Hey, I am new here, so this is an introduction.
I used to have an as ASTRA GSI, which by far was my favourite car (up until now) then the GSI "died" - when I got the cambelt replaced the garage never replaced the water pump so it blew its rods wasn't worth the fight with the garage and I didn't have the funds to rebuild it. Life has gone by getting married and having two small children.
My local Vauxhall dealership I noticed had an Astra Elite 1.6T (with the turbo badge) so gave them a call and ended up purchasing right after the test drive. The Astra K suits my life style now, a real sleeper car, 5 doors cheap running costs (tax, insurance etc) and it ticks all the boxes to keep the wife happy. Whilst something practical and safe to drive the kids around in.
Comparing to the GSI I used to have the K seems so much more grown up than the GSI and I thought the K wouldn't live up the GSI. As I have now owned the car for a couple of weeks I have really started to fall in love with it.
I do have a question, what tyres are recommended for the K, after I brought it I noticed it had a odd tyre on passenger right hand side and turns out in the paperwork it had a puncture from the previous owner so they have brought a cheap tyre so running on odds on the front.
I am tempted to get both fronts replaced with a decent recommended tyre.
I am very lucky and happy to be the owner of a 1.6 T 😊
I used to have an as ASTRA GSI, which by far was my favourite car (up until now) then the GSI "died" - when I got the cambelt replaced the garage never replaced the water pump so it blew its rods wasn't worth the fight with the garage and I didn't have the funds to rebuild it. Life has gone by getting married and having two small children.
My local Vauxhall dealership I noticed had an Astra Elite 1.6T (with the turbo badge) so gave them a call and ended up purchasing right after the test drive. The Astra K suits my life style now, a real sleeper car, 5 doors cheap running costs (tax, insurance etc) and it ticks all the boxes to keep the wife happy. Whilst something practical and safe to drive the kids around in.
Comparing to the GSI I used to have the K seems so much more grown up than the GSI and I thought the K wouldn't live up the GSI. As I have now owned the car for a couple of weeks I have really started to fall in love with it.
I do have a question, what tyres are recommended for the K, after I brought it I noticed it had a odd tyre on passenger right hand side and turns out in the paperwork it had a puncture from the previous owner so they have brought a cheap tyre so running on odds on the front.
I am tempted to get both fronts replaced with a decent recommended tyre.
I am very lucky and happy to be the owner of a 1.6 T 😊