2001 Vauxhall Zafira Review - Do I still hate Zafiras? Buy it, Try it, Sell it with Geoff Buys Cars

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Geoff Buys Cars #12 - The Vauxhall Zafira 1.6
In this video I buy, drive, review and sell a Vauxhall Zafira 1.6. Is the car that petrolheads love to hate really that loathsome, or did I secretly like my 7 seat people carrier?
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Geoff Buys Cars is an automotive adventure through old cars. I buy cars to review for KZread, then sell them on. Sometimes I make a profit and document the journey, sometimes I give them away in £10 ‘Geoff Specials’. It started with a canoe and it’s taken every possible diversion, but i’ll get to that Porsche eventually… Right now I’m just enjoying all these old cars, it’s gotten to be a bit like Pokemon. Gotta catch ‘em all!

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  • @edwardherzrec
    @edwardherzrec Жыл бұрын

    Our families Zafira has been a part of our family for 21 years, literally has been in the family longer than me and I love it very dearly. I am going to inherit it and will see how long I can keep it going.

  • @racheluk1759
    @racheluk17593 ай бұрын

    I had a Zafira for 4yrs and loved it. Took family and 2 dogs on holiday, help 4 people move house, did many tip trips and even transported a stairlift in it. Miss the space but not the road tax. I'm here coz Geoff let told me to lol

  • @daverussell6399
    @daverussell63993 ай бұрын

    Geoff, i watched this after you mentioned it on a livestream. My mother in law (rip) owned a 2.0 petrol turbo zafira, 197 bhp, 0-60 in 8.2. It was boring, rattled like a handbag, handled like a mk3 cortina and was horrible to drive. But we had some great days out as a family

  • @gimble447
    @gimble4473 ай бұрын

    Hi Geoff, I’m watching this because you recommended it on the live! 😊

  • @TK42138
    @TK421383 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant and funny review. This channel deserves a lot more subscribers.

  • @GeoffBuysCars

    @GeoffBuysCars

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @sardav160479
    @sardav1604793 ай бұрын

    GEOFF I WATCHED THIS AFTER YOU RECOMMENDED IT ON THE LIVE FEED

  • @mccarthyjohn576
    @mccarthyjohn5763 ай бұрын

    Sent here from your live video this morning (13/4/24). - I feel like Marty McFly, going back in time. LOL What happened to you? Hahahahahaha. Keep up the Great Work, love the IPad bit, more of that please. I can't believe you bought a Rover! LOL - Mind you, in the future, you go on to buy a PT Cruiser so you obviously do not cure your insanity.

  • @matthewgodwin3050
    @matthewgodwin30503 ай бұрын

    Came here from your live feed Geoff. I'm alright with the Zafira. It's the sort of car that would slot right into your life, and be very useful. The kind you fall head over heals in love with, without ever understanding why. I like it.

  • @cjpnaturally1867
    @cjpnaturally18673 ай бұрын

    Great video suggestion from your live stream 😁 T'was indeed amusing to see you clambering into all 7 seats 🤭😘 Keep your chin up Dude 🤗 Big hugs x

  • @davidwilson7579
    @davidwilson75793 жыл бұрын

    Hey they great cars I've had mine 5 years now mine a 1.6 they good car some people in your critic they do talk crap I rather walk that person properly not got a licence they do shift look after them right they look after you mine a reliable shut up critics mines a w reg

  • @christhesnaildriver
    @christhesnaildriver3 ай бұрын

    Watched after your live stream. All we know is, this is the best Zafira review..... In the world!

  • @11royals96
    @11royals963 ай бұрын

    Geoff sent me!

  • @MatthewJohnCrittenden
    @MatthewJohnCrittenden3 ай бұрын

    So upbeat, a product of the "before times". ;)

  • @awestrope74
    @awestrope743 ай бұрын

    Here from the live!

  • @TommyCraft5
    @TommyCraft5 Жыл бұрын

    I own one, its a great car we had it for over 10 years

  • @covas2386

    @covas2386

    Жыл бұрын

    respect

  • @americoalmada7316
    @americoalmada7316 Жыл бұрын

    I own a zafira 2003 gsi and i dont care what is anyone's opinion good car spaceus and plenty power problems easy to fix have done the turbo 3😮 times and still going they are becoming rare cars as i call them the underdogs😊

  • @scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain
    @scottishcarenthusiastsandtrain9 ай бұрын

    My mates dad had a Zafira, he bought so he could transport people to church in it... funnily enough not long after buying it he fell out with the church and did not need to transport people in it...😂😂

