My Opel Astra

[NooDle]

Since I carefully nurtured my baby recently, I was able to take pictures of it in (almost) perfectly clean condition. So I thought why not post them?

It's a 2004 2.2 diesel model with 130 hp.
Add that to the fact that it's relatively small and relatively light, and you end up with <10 sec 0-100 kph time and a topspeed of around 220 kph.

Just had it washed, inside cleaned, new rubber, new windscreen wipers and changed a broken headlight. It's all clean and shiny now.

Oh, and here's me accelerating :

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[Phila]

Oooh my uncle has a 2004 Astra estate, same color (petrol and auto, though), and I liked it. It obviously wasn't an Audi but it was competent on the Autobahn.

 

[Jay]

It's Astra-licious.

 

[tedb43o2o3]

keep it clean =)

 

[avanti]

Aloha! I find it hard to believe that it will reach 220 though.... My Delta that is more powerful and weighs the same as a box of sardines won't get close to that speed...

 

[jensked]

Very nice acceleration. My astra 1.4 petrol automatic was a snail compared to that one.

 

[NooDle]

Aloha! I find it hard to believe that it will reach 220 though.... My Delta that is more powerful and weighs the same as a box of sardines won't get close to that speed...

at first I thought the "rated" topspeed of 207kph was too much, but since it's a diesel,it has lots of torque, and because of this, it never stops accelerating, no matter the gear. Had it up to 222 kph (according to GPS)

Massive torque for the win!

 

[FDaihatsu]

I like the Stitch.

 

[Benson]

Sorry...that's the second most boring car...ever...after the Vectra A...
God i hate Opels from that generation and prior...

Your's seems to be in pretty good condition though...

 

[mautzel]

Aloha! I find it hard to believe that it will reach 220 though.... My Delta that is more powerful and weighs the same as a box of sardines won't get close to that speed...

Might that be an aerodynamical issue? I dont find it too hard to believe that the Astra goes well over 200kph, even my Golf comes pretty close to 190-200kph, and that with 100hp only.

Nothing special to say about your car, NooDle, like mine, a rather practical choice that'll get you from A to B in decent comfort and speed.

 

[Adunaphel]

My Merc went over 200 aswell, with 118 hp and the aerodynamics of a brick (oh, and a 4-speed gearbox).

 

[NooDle]

Nothing special to say about your car, NooDle, like mine, a rather practical choice that'll get you from A to B in decent comfort and speed.

Yeah it's not a DREAM car, more practical and small, but I still the way it accelerates. Fastest car I've owned yet (both in top speed as in acceleration).

Maybe it's because over here most people have cars that have 60-100 hp, so I pwn everyone at the lights :lol:

 

[KaJuN]

The number plate has my brother's initials! Nice looking car. She looks brand new.

 

[tone76]

Sorry, I'm not a huge fan of the Astra. But, if you're happy with it, more power to you. They handle well enough and accelerate OK for what they are ... but, with all due respect, anyone who buys any Opel that's out of warranty has rocks in their head.

At least spare parts should be dirt cheap in Belgium ... you'll be needing (a lot of) them.

 

[mautzel]

Yeah it's not a DREAM car, more practical and small, but I still the way it accelerates. Fastest car I've owned yet (both in top speed as in acceleration).

Maybe it's because over here most people have cars that have 60-100 hp, so I pwn everyone at the lights :lol:

Yup, there's nothing like the omph of a turbo charger in that power segment.

 

[NooDle]

Sorry, I'm not a huge fan of the Astra. But, if you're happy with it, more power to you. They handle well enough and accelerate OK for what they are ... but, with all due respect, anyone who buys any Opel that's out of warranty has rocks in their head.

At least spare parts should be dirt cheap in Belgium ... you'll be needing (a lot of) them.

Well I'm not exactly asking you to like it, it's your opinion.
Dunno why some people seem to have such reliability problems with Opels, mine's worked great for nearly 3 years and 90k kms. not one single thing went wrong.

Maybe it's because I had the last one they ever made, so all the faults were gone.
Mine was registered April 2004, and in May 2005 they started with the new model.
It then stood in a carpark until november, when I bought it nearly new with 5k kms on it, for less than half the listprice. That coupled with the AWESOME power (for such a car) made buying it not a hard decision.

 

[MadCow809]

It obviously wasn't an Audi but it was competent on the Autobahn.

Opels are cooler than Audi.

and NooDle :

That tachometer looks pretty good for a diesel car. What's the redline?

And it looks much faster than the 1.6i Astra that I drove not too long ago. Glad to hear you have no reliaiblity issues, cos Opels are quite well known to oil leaks and small mechanical problems.

 

[NooDle]

Opels are cooler than Audi.

and NooDle :

That tachometer looks pretty good for a diesel car. What's the redline?

And it looks much faster than the 1.6i Astra that I drove not too long ago. Glad to hear you have no reliaiblity issues, cos Opels are quite well known to oil leaks and small mechanical problems.

Redline is around 4.800 rpms (which I think is sort of the max a diesel can run).

Nope no issues as of yet, hoping it stays that way.
Nice to hear that atleast in some parts of the world, an Opel is considered cooler than an Audi :lol:

 

[Spazatao]

I liked how you placed the camera on that video! And what's that music?

 

[MadCow809]

Redline is around 4.800 rpms (which I think is sort of the max a diesel can run).

Nope no issues as of yet, hoping it stays that way.
Nice to hear that atleast in some parts of the world, an Opel is considered cooler than an Audi :lol:

Thats pretty good for a diesel, the crappy Mitsubishi diesel bakkie I drove had a redline of like 4000rpm, it was terrible : (

Anyway, yeah Opels are quite popular down in SA, see plenty of them on the road, even though they are not that reliable, but then motorplan and factory warranty covers all the problem.