Test drive Opel Astra Sedan 1998 - 2008 Sedan

Opel Astra N-Joy 1.8 /7800 km

The impression of the car, like life, consists of little things. Last time, we started a story about how Astra behaves on a long journey. She behaved well, and the comments were insignificant. The current report is entirely dedicated to small things. Mostly pleasant.
- There was still one insignificant grief. For some time now, Astra began to creak like a shabby saddle of musketeers, on various bumps, bumps and other lying policemen. The total audit of the trash that had accumulated in the trunk, the dismantling of the rear shelf - there were also suspicions on it - they did not eliminate musical accompaniment. Astra continued to creak backwards. Knowledgeable people advised to lubricate the elastic bands of the fifth door sealing with a badger fat or some Western chemistry for caring for the RTI (rubber products). The autopilot decided to deal with the problem officially - through the service. The case was not recognized as a warranty, but the wallet did not disturb: it was only necessary to adjust the heights of the rubber pillows, the doors. The work would cost $ 3.5-the cost of one tenth norm-hour, but they didn’t take it from us either-they said that a gift.
+ Long trips showed that Astra is an amazingly accurate counter of the path traveled. For 150-250 kilometers, its indications coincide with a kilometer pillars of a penny into a penny. Maybe they can continue to coincide, and the body from time to time demands to move out of the road.
It is clear that such accuracy can be explained by a combination of circumstances, in particular, the individual characteristics of the device, loading the car and tire pressure. Let it, but what does advertising say about accuracy?
The daily counter has another interesting feature - it is five -bit, but, contrary to expectations, its maximum testimony is not 9999.9 km, but 1999.9. They are not used to thinking in Europe with our distances.
+ Astra has excellent practical aerodynamics. Of course, we did not drive the car into the pipe, but we drove a lot in the rain on the highway. It was very pleased that the outer mirrors remain unsolved. Another big surprise was that the fifth door is clean on the road. But the janitor and the washer are also by the way: it is convenient to be able, without getting out of the car, brush off rain drops from the rear window or remove the dust that flew during the parking lot.
+ The fact that the gas tank cover has its own mounting during refueling is a trifle, but especially pleasant when you see the owners of cars of competing brands, which, approaching the cash desk of a gas station, carry a lid on a bunch of keys. In Astra, a benzoluk opens with a central lock, remotely.
+/- Bumpers painted in the color of the body, which are mentioned in the specification as a very important option, the thing is beautiful, but not very practical- such chipper, unlike standard black plastic, cannot be carried out. What can you do, such a fashion, paint the car in one color. But the front bumper is made correctly - below it has a skirt made of dense rubber. It is very useful in the parking lot: where the owner of another brand will hear a crunch of plastic and present a crunch of bills, which will have to be given for repairs or even a replacement of the bumper, Opel only deforms the elastic band. It’s sometimes easier to bend than to wait until the curb is bend under you.
 
Text and photo Sergey Sherestnikov

Costs July 13 - August 6
Mileage - highway/city 2000 km. Gasoline consumption - 240 liters

AI-95 gasoline $ 83
Moika $ 25
Adjustment of the fifth door $ 3.5
Only $ 111.5

 

A source: "Autopilot"