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[jerry]

I really like our new Astra sports tourer (thats estate  to you lot). A 2lt CDI autobox she has plenty of poke -if not as quick off the mark as the omega-and as an sri has some nice touches like ambient lighting around the gear lever. I know all small estates these days are pretty much the same style wise in order to avoid the old boxy look, but its a good looking car and looks smart in the carbon black .The problem with black though is that it quickly gets to look dusty so I cleaned it the other day and I was doing the alloys and already there are parts where they are flaking and blistering. Its only got about 900 miles on the clock!! Luckily its a lease car, and though we'll report it, its not  particularly a problem. If I'd just bought one for the amount of money they cost new Id be seriously p*ssed off though. If this is what has happened after just a month or so , what will they be like in a few years?

[aaronjb]

A generation of Toyota alloys were just as bad - all of them on the MR2 from 2000-2006 would blister in months; it seems the finish is pretty poor on a lot now and as soon as moisture gets through the paint they start to blister and flake

[tunnie]

Cost savings these days, 130k alloys on FatherT's 2.2 are look like new 

[TheBoy]

TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months

[tunnie]

TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months

Yes but thats your fault for buying chav-stars 

[TheBoy]

TBE's have been refurbed twice in the last nine months

Yes but thats your fault for buying chav-stars 

But they are chavtastic

[2boxerdogs]

Both sets are mint on mine proud to say, not even kerbed..Likewise with the 55 plate Terracan

[bored bigyin54]

the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega

[dbug]

the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega

Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size

[symes]

the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega

Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size

and made in same factory then have different badges put on 

[jerry]

Apart from the centre covers  the alloys on the omega are really good, no flaking, no blistering and thats on a 1998 car with 190k on the clock so to say I was a bit disappointed with he state of the Astra's would be an understatement...

[05omegav6]

the new astra est pulled up next to me in a supermarket . i thought it was the insignia untill i looked at the back and it said astra . it had a 6 speed auto box on it the guy said . its to big for an astra was as long as the omega

Fraid all new cars will not only soon look the same, but will all be the same size

and made in same factory then have different badges put on 

No joke The new Frod Transhit is based on the Hy-and-dry i800

Saw the two parked together earlier, same lights, same interior, same stoopid size...

To misquote a famous telecoms slogan:

The future's bleak. The future's beige

Ps. Frod can't paint wheels for toffee either, but at least Toyota pretended to be embarrassed about having to replace all four wheels on my mums 6 month old Rav4 back in 2003