Well I finally picked up my Astra today, the first one driven off the Saturn of Troy lot . This car is light years better then the car I had before (Thread). Few things I have noticed on my drive/talk with the salesman. The car does currently have the military clock. The car has plenty of pep, and will hold its own in traffic, and handles very well. The rear seats do not fold completely flat, but they are at around 15 degrees or less, so its not horrible. The advanced audio package is confusing at first, but with a few minutes of playing with it you realize that you can really do a lot and fairly easy to do it. It has a full equalizer that you can adjust, I was surprised at that. The sunroof is SWEET and HUGE! Im still disappointed in not having a temp gauge. The stalks for the blinker and wipers will take me a little bit to get used to, but nice features. I now just have to get used to the clutch and shifter because mine was really old and loose, and these are much firmer and solid feeling.
5dr XR Manual
Twilight Blue
Advanced Audio
Sport Handling
Dual Panel Sunroof
I have to go get ready because I am leaving to go snowboarding here in a little while. I have a few pics, but haven't had time to load them, if there are some people want let me know and Ill try to get them. Or if you have questions, I can just go out to my car quick and let you know.
I LOVE MY NEW CAR! :drive:
I remember in my camaro the temp guage was a dummy anyway. It stayed at exactly the same point unless the engine overheated. GM did this because Camaro owners wanted the temp guage but it was still exatly the same as having a dummy light on the dash.
Just playing. Glad you enjoy the car. If I did buy an Astra, I'd probably do the 5 door just like yours. Still...the center stack looks cheap to me. But I know better than to trust pictures for how good a car is. I have to see it in real life! good color choice.
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Here we go finally back from snowboarding, loading up the pics quick before I go to bed. Man I love this car, so many little things make this car really nice. Going from a car with over 183000 miles to one that now has 90+, picked it up at 13 on the odometer. Or so I thought Imageshack is being dumb, here is a thumbnail for now, ill see what I can do tomorrow.
Here we go finally back from snowboarding, loading up the pics quick before I go to bed. Man I love this car, so many little things make this car really nice. Going from a car with over 183000 miles to one that now has 90+, picked it up at 13 on the odometer. Or so I thought Imageshack is being dumb, here is a thumbnail for now, ill see what I can do tomorrow.
congratulations on your new car. I ressisted posting until I could say something without, "this thread is worthless".. on it...
Please post more pictures when you get a chance
Congrats on the new ride! Yeah, it sticks that the car foesn't have a temp guage. But then again, my xB doesn't either. The blue is hot, but when I went to the dealership last thursday, black was hot, too. I'm going with blue.
I saw my first ones at a dealer yesterday. Very nice. I really like the 3-door.
I haven't driven one yet, but the first impression is that this car could be a real contender in this class. It looks refined and sporty. A good competitor for the Mazda 3 or any other compact.
Man, very, very sharp car! Congratulations! You've been waiting a long time for this day. This would make a good replacement for our Vibe.
On the temp gauge issue: Is the engine temp available in the DIC? Seems like I've read that some cars have that stuff available in the DIC if you want it. Still not as good as a gauge, but cars rarely run hot these days anyway. 10-15 years ago you were much more likely to get a temp guage but no tach. At least this way is much better than that.
Man, very, very sharp car! Congratulations! You've been waiting a long time for this day. This would make a good replacement for our Vibe.
On the temp gauge issue: Is the engine temp available in the DIC? Seems like I've read that some cars have that stuff available in the DIC if you want it. Still not as good as a gauge, but cars rarely run hot these days anyway. 10-15 years ago you were much more likely to get a temp guage but no tach. At least this way is much better than that.
It might, I havent tried to play with the DIC to much yet, been figuring out the audio first. Maybe tonight I might bring in my manuals and actually look at them.
It might, I havent tried to play with the DIC to much yet, been figuring out the audio first. Maybe tonight I might bring in my manuals and actually look at them.
nice looking car man i def do like those over the ion. and for the temp gaugeif it is like my G5 it is under the DIC it will said coolent temp and it runs about 180 most the time.
nice looking car man i def do like those over the ion. and for the temp gaugeif it is like my G5 it is under the DIC it will said coolent temp and it runs about 180 most the time.
Considering that the Astra shares nothing with the G5, I would assume it isn't the same.
BTW, congrats on the Astra.
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