hi all, up for sale is my daily driver as i've just been given a free ford focus (yay)
Astra 1.6 gls auto in pretty ok condition, the pics are after i washed it so it does come up nice with a bit of tlc
good points..
mot till july 5th 2016
good solid reliable daily driver
fairly clean and tidy
pretty much rust free
bad points, now i'm trying to list everything but they are just niggles really
autobox reluctant to change first thing in the morning, I either let it warm up a bit before driving or drive down the road a few 100 yards shifting manually then turn it off and turn it back on again and it's fine
autobox occasionally decides not to lock up the torque converter and slips a little (not much and only between 2nd & 3rd) my remedy is to click it into 'sport mode' for a few miles, then switch back to normal and it clears it.
I have had the 'arc' switch out and cleaned it and this cured it for a while, so maybe its time to clean up the switch again.
GSI grille not a good fit, the n/s front must've had a little knock at some point as it looks like the wing mount is crushed in a bit, the wing sits around 5mm in from how it should so the grille doesn't fit inbetween the lamps properly, a little tickle with a hammer on the wing mount should fix it.
n/s/f balljoint needs doing
small tear in headlining near n/s/r grab handle
thats it i think, i used the car everyday, it is still insured so if you want to come and fetch it i'll leave the insurance on till you get home, and the tax wont cancel till i send in the logbook so it's a legal drive home
it's available to go right now, will help someone out if they're stuck. Although i am unavailable from 17th dec till 22nd dec
cheers for looking
Astra 1.6 gls auto in pretty ok condition, the pics are after i washed it so it does come up nice with a bit of tlc
good points..
mot till july 5th 2016
good solid reliable daily driver
fairly clean and tidy
pretty much rust free
bad points, now i'm trying to list everything but they are just niggles really
autobox reluctant to change first thing in the morning, I either let it warm up a bit before driving or drive down the road a few 100 yards shifting manually then turn it off and turn it back on again and it's fine
autobox occasionally decides not to lock up the torque converter and slips a little (not much and only between 2nd & 3rd) my remedy is to click it into 'sport mode' for a few miles, then switch back to normal and it clears it.
I have had the 'arc' switch out and cleaned it and this cured it for a while, so maybe its time to clean up the switch again.
GSI grille not a good fit, the n/s front must've had a little knock at some point as it looks like the wing mount is crushed in a bit, the wing sits around 5mm in from how it should so the grille doesn't fit inbetween the lamps properly, a little tickle with a hammer on the wing mount should fix it.
n/s/f balljoint needs doing
small tear in headlining near n/s/r grab handle
thats it i think, i used the car everyday, it is still insured so if you want to come and fetch it i'll leave the insurance on till you get home, and the tax wont cancel till i send in the logbook so it's a legal drive home
it's available to go right now, will help someone out if they're stuck. Although i am unavailable from 17th dec till 22nd dec
cheers for looking
