greg_68

Just for you mom I'll post it for free hows that.

which one?

They have fell off along the way. I have however considered breaking my Galaxy as an alternative to part xing as I think I will be offered next to nothing when the time comes.

MO4 I am not the most exciting person when it comes to nicknames as you may have guessed. I am greg7468 on Ebay. I use one or the other for every site I am a member of (about 50) i have just stuck with it since the start and it is easier thab remembering i.d's and passwords. p.s please buy something, :D I will give you a discount. :angry:

Heather, I have loads of stuff for sale on Ebay :angry: You could easily become my favourite buyer :D

I love my galaxy but i do find myself worrying about what's going to go wrong next with it Couldn't agree more...... I think whatever car you get these days you will experience problems with..... Couldn't agree more.. They are built as cheaply as possible using inferior quality materials/parts. Working for a car company I have to defend them a little here. When was the last time car prices went up... to my knowledge top of the range Galaxies were circa 25K when they came out in 95. They are still the same price now. I can't think of many things that haven't risen in price in 10 years. The only way the car companies can achieve this is to reduce the cost of the components they are fitting in them usually detrimental to the quality... Why would they want to sell you a car that is not going to go wrong, after all they need to sell spare parts don't they :D Very true.

[JKSPOFF] Warranty is not something I have ever realy thought of but may well do in the future. I agree it the most comfortable, versatile car I have ever had and will not look forward to the time I am without it. The one thing I do notice about the Picasso site to ours is that the Picasso failures seem to stem form owners being disatisfied by cheap components that are poor fitting, flimsy but work. Our site seems to be dogged by generally good quality build but expensive frequent repairs i.e aircon, aux heater etc. Unless I am not reading the right posts there doesn't seem to be the same amount of Picasso owners all with the same fault as with the Galaxy. Having suffered from a full aircon failure costing

[JKSPOFF] In another thread we discussed my fear of buying another Galaxy and the possibility of having a Picasso instead. Looking at these figures they make me think it even more. Although I of course aprreciate that these surveys are always flawed. Galaxy 00- Reliability Index 200.43 Average Age 2.836309524 Average Mileage 38943.85714 Time off the Road 3.65881027 Average Repair Cost

Thanks for the replies as always. I think the only reason they are so cheap is because the new price is so much lower. [MM] A Picasso 16K at new and 8K at three years old isn't a million miles away from a 24K Galaxy being worth 12K three years later. [M04] I don't think the prices will come much lower and Ebay Galaxies for a 3-4 year old diesel without a million miles on are still up inthe 9, 10, 11K region. [JKSPOFF] I realise that the grass isn't always greener on the other side however if I bought another Galaxy and started to have the same faults I have already had then I'd feel a right prat for fallling into the same trap. I have posted the same question on the Picasso site and reading through old posts they have exactly the same opinion of Galaxy's as we do of Picasso's Some of them love em and some of em hate em. I am wise enough to realise that things will probably go wrong with nearly any car but I just feel I need to change even if it's to prove I was wrong. I have never owned such an unreliable car and it breaks me heart to think I'd go through it all again if I had another one. The strange thing is if it had have been reliable it would have been the best car I'd ever had.

I would have another Galaxy (I couldn't be that unlucky twice could I?) But my next car will be a diesel. 7-8K on a diesel Galaxy is not going to get me much. Either an old one, a high mileage one or a low spec one. None of these really appeal to me.

Ok the time has come. :rolleyes: 5 years of hassle have finally ground me down and I think the time has come to dump the Galaxy. :rolleyes: I figure I have around 7-8K to spend and want as new a car as possible. I am thinking of a 03/04 2 litre HDi Picasso. Anyone out there with serious views on whether they are any good or not. Which model should I go for? Experiences of such vehicles would be great. Any other suggestions would be most welcome. Cheers, Greg.

