Just bought a vauxhall astra 1.6.

I'm pretty sure Vauxhall rebrands Opel cars which are German. Nevertheless, I know what you mean. I wouldn't get a Vauxhall myself.

To the OP: For all I know, this car may not have service history or even its first service carried out. Mileage is not everything, a well looked after car with receipts, FSH (full service history) and MOT history is what you should be looking for. Condition, not mileage or age. As said, £6k is a decent amount to be spent on a car and you could get a car with 100k miles that runs smoother than your Astra. However if you were to be after a real drivers car, you wouldn't be buying an Astra anyways so I'm not going to lecture you on how you should've bought a Golf GTI instead etc. But still not the wisest for buying an Astra. There are many decent alternatives.

On a side note, I don't like your attitude. People are not obliged to answer your thread, so don't complain when it has "99 views but only one reply...". Posting a reply like that wouldn't help you or make people reply. Have a nice day.

Technically, it IS a German car... Vauxhall = Opel. ^^

thought it was the other way round in terms of owner.

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Well, and though the cars don't have such a great reputation, they're actually not that bad. They're just not very exciting either. ^^

Well its cos I rarely hear of Opel, only heard of Holden, etc so thought it was like that.

The old astras, cheap, etc but compared to their rivals seemed filmsy for the outside if you understand.
The newer model, certainly seems more solid, and better looking, center console looks quite nice but a bit overwhelming.

... I think you meant 'underwhelming'...

I know what you mean. Still, in Germany Opels are known as more or less reliable (although sometimes with extra stress on the 'less'), but just supremely boring and extremely uncool.

No one has EVER had a 'wow' reaction from his friends upon telling them about having bought an Opel.

I meant the number of unnecessary and confusing buttons.

Electric cars aren't that great at the moment...............have a look at the new Honda CRZ, seen very few around, but very nice.

But thats cos your one is the sedan version of the civic for the American market.

I meant the number of unnecessary and confusing buttons.

Hmm this is what Im getting at. Im waiting for them to be "proven" I guess. I share your same skeptism. I mean I'd love to get 235Mpg out of the car....

I dunno. I always go for high Mpg cars, so I'd be looking at the VW Bluemotion Golf for a small car, or the new Prius for a large car. I'd love to get the Citroen DS5 but it's a Citroen....

Really? Is my car really not meant for the UK market? I mean it wasn't imported or any thing



For me, the MORE technology, the better