Poor car design

Gloomendoom

AdrianC wrote: »

Never had a problem with any of the four CXs I owned...

I did. I found it pretty much impossible to remove the filter on it's own from underneath. The only way I could do it was to remove the whole housing from above... and hope those pesky O rings didn't drop off when it was being put back.

N9eav

N9eav wrote: »

Anyone got a new Astra? Our work bought a fleet of them.... Just a few annoying things;
When you release the handbrake you almost always squash your fingers against the centre consol.
When lowering the drivers seat with the lever you pinch you fingers against the side of the seat.
Maybe common to other cars, but the handbrake design is such that if you drive the car hard (police car for example) then stop at your destination and apply the handbrake. The brake disks cool and the handbrake no longer holds the car. Unless you leave it in gear, naturally. (Or HQ say, apply the foot brake before applying the handbrake)
These are aggravating things encountered everyday by driver.


You would think that the designer when releasing the handbrake or seat would go 'ouch', we ought to re-design that.... Nah it's only a Vauxhall.

Does anyone with an Astra as above


Find that when you are in reverse gear and pull it out and in to first (you hear the click of the reverse lifter) but pull away to find you are still in reverse?