Another crazy thought enters my head...

ajgoodfellow · 30 Apr 2006 at 18:54

[TW]Fox said:
The MKIV Astra is not a good handling car, infact, it's quite rubbish...

...except in SRi and GSi form. It's actually not that bad.

Where did you get that from?

What Car states that the handling is very good, second only to the Focus

[TW]Fox · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:02

ajgoodfellow said:
Where did you get that from?

From bodyrolling my way around a roundabout in an Astra Club?

ajgoodfellow · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:11

Perhaps Euro spec cars are different?

I just had a basic 1.4 LS and that handled rather well. Perhaps it had poor tyres? (That would cause understeer more than body roll though I'd have thought)

[TW]Fox · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:53

ajgoodfellow said:
I just had a basic 1.4 LS and that handled rather well.

It was your first car, of course it handled well.

I thought my Xantia was a handling demon. On reflection, it... really wasnt

Ev0 · 30 Apr 2006 at 19:58

[TW]Fox said:
It was your first car, of course it handled well.

I thought my Xantia was a handling demon. On reflection, it... really wasnt

My B reg Fiesta was quite Caterham like when I had it

Ev0 · 1 May 2006 at 00:19

Hmm a trip to Japan has just been arranged so think this has gone out the window.

Still, 8 weeks time two weeks in the land of the rising sun

Matt82 · 1 May 2006 at 10:42

seems that the general concensus is that the astras are dogs. i had one as a courtesy car once whilst mine was in for servicing. it was frustrating to drive. gearbox, steering, pedal lay out all felt half-arsed.

there is no point asking us though. get to a dealer and drive one for yourself. see what YOU think as its you buying it lol

panthro · 1 May 2006 at 10:51

I wouldnt be able to go from a RS clio to an astra Mk4. The handling downgrade would depress me too much.

wassap · 1 May 2006 at 11:01

It would be interesting to see how good the handling is on the gsi astra, i have (well did) a hire, its only a 1.4, but apart from it being damn slow, the chassis is excellent, very much on a par with the current focus imo, unfortunately it got broken into, now i have a 307 HDI, can anyone say sea sickness!

In the interim period i did have a KA best little car fun i have since a mini.