Comments on: 2007 Holden Astra Twin Top review

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:53:50 +0000

i was given one of these twin top astras as my 21st present from my parents and i have had NOTHING but trouble with it. The roof is constantly breaking requiring parts to be replaced left right and centre. it has become nothing but a burden and a worry for me. this is a very expensive car to maintain and run. iv had it a yr and already looking at trading to a different car all together. Holden in genral from the begining have given me nothing but trouble and are unwilling to fix the issue. it has gone back to the dealer 9 times in one year…slightly unacceptable. my advise is to avoid all holdens all together now that they are being made in asian countries…..poor car, poor move.

By: Simone

Simone — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:31:16 +0000

Well i just bought the convertible astra few months ago and i LOVE IT..lets face it if your going to buy a convertible and your a woman you dont care about the ins and outs of how it works or what engine it has blah blah blah…it just has to look good..lol…seriously im really happy…drives well…great on fuel and looks great

By: Stephen Garang Ajith Ajith Dhiel

Stephen Garang Ajith Ajith Dhiel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:15:40 +0000

Dear Sir/Madam
I want to buy the car please that is why Iam asking you to sent me the price of it, and type is shown in the website of google. the white car.

By: AstraTwintopper

AstraTwintopper — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:48:08 +0000

The Astra Twintop offers a much better ride than the Ford, Renault or Peugeot and its looks by far and away top the Eos.

The Twintop comes with a powerful 2.2l and it does have a long list of features which are not available in a base model Astra. The extra $20,000 is well worth it, the car looks like a european sports coupe with the top up and a luxury convertible with the top down.

It also has another model behind it which has a good reputation and has held its resale value well. If youre looking for a fun car and safe buy, go the ASTRA!!

By: Matt2

Matt2 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:22:41 +0000

The indicators work just like an E90 3 Series BMW that I have driven. Assuming the stalk is on the left hand side as most euro cars are, and you push down to turn left as you say, if you push beyond the detent (or pressure point) it will flash indefinitely until A) it self-cancels by removing steering lock coming out of the left-hander or B) PUSHING DOWN ON THE STALK AGAIN. Most people make the mistake of moving the stalk UP (i.e. right turn) to try and cancel the indicator but this just sets the right blinker going instead, because as you say the stalk returns to the home position. You get used to it after a while but in essence it is counter-intuitive because if anyone has been driving a “normal” car for any period of time they will have become accustomed to moving the stalk opposite to the direction of intended indication, instead of in the SAME DIRECTION, which is how you manually cancel indicators in cars like this.

By: Karl Peskett

Karl Peskett — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:56:53 +0000

Tuffguy, thanks. But I’m not sure your blond wife would appreciate that.

It is actually only 3 times that it blinks, and what if the corner has a wide radius, so that it doesn’t self cancel? I stick by my statement and believe there was no need to engineer it like that. But yes, you do get used to it.

Dieselhead, thanks too. The 2.0TDI Eos though isn’t that much more expensive. It starts at $47,990. I know which I’d rather…

By: woz

woz — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:46:09 +0000

Thats right Myke, Astra is crap – Focus is great, you have a problem with that, I’m not obsessed ford fan these are facts based on me driving the latest Astra and Focus models, I could go into detail but it’s easier to be blunt.

By: Myke

Myke — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:37:41 +0000

That is exactly what an obsessed Ford-fan would say. The Focus does drive better then the Astra but it is not at all uncomfortable and its build quality isn’t ‘below par’. Looks are subjective but IMO there is nothing wrong with the Astra’s appearance.

By: woz

woz — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:43:38 +0000

Ford Foccus is a much better car than Astra, build quality of the Astra is below par, still under powered, uncomfortable, bland to look at and they are plainly s**t to drive…

By: Dieselhead

Dieselhead — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:45:45 +0000

Karl – the hairdressers bit refers to the fact that a lot of less expensive soft tops cars are driven by hairdressers in the UK, they are cheap posuers cars. It has nothinf to do with wind in the hair mate. Toyota\’s MR2 was always their favourite.

VW\’s softy is better styled but mush more expensive. Vx\’s has got to be the nicest looking and best value for money.