mrbe
9th October 2010, 02:17 PM
In the space of 3 weeks, my wife went from seeing an AH coupe in a local dealer and saying "That looks ok", to now owning one bought from interstate. It was delivered last night by a car carrier to a dealer for the rego to be converted and a service before we drive it. She's very excited.
I used the site heaps in those 3 weeks to research what to look out for. Thanks guys. Now that we're owners, I've joined to stay in the loop.
My mum's owned a couple of Astras (the TR was a piece of sh^t that I couldn't talk her out of buying). The TS has been trouble free other than the in-built ignition barrel drama and the timing belt maintenance costs. My 90 year-old grandmother has a 2001 TS with 31K and it has been trouble-free also, but (fortunately) it gets next to no use which helps its longevity.
The announcement of Opel returning to Australia is great news. It should help with resale on all our cars and give us hope of new cars in the future.
The family car is a 2004 Subaru Outback 3.0R that we bought as a demo with 2K on the clock. It has 110K on it now and had the front diff bearing replaced last week - the joys of AWD ownership. It will get replaced in the next year or two.... a 2012 VXR AWD Insignia perhaps :)
I used the site heaps in those 3 weeks to research what to look out for. Thanks guys. Now that we're owners, I've joined to stay in the loop.
My mum's owned a couple of Astras (the TR was a piece of sh^t that I couldn't talk her out of buying). The TS has been trouble free other than the in-built ignition barrel drama and the timing belt maintenance costs. My 90 year-old grandmother has a 2001 TS with 31K and it has been trouble-free also, but (fortunately) it gets next to no use which helps its longevity.
The announcement of Opel returning to Australia is great news. It should help with resale on all our cars and give us hope of new cars in the future.
The family car is a 2004 Subaru Outback 3.0R that we bought as a demo with 2K on the clock. It has 110K on it now and had the front diff bearing replaced last week - the joys of AWD ownership. It will get replaced in the next year or two.... a 2012 VXR AWD Insignia perhaps :)