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[STEMO]

Within a week or so you'll be posting an advert  for another dreary derv estate.

Then you'll calm down a bit......then a week later you'll become bored and post another Autotrader advert.

Yep 
At least I won't ask you to guess the price of each car I post up 

[STEMO]

Anyway....told you.....I'm not thinking about it any more. No, sir 

[Raeturbo]

And why don’t you trade the Astra in for  the new car the mrs is having better than scrapping it👍

[STEMO]

And why don’t you trade the Astra in for  the new car the mrs is having better than scrapping it👍

I'm not thinking about it, Rae, but thank you. 

[STEMO]

And why don’t you trade the Astra in for  the new car the mrs is having better than scrapping it👍

Just seen on the telly, that Welsh git Michael Sheen is giving a million pounds away. Maybe he'll buy me a car, if I ask very nicely 

[TheBoy]

It could be that it's a bit low and the cold affects the volume enough to upset it. Might be worth topping it up...

Suspect more likely badly stored pigs piss from a garage, so it would have degraded badly.

Eff off, you, and take your car for a swim 

I'm gonna be less gun-ho going through minor puddles now

[Raeturbo]

And why don’t you trade the Astra in for  the new car the mrs is having better than scrapping it👍

Just seen on the telly, that Welsh git Michael Sheen is giving a million pounds away. Maybe he'll buy me a car, if I ask very nicely 

                 Worth a try

[Doctor Gollum]

He's a very nice chap, if a bit scruffy around the edges

[ronnyd]

And why don’t you trade the Astra in for  the new car the mrs is having better than scrapping it👍

Just seen on the telly, that Welsh git Michael Sheen is giving a million pounds away. Maybe he'll buy me a car, if I ask very nicely 

I was reading about that. He has actually bought 1 million pounds worth of debt for £100k, which in itself is very laudable. It seems that the Debt recovery firms who buy the debts from the banks or other sources try to get as much as they can from the debtor. The longer this goes on them not receiving any settlement, they over a period of time offer lower and lower settlement figures until they either give up or let the debt be paid off for figure of around the 10% of the original debt. Wonder how much they initially buy the debt for in the first place. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Pennies on the pound. They won't be losing out.

[STEMO]

Picked my son up from the train station to take him for a dental appointment. On the way there is a steepish hill from a roundabout, the speed limit goes from 30 to 60 and everyone accelerates up the hill in a show of relief. I noticed the engine was revving higher than usual and didn't seem to want to change up. I pushed it into manual and the arrow on the dash was telling me to change up from 4th to 5th, but it wouldn't. Just revving away in 4th. Once we got back on the flat, it seemed to behave normally, it just felt like it was slipping going uphill.
I'm not prepared to spend money on a gearbox service, so do I footle around until I'm ready to buy something different or do I bite the bullet?

There is nothing decent, diesel and auto, around for around £10K, which is all I want to spend 

Gearbox is electric/electronic fault. My old astra had similar, but different.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Picked my son up from the train station to take him for a dental appointment. On the way there is a steepish hill from a roundabout, the speed limit goes from 30 to 60 and everyone accelerates up the hill in a show of relief. I noticed the engine was revving higher than usual and didn't seem to want to change up. I pushed it into manual and the arrow on the dash was telling me to change up from 4th to 5th, but it wouldn't. Just revving away in 4th. Once we got back on the flat, it seemed to behave normally, it just felt like it was slipping going uphill.
I'm not prepared to spend money on a gearbox service, so do I footle around until I'm ready to buy something different or do I bite the bullet?

There is nothing decent, diesel and auto, around for around £10K, which is all I want to spend 

Gearbox is electric/electronic fault. My old astra had similar, but different.

How do you know?  Have you read the codes? 

Turn it off and on again. That should sort it!                                                     

[Doctor Gollum]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search

Nope, no decent diesel auto estates for less than £10k. Zero, nada, zip...

[STEMO]

Picked my son up from the train station to take him for a dental appointment. On the way there is a steepish hill from a roundabout, the speed limit goes from 30 to 60 and everyone accelerates up the hill in a show of relief. I noticed the engine was revving higher than usual and didn't seem to want to change up. I pushed it into manual and the arrow on the dash was telling me to change up from 4th to 5th, but it wouldn't. Just revving away in 4th. Once we got back on the flat, it seemed to behave normally, it just felt like it was slipping going uphill.
I'm not prepared to spend money on a gearbox service, so do I footle around until I'm ready to buy something different or do I bite the bullet?

There is nothing decent, diesel and auto, around for around £10K, which is all I want to spend 

Gearbox is electric/electronic fault. My old astra had similar, but different.

How do you know?  Have you read the codes? 

Turn it off and on again. That should sort it!                                                     

That's exactly how I know 
Turning it off and on again sorts it 

[STEMO]

My old astra used to hold on to the gears for too long first thing in the morning, no matter what the out side temperature. Drive a mile, off and on, sorted.
This one won't change up, even manually. Switch off and on, sorted.