I Bought A Cheap Astra For £200 & It Had a Tracker Fitted! 📍

[@owensteele1645]

I much prefer watching videos on cheap Astras with lacquer peel to any supercar. Myself and my colleagues all drive this sort of thing and enjoy the videos on what we can relate to.

[@G4RY1159]

Same, those kind of cars are more the world I know, even if I won the lottery Id still never buy a supercar. Id be bursting with Joy in a nice Audi RS4 Estate

[@kainep]

Class salary saver - I bought a 2002 VW Polo with 4 new tyres with MOT and recent service for £450. Put over 10000 miles on it over 18 months driving back and forth to work and then sold it for £250. Love em!!

[@steveforeman2777]

the tracker is a smart miles box, usually given by some insurers to new divers so they can monitor your driving style where you gain points, the higher the points the better a driver you are which can reduce the premium upon insurance renewal,

[@G4RY1159]

Exact same as my old mans, was the first new car he ever bought and it's now sitting on my driveway for sale, the paperwork alone my old man kept is just insane, every single receipt for every single repair, bit of wear on top half of the steering wheel but apart from that it's in stunning condition for a 2009 car, it was on my Dads own driveway for a couple of months as he passed away back on 24th May, just a personal thing along with out of respect I wanted to put his car up for sale looking her best, not her worst. She's now looking her best today and will get snapped up over the next day or two. Thanks again fella.

[@williamegler8771]

We got this generation Astra in the United States as a Saturn Astra. It was available as either a 3dr or 5dr powered exclusively by a 2.2L engine with either a 5spd manual or a 4spd auto. They were not well received and sold poorly. Although you still see them occasionally being driven as a daily driver. I purchased a five-door with an automatic as a commuter vehicle. I drove it for 10 years and 335,000 MI and problems were few and far between and mostly minor with routine maintenance. The only problems I can recall were shift solenoids and a failed ABS pump. It did need new valve cover gaskets every 75,000 Mi! It never failed to start or leave me stranded and my commute was 180 Mi round trip and the car went on several road trips over 5,000 each including one epic road trip of almost 11,000 Mi from Chicago Illinois to Anchorage Alaska.

[@Afraz_9n3]

In the UK these came with many many engines but the most common was the diesels (it was around the time that diesel was being pushed on us by the government and everyone wanted one. The government have done a complete u turn on diesels now and upped the tax and introduced ULEZ to get rid of them). My uncle had until recently a 2007 1.7 CDTI which he owned since 2011 or so and it had 190,000 miles on it before the head gasket went just this year. Being that the repair is the same price as the cars worth he just scrapped it.

[@hughmungus1895]

I'm a bit a vauxhall guy,my first was a white chevette,red vinyl inside loved that car til it rusted away,😢my latest one is a 1.9 cdti zafira,and cos I now own a Ladder,that officially makes me an old fart...love the videos ❤

[@victorbox6289]

"We took this cheap PX Vauxhall Astra recently and it's actually not bad!" Precisely, a poor Astra that's been abused for years but still has made it past 150,000 miles and with some better maintenance and care could easily do tens of thousands miles more. Nice cheap solid motoring for those who can't afford to buy Range Rovers or put up with their unreliability or repair costs.

[@volt8684]

I worked with a college lecturer that was a strange cookie. Claimed to have 200k stashed in bags and tins as state weren’t getting his stash if needed to go in home. Didnt live by time clock only light hours. But in his eccentricity he has a mk1 1.3 Astra owned from new an X reg that had done 300k miles when I last saw him 5 yrs ago. My dad was a mechanic/garage owner and he hated vauxhall. I would never have a red car after owning a red polo that peeled like this

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

Cars like this one are going to be a lot more popular once Joe Public realises that new cars are going to have speed limiters, government trackers etc. so as a second car they will be in demand. I don't mind lacquer peel, it's only cosmetic.

[@julianlord2697]

An excellent car for commuting or learning or taking the dog to the park. Not everyone needs perfect paint, they may need cheapness per mile and a low, low purchase price. I can see it soldiering on for 4 years.

[@0161pumaste]

i like these videos of cheap cars, its great that you saved it from the scrap yard!

[@IToohat]

3:05 "Its a red car, it's a red Vauxhall, it's got a lot of LACK APPEAL" 🤣😂🤣

[@Lizzard-t]

Just love how diverse your videos are .it shows there's still life in someone's part ex The person who part exchanged that must feel like he has brought a limousine. Keep thease kind of videos coming.

[@eathan323]

I think it will be a good idea joe to do more of these cheaper cars as everyone can't afford prestige prices a quick cheap in and out buy and a profit hopefully what's not to like in other words fill your boots for less than a bag of sand

[@OldCarsNewVan]

I loved the way you made a big deal about not showing the Passport photo, and then had the Passport photo showing above your head the entire test drive 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ShiftingMetal]

I'm not a smart man! 😂

[@nottjohn9418]

@@ShiftingMetal Don't blame you, they're very small and don't handle well.😅

[@andrewnimmo4232]

I have a 2009 Astra 1.6 and just spent £300 on installing a timing belt kit , so £200 for a whole car is a smart move.

[@stevo2828]

Worth more scrapped ! Why didn't they do that I wonder ??

[@Norfolkbiker50]

Tbf £300 is pretty cheap for a cam belt replacement, I was quoted nearly a grand for my mk4 golf tdi.

[@Norfolkbiker50]

@@ChrisPatrick-q6k yeah definitely I'm no mug, I was just pointing out that 300 quid is a good price for a cambelt replacement. I actually got mine done for 400 in the end, when people give ridiculous quotes sometimes i think it's because they don't really want the job?

[@owensteele1645]

The white stuff you're seeing is the delamination of the lacquer as it is lifting from the surface of the red base coat.

[@skodakatie7341]

I really do enjoy the cheap car videos, this old Astra cleaned up quite well. Great video Joe❤.

[@scytheoflife1947]

I wish I had a garage like you close to me with cars in my price range. You seem so honest and upfront the kind of garage I wouldn't worry about :( Been 15 years since I've been able to drive due to medical issues. Finally got my license back this Friday, been building my gardening business which is obviously extremely limited without wheels and I am SHOCKED at how little there is around! Oh how I wish I could magic my old but super reliable escort van back from the scrapyard (it was fine when I sold it but that was some time ago)

[@kidcowdy1231]

With a Astra h something always worth checking is to turn on the lights and try to sound the horn, the CIM regularly fails in them and this is a normal symptom. Replacing a cim is not cheap either 😂😂

[@FraserCheyne]

The white dots are the primer underneath, there's so little paint on these every little thing that hits it chips the paint - hail believe it or not can do it it's so thin. I'd one with 120k on it a 1.4 and the bonnet was full of them and I'd no lacquer peel! It blew a hole through a piston by the way- the pistons are made out of cheese. It was in my family from new and was a piece of crap. Serviced on time every year

[@markwilson9061]

So you didn't show us the passport photo, but it is on show from @16:18 anyway.... 😂😂I won't tell you what my occupation is. Another great video btw.

[@darrengent-mn7rw]

Walk away with £550 sold as seen job done and as long as the timing chain ain't rattling away they can go for ages , look how many you see on the road each day !keep up the decent vids Joe soon 100k subs !!!!!

[@PhilHoganPhotography]

I love how cheap astras are to repair so no excuse for poor maintanence, I own a 2012 Zafira and love it, Runs great and easy and cheap to fix. I do love the Ecotec engines although when i owned an escort i loved the Zetec engine to. What a bargain for someone :)

[@brianjohnson5789]

I had an S reg Vectra with red paint. I part ex'd it at 3 year old and the paint was already wrecked by sun damage. You would have thought they would have figured out how to improve their red paint by now.

[@jasonlewis7861]

Love the cheap PX videos Joe keep them coming

[@daverowland4311]

The sport button on the Astra h is in a module that incorporates the hazards which and the lock button. I have a spare unit in the garage 😂 haven’t had an Astra about 15yrs

[@Kingdonnerkebab]

Really enjoy the cheap car vids Joe. I guessed 84k for the miles. Looked real tidy for 154k

[@dannycrooks8462]

That a prefect commuter car to sit in a train station all day

[@paulj5080]

On a car that age it's probably an insurance black-box; they tend to get left in the vehicle when the policy expires. It looks like a Telefonica unit in the thumbnail and you probably found it on the metal panel to the left of the glovebox.

[@ggj666]

Would that not be a GPS tracker insurance black box for new drivers to get a cheaper policy.

[@henrykravitz468]

my mileage guess at 8:01 is 149,500. Great video and content. Someone will get a couple of years out of the car

[@billdornan4379]

Don’t forget to subtract the recycling refund on the water container 👍🇨🇦

[@cabottaxi]

I'd throw a bucket of water over it , hoover it out and punt it out to the auction. 154,000 miles .....done more mileage than the space shuttle.

[@johnob1824]

was just thinking that

[@leedstown]

It's not high for a 15 year old car

[@mikeowen1192]

The red paint on all cars goes flat because they didn't used to lacquer them do now,

[@Truth_Seeker_UK]

@@leedstown doesn't matter what age it is on a Vauxhall with that mileage

[@leedstown]

@@Truth_Seeker_UK it's nothing for a 2009

[@yunneqfeeds4152]

Nice video really enjoyed it (I’m a quick watcher)😆

[@geoffbester4919]

looks good for £200.00 id say152 k on the clock could get about 795 for it with years mot

[@williamstroker6805]

That was a fun video. I had a guess and maybe thought the car had quite a few owners and some would have kept the mileage down a bit, but I was miles (a lot) out. You ought to have a little comp on stuff like mileage and do the big reveal in your next video, so no cheating.

