Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8

When I first stepped into this cocoon, a feeling of complete safe race mode came over me. With the most comfortable driver’s seat, it was almost like they had tailored a bucket seat to cradle my personal behind! A black and grey sporty, stylish interior and a steering wheel that fit like a glove, just staring me in the face was a set of oval fast and furious style dials which really didn’t need to have Speedo digits, just 0-faster! The only thing that lowered my revs was the burnt orange colour display to let you know what station you were tuning into. A big dash board and restricted but enough clear viewing in the rear window, touch sensitive indicators and a hand brake and gear knob you could fondle all day, this nothing but boy/girl racer SRi was ready to be put to the test.

As the Astra idled, a nice but quiet hum from the exhaust could be heard, easily slipping into first, the gear change is so precise, like a hot knife through butter, pulling you into gear right through to fifth. With a nice injection of torque and a huge magnet of ground pulling stability, the only thing that was missing was my race helmet to match this head turning beast, sitting on 18” with big chunky tires this 126HP Sri definitely gets two thumbs up from me!
Danielle J. Christie