Well, I did it...I never thought I would, but today I traded in my 2004 Cooper...

Meet my 2008 Saturn Astra!





It's got a whopping 79 miles on it right now, but I think it'll be a worthy successor to my beloved MINI.

 

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo.



Let us know how it works out for you.

 

those are nice! I've looked at them some myself. Good luck with the Astra!

 

Your new Saturn is painted quite a colour! Hope you enjoy it.

 

Congrats, that's quite a sharp-looking car. How about a review and comparison with your MINI?

 

sad u left us....

 

No offense, but the interior of that Saturn looks rather plain and cold. How does it actually "feel" ? You know... how some cars when you get in them must feel like they make the driver feel like an integrated part of the car and some of them make you feel like you're stranger on a foreign planet.

The exterior... not too bad. Decent styling.

Hope you enjoy it !

 

Somehow, I doubt it.

 

Yeeeech! Welcome to Dull.

 

What. No Speedo?

 

you will be back! Enjoy the new ride for a while

 

did you know that the astra is made by opel, vauxhall, holden and now saturn. but the cooper (s) is just made by MINI. food for thought; good luck

 

 

and then u will miss MINI anf come back

 

See ya. Enjoy the Saturn Astra forums.

 

In Europe the Asta is a family hatch, mostly sold as a 5-door to young families and nowadays often dismal powered.

The Mini lives in a totally different segment, it occupies a premium super-mini place in the market.

Essentially moving from the Mini to the Astra is a market segment jump, sort of up in size, but fairly down in quality / image.

Stick around, let us know how you get on though !

 

 

Looks about as exciting as my fridge

 

If Saturn turns out a Redline edition (260 hp turbo 4 from the Cobalt SS), then I'd be more inclined to consider one. I like the design, though. Hope you enjoy it!

 

this is a joke, correct?

 

i saw your post on Vortex. enjoy the new car.

 

Thrillhouse that looks like a nice car. I see the fact that it is a rebadged Opel Astra as a definate plus. I wouldn't trade my MINI for one, but that was your choice & I'm OK with it.

Happy Opel motoring.

 

Yeah. Hope you'll be happy. I'm sure it's a fine car. Will be hard to recognize you for a wave. Sorry.

 

Not a bad car for someone sizing up! I actually like the car and it's a good step for the General!

 

not my taste in cars but GL with it. I imagine the engine sounds like this when it takes off..."boooooooooooooooooooooorrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing" :D