Conway563
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Originally posted by ed
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Originally posted by jr
Loads go wrong with them, they love a sensor or 6 to go tits up
Or an ECU, or a wiring loom, or more sensors, or more coilpacks, or a turbo or thermostats, or.......
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Originally posted by gez c16b
central locking 
I'll forget this idea then 
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RichR
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Has anyone on here; who has one actually had all of these electrical problems? I know I haven't; (touch wood) nor has a mate with an 1.6 or another with an S3
Only thing I've managed to break has been the cup holder, but I did drop a bag on it
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gez bay
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there's much better cars out there buddy. just keep hunting.
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gez bay
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Has anyone on here; who has one actually had all of these electrical problems? I know I haven't; (touch wood) nor has a mate with an 1.6 or another with an S3
Only thing I've managed to break has been the cup holder, but I did drop a bag of coil packs and sensors on it
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Conway563
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Originally posted by gez c16b
there's much better cars out there buddy. just keep hunting.
It's linking back to this
Been looking through the guys stock and the only cheap things he has are a Rover 214 Cabriolet, the A3 and there's an IS200 that seems massively overpriced to me
Dealers stock
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gez bay
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could you spend £190 more and get the astra 1.8? looks quite nice in the pics. 105k is nothing for newer cars as long as its been looked after.
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Conway563
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That wasn't on there this morning
If it's the one I think it is though it used to belong to my tattooist and I know how it's been treated
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lil_g
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Originally posted by Fad
What like RX8 drivers have to carry emergency Oil?
You mean XE drivers right?
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ed
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XE drivers just need to put a pan under their sump when the car is parked up to collect the oil ready to pour in back into the engine before driving off again
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lil_g
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Too true Ed, too true 
Although I finally fixed mine and it leaks no oil 
[Edited on 16-09-2009 by lil_g]
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ed
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I painted Tiger Seal around my sump to stop it leaking
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lil_g
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Was it that bad?!?!
I just changed ALL the engine gaskets.... and it worked
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ed
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I just did a shit job of fitting the gaskets, plus I didn't do the 8v mod, or was it an Ecotec one that you were supposed to use? Either way, using a different engine now 
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lil_g
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Sump gasket you mean? It's the 8v one, which is 100x better tbh!
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Conway563
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Anybody know things to look out for on the Astra instead then?
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Fad
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Just check the belts have been done minimum maintenance on them tbh
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Conway563
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Say's it just had the cambelt done 
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Fad
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They go on and on and aint actually too bad to drive as long as you get a 125bhp one.
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Ben G
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i was going to make a post about the astra coupe dunno whether to go for the 1.8 or the 2.0 turbo though.
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
Has anyone on here; who has one actually had all of these electrical problems? I know I haven't; (touch wood) nor has a mate with an 1.6 or another with an S3
Only thing I've managed to break has been the cup holder, but I did drop a bag on it
TT had coil packs
MAF
Rear suspension
dashpod was supect
window drop all the time
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Fad
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Ben whats the matter with you?
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Conway563
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Insurance looks to be the same as the Ibiza but I'll expect fuel to cost me double
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Ben G
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Originally posted by Fad
Ben whats the matter with you?
too much choice
just need to get rid of the focus soonish wheels are getting refurbished saturday then i just need to clean it up and sell it.
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Fad
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Ben just get an older ST170 and add some goodies to it. Astra will drive you insane after the ST
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DaveyLC
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The 1.8's are just about bareable power wise in the Astra, they are just pokey enough to make the car fun to drive.
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Originally posted by ed
In my experience, those 1.8 engines are fucking un-reliable and cost a absolute fucking fortune to repair when the electrics have catastrophic failure.
Only problem I've ever had with a 1.8 is the one I'm working on at the moment and thats because the person who fitted it fucked it up
The one in my corsa got driven hard on a regular basis and never missed a beat. I've also currently got a 1.8 (Z18XE) engined zafira and its faultless.
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