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Hi everyone I have recently bought a 1.4 astra es 2010 model does anyone have any experience of these points
1. I have never owned a vauxhall although its a petrol engine does it have a deeper diesel like sounding engine? Its only done 33k
2. Having drove to the lakes in it last week I was a bit taken back by how flat as a pancake it appears on and form of gradient. The kirkstone pass I sounded like I killed it and when I saw a citroen c1 climb up faster than me I was a bit concerned
Many thanks
1. I have never owned a vauxhall although its a petrol engine does it have a deeper diesel like sounding engine? Its only done 33k
2. Having drove to the lakes in it last week I was a bit taken back by how flat as a pancake it appears on and form of gradient. The kirkstone pass I sounded like I killed it and when I saw a citroen c1 climb up faster than me I was a bit concerned
Many thanks
Well if it’s not a turbo, it takes 13 seconds to reach 60 so it would struggle up a hill especially as modern cars are geared highly
Two reasons the C1 might have “gone up faster”
1) much lighter car with similar amounts of power. 300-400kg less with the same amounts of power
2) the C1 was in a lower gear.
In addition, assuming you have an NA astra, it will be quite flat in the mid range of the rev band and will not have a lot of low end grunt either. If you’re coming from a series of turbocharged diesel vehicles then this will be a shock to you. In turbo diesels the power and torque is available at a much lower point in the rev band. Naturally you tend to short shift to make the most of this. In your new petrol Astra, you will need to rev it out to be able to make the most of that wheezy engine. Going up the hill you probably were sitting in too high of a gear treating your car like a diesel and the engine was not able to find any power to accelerate hard.
Two reasons the C1 might have “gone up faster”
1) much lighter car with similar amounts of power. 300-400kg less with the same amounts of power
2) the C1 was in a lower gear.
In addition, assuming you have an NA astra, it will be quite flat in the mid range of the rev band and will not have a lot of low end grunt either. If you’re coming from a series of turbocharged diesel vehicles then this will be a shock to you. In turbo diesels the power and torque is available at a much lower point in the rev band. Naturally you tend to short shift to make the most of this. In your new petrol Astra, you will need to rev it out to be able to make the most of that wheezy engine. Going up the hill you probably were sitting in too high of a gear treating your car like a diesel and the engine was not able to find any power to accelerate hard.
I've experienced a 1.4 Mk5 (H) Astra and it was so slow I did not enjoy driving it with 3 adults. Reasonable economy but no power and was effort to keep up to 60-70.
If yours is a Mk6 (J), which is the bloatiest Astra made, it will be worse I'm afraid. I was surprised they even made a 1.4 N/A Mk6.
Either that or you have a fault if it's the very nice turbo version (~150BHP).
If yours is a Mk6 (J), which is the bloatiest Astra made, it will be worse I'm afraid. I was surprised they even made a 1.4 N/A Mk6.
Either that or you have a fault if it's the very nice turbo version (~150BHP).
Oliver0805 said:
I have never owned a vauxhall although its a petrol engine does it have a deeper diesel like sounding engine? Its only done 33k
A colleague of mine bought a Vauxhall Meriva a few years ago, brand new, and I upset her by asking if it was a diesel when she started it up. It was a pretty coarse, rattly old thing, so it could quite possibly be TADTS.Gassing Station | VX | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff