bit harsh, I think he's early 30's .
Very early 30’s thanks. Also known as ‘my prime’ 😂
It would be hilarious if you did a review and car vertical check on that Wonder Grip van😅😂
Oil in the coolant will be from the oil cooler which is also causing the oil leak from the oil filter housing. very common issue an a cheap fix, just needs a set of new gasket set. to be fair, you could still do it for around £800.
Bought a brand new Zafira 10 years ago for the Mrs - and it’s still going strong - been a great car … of course, I’d like to upgrade it, but had it since new - not done many miles - has a nice spec - so can’t justify changing it
Have you kept it dealer serviced to maintain the lifetime warranty? I though one of the most difficult things was finding g a good VX dealer service as they are not the best.
@@anthonybrown4874 yeah - interesting you should say that - my experience has not been great - more ‘budget experience’ than too many issues - except !!!! …. (And yes, mine has been full VX in order to keep up the (maybe pointless) warranty) …. So without fail every year they tell me it needs £1,000+ or work, and when I break it down 99% of it is not required …. The local dealership has just closed …. I paid for a service package initially and they went bust and I had to fight VX to get my money back as ‘Sorry, Sir, your service package was not actually with VX so your money is lost’ …. And to be fair, the car (now only 40k miles) has been pretty faultless, but I did have a door wiring issue ‘that’s not covered’ and it looks like most things ‘are not covered, Sir’ …. I’ve kept it fully VX serviced on the hope the warranty is worth it … but I have my doubts … (we are SW London) …
You sound like a catch pet 😘
@@mariemccann5895 well, I don’t make myself feel better by sending cryptic passive aggressive messages - and I don’t troll people from other comment threads - so I guess I’m better than the person in your mirror.
@@anthonybrown4874did you get my last message on my VX feedback ?? Seems to have disappeared - KZhead drives me crazy - truly awful comments system
I'm a bit of a fan of this era of GM metal. The Zafira B in petrol form, makes for a surprisingly robust choice. They're incredibly easy to work on and have a number of well documented faults that are usually easy to resolve. Get an Elite or a model with ECC (Electronic Climate Control) and you don't have to worry about the flammability issues that affected some models (this was down to improper pollen filter replacement and non original resistor packs....from what I have been advised). As other commenters have advised, the oil cooler seals may have failed, which can lead to HGF like oil in coolant symptoms. For a trader, this one would be a definite no given the amount of prep it needs. For someone like me, whom has the time to carry out the repairs......I'd certainly give it a second look. Genuine GM parts from Autovaux, are also not all that expensive.
Dear Matt, this form of video is EXACTLY your niche and you fill it superbly....not that new car review nonsense you did a few weeks back....and I think that your fans are really pleased when they see 'I bought a cheap........' come up on You Tube...I know I am !
The repair to the rear light reminded me of one my father did to his Renault 4 headlight before trading it in for a new Renault 12 in 1972. The Renault main dealer's pre-sale preparation of the Renault 4 did not include repairing the headlight but they did wind the clock back from 70000 to 30000.
Excellent cars both.
I imagine said single mother has an XL Bully, and Kaiden, Jayden and Okayden are her world 🌍
The oil in the coolant is most likely coming from an expired crankshaft cover gasket or oil cooler gasket. As it happened in my 1.8 Zafira.
Was it an expensive repair?.
What is a crankshaft cover gasket? Surely you mean a camshaft cover gasket. That wouldn't put oil in the coolant. It will be the oil cooler gasket, common fault on that 1.8 engine.
had oil in my coolant for 10 years now, no issue.....same 1.8 btw
@@rodneyhull9764Quality at its finest
In Bulgaria, all Zafira drivers, especially the 1.9 always do 17 times the speed of light in every possible situation - urban, highway, b-roads, offroad, no road, underwater. Biggest @-holes you can find in the country. And it's always the 1.9 diesel.
Those were great family cars. Criminally underrated. And, yeah, everyone preferred them to the later ones. But the game was really up by then as everyone wanted a Qashqai. Suddenly
I think you've got a win-win situation. Sensible Matt avoiding massive overspends, or lots of nice KZhead revenue when people lap up when Fun Matt massively overspends delivering a satisfying restoration. Clever. 🙂
I know someone who has a 04 astra it's done 113,000 and it stills goes no problem. Never had any issues with head gasket, oil leaks or surprisingly rust. It always passes MOT maybe a couple of advisories. Never has any warning lights on. People knock vauxhall but it's like any car you look after it and it will look after you. All gets done is basic wear and tear. We always put in redex with a full tank of petrol.