  • @GeoffBuysCars

    @GeoffBuysCars

    9 ай бұрын

    Sounds like the church I grew up in 😂😂😂

  • @gergopalyov3367

    @gergopalyov3367

    5 ай бұрын

    God bless him ! He has big faith ! Respect! ⛪️

  • @user-yt2vd9gz8y
    @user-yt2vd9gz8y3 ай бұрын

    From todays' live chat👍 Yup, Vauxhall, I've had four Astras and blown them all up. tinkle tinkle BANG

  • @superbracey
    @superbracey Жыл бұрын

    I've just bought myself one that looks identical to yours because I was after a cheap runaround that I'm not too precious about. Mines a 2.0dti Club. Last month I bought myself a Jaguar XFR, a car I've been wanting for a number of years. The 20mpg average from the Jag was to be expected. So it's nice to have some mundane, economical transport in the form of a tall Vauxhall Astra, for tip runs, daily commutes and shopping duties. And it means the Jag feels all the more special on the occasions that I do drive it.

  • @DJEscreet
    @DJEscreet3 ай бұрын

    Good recommendation, future Geoff for past Geoff. Bloody love how bad zafiras are. My mate had one with a million issues and worth absolutely nothing. Thankfully someone drove into the back of it a week before it's mot and wrote it off. Somehow they paid out 500quid for it. Amazing!

  • @dmitrikhmelevski9214
    @dmitrikhmelevski92143 ай бұрын

    Recommended by GBC on livestream. Geoff, how about next great guest is Dr Vernon Coleman. Cheers.

  • @bazilian0
    @bazilian0 Жыл бұрын

    Had my 1.8 Elegance (Opel) since 2001 from new. A bit weathered but still going strong. Often thought to upgrade but am repaying its loyalty. Also ULEZ compliant out of the box 😃 BTW. I really think people that stick with their cars should be given tax breaks as they are helping the environment.

  • @johnanchovie2b
    @johnanchovie2b3 ай бұрын

    Wached this from your live stream!

  • @kevingreen8581
    @kevingreen85813 ай бұрын

    Great video Geoff.

  • @enchantress7940
    @enchantress79409 ай бұрын

    I had one many years ago and I really liked it

  • @Luke-rn3sw
    @Luke-rn3sw3 ай бұрын

    I'm here because Geoff on 13/4/24 told me to look at this video. This has to be an AI generated video as it is clearly not Geoffs voice or body and there is sunshine in the last few minutes. I shall be using software to compare both Geoffs and hopefully sort this sh*t out.

  • @storkythepunk
    @storkythepunk3 ай бұрын

    Here on recommendation of Future Geoff, you appear to have a high word per minute count in your slim youthful days lol.

  • @disband_thebbc5933
    @disband_thebbc59333 ай бұрын

    Hello im here because future Geoff sent me back in time to before the end was nigh to watch this video. 😂

  • @thebeerinnandrewmckenna2655
    @thebeerinnandrewmckenna2655 Жыл бұрын

    Egr valve, but later ones ok. Zafira B has reputation as the fan had the fault

  • @paulmattock8798
    @paulmattock87986 күн бұрын

    I didn’t realise that you actually existed from the waist down. I always thought you an AI creation, from the waist up, that had us fooled all these years. Considering the cars you buy, I was sure you were an AI gone wrong. Nice one Geoff!

  • @kevjaffray
    @kevjaffray3 ай бұрын

    Also watched after your latest live vid. Great review video, never liked Zafiras though, I remember the TV ads with the boy neighbours. Better than the car really 😂

  • @pauloshea3741
    @pauloshea3741 Жыл бұрын

    I have a 2004 1.6 life with 133000'miles/full service history and 1 previous owner. It's been garaged all its life and it's mint. I'll get another 15 years out of it! Great alrounder decent mpg too!

  • @Dave-uniquenamehere
    @Dave-uniquenamehere3 ай бұрын

    Watched from your live stream... Your style of talking has certainly changed!

  • @chrishockley5014
    @chrishockley50143 ай бұрын

    I've come from the future also. Good video Geoff, completely different person to future Geoff. I am a sheep, you told me to come here so I did 😂

  • @johnmarley2550
    @johnmarley25503 ай бұрын

    Another one after you said watch this. 👍

  • @LazurusEnterprises
    @LazurusEnterprises Жыл бұрын

    I am now in my 40’s ( No Kids or Pets ) I mainly used mine over the years as a small van / workhorse, towing trailers / caravans trips to tip etc. I have & I’ve owned several Zafira A’s. 1.6 nippy for an Astra but gutless for a 7 seater MPV, 1.8, 2.0 & 2.2’s, Petrol & diesels, Auto & Manual, from the basic Life, Club to the R Design & Elegances. I Wouldn’t bother with the Zafira B at all, other then buy as scrap / salvage for part 😊s, as they even after been recalled are a fire hazard, in my opinion, ugly, too many electrical issues & not as comfy. I still want a GSi 2.0Turbo, which are getting rarer & dearer to insure & more desirable. Daniel. Keep up with the vids.

