Knocking noise from the front side of the car under hard acceleration, suspect the constant velocity joint or drive shaft. Must get it seen to as soon as possible.
Excellent overall car, handling is top notch, in a different league from the Mondeo or Vectra. My car has been lowered about 50 mm with 16" alloys, I am not sure if this has made it better or worse as it was like this when I bought it.
Build quality superb, again better than the Mondeo or Vectra.
The car is fairly quick but not really rapid, could do with a 2.5 V6 engined model.
Cabin a little small, not enough headroom really for 6' plus people.
Everything is electric which is nice until it goes wrong!
The only minor niggle is that the gear change is not as good as it could be. More so changing down into second gear, must try some fully synthetic gearbox oil to see if this helps.
These cars are phenomenal value for money! You would pay twice the price for say a 1995 Golf GTI or 1995 Astra GSI as you would for a 1995 eGT and this car handles so much better than both of them.
It is quicker than the Golf (in my eyes very overrated as with all German cars, people are obsessed with the snob factor I am sure) and just as well built if not better, a lot more toys as standard.
The car is better built than the Astra, probably as fast and handles better without that tacky boy racer image. For me I am pleased people are obsessed with image as I have purchased an awesome car for so little money due to it's lack of image. These cars in all their variants are a superb used buy, ignore at your peril!
I agree, I've just bought a K registered '93 eGT for £1900. I love the firm ride and superb handling. I've owned a MKII Golf in the past and that was a very reliable car, but the Primera's handling is in another league.
The engine seems very flexible and it doesn't complain at low revs, but it can't catch my Honda Civic VTi (160bhp) beast which red lines at 8K.
I just purchased a 95 eGT, for £850, black, leathers, alloys, electric, tints, wicked! But unfortunately I didn't read the comments made by people on your site and I fell victim! First of all the electric windows failed, the drive shaft snapped in half, silencer failed and I can't even find spares for it!!! But I love the car so much!
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