[@DavidPayne-p6t]

We obviously didn't tack ragged before the painted it cheers Dave.

[@jamiechristie9417]

I had one, nice to drive. The condenser will be shot as the Delphi ones that were fitted to them were made of chocolate

[@pizzalover3]

A mate had a Meriva with those wheel trims and he was convinced they were alloys. The previous generation disAstras were far better.

[@jezm1703]

Yes Llanfoist Car Sales is in Wales and it's located near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. 😄

[@andytetlow3600]

Great content again mate 👌🏻👌🏻

[@roystonvehicles9129]

White paint will be primer, you usually paint red over a white base.

[@trucski]

Unlike the air conditioner I was freezing, my guess was a l05000 miles ! I Do like your videos on the cheap cars, mind you I find all your content interesting.

[@pinnaclewd]

Looked like a black box for young drivers to get insurance cover. My daughter had one on.

[@curtisj2165]

Or one of those shady used car dealers that can track the car and immobilise it when you don't make the payments

[@ShiftingMetal]

How would that work with just power cables coming off the battery?! 😂

[@999hireactionvehicles9]

Gps receiver to a phone app😊​@@ShiftingMetal

[@windowsvista2653]

@@ShiftingMetalI had one of these when I was like 16 it’s on all the time tracks where you park it curfew it just needs consistent power and the insurance companies figures they attach it to the battery you can’t screw with it it’s actually quite annoying ha ha

[@curtisj2165]

@@ShiftingMetal that could be the transmitter, and the receiver could be still hidden inside the car

[@ultrafex1]

I love your videos, I have an Astra h so it made me laugh watching this, the editing and music is always on point too! Love it 🥰

[@aceace5457]

204k i guessed so you got a good car lol by the way how jack doing we think of him i hope that he gets all the help GOD BLESS X

[@clairebroughton3244]

The 3 door Astra in this shape were very good looking car ❤

[@TheChannel900]

They didn’t do a 3dr Hatch Do you mean the Sport Hatch?

[@DavidPayne-p6t]

They didn't attack ragged that is why you've got blisters cheers Dave

[@Meal-deal555]

The 1.4 engines in these are quite prone to head gasket issues. You'd want to be keeping an eye on that low coolant level.

[@ShaunieDale]

Insurance black box tracker. I’ve had cars with two fitted on more than one occasion.

[@SXI1972]

I have a 1.4 Astra on an 07 plate, the tax for a year is £160. 118000 miles on the clock, original clutch, original auxiliary belt which looks in the same condition as yours, no laquer peel right enough but then I'm in Glasgow 😂

[@newbeginnings8566]

Assuming it had no safety defects it would do for a new young driver for their first 3-4 years of driving ... No style but then no worries if it got damaged in parking, beginner errors...

[@MrThegazzagy]

Really interesting video Joe. I like this type of content best of all. Make a decent runaround for someone. A1

[@simonpriestley6912]

Yup gear box bearings made of chocolate , and air con condenser usual corroded to buggery , I remember getting through a few

[@mikecraney6571]

Meta system was a Vauxhall alarm system I had fitted to my 2005 Astra from new

[@alexanderrobertson7744]

Joe love to see around older cars 😉 any chance you can get a hold of an old ford Capri ? Would be great to see what you think of it against the modern day cars . Love capries the car you always promised yourself 😉. A 2.8 injection or a 3 litre S would be nice if you can handle the RWD power .

[@Baz-jx8hc]

red cars i love them i had bmw 3 series for 3 years from new paint was fantastic but older red cars seem to deteriorate so badly

[@garywillcox4976]

Maybe it had been a company car earlier in life and had a tracker fitted so they could monitor use etc

[@thegingerone6381]

Insurance black box mate. Either Tesco insurance or ITB. Used to fit hundreds of them, we were never sent to remove them at the end of the policy. There must be thousands in circulation still attached to people’s cars 😂

[@azzyewers2857]

Yes llanfoist car sales is just outside Abergavenny in south Wales they a good garage 🙂👍🏼

[@GLH8]

Somehow more interesting than the usual array of luxury suv

[@mikecawood]

That red Vauxhall will make a fine first car for someone.

[@markhall0670]

Love to see more of this type content .

[@red9zero]

Used to get those as hire cars. They were painful on the motorway. I don't think I ever returned one without a warning light on 😂

[@DavidCook-rn9gd]

I said 105k ,i was amazed when you said 154k, the interior looks very clean, shame about the bodywork but overall a tidy car for £795.

