Tom Burton raved thus:
:: No idea, but other than this, i am thinking of buying one of these :: cars ( see another post) what you think of yours, any other :: problems, niggles, etc?
It's a great car. Rachel has a 51 plate Astra 1.8 SRi with about 12k on it, ans we've had no problems with it at all. It's been serviced when it should be. She tends to use it for short journeys; to work and back, and general bodding about and it's been trouble free so far. Minor niggle: the mechanism for retaining the dealer mats keeps detaching on the drivers side...
I've got a company 51 plate Astra 1.8 SRi (lol, no imagination; they're even the same colour...) with 54k on it, and again; no problems. It's serviced properly and it runs great. I do plenty of long distance driving and the seats are comfortable, and have plenty of adjustment. They are Recaro-type seats in the SRi though (are they actually Recaros like Vauxhall used to use?), and I know from when I had a Mk4 1.4 Astra as a hire car the seats in it were damned uncomfortable. The lumbar adjustment was in the wrong place for me, but I'm 6'2" so that could be the problem... It has a decent amount of go, and the handling is pretty good although obviously it's no sports car... You get cruise control with the 1.8 and above which I find useful.
One overall niggle: the cup holders are crap! They are in the door pockets.
Abo