Right move.
My first car an Opel Astra 05 1.4 benzine is currently driven by my brother and at 380.000km. Still doing great, kinda regret selling it but at least it’s still in the family.
113,000 miles isn’t a huge accomplishment?
@@davidmbell I got 191K from a MK III Mondeo Estate. Yeah needed lots of tlc, 2 turbo pipes, front suspension twice, back suspension once, gearbox, passenger door handle failed. Peugeot sourced diesel engine was good for 45/48 ish mpg.
Yeah. I've owned four Astras. Two were fine two problematic. Current one a 2007 1.8 I bought cheap three years ago but have spent about 1500 quid on since. Why...because the engine is bullet proof no rust gearbox fine. And as shown you can buy a cheap car that looks good but it's a total gamble. So at least I know what's been done and what it needs. It's not so much the parts but labour costs that condemn cars to scrapyards. It's suspension problems older Vauxhall's suffer from. Springs and shocks especially. Otherwise yeah they get slated but the petrol ones usually start first go. And watch the dipstick. They naturally use a bit of oil. Cheers.
Love your videos, takes me back to my time in the trade. Nothing changes.
is it just me that prefers the old intro jingle ?
You are definitely a new person this year. I’m getting overspend withdrawal symptoms 😀. Excellent as always. 👍🏻
Love the story about the deal reversal with the Citroen... only right and fair
We had an early zafira 1.8 auto and as a family wagon it was great. We often took our three and a couple of their friends to the beach in it. Other times it could carry wachine machines and other huge shops brilliantly. Totally reliable and actually quite good to drive, surprisingly. Later ones didnt sound as reliable by all accounts.
Some home mechanics would buy it and fix it for themselves 😊
Ive got one of these myself have had it for 9 years in a week, love it, seeing these things abused confuses me as they work so well when treated well
My dad owned one before his current car. It was a 2010 black 1.7 CDTi Ecoflex and it was so slow but quite reliable (until the end) when the DPF or something got clogged. and nearly caused the engine to blow so he sold it on because he needed something more trouble free, partly the reason he now has a yaris 1.33 . He was not fond of the zafira at all.
We had a 2006 1.9CDTI, was fantastic at the time with having three kids, was quite fast for a bus as well, unfortunately, DPF and EGR valve issues were too much for us and we got rid of it
@paulefc1971 yeah same here. At least you had the 1.9, 1.7 was awful
Matt - you’ve overspent already, by £999!
£1000 is roughly £1,999 too much for one of these blasted turds
He never seems to count the time he spends buying and colleting ars in his pricing, nor all the fafing around making videos. In anybody's books ; he spent GBP 1000 and will try and sell for as close to GBP 1000 and is calling that; "avoiding a massive overspend" ..... when he in gact is already several hours worth down on that car. Weird.
@@user-oe1mb9hu9ihe makes money from the videos though
Thank you Matt your videos are always amazing.
Keep up the videos man😊
My aunt has a 2013 1.6 Exclusiv in red and its honestly a great car. She has had it since new. Look after them and they are great cars! 58,000 miles and it’s never failed an MOT, and it’s had 3 total advisories. This design turns 20 this year and they still look very modern!
Definitely the right decision Matt. Your New Years Resolution is holding up well.
Love the guardian angel comment around 14 minutes in …..entertaining as ever. Thank you x
Great video Matt, we had a 2010 Diesel Elite Zafira a few years ago. Great family car
New year, new Matt who doesn't massively overspend. I love that ❤
we had an opel zafira mk1 and it was quite good, plenty of space, 7 seats but it was diesel and the fuel economy was quite bad. one day we went to get groceries, parked it, came back one hour later and the car didn't want to start. we pop the hood (or bonnet if you're weird) and see smoke coming from the fuel pump. after 14 years (from 2004 to 2018) it died. that car was so well maintained that it didn't even make smoke, the only smoke it made was from the fuel pump after pumpung it's last bit of diesel. then we got a fiat tipo and we decided to change car after the warranty runs out since stuff starts to break after that period. we did it's 4 years of warranty with the mk1 (technically mk2/3 if we count the older one from the 80s) and then got the mk2 tipo cross. all great cars
Great video as always Matt. I don't normally comment on your videos but thought I'd make an exemption for this. Reason being is that I have a soft spot for this generation of Zafira, having grown up with my parents owning 4 of them either from new or nearly new. First was a 06 SRI 1.9 CDTi, which is fondly remembered by my Dad as one of the more powerful vehicles he has owned and had some sort of boost button (I can't recall the official name!). Also had 2x Design 1.6is, a 08 and a 10, and in between them a 1.8i Energy. All I believe had no faults apart from the second 1.6i when the oil light came on on the journey down to trade it in for it's replacement!! Cheers :)
The would be the 'Sport' button, in reality, all it did was to change the steering response and sharpen the throttle response. I once owned a 1.9 CDTi Elite (150BHP) and experimented with said button, the overall acceleration was no quicker, but the snappier throttle made it feel quicker. Some very rare models had a super rare electronic dampening option. This button with also set the dampers to 'stiff' mode, which provided for decreased body roll.
