Converted Opel fan

[Apex]

Hi all from sunny Auckland ;)

Really pleased I found this site, have found a few in the UK but they don’t speak Australasian.

Just purchased a new Astra Sri Turbo, being a huge Toyota fan this was a big step for me.
Toyota New Zealand currently offers nothing decent for under 40k.

Sold my 01 Toyota Altezza, and have spent the last two months trying to find a replacement vehicle for under $40k, narrowed it down to the Astra, the Accord Euro and the Cleo Sport…Astra had the best of both these cars and more!

Have been intrigued by Opel vehicles since I saw a Astra GSi as a kid, and always admired the legendary Lotus Carlton.

Being new to these cars so I am hoping it will serve me well, have been told by a few people it will fall apart, but hey I can put up with the odd fault if it means I’ll be driving something a bit different.

Thanks Graham.

[EL BURITO]

another Turbo from NZ

[EL BURITO]

sorry hello and wat colour

[R3N]

Good choice... very nice cars... shouldn't be any problems considering its brand new and has factory warranty.

Oh and welcome to the site, very jealous!:D

[InsaneAsylum]

kia ora bro :)

does your sri turbo have a rotor in it :D

[oneightoo]

dammit, more kiwi's!! jks :D:D

welcome to the site mate..

tell your friends they know bugger all about cars.. your astra will serve you well.. it's a very well built car..

[Apex]

Thanks for the welcoming.

Will be fitting the 12a peripheral port on the weekend.:p

Its black, opted for wheel lock nuts and tinted windows.

First steep, ECU tuning.

[InsaneAsylum]

Thanks for the welcoming.

Will be fitting the 12a peripheral port on the weekend.:p

Its black, opted for wheel lock nuts and tinted windows.

First steep, ECU tuning.

silver fern airbrushing?? :)

[btm]

welcome to the site graham!

[lowey22]

welcome mate :)

bloodly kiwi jokes. hey, do NZ have jokes about Australians like we do for you?

[InsaneAsylum]

yeah i've heard this one from kiwis "every time a kiwi comes over to australia it raises the IQ of both countries"

i just reply with "there's an aussie in NZ, walking down the road, he sees some movement in the bushes, so he looks and finds a kiwi shagging a sheep. the aussie looks at the kiwi and says, hey mate back home we shear those bastartds. the kiwi replies with, wull i'm not shearin thus bastard wuth inabody"

[oneightoo]

lol do you know jake the muss?

chur bro..

[InsaneAsylum]

lol do you know jake the muss?

chur bro..

no but i know dr rupata from shortland street

[InsaneAsylum]

and sir howard morrison

[nz-sri]

congats mate glad you got the car in the end :)

bah wont fall aprt i had my old 2.2 TS sri for 4 years and did 80k in it no dramas , the new ones are much better put together


hey if you can find any body over here that remaps Astra ECu's give me a yell as i would be keen ,cant find any body yet but will keep looking

[InsaneAsylum]

have you tried looking on the southside of the bombays? :D

[Apex]

Hi all, what a reception.

Would give you Australians some crap but think I may be out numbered some how, will let the All Blacks show you all an Australian joke on Saturday night;) .

RE; Kiwi-Sri, I know exactly where we can go to get the re-maps done, they did a chip in my (supercharged) IS200.

Apparently we can Flash tune the ECU in the Astra as it runs a modern Bosh system, am told he will provide some kind of controller to switch from a modified map back to standard and vice versa to ensure we have no warranty hassles.

Will keep you updated.

[btm]

Would give you Australians some crap but think I may be out numbered some how, will let the All Blacks show you all an Australian joke on Saturday night;)
i think its going to be a lot closer game than everyone believes...

only time will tell!!