Pic of the car when I first got it, well, a picture IDENTICAL to my car, the pic of the one showing isn't actually my car!

I was previously running a 2010 Smart fortwo as my second vehicle, which helped keep some of my 30K mileage a year off of the Astra

However, soon after buying the Smart it became obvious it was lemon in the automated manual gearbox department........

6 break downs, all gearbox related, one new clutch actuator later and yet still the same issues persisted.........

Car has been rejected by me back to the supplying garage via the finance company, which is proving to be a long, drawn out and frustrating saga

Fast forward to last week, I needed another second vehicle, something comfortable, something decent on mpg, an automatic, as the traffic to and from work is proving to be a pain during the dark winter months......

Step forward a 08 Jaguar X358 XJ tdvi executive, 1 previous owner, which was the civil service (via Government Car Services), full history (all work and mot's carried out by GCS's own facilities)

Its not armoured or anything like, so wasnt a high ranking government officials car, but, does have map reading lights on the front passenger seat and both rear passenger seats, also the standard fit satnav must have been deselected its just a standard radio/cd changer item

Car drove beautifully on the test drive, it will be my 3rd XJ, having previously owned an X308 and X300

Does anybody know what happened to AOC/Astra Sport/Astra Owners Club site? http://www.astraownersclub.com


It seems to have gone offline and I have no idea why.....have been a member for maybe 10 years, not logged in for a little while but went to last week and its down.

Their FB page is also not getting updated and their email is bouncing.

Anybody know what happened please?

First post and wanted to say Hi. I've joined up today as I've got a A20 NFT engine that I'm stripping down and selling each part that I don't need. I bought the engine as i really only need the block as it fits in my Vx220. How do I go about selling on your forum as I can't seem to see a start topic button? If I'm not allowed is there any other forums I can advertise it on?

Hey guys,

On a 20111 Elite model, I want the following to happen, how do I do this?

- When I unlock the car, I only want the drivers door to open first, then on second click I want the rest of the doors to unlock.
- When I press the Auto button for the Climate Control, how can I stop the Air-Con automatically coming on?
- Bluetooth - does my car have bluetooth, if so, how do i get this working and/or activated?

Many thanks,

Expect loads more questions coming on here, so thanks in advance.

G.

Hey folks, 

Following on from my other thread, where I was asking for advice about an Astra-J, you guys gave me some great feedback and pretty much turned me away from the 1.7 CDTI when I was on the verge of buying one...so thank you and hope thats a decision that serves me well.

Anyway, many searches and viewing on from that thread, and I have now finally bought an Astra-J.

So, I have found a 2.0 CDTI, ELITE, in white, which is what the misses wanted.

Its pretty much fully loaded, except Sat Nav and Bluetooth. I was actually amazed to see that its got folding mirrors also.

So, here it is, in the flesh - your comments are most welcome.

Please note that I will be asking for some assistance with some niggles.

Thanks again for your comments and advice on the other thread.

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Hi all just joined the site. My Astra j sri diesel is on 70k and due its 4th service. Local VX dealer wants £310 includes half price mot. Please advise of the items to be serviced as there's a good garage nearer to me. Thanks

Hi all just came on to this site. Have Astra j 2.0 sti diesel. Really like it. Look forward to reading the posts and catching up with you guys.

I have purchased the oem sharkfin for GPS/DAB as I have the normal aerial on the my GTC now.

I have bought duppel Fakra connections and extra wires with fakra male/female and connection for GPS aerial on headunit as I have RoadCommander, like Icebox etc., unit instead of the factory CD400. And I want the factory look.
I know on factoty fit navi cars, the FM/AM aeriel was built in the rear tailgate. But that is not an option to make or is it?  


Has anybody tried to use the DAB side of the aerial for FM/AM signal, and use GPS wire for GPS as I am tired of the GPS block that came with the unit that is glued to the windscreen.