All the good things must come to an end. The end for my Astra, is today.
I got the car started with a help of a stranger and some cables that gave power to my car. I drove around for a bit before pulling into a gas station and shutting the car so I can put some fuel in it. When I tried to start it, it didnât start. I tried it with cables again, no luck. Pushing did the job, drove the car home, thatâs where Iâll leave it until I get it sold.
Does Finland allow you to strip cars and sell the parts? I would presume that your car is worth more money that way, and you might make enough money to buy another Astra.
There is no law that forbids me from stripping my car and selling the parts, however I am looking to get rid of that thing fast. Selling it as whole gives me less money but in a faster time.
If it makes you feel any better, I were strongly considering a base model Starlet. However it needed new summer tires and windshield. Seller wanted 1200 euros for it anyway. This mini-Lexus was only 1100!
Heated seats? Fancy, mine doesnât have those optioned even
Are you sure it doesnât have seat height adjustment? That was standard on Japanese cars since like the 80s, i have to see the levers because it cant be possible
You can only turn on left seat, or both front seats. So you canât only have right seat heater on. And according to my front passengers, the heated seats work on passenger side.
Oh yeah I donât like sedans either but as a fellow Finn I understand the pain of almost every cheap (sub 1500) car of any value being a sedan. Regarding price tho my Mercedes orb that I also panic bought in need of a cheapo car recently was just 900âŹ
@Executive In Northern Europe market cars heated seats are as standard as a blower and a radio is higher luxury so doesnât say much
Thatâs interesting, me over here in the UK getting aircon as standard equipment on my trim level of corolla but heated seats not being available, and a radio standard across base models of every car in the lineup at the time is completely different to what Northern Europeans demand over there
Hehehe, I remember when I posted my 1985 230E W123 on Retrorides back in the day, someone was very surprised that one did exist with manual windows and heated seats⌠âŚmore or less any W123 in Sweden is equipped like that so I had never thought that way.
Apparently, hot days are rarer in the far north of Europe than elsewhere on the continent (including the British Isles) - hence the lack of A/C on lower-end trims being sold there at the time.
They way you describe the Corolla as a sensible sedan makes it seem like (at least to me) that you donât like the fact that it is sensible. Some solutions to this problem include using cardboard and duct tape to create downforce, using vinyl to make some exotic leather, or pink spray paint.
Iâve seen enough Canadian cars to know that many of them got heated seats in base or low trim models while US cars only got them in top trims. I was puzzled seeing heated seats in a base trim 2012 Civic that didnât even have power locks. I forgot if it was still registered in Canada or if it had been brought down. You can just as easily register 90% of Canadian cars in the US as you would a US car, so it could be either or.
USDM Corollas of that generation never got heated seats to my knowledge, maybe Canadian ones did. But by the looks of it, it can probably be retrofitted easily.
âŚmore or less any W123 in Sweden is equipped like that so I had never thought that way. 