@@JCTsFascinatingHobbies that'll be it, cheers! The 1.9 CDTI my parents was also a 150hp
@@grampian999videos6 Mine was okay, but I had a lot of work carried out under warranty. The M32 6 speed manual was a bit of a weakspot......mine was fine but I did have the clutch release bearing, clutch and flywheel replaced. The warranty work covered the release bearing, but given the dual mass flywheel sounded like someome throwing a bell down some stairs, I paid the cost for the parts to have this renewed along with a clutch kit. The water pump also seized before the cambelt replacement was due. I caught it just in time, but....another warranty job. I upgraded to a Zafira C 2.0CDTi 165 SE after the warranty expired. The Zafira C (Tourer) is still in the family, my mum inherited it to replace her Zafira B 1.6 that she had owned from new. That too, is still in the family!! I moved away from Vauxhall after Stellantis became involved. Surprisingly practical mostly robust cars.....though that 6 speed manual on the Zafira B.....is a bit........well, fragile!
Brought a 1.8 Zafria brand new in 2001 great car. I was very sad to part with it in 2023, yes I had it for 22 years.
Fair play to you!! So glad to hear the story you gave them back their car. Love that 😂
Had a Zafira petrol, 1.6 I think but could have been a 1.8 with a four speed auto box as a company car in 2000. Handed it back 3 years later with 86000 miles on the clock. Faultless and so comfortable. Gearbox was ok and the car never missed a beat. Practical car
Loving the "new sensible Matt"...good decision, have a profitaable year!
Matt another good video and yes you done the right thing keep them coming
My auntie had the generation of Zafira before this. Was a proper shed but took us on many family holidays and made lots of memories!
Love your channel best one out there
Hi Matt. We had a 60 reg Zafira 1.6 Design and that ended up developing oil in the coolant tank. It ended up needing all of it's cooling system replaced, new coolant tank, water pump, pipes, radiator, thermostat, the lot! Got the car for about £2500, ended up spending over £3000 in total as we'd put a lot of time and effort in with other stuff alongside the oil cooler fault and then ended up part exing for £950. Sounds like you did the right thing shipping it on!
Now stuff like this is what we’ve been waiting for 🎉
Snow looks lovely 😻
Another great video Matt. Thought the Vauxhall would work out for you but hey ho. Keep up the excellent work.
Matt (Casting Aspersions) Goodwin, love it. Don’t ever change.
I'm really liking this new sensible Matt. Much as I want to keep interesting older cars on the road, you have to keep things realistic.
Cheers Matt....Needed something to help me sleep! 😂😂 You did the right thing walking away! 👍👍
We had the Zafira Tourer 190hp Auto. What a great car it was . Not expensive on Fuel on a run, and really comfortable . We got the Alhambra next and the seats were very firm . Ended up with a numb bum if you went any distance. Great review . Pity it did not work out for you.
Congratulations man! Thanks for keeping us entertained. Such a timeless design, beautiful colour as well. Of course it had to be over 200k miles😂
Hi Matt, just a side note, I live around the corner from the address of the “garage” that stamped the service book and I can tell you there is no garage on that street it’s totally residential!! I suppose someone could run a business from their driveway but just a bit odd with it having no early history? Anyway you have somehow made content about a Zafira enjoyable to watch so well done you! 👍🏼
Takes me back. Had an 11 reg 1.8 Elite for a fair few years. Took kids, camping gear and us to France several times. We had no problems.
