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Breakers’ yards are thinning out and main-dealer stock for older GM models is going the same way. Here are ten used parts worth pulling now, what to pay, and how to store them so they are still usable when you need them.
You can spend twenty quid on a Bluetooth dongle or over a grand on a genuine-grade Tech2 setup, and the gap between what they can do is bigger than most owners realise. A practical guide to which diagnostic kit actually talks to GM-era Vauxhalls, Opels and Chevrolets in 2026 — and where the sensible line sits.
Genuine GM parts are not automatically better, and cheap pattern parts are not automatically false economy. The trick is knowing which components carry real risk and which are commodity items.
Every breaker's yard in Britain is full of cars that were one £200 repair from another five years on the road. Some of them are worth a second chance. These five are, and here are the three you should walk straight past.
The Chevrolet Captiva and Vauxhall Antara are now proper cheap family SUVs, but which one is easier to keep on the road in the UK? We compare shared parts, common faults, petrol-versus-diesel costs and the £2,500 buying reality.
Pre-Stellantis Vauxhalls are, underneath, Opels — and often Chevrolets and Saabs too. Here's the practical routine for turning one eight-digit GM number into three cheaper alternatives, plus an honest look at which consumables are quietly drying up this year.