Well i have finally purchased a car today and it was neither of the above. I vowed that the car that gave me the biggest smile wins my cash! astra gsi was very very boring and i HAVE OWNED renaults for the last six years (since i passed my test) and im pissed of with the customer service, problems, and renaults depreciates so quickly.. so the 182 is out of the question. So i test drove the CTR and christ was it good, i had the smile the size of the m6 coz it was so good. Infact it was so good i purchased one
BUT......
i px my partners clio diesel which i just purchased and kept the 172. ctr for during the week and 172 for the weekends!