bigpower

Well, After persuading her to get a Ford last year ( RS2000 4x4 ) she said it would have to be something special for her to even think of selling due to growing to love the the 2000.........................








Well a car she did have her eye on was a Astra GSI Turbo, but she would only ever consider one if it had the following :

FULL HEATED LEATHER
ZENONS & HEADLIGHT WASHERS
PARKING SENSORS
ELECTRIC ROOF
ARDEN BLUE


we have only ever seen one with the bits but wasnt blue


















Anyway me been me, i was surfing the net and stumbled upon the following :

ASTRA GSI TURBO

21,000 miles

Arden blue, ew,em,es/r,a/c and all the usual gsi refinements.

£4500 of factory Extras including; full heated recaro leather,xenon headlights with washers, parking sensors,Electric sunroof, anti dazzle mirror and rain sensitive wipers. Irmscher arm rest( RARE ),grill, door pins handbrake cover and backbox.
full vauxhall service history, plus 12 extra oil changes( Fully stamped and recorded! ).

The car also has Eibach Suspension, courtney boost pipes, courtney bigger intake pipe, bailey dumpvalve.


Anyway a few phone calls later and a quick trip upto Middlesborough, the car is now sat on the drive!


Few quick pics














THE ONLY UPSETTING THING IS THE 31,000 MILE RS2000 4X4 IS GOING UP FORSALE

Diseasel

Looks nice and very well specced , not too keen on that tailpipe tho

purple_fiesta

Nice colour

bigpower

I know, it's another Irmcher item, but the original back box also came with the car. Caroline preferes the standard backbox, but i rekon a nice stainless system would go down a treat

She'll put her own stamp on it soon, but the car is minty mint

Diseasel

My mk5 Astra has the slighlty tweeked version of the same engine with a cat back exhaust and it does make a nice noise, they can be fettled with to around the 300bhp mark , but i think its a little pointless in a fwd car.

They are reliable tho , the only prob i know of is somtimes the MAF sensor can pack up on them, usually when they've been mapped to within an inch of there life.

BM08

Nice looking cars and i actually like the alloys and wouldnt change them myself, id just drop it abit

bigpower

The car is lowered 30mm now on Eibachs, this pic is the only one we've taken:



the others are by the previous owner before it was lowered.

The car sits right when you see it compared to a std one!

bigpower

Hate to upset FRS owners , but a friend who owns a FRS drove the Astra last night and said it was a far nicer car ( due to the internal luxuries ) and pulled stronger than his STD FRS



Must admit, i'd have to agree




The only thing he'd miss would be the torque steer

XRdodgybird

Good luck with it....

I had an astra 2.2 sri earlier this year... handled like a sodding boat on the motorway...... had it 3 months and absolutely HATED IT!

Vauxhalls are in no way, driver's cars......

bigpower

Ive had a Mk 4 Astra with a cailbra Turbo lump in (300BHP & AWSOME ) and ive had a 2.2 SRI ( I AGREE SHITE ), but the GSI Turbo is an awsome all rounder

If i had a choice of
FRS
ASTRA GSI TURBO
GOLF GTI TURBO

I'd have to choose the Astra and thats me saying something as two days ago i'd of said FRS everytime!

Mind you, i guess your not a proper driver if your used to the Fiesta ST

cep23

Thanks for the words XRdodgybird It was in fact driving the boyfriends old 'boats' that made me want the Astra GSi, and in my eyes, this is very much a drivers car as is all the other Vauxhall's i have owned.

I'm loving every second of it, and i can't stop smiling when i drive it, and even when i look at it. Just gutted the 2k is going to have to go

Not sure what i'm going to do with the exhaust yet

Thanks, Caroline.

maxest

iTrader: (1)

Looks stunning Caroline!!! Can't wait to have a drive!

Fastas

Nice i do like these astras

bigpower

Thanks Max, your welcome to a drive when you come over, please drive it a little more reserved than you do the Evo tho

cep23

Whoops, that was me above

M7 COS

WOW!!!

That is one good looking Astra you've got yourself there!

I think the colour is absolutely stunning!

If you ever get bored of it, I'll do you a swap deal with my Astra.





Ideally I'd want a bit of cash my way to be honest, but as you're a mate we could just do a straight swap!

Martyn

I like those GSI's, my missus has her eye on one for her next car.

You can get some decent bits for it at www.lmfvauxhall.co.uk if you werent aware of it

maxest

iTrader: (1)

James that astra is stunning!!

macker

Nice car Mate.
These are good specced cars for little money nowdays.
Best colour too

adamski frst

mate had one of these wicked cars

M7 COS

Thanks Max. Took me ages to find one this good, I really wanted it in a kind of dulling red / pink colour and this car fits the bill perfectly!

If (and that's a big if) I ever think of selling it, do you want first refusal?

RobL

nice cars these my best mates got a 03 plate one in arden blue with 13k on the clock ,he paid 14 grand for it a couple years ago
bit slow to be honest but theyre nice motors

saphlover

my old neighbour had one of those, they are good cars mate

lazy_arse_pie

great stuff , really like the gsi , and would love a its big brother the zafira gsi

massivewangers

iTrader: (1)

Not a bad motor that, always wanted a drive in one.

Not sure you could say it's not a driver's car after driving a Fiesta ST, I thought the Fiesta was dull as dishwater myself!

tessatony

iTrader: (4)

very nice

bigpower

Thanks

maxest

iTrader: (1)

First refusal to drive it into a tree???.......... YES PLEASE!

diabolic

it's alright, wouldn't mind it for a runabout car

K3V HA

Very nice cars, looks nice caroline! My mate p'xd his in about 2 months ago, with exactly the same spec (hes a sales manager at vauxhall). Only reason he swapped it is cos he got a 300bhp VXR for a very good price!

M7 COS

I'm hurt Max!!!

I'm sure you'll change your tune when you see it a few shows! She's a real beaut!

M7 COS

We're going to have to sort you out a new sig.

RS2000 out Astra GSI Turbo in?

rs shawn

Looks very tidy mate, but one question: why has it has 12 EXTRA oil changes as well as the normal servicings if the car has 21000 miles on a 52 plate? Confused..

steviecossie

always liked these cars, especially this colour

was temted to buy 1 last year at a god price

T4KAF

looks nice gsi!!!

M7 COS

Perhaps the previous owner had some kind of OCD!

cep23

James, where did you dig this post from?!!!!!

I am very tempted to do a swop, but i could only give you about 1k in swop, is that enough? I've always fancied a car that's done that higher milleage

Karl treat me, and the car to a new pressie at Christmas, my own plate!!



And no, it's not the headlights that are steamed up, my brother bought me some headlight protectors for Christmas and they steam up every time it's washed!

Yep, you've got a new job for me, could do with the Astra in the sig, but don't want to get rid of the escort

As for why the car has had so many extra oil changes i can't answer that, he must have ad OCD as James has pointed out

Thanks to all for your nice comments.

Caroline.

maxest

iTrader: (1)

Number plate looks

Did Karlos say i was in on that,, and found it cheaper than he originally did?? That boy owes me plenty of bevvys!

cep23

No Max, Karl didn't tell me you helped him on the plate, he likes to take all the glory on things I think we both owe you plenty of drinks for the amount you do for us