Hi from Sydney

[mattav]

Hi everyone,

My names Matt, been browsing for a few months & thought i'd say hi

Picked up my first ever new car just over a week ago now an Opel Astra Sport, very happy with it!

After comparing a lot of different cars & price ranges for about 6 months I settled on the Astra, there's not many new sports left & had to search everywhere to get one that had every option, looked like the last one was in Brisbane & was the colour I was after. Jumped at the opportunity & drove it home over the long weekend just gone, great road trip!

First things first, need tints ASAP.

Anyone around the Northern Beaches feel free to say hi, havent seen one of these around here yet.

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[faneca]

Welcome along mate! Good lookinh car! Much planned for it after tint?

[dutchy]

Welcome Matt

[guy 27]

Welcome to oa

[adam_92]

Welcome to opelaus

[mickos]

G'day mate
Lots of creature comforts

[Shadow110]

Welcome!

[mattav]

Thanks everyone

faneca, not planning on alot, its a creature comfort cruiser (like Mickos said) more than anything but will be wanting to unleash abit more performance when i've done a few more kms (ecu upgrade) to make it abit more lively to drive & some small cosmetics down the track.

[legsmatty]

Hi Matt,

I've got the same car as you (no flex-ride though), in auto, and silver. It's a sensational car that I'm very happy with. I've had mine for about 9 months now and have observed a few things:
- the AFL headlights are simply sensational! Though I leave the auto high beam function off as it becomes a bit annoying.
- the windscreen washer bottle could be bigger as it's also used for headlight washing. I'm usually filling it up every 3 weeks or so.
- the engine has noticeably better performance on 98 RON, to the point where that's all I use now.
- with a mix of about 50:50 freeway/urban driving, and with a fairly heavy foot, my overall average so far is 9.0l/100.
- the auto transmission has a few quirks that you learn to drive around. Though it's still quite annoying in crawling stop-start traffic.

Otherwise, it's a great car and I love driving it. The seats are also supremely comfortable.

Hope you're enjoying your so far. Would be interested to hear your thoughts on it.

Cheers
Matt


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[mattav]

Hey legsmatty, agree with you there, its a great car for the money! the AFL is really awesome, especially on these dark nights, they really live upto their description I read on them, the swiveling around the corners, the parking/corner/reverse assist lights are so helpful at night & the different width & height beam spread/throw across the road at different speeds is amazing to watch. And the seats, so comfy & love them being heated especially at the moment, they heat up real quick

Flexride is really good, it changes the characteristics of the car so much in sport or tour mode, sport in manual mode is the pick, the throlle is so responsive & steeing weighted alot better. Can be a little firm over Sydney's bad roads in sports but nothing worse than i've had before.

I've only used BP Ultimate since I got the car with 28kms on it, im on 2,500 now & my overall average since new is 9.5L (50/50 freeway to urban, sedate to lead foot) not bad.. hoping it'll go down abit when the motor full free's up some more..

The auto isnt as intuitive as alot of the new DSG's (but also less worry or maintenance problem and costs down the track!) There is a tune available i've inquired about specific to our car that improves shiftpoints, pausing/delays etc.. I'm not sure I want to do it while the car is in warranty but it does sound appealing, message me if you like and i'll send you the details.