getting astra twintop tomoz,any good?

**pogo** · 12th May 2011, 23:12

well going back too having convertible and we are trading the swift sport in for a very nice astra twintop 1.8 vvti design in star silver with 27k miles on it,its a cracking motor with good spec and drives very nice indeed ,has anyone owned one? if so how did they find it? we had alot of probs with our previous convertible a volkswagen eos 2.0 fsi sport and im hoping the$ astra turns out to be more reliable with none of the probs we had with eos

**hoochydady** · 12th May 2011, 23:38

hi mate my bro had 1 i had a lone of it for a week good cars and nice bit of sun you will love it lol just make sure the roof works all ok and no noises from it

**Keif** · 13th May 2011, 22:14

Also make sure the roof is dry before retracting it. (sun after a down poor).

My mate works at my local dealer as a salesman, went out to drop the roof, it was still wet from a small shower, he got alot of water down his back, due to how the roof folds.

As already said, check the roof is quiet when going up or down, they can stick.

**chewy71** · 14th May 2011, 13:21

you need to get a colour which matches your lipstick!

**pogo** · 14th May 2011, 14:00

Originally Posted by chewy71

you need to get a colour which matches your lipstick!

aye very good mate

its the wifes car ive got vectra elite turbo, do i need matching lipstick for that too

they are both star silver btw!

**DaveDempsey** · 14th May 2011, 14:39

Make sure the roof is fully operational and works as it should. If they go faulty they can be troublesome & expensive to repair. And as Keif said if the roofs wet when its getting put down the chances are you/car interior will get dripped on due to being a 3-piece folding roof.

Generally speaking though the roof design is a good and reliable one, Ive only ever sold one Twintop which had roof issues, the rest never had any at all.

**pogo** · 14th May 2011, 15:04

Originally Posted by DaveDempsey

Make sure the roof is fully operational and works as it should. If they go faulty they can be troublesome & expensive to repair. And as Keif said if the roofs wet when its getting put down the chances are you/car interior will get dripped on due to being a 3-piece folding roof.

Generally speaking though the roof design is a good and reliable one, Ive only ever sold one Twintop which had roof issues, the rest never had any at all.

cheers for that dave i appreciate info coming from someone who knows these cars in and out,the roof definately seems fine mind you poxy scottish weather is preventing it from opening lol

**Steven** · 14th May 2011, 15:23

Still changing your cars more than your drawers

**pogo** · 14th May 2011, 15:28

Originally Posted by Steven

Still changing your cars more than your drawers

will need too stop now as ive found the perfect motor in the vectra big guy hee hee

**hoochydady** · 14th May 2011, 16:30

oft pogo its just windy lol ok im going to say what gets my goat the 1s you see driving about with the roofs still up in a very very good day the amount of 1s i have seen over the last month-2 when its been 20 odd celcius why buy it then dohhhhhhhhh i have never seen the point in it a small tip pogo in the bad winter months put some grease around the rubbers where the windows touch as it stops them from sticking to them mind not a petrolem based 1 but as it rots them as i said in my post make sure the roof works and dont sway from side to side as its going down as i have seen some nutcases trying to put them down when driving, less that 4-5 mph is sup to be ok but i wouldnt chance it