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10:th-Mar-2014, 01:06:41
The title was a little broad I know, however I want to know what you guys think to your cars now you've owned them for a while?
I've done some reading for the gearbox as I was considering a map and to be honest was surprised to see how much Astra GTC bashing there was going on, on places like piston heads etc.
From what I can tell the generally thoughts are, it's too fat, depreciates too quickly / overly priced, slow compared to others and not as economical.
I'll be happy to start, I am pleasantly pleased with it, my only issues really are the lack or low down torque and the fact it does sound tractor and I guess the economy isn't as good as it could be. I rarely get above 45mpg. (2.0 cdti).
However it seems to have vastly improved today when the temp hit above 15, much smoother and quicker.
I would say apart from that, with 26k on the clock it's solid so far.
I've done some reading for the gearbox as I was considering a map and to be honest was surprised to see how much Astra GTC bashing there was going on, on places like piston heads etc.
From what I can tell the generally thoughts are, it's too fat, depreciates too quickly / overly priced, slow compared to others and not as economical.
I'll be happy to start, I am pleasantly pleased with it, my only issues really are the lack or low down torque and the fact it does sound tractor and I guess the economy isn't as good as it could be. I rarely get above 45mpg. (2.0 cdti).
However it seems to have vastly improved today when the temp hit above 15, much smoother and quicker.
I would say apart from that, with 26k on the clock it's solid so far.