With all the impending holidays approaching the annual issue of finding really good days out becomes an ever increasing problem....to me anyway. I thought it might be useful to start a thread of places you have been that you either loved or disliked (with childrens pleasure in mind). Seeing as the majority of Galaxy owners do so because of too many little ones this seems an ideal place to get real life experiences. Please include your childrens ages if you can. Good days out were have had for 9, 5 and 4 year old. West Midlands Safari Park Conkers Drayton Manor Alton Towers Telford Wonderland Gullivers Kingdom (Wigan definitely not Matlock) Water World (something like that) in Stoke. Twycross Zoo All suggestions welcome regardless of location. Cheers and happy holidays

I want to check my oil level in my gearbox (auto) but once the undertray was off yesterday I could not see any obvious fill points, level check plugs, etc. Can anyone help preferably with photo's or TIS diagrams. I have searched and searched again but all the previous posts with piccies attached seemed to have dissapeared. B) And I can't find my TIS disc to look, :D and the heavens opened whilst getting the undertray off yesterday so I got soaking wet doing it B) but apart from that everything just dandy. :D p.s I did not see anything that resembled a drain tube that I recall is supposed to drip oil out of when the level is correct. Are these actually on the 2.8? :huh: Thanks for all the help as usual.

You'd better take that back........she's a lady Although I find all the insults very childish and quite rude considering none of you actually know or have even seen each other am I the only one who gets quite excited by a good row. Goes along with watching motor sport only hoping to see a good smash. Anyway heres mo4 on holiday last year just to prove you wrong. p.s went to see little britain live last week, if you like the programme go and see it live, absolutely superb. p.p.s John I am sure you are a big enough not to be bullied off the site by anyones stupid comments, as with all participants this site only survives with people such as yourself that regularly post. At the end of the day who cares if your advice is right or wrong, you are entitled to give it and people should either receive it or ignore but please don't leave, you have to stand up to things like this not run away.

Father Murphy is on his annual tour of the local convent. He enters Sister Mary's room where he spies 2 parrots in cage in the corner of the room. "My what beautiful birds" compliments Father Murphy. "Were two hookers, were two hookers" squawk the birds. "I'm so sorry" sister Mary says, they are always saying that. "Do not worry Sister Mary" replies Father Murphy, "I too have parrots that read the bible and pray for 8 hours a day, bring your parrots around tomorrow and we will see if they can help" Sister Mary duly obliges and the next day she arrives at Father Murphy's room with her two birds. She sees Father Murphy's parrots sitting in the corner with their heads in a bible praying. Mary sits her two birds down next to Father Murphy's . "Were two hookers, were two hookers" again squawk the birds. "Put your rosary beads away" squawks one of Father Murphy's parrots "Our prayers have been answered"

If you won the lottery what car would you buy if money were no object. Due to me not knowing the difference between a F40, F50 and F60 unlike others :lol: would you please google a picture up here rather than just names. Here's one I might like for starters. Porsche Carrera GT

:D couldn't resist it. :lol:

most car horns honk in the key of F

I would do it but haven't got the balls but who is going to be first to say that can't be right as their partners doesn't last that long.

;) The most interesting fact about the peolple of Kent I can find on Google is that the guy that invented Subbuteo came from there. And this woman lives there(maybe) but only cuz her name tells her to. Another stunner.

That's not right anymore MM. My Uncle Alan lived in Kent but he's moved now.

damn I really hate that when there has been a good avatar put up, people complain about it's content then by the time I get round to reading the post they have been changed. :lol: If your gonna put them up give me a chance to see them B)

I couldn't be doing with a brand new car. No I will stick my 10 year old (it's 10 on Sunday) heap that is falling to bits. Good luck with it. boo hoo snivel boo hoo. that's green with envy not sickness

A married couple were lying in bed one night. The wife is curled up, ready to go to sleep, as the husband turns his bed lamp on to read a book. As he's reading, he periodically reaches over to his wife and fondles her special area. He does this a few times, but only for a very short intervals before turning back to read his book. The wife gradually becomes more and more aroused and assuming that her husband is seeking some encouragement she gets up and starts stripping in front of him. The husband is confused and asks, "Why are you taking off your clothes?" His wife replies, "You were rubbing me downtown. I thought it was foreplay. "The husband says, "No, not at all." His wife asks angrily, "Well, then what the hell were you doing ?" Seconds before his death he says... "I was just wetting my fingers so I could turn the pages."

Son goes into the bedroom one morning. "Dad what's the difference between a vagina and a c**t" "Here look up mummies nightie, thats a vagina" replies the dad. "wow" shouts the boy "can I touch it" "No" says the dad "you'll wake the c**t up".