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19th March 2007, 17:44
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An Astra!!??? Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
I've just arrived back in England, and bloody Europcar have given me a soddin' Astra 1.8 Petrol!!!!!???
   Now, you may recall that I had a Zafira SRi 1.9 TDi over Xmas, which I actually quite liked, but this Astra is just all wrong...... The main thing about it, is it's awful driving postion.....where ever I adjust the seat, it just doesn't feel right, worse still when I try to engage 5th (yes, it ONLY has 5 gears!! ), my hand hits my knee every time.......I've sat in one before, but never actually driven one, and now I have, I won't be shouting too much about it...   |
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19th March 2007, 17:55
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Lucky you, a 1.8!
Europcar gave me a 1.4 Astra last year when my Civic was taken into the garage unexpectantly and to say it was a complete dog is an understatement. Never mind, it will make you appreciate your Civic when you next drive it. |
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19th March 2007, 18:04
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5th gear, hits knee ???
I really needed to think about how you did this. I even thought the Astra had some weird gear layout. But then I got it. Right hand drive |
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19th March 2007, 19:10
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Thats weird you've said that CP, because I was thinking today how heavy the steering is compared to my Civic.......??.........Also, as it's an 'SRi' model, it's got a 'Sport' button on the centre console - anyone know what that's supposed to do??
I'm pretty sure the Zafira SRi I had at Xmas had it to, but I never pressed it..... |
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19th March 2007, 19:51
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19th March 2007, 19:54
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It supposedly firms up the steering responses, the opposite of what the 'city' button does on the Fiats. The model I drove was an SXI variant as well Mark!
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20th March 2007, 02:02
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from memory, on the VXR Zafira I had for a day - think it turns down the VSA, and possibly did something with the drive by wire throttle.
can't really remember - I was so underwhelmed by the rest of the car that even the exciting bits lost my interest after 5 seconds  |
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