[@darrianwilson6545]

Driving well on that mileage with no knocks or bangs suggests it had been well looked after.

[@jacklifeonwheels]

Air tags are another one ben. People leave air tag in the car , they have a spare key snd boom the car is taken from the new owner.

[@nottjohn9418]

200 is about what you'd have paid before covid madness, the cars I'd pay 800 for are now 2,500

[@TrPortg]

Take sim.card out put it in a moble ul get free ohone calls until switch it off done it before

[@andrewhickton3189]

8:14 About three or four hours after the main video, why not release a part two with the milage & prepping to sell, along with what you get for it.

[@treacadelic]

I had 134,000 miles. That'll do someone for getting about in. I spent years driving disposable cars. 500 quid. Get 2 years out of them. Scrap. Repeat.

[@asleepzone5557]

Red colour cars never end well!

[@Dave-Huston-Dublin]

Some insurance company's use trackers to monitor driver behaviour, I would think that car is £999 all day long. All the Best.

[@999hireactionvehicles9]

Too cheap paint done that would be £2500 in London all day long

[@andy14landy]

I know Sophie doesn’t love being on camera but I think it would be really interesting to hear how her experience of trading differs to Berrow motors.

[@colinjones2505]

Rattle can of laquer on the peeling bits...laffin' . Nice ole shitter that. Always liked them.

[@Emmnoyhl]

8:35 149,641 miles recording at last M.O.T.😂

[@harriercraig]

98 ,000 mls good car though proper reliable astra

[@Stewie_Norfolk]

Could it of been a black box for insurance purposes

[@scotty6346]

The Banger racer fella's seem to like these.

[@999hireactionvehicles9]

Id use that as garage runner or use for auction run not so long ago there making a £1000 at auction

[@JohnHoganN8]

Maybe they put the tracker in the Astra so the tracker wouldn’t get stolen before movimg it to another car. 😂

[@chrisblay]

Very cheap motoring for someone who can’t afford or doesn’t want to pay more. Even if it only lasts a year or two and then they get the scrap value.

[@Obiwan234]

It looks like you photographed the car in Brent Road Cemetery car park, sad memories of attending my 10 day old nephew’s funeral there. Good place for a photo shoot?

[@Nathan1975Liggy]

Photo left in the head lining for us all to see LOL

[@OleGitRule]

LLanfoist is Abergavenny so not that far away, car is on 110K and I would chuck that up at 995 and take 750 for it

[@roystonvehicles9129]

It's learner driver black box, thought you'd have known that bud, you get loads just left on.

[@ShiftingMetal]

But it doesn’t actually seem to be, it looked like a basic tracker to me. In fact, that’s what it said online

[@roystonvehicles9129]

@@ShiftingMetal when I disconnected one on a learner customers car to do some work to it, he got a text st away from the insurers, looks just like that one on yours, only other thing I've had is an immobiliser for a micky mouse pay as you drive finance thing, easy enough to disconnect if you trace the wires. It'll deffo be a learner tracker tho, a lot have curfews on them and exceeding the limit will pull your insurance.

[@patrickh7368]

Not sure how true it is but the 1.5 Petrol that MG use is related to that 1.4… that’s sluggish apparently..🤔 Question… does Sophie have a YTube channel showing cars that she sells..?

[@ghobby6143]

AHH Llanfoist car sales is in Abergavenny. Great little dealership 👍

[@anthonybrown4874]

Looks like it would do someone for a couple of years barringbanything terminal or too expensive tobdo clutch gearbox or ABS.

[@mattball8995]

Probably a pool car/staff car and they wanted to track it's usage. Seen it many times.

[@thetruthwillout3347]

Bangernomics 😊

[@nigelhills5473]

Joe that will or should make money. I can see a youngster In it as happy as Larry. Great post as normal all the best to you and the gang 👍

[@alisonjones9089]

We have 56 plate astra at WORK and ofcourse it's tracked

[@mrgrumpy9077]

I think the tracker was fitted with an insurance company , black box insurance 👍

[@iampaulnorris]

The tracker is actually an insurance black box.

[@flybobbie1449]

When my RX7 engine would blow up i'd be happy paying few hundred quid for car like this to get me by. Cheapest was Chevette, £80. Next a Lada 200 quid.

[@hojo9115]

Waiting to see how many different brand tyres on😂

[@Tilly-Cat]

These Astras are amazing

[@owensteele1645]

My guess is around 142000 miles - nothing for one of these. Astras have always been capable motorway cars. This is an ideal car for the customer who's afraid of putting miles on their BMW or whatever.

[@paulmoore6345]

Always like a cheap car video