When the ULEZ first came in I got rid of my old diesel van and bought a 2010 Zafira 1.6 petrol. It’s amazing what you can fit in them, I’ve had a full size bath in the back! It was cheap to buy and run... I park it anywhere and don’t worry if it gets bashed up. It’s not the most exciting to drive but seats 5 adults comfortably, it’s just gone over 100,000 miles and still going strong.
Its like your accountant had a serious chat with you. Save the overspends for cars you want to keep on the road. Nice one!
I had the same symptoms in my Zafira B. An oil leak and oil in the coolant. Turned out it was the oil cooler and gasket. Ideal project for a Saturday mechanic to fix up and move on. Right decision made by yourself business wise👍👍👍
Completely agree 👍
That 1.8 vvt engine is really good. They have a very strong bottom end. I owned a Vectra with this engine and drove 180000 miles trouble free.
I got a 60 plate 1.7 diesel same spec elite I'm not gonna lie the best feature is those heated seats but the 1.7 is smooth for motorway runs 👍
I see the van's back!
Cracking little Partridge reference at 3:32. Cashback.
The All New Fiscally Responsible Channel 😀😀💪💪👍👍Well done 👍👍
Zafiras are brilliant, so many still on the road, they seem to take abuse and keep going like nothing happened, same as the Astras and vectras but not so much small engined corsa with their defective head gaskets!
Hi Matt top video as per. With the service history I’ve bought a few Combo and Corsa and sold on quietly. All ex police, service history in the book always starts like this Zafira. Most have a print out of police service history. Most cars never used in anger. 👍
Learned to drive in the old shape one of these. That 2.2 diesel felt so quick as a teenager
Another fantastic video Matt and yes you made the right choice. Love the guardian angel!😂😂
One caught fire in my town too, completely destroyed a multi storey car park and shut down a shopping centre for two years.
Atlest the heater was working 😂
Oh the lovely old universal credit chariot! Or dole wagon another favourite
Given the list, your mechanic is definitely worth having. Seems to be very on to it and thorough resulting in avoiding overspends. Maybe he is your Guardian Angel. 😁
Had a 19tdi vefira as a company car .great for work used to to drive to to southern Spain and back The 1.9 tdi of that time used to get gear box fly wheel failure.
Having worked in the motor trade I fully concour with you on the punters almost screaming at me if there's a single mark on the car they bought last week while you're still halfway through the paperwork to scrap their p.x that only needed "a good clean" ....grrrrrr
Agreed - Correct decision has been made 👍
The skirt round the side of the bed. Keep the Partridge quotes coming Matt
"Wet nose against the glass" on the rear passenger window was probably from the mother in law😊
Shouldn't that be 'Mothers in law'😉. Then again, I suppose they have to actually 'marry' to get a Mother in law so, probably not. I'll get my coat👍😏
I thought they really did catch fire and heard they still caught fire even after the recall! Good decision again Matt .
Matt the recall was for the blower resistor. Mine was recalled. It was then recalled to replace the blower motor. When they replaced that they then put a plastic shield on the windscreen scuttle because rain water was finding it’s way into the motor and then blowing the resistor. According to Vauxhall the fires were caused by unscrupulous mechanics bridging the resistor. Supposedly
I love the anecdotes & dry humour! 😅
Right decision Matt!👍
Love the cling film light 😂
Yeah that recall thing. It wasn’t over hyped. I was a fireman and on my last ground we’d go to maybe a car alight every now and then. Then all of a sudden we had a real run of them. And all Zafira’s. That’s absolutely genuine. Otherwise I love what you do, I’ve got a Range Rover I love and I bought a Hag XKR thanks to your review
This is definitely a new Matt, sensible head on all the way,but still great content.
Wonder Grip van is back! 😂
Hi there, can you do a video with the following topic: Second-hand comfortable cars to own (from 2010 onwards with examples from each or most of the market segments). This would help the rest of us get a grab on what to choose, especially for people with back problems. Thank you!
My parents owned this back in the day and man seeing this car brought back some memories 😀
I had oil in the coolant on mine, turned out it was oil cooler seals. Fixed for about £20, but took a couple of hours to get the exhaust manifold off as the cooler is behind it (amazing place for VX to put the bloody thing). Would also likely fix the oil leak from around the filter housing - same set of seals! All that said, on balance I still think you made the right call.
ecotec is also known as suffer rocker cover gasket leaking, they do love pissing the oils leaks.
@@TomRxtroWav397 yup, had this on mine when I first bought it. Fortunately, as I bought it from @HighPeakAutos, Matt was good enough to pick up the tab to sort it for me.
