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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

2150.0. "ASTRA BELMONT (Any Info)" by KIRKTN::DRANKIN (DOUG) Sat Sep 18 1993 17:42

    
    I Have recently purchased a J` registered Vauxhall Astra Belmont(old
    shape)and have looked through all the Astra notes.....There seems to
    be no mention of any Astra Belmonts at all..
    Is their anybody out there who has got a Astra Belmont that could give 
    me any more information on the car.....
    
                                         Dougie.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2150.1		COMICS::FISCHER	I can always sleep standing up	`Mon Sep 20 1993 10:01`	7
	I used to have a Belmont GLSi (D reg). What kind of info are you after? Ian
2150.2	Any information that may be useful	KIRKTN::DRANKIN	DOUG	`Tue Sep 21 1993 05:47`	6
	Any information related to the car would be great,any problems that you may have had with the car,that i could look out for.... Road handling,cost of repairs etc.... Dougie..
2150.3		COMICS::FISCHER	I can always sleep standing up	`Tue Sep 21 1993 10:03`	21
	It was a few years back now, but as I remember, I bought the car with about 65,000 miles on the clock. I had no mechanical failures as far as I can remember (nothing of any great expense anyway!) until the car had done 98,000 miles. I came out to the car one morning and found oil all over the road. The dipstick was pushed up about two inches and oil had been pushed up through the tube. I took it to the garage and they said the everything was blocked and pressure had built up inside. I had two options, a engine strip down and rebuild, or a new engine, neither of which was worth the money for a car with that many miles on. I traded it in for 1k. It was the 1.8 GLSi, so (compared with the Astra 1.3 I had previously) performance was very good. Handling was good about from a slight torque steer. Ian The paintwork was pretty poor - flaky around the back of the roof and around the sunroof and the paint on the bonnet had faded quite badly.
2150.4	Don`t get a tow bar.....	KIRKTN::GMOORE	Some days are better than others	`Tue Sep 21 1993 17:11`	3
	My mate had a sxi i think his main problem was that the engine blew up after towing his caravan for a fortnight around britain.
2150.5	SXi vs Fiesta XRTi...	PAKORA::DRANKIN	DOUG	`Wed Sep 22 1993 01:58`	7
	Thanks for the info.....It has only done 14000 miles so it should last a wee while yet.... As for the Sxi,Gav you don`t have any mates..... Maddog..
2150.6	Towing, no problem.	CMOTEC::JASPER		`Mon Sep 27 1993 14:24`	9
	...I had a 1800 glsi & towed a HEAVY caravan all over Europe. No probs AT ALL save for soft suspension at the rear which sagged when the caravan was hooked up. I also had two bikes on the boot & a windsurfer on the roof. But the soft suspension is by design & not a fault. My neighbours got the car now & like me, he has had no significant problems. Its D-reg & still in super shape after 90,000 miles. Tony.