Help buying '03 Astra

[BEK-46P]

Guys, got a lady friend of mine interested in buying an Astra. Her budget is $14,000, so she's probably gotta settle for the previous shape.

Anyone come across any good deals lately?

[USC]

Can`t you get an AH CD for that much money? The TS is worth about 7k now.

[tomtom]

Can`t you get an AH CD for that much money? The TS is worth about 7k now.

You sure can. You can buy the AH CDX for that money.

[cdti]

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/results.aspx?tabID=304727&keywords=&No=450&Nne=15&sid=11AFE423D99D&tsrc=allcarhome&N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965857%20 4294965856%20898&Qpb=true&Ns=pCar_PriceSort_Decimal%7C1%7C%7CpCar_RankSort_I nt32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Model _String%7C0

Start looking from about page 31. Negotiate anything from $16,500 ish down to 14 and below.

What are they after? Man/auto? 3dr, 5dr, wagon, sedan?

[rjastra]

Steer her towards a 2.2L version. THis will save her the cost and hassles of future cambelt changes. This seems to be the single biggest issue people have with Astras. Also, the 2.2L versions get bigger brakes that seem to reduced the number of issues people seem to have with Astra brakes (rotor and pad changes)