  • @MTBLaura
    @MTBLaura3 ай бұрын

    Great Singing 🙌😁

  • @mrkenfu
    @mrkenfu3 ай бұрын

    Watching this cause you recommend it 😊

  • @danstechrefirbishment8756
    @danstechrefirbishment87562 жыл бұрын

    you just all hated a Porsche Zafira a was designed and engineered by Porsche

  • @dmitrikhmelevski9214
    @dmitrikhmelevski92143 ай бұрын

    Your mate did not MOT it since 2020...perhaps he uses it as a garden office now.

  • @1960ARC
    @1960ARC3 ай бұрын

    Future Geoff has for sure put some pounds on and grown up gracefully!

  • @jackmintoft5965
    @jackmintoft59652 ай бұрын

    Ive just bought one got 6.8k in debt so gonna pay all that of while i have my cheep zafira 1.8 then get something nice again ive had audi a5s and q7s many nice cars but gotta do whats got to be done sometimes

  • @kerryhughesgillard9906
    @kerryhughesgillard990611 ай бұрын

    Im with you on hating the citroen potato I'm mean piccaso my parents had one when I was a kid and I hated the damn thing with a passion, I've driven a mk1 zafira as a works car and I remember thinking it was no overly bad.

  • @lukec175
    @lukec1753 ай бұрын

    You R Mental! 😂 Love it Geoff. Keep going

  • @danr6716
    @danr67162 жыл бұрын

    Zafira is actually loved especially the mk1 gsi

  • @sotjuan6604

    @sotjuan6604

    2 жыл бұрын

    i agree, loveable car

  • @andisadler2897

    @andisadler2897

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have a gsi still going strong and hold their money well.

  • @danr6716

    @danr6716

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andisadler2897 not many of the gsi ones about anymore

  • @andisadler2897

    @andisadler2897

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@danr6716 Thats why the prices of them have shot up bro. I paid 1450 for mine in 2017, its worth 2700 now lmao.

  • @danr6716

    @danr6716

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andisadler2897 new a basic one would cost £14,000, you can't even get a new Corsa or fiesta for that!

  • @gerardowen7495
    @gerardowen74958 күн бұрын

    Best car I had lasted 22years

  • @Butterfly07949
    @Butterfly07949 Жыл бұрын

    Ha ha this is hilarious. Great video.

  • @jayantsudhakar4600
    @jayantsudhakar46003 жыл бұрын

    Funniest review ever and so true.

  • @GeoffBuysCars

    @GeoffBuysCars

    3 жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @georgepeg6167
    @georgepeg61673 жыл бұрын

    Nothing wrong with then my old man loves then funny because he had a 2001 comfort same as this lol if you posting a couple of years back when is blow up unfortunately I would of snapped your hands off but he ok now Because he got one now

  • @johnc9228
    @johnc92283 жыл бұрын

    Could be the life model thats lowest you can go also it all depends as alot of dog owners buy them shame to sell it to someone to use as a van as it looks quite clean for its age

  • @GeoffBuysCars

    @GeoffBuysCars

    3 жыл бұрын

    it's gone to a good home, they'll look after it and In know where it is if ever i want to borrow it..!

  • @klnine
    @klnine3 ай бұрын

    We have the The New Jeremy C

  • @ClockVshadess
    @ClockVshadess2 жыл бұрын

    I Like 7 seaters

  • @benjamincheshire30
    @benjamincheshire302 жыл бұрын

    I buy cars in Portugal that have finished mot,you can only put the mot on the country of origin, so if it's a bit old and nothing special they sell for cheap,then I sell them for parts because used cars here are very expensive it's easy,I dont really get to choose cars just whatever is available so I get to drive all kinds of stuff that you would never think of buying I love it

  • @ohcluckingbell3319
    @ohcluckingbell33193 жыл бұрын

    Contraception comment over here 👋

  • @GeoffBuysCars

    @GeoffBuysCars

    3 жыл бұрын

    excellent work!

  • @Harryjames449
    @Harryjames449 Жыл бұрын

    get a vauxhall zafira 2005

  • @sunrisinghot
    @sunrisinghot10 ай бұрын

    I drive a Zafira. It's my least favourite car 😂😂

  • @dontpanic80
    @dontpanic803 ай бұрын

    Dreadful car. Wedged in with pillows. Nope. Leaning back. Nope. Killed my back. Had to give up trying to overtake Lorrie’s in crawler lane. Drove from st Ives to Norfolk without stopping, just to avoid the pain of attempting to straighten out. And the kids were wailing, non stop in those little seats.

  • @adzhashad
    @adzhashad4 ай бұрын

    most unreliable car ever made!!

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