Was just going to say this. Quite cheap and easy to fix.
Very common on those engines 👍
Not the first time you’ve done the Alan Partridge valance joke but it did make me laugh out loud briefly, appreciated all the same 😂
Use to have a 2010 Vauxhall Meriva 1.4 petrol. Probably one of the best cars I’ve owned. Utterly reliable and barely spent anything on it. Owned it for about 13 years and 120,000 miles my biggest cost was probably changing 2 tyres. Got t-boned at a junction by an Audi!! Great car that was. I now have an old 1996 BMW 323i passed down from a deceased relative. BMW is actually really nice to drive despite its age (better than the Vauxhall in all honesty) but had so many memories in that Meriva, it held sentinel value.
I had a relatively similar experience. My first car was an Opel Astra station 1.4 2005 with 380000km as of now (my brother still drives it). Great car but I wanted something more fun so bought a 2002 BMW 320ci definitely more fun but what a heep of shit. Sold it last year for 1000 more then I bought it ford now back to a station car with a 2011 Ford Focus 1.6 ecoboost.
New shape or old shape
@@luclaan8165 similar story to mine then. I can only imagine how good a modern BMW is compared to my ancient 323i. It’s heavy on fuel and at some point I’ll probably go back to a Vauxhall or maybe a Ford Focus, had one as a courtesy car and it’s a great car
Lots (most) Vauxhall owners don't realise that they must use Dexos specification oil. Take it to your back street garage for a service and they won't know either. Most just look at the SAE number and say "that'll do". Problems with Vauxhall engines include worn chains, tensioners and turbos mostly due to non Dexos oils. Other faults include water levels due to a lot of plastic components cracking. Unfortunately, Vauxhall won't sell you the special oil, you have to have you car serviced there. Fortunately, there are companies that now do good quality Dexos oils .... Morris and Mannol being two of them. Don't stick Castrol or Halford's junk in your Vauxhall.
You made the right decision Matt also 3 weeks into the new year and you haven’t massively over spent 😅😅😊
I had a 96 Vauxhall Astra 1.6 petrol estate and ran it for about 10 years. Used it to carry everything including dogs , kids and suitcases. Never had any serious issues with it at all until white van man rear ended it.
but it was as boring as hell
@@longbar2344 ...never driven a boring car just known many boring people. If you're in the right company going down the right road you'll have fun in anything.
@@geebee6737I think there's a lot of truth to that!
I love mine. Its a workhouse and drives brilliantly
Where in Spain were you based. My brother lived in Altea for more than 25 years. I do love the Country. Great video too Matt, thumbs up man!
Matt, that subtle Alan Partridge joke made me spit my coffee out, brilliant! 😂
We love our zafira, it even has the paramedic Chris children's book series magnets on it and stands out.
Very good video as always Matt. Had a MK2 Astra GTE years ago and it was a great car but Vauxhall's are just so dull and uninteresting now and they all look similar except the Moka that actually looks ½ decent.
Na i like it when you over spend xciting to watch you have a great channel all the best
I checked your site about 10 mins before this vid dropped . I feel psychic now watching this .
I am a nosy sod and living in Deeside i don't trust any cars. So i ran a quick check which brought up a Milage Issue-: The odometer reading reduced by 263,584 miles between 17/06/2015 and 11/07/2016. So it has been "Clocked" so much for car vertical! You have made the right decision to sell this one on as spares/repairs Matt.
It’s a mileage input error. An extra 0 has been slipped in. 2014 - 32,361 2015 - 309,029 2016 - 45,445 Etc…Etc…
Love the valence reference,the skirt thing round the bed,classic Partridge,lovely stuff!!😂
Classic queen
Hi Matt was not expecting that long list oil/water do not mix get rid asap . If you get some of your money back all the better .
It's not that bad... flush the coolant put some cleaning products with water, refill and see if the problem comes back. New exhaust or weld the old one, fix the leak... New tires and that's about it.
Matt I thought you had a bonus when I saw a green valve cap 🤣 bet you couldn't wait for the snow with the range rover 👍
Matt, one thing car dealers hate is tyre kicker . To see you kick the tyre made my day 🙂 .Love you in a manly way 👍
I like the new thumbnail style :)
Bought a 2 year old Zafira 1.9 CDTi auto with 22,000 on the clock in 2011 - now done 216,000 miles with pretty much no issue.