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I picked my 1.0 SRi up yesterday, and pretty impressed so far. I put about 300 miles on it yesterday. I found the standard seats to be comfortable, I do suffer from a bad back but no problems yet with the Astra. Even though it's only the little engine it does seem to go well enough for me, I had a Citroen C5 2.2HDi last and this pulls better than that (it may well have had a problem though), and seems on a par with my wife's Megane III 1.5DCi.
I love the stereo, at least since I got the iPod working through it on random play. I don't think it liked my poundshop lead so I stole the wife's genuine one.
I've managed to catch the stop/start out a couple of times where it's just switched off as I go to dip the clutch again so it's not restarted, not sure if this is normal or a glitch on my car, and the fairly small speedo is taking some getting used to.
The lane departure warning will take a bit of getting used to, must remember to always indicate when changing lanes.
Fuel economy is not great at the moment, it seemed to average 48mpg according to the onboard computer yesterday, hopefully this will improve as it all beds in. I also think I've maybe got a problem with either the fuel gauge or tank, as I've topped the tank up twice yesterday and it doesn't read anywhere near full. I've now downloaded the Onstar app to my phone so next time we'll see how much fuel it thinks it's got onboard. I also think I may have a slightly binding caliper, which could help explain the fuel economy. Certainly last night while moving very slowly in a couple of traffic queues there was a telltale squeak which I'm pretty certain was coming from my car, so something else to keep an eye on.
I love the stereo, at least since I got the iPod working through it on random play. I don't think it liked my poundshop lead so I stole the wife's genuine one.
I've managed to catch the stop/start out a couple of times where it's just switched off as I go to dip the clutch again so it's not restarted, not sure if this is normal or a glitch on my car, and the fairly small speedo is taking some getting used to.
The lane departure warning will take a bit of getting used to, must remember to always indicate when changing lanes.
Fuel economy is not great at the moment, it seemed to average 48mpg according to the onboard computer yesterday, hopefully this will improve as it all beds in. I also think I've maybe got a problem with either the fuel gauge or tank, as I've topped the tank up twice yesterday and it doesn't read anywhere near full. I've now downloaded the Onstar app to my phone so next time we'll see how much fuel it thinks it's got onboard. I also think I may have a slightly binding caliper, which could help explain the fuel economy. Certainly last night while moving very slowly in a couple of traffic queues there was a telltale squeak which I'm pretty certain was coming from my car, so something else to keep an eye on.