Hi, i am also on *****, so you may recognise the name if you are also on there!

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I picked up a 2005 1.6 Astra for £400 that was a non runner. Initial check over showed that 3 tyres and good clean inside and out. The main issue was the mechanical side. Once I got the battery sorted the car would just spin over, fuelling was ok so checked the HT side and found 1 spark plug in a very bad way it pulled the thread out of the head which I thought not a problem I'll helicoil it. Carried out a compression check and 0psi on all cylinders.

Stripped head of and this is what I found

Hi All,

Are there any common, known, or even 'admitted' handbrake problems on Mechanical handbrakes?

Today, my wife came home, parked on our drive as normal.. put the handbrake on, then, after about 20 minutes, the car rolled backwards into our wall in an almost single movement, i.e., not over the 20 minutes from getting out of the car!

Now..... to dispel or acknowledge the obvious:

No, the car was not in gear..... Had that polite "I told you so" conversation and amazingly I survived

Hi,

I seem to remember when I had a Corsa D there was a menu you could open so you could put the headlights on when the car got unlocked? Or rear wiper turns on when in reverse?

Is this the case on the Astra gtc 2015 or have I completely made that up. (It was three years ago)


Thanks.

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Hey folks, 

Was browsing the net for a long time trying to find some answers to questions about various upgrades to my car so i thought i may as well ask people who actually know the answer or at least have some knowledge about my Vauxhall astra, So hopefully we can help each other out lol. Be prepared for some questions (After i watch Game of Thrones)

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Brand new to this forum thought I'd introduce myself and my car

Im Niall from Northern Ireland and have recently taken ownership of this

2.0 GTC VX LINE

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Hi All,

Real newbie here, just put a deposit down on a 1.7 CDTi excite. This is my first car so can't wait to go pick it up.
Having some trouble uploading a picture but will try get one up soon.

Shortie

Hello guys,

My name is Bill and write from Greece. I am Astra j a16let owner.Nice to be with you.

I'm an Astra TT owner. I'll be looking at replacing it with a Vauxhall Cascada in the near future when I move house to a safer neighbourhood (hopefully!).

Do you guys know of any plans for a more powerful Cascada? Like the 280 PS Astraj J or anything like that?