OldFart
25th February 2014, 11:58 PM
G'day all.
Just introducing myself as a new member. I drive a 2002 TS Astra CDX hatch and I must say it's been the best car I've owned. It's just clocked up 195,000 Km's and has been very reliable so far.
I've always had it serviced at the dealer as I'm more at home working with computers and timber but now I'm starting to do some of the service work myself. My son is very keen on cars and spends a lot of time tinkering with his S13 Silvia project. I think this has rubbed off to me as I'm now looking to do some of my own tinkering. Either that or it's part of my ongoing mid-life crisis :smile5:
I'm OK with the basic stuff (oil change etc) but I'm now venturing into possibly attempting brake pad changes and maybe even rotors. I did notice today while doing the 195,000K service that the rear pads are getting low and will need to be done soon. I do have a workshop manual which is going to come in handy as well.
So....I pretty much joined this forum to gain knowledge about tinkering/servicing and to maybe get to a stage where I can share this knowledge with other "newbies" like myself. I'd like to hang on to my Astra as I really enjoy driving it but also try and keep the $$$ under control by doing some of the stuff myself. You never know, I might just get the bug for custom mods or other fun stuff.
Cheers!
Just introducing myself as a new member. I drive a 2002 TS Astra CDX hatch and I must say it's been the best car I've owned. It's just clocked up 195,000 Km's and has been very reliable so far.
I've always had it serviced at the dealer as I'm more at home working with computers and timber but now I'm starting to do some of the service work myself. My son is very keen on cars and spends a lot of time tinkering with his S13 Silvia project. I think this has rubbed off to me as I'm now looking to do some of my own tinkering. Either that or it's part of my ongoing mid-life crisis :smile5:
I'm OK with the basic stuff (oil change etc) but I'm now venturing into possibly attempting brake pad changes and maybe even rotors. I did notice today while doing the 195,000K service that the rear pads are getting low and will need to be done soon. I do have a workshop manual which is going to come in handy as well.
So....I pretty much joined this forum to gain knowledge about tinkering/servicing and to maybe get to a stage where I can share this knowledge with other "newbies" like myself. I'd like to hang on to my Astra as I really enjoy driving it but also try and keep the $$$ under control by doing some of the stuff myself. You never know, I might just get the bug for custom mods or other fun stuff.
Cheers!