Advantages: Reliable, Large square loadspace Disadvantages: Expensive genuine parts
My girlfriend works in a florist’s and I regularly get roped in to help out with the deliveries whenever I’m available. The van they have for the task is a red, T registration Vauxhall Combo van. So because of my experience I have decided to write an opinion on it, and also I haven’t written one on a car for a while.
The cab is based on the ever-popular Corsa that unfortunately is immediately apparent as soon as you see them. As with many small vans on the market at the moment the van looks like it has had a square metal box bolted onto the back of it, much like the Fiesta based Courier.
The Combo is powered by the 1.9 Vauxhall diesel engine, although some of the earlier models may have the Isuzu power plant under the bonnet. The performance is more than adequate pulling well through all the gears ...
jmorley99 27.04.2002
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Advantages: Very versatile, easy to use, space saving Disadvantages: not the best playback quality I've seen
old video tape, and it was also very easy to label each newly recorded session on the DVD.
The newly recorded DVD can be played back straight away to check that all is OK and any mistakes are easily deleted - I was using standard DVD -R disks so the deleted recordings still take up space on the DVD even though they will not be played back, to properly delete recordings and utilise the space freed up I would have to use DVD-RW disks.
To make my new DVD playable on other players (including my PC) the DVD had to be finalised, this is a simple menu option which does not take very long but completes the dubbing process.
I have to say that I am very pleased with my new combo VCR/DVD - it does everything I wanted it to do and I thought that the price I paid for it was reasonable. It takes up less space than the two machines it replaced ...
Advantages: Lots of room for recordings, tapes 2 shows at the same time, can pause live TV Disadvantages: Your restricted to what you can receive through your aerial, no digital PDC alternative
