tarquin1867
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You will have the Caravan Club after you towing ' 100% !!
Mine weighs 1300max all up so you can imagine how mine trots along!!
General Anything nice to say about the croma?
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General Anything nice to say about the croma?
You will have the Caravan Club after you towing ' 100% !!
Mine weighs 1300max all up so you can imagine how mine trots along!!
After reading your question Doofer, I have made an update to the "Coil spring compressor" thread, you'll see that Vectra/Signum coils are not the same with Croma ones, at least not regarding hardness and/or quality.
tarquin1867
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Its a 150bhp 16v Prestigio only just done 40k so all the probs I have had are a surprise for such a low mileage engine.
Alternator at 25k was one of the more annoying and as you can see from the other threads I am deep into the Drive shaft issues:yum:
Alternator at 25k was one of the more annoying and as you can see from the other threads I am deep into the Drive shaft issues:yum:
I'm giving this thread 3 pages in total before it becomes another "I hate my Croma" thread. Like all the others in fact.
Only page 2 so far, and we're already onto driveshafts and alternators. That's it, downhill from here...
Only page 2 so far, and we're already onto driveshafts and alternators. That's it, downhill from here...
bobbyblue
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Being a former Croma owner as you know, I can now talk objectively about them without all the pent up emotions caused by owning one clouding my judgement.
I had my 1.9 8v for four years and during that time I went from hating it...I even nearly did a John Cleese once with a tree branch.....to loving it, It had all of the usual faults happen to it, in fact a week after I sold it the alternator I fitted failed again, it only lasted 35k miles. Most of the faults point to a poor testing regime when developing the vehicle, many faults should have been picked up during the prototype stage, I can say this with some authority being in that field of work myself. In short the Croma is a good vehicle spoilt by poor design in some areas and rubbish quality parts such as road springs, EGR valves etc.......I dare say they will slowly disappear from our roads as more of them expire, pity but onwards and upwards!
I had my 1.9 8v for four years and during that time I went from hating it...I even nearly did a John Cleese once with a tree branch.....to loving it, It had all of the usual faults happen to it, in fact a week after I sold it the alternator I fitted failed again, it only lasted 35k miles. Most of the faults point to a poor testing regime when developing the vehicle, many faults should have been picked up during the prototype stage, I can say this with some authority being in that field of work myself. In short the Croma is a good vehicle spoilt by poor design in some areas and rubbish quality parts such as road springs, EGR valves etc.......I dare say they will slowly disappear from our roads as more of them expire, pity but onwards and upwards!
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Greg123
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It's nice to sit in with lots of room and headroom, beats other cars if you are 6'4 like me. Basically it's nice inside and has an interesting engine option the 2.4.
There aren't to many 2.4's for sale tho
Sat behind an Alfa 159 Sportwagon this morning and could see a resemblance between them.
The Alfa is a lovely car but it's smaller, twice the price and seems to have even more problems than the Croma!! Plus far more likely to have had a hard life.
No brainer really
No brainer really
What - like Cinderella and her sister?
Similar rear lights and four wheels each, but the Alfa is a proper looker. I'd personally say the Croma's not ugly but it's hardly a dream car.
And I bet my head would rub the roof of that Alfa, and you couldn't get a cement mixer in the back. Or a rotavator, or a desk chair...
Perhaps my needs are more practical than average, but I'd rather have the very useful ugly sister.
pmsl ugly sister, yeah rear lights and general shape of the rear end. Maybe it was the sun glasses I had on tainting my view
Greg123
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Mine might be in a while. 50k Prestigio 2.4, I'm toying with going 3.2 Mercedes, will have to see if I can fit. Croma has a better seating position/seating but the Merc has solid engines and WAY more kit....
There aren't to many 2.4's for sale tho
Sat behind an Alfa 159 Sportwagon this morning and could see a resemblance between them.
Can you let me know in a while
am in nae rush as looking at others too. Seem to come back to the croma as it ticks every box unlike all the others. CheersWell after almost a year's Croma ownership after a troublesome 6 months with a Stilo MW (EGR valve & skyroof probs) I am a much happier mutlijet owner. Only had to replace Front ARB Anti Roll Bar Sway bar Bushes & Links & driver's door handle and still running sweet after more than 12k miles (service token expired!). Milometer showing 82k on a 56 plate. Now used primarily for a weekly commute to/from the Midlands/South Wales and is just the job for a comfortable motorway cruise. Initially bought to tow a caravan after researching diesel engines I now tow the van with a 2.0 HDI Picasso 90BHP leaving the Croma free for my business use. Slight squeak/whine on start up from a belt but no sign of EGR failure although I am just waiting for the alternator to go. Seen a few more Cromas in the Midlands since starting work in Stafford including a brown/bronze Eleganza and a 2.2 in silver that parks near my office on Eastgate Street by the William Salt Library. About to service and MOT for another year. I have FSH stamps but unsure if cambelt already done so should I be thinking about this now or can I get away with waiting until next year? I am aware of the cons of a failed cambelt but as running so well don't want to waste money unnecessarily. Mry sister's 95 estate (04) Aero running well also as was my mother's Vectra (52) before she traded it for an Insignia (11) so familiar with this secret gem of a GM hybrid!
I went to the so-called University in Stafford, fond-ish memories of the place. Props bar over the roundabout from Sainsburys, chips with minty yogurt from the kebab shop at the other end of town. Marvellous.
Doofer, You mean North Staffs Poly in Stafford? I was there 74 to 78 doing my degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineer.
Don't forget the cheap booze and bands, and of course "Tipping Street"
Don't forget the cheap booze and bands, and of course "Tipping Street"
Aye, it was a polyversity by the time I went there (in 1995). Electronic Engineering here.
Tipping Street? It's just a road off the precinct, means nothing to me (other than where I got my hair cut). What was the significance?
So is a Croma the choice of a logically-minded engineer then?
Tipping Street? It's just a road off the precinct, means nothing to me (other than where I got my hair cut). What was the significance?
So is a Croma the choice of a logically-minded engineer then?
