The Complete Story Of The High Mileage Astra & It's Fate

The Complete Story Of The High Mileage Astra & It's Fate | Retrospective

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3 ай бұрын

Remember the old Mk4 Vauxhall/Opel Astra 1.7 LS DTI Eco 4 with 280,000 miles on the clock. A few of you have been asking about it, so here the complete story with some old footage thrown in for nostalgia's sake. Take a look at the exterior and interior detail along with the engine bay and headlight restoration.
Thank you to everyone who was there back in the day!
Links to original videos:
Complete Playlist:
• High Mileage Astra
Exterior Detail Pt 1:
• Restoring and Detailin...
Exterior Detail Pt 2:
• Restoring and Detailin...
Interior Detail:
• Detailing a 270,000 Mi...
Engine Detail:
• 275,000 Mile Astra - P...
Buying The Car For £80:
• I Bought The 280,000 M...
Scrap Yard Haul:
• £50 Of Scrapyard Bits ...
Headlight Restoration:
• How To Restore Headlig...

Пікірлер: 32

@anthonosrobertos 3 ай бұрын

I have been wondering about the fate of this car for a while, clicked immediately 👍

@joshuasprucie8933 3 ай бұрын

So sad that it was scrapped. I found your channel through that video and have been following ever since

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Yeah it was a shame, thanks for being a long term follower. It's appreciated :)

@paultucker1272 3 ай бұрын

The car and video series that bought me to your channel! Sad it appears to be end of life, but you gave it a chance!

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for being here all this time Paul. I appreciate all the comments you have left over the years. Yeah, I think the channel gave the car a couple of more years at least.

@AdamLeask 3 ай бұрын

Love a high mileage hero, especially when someone decides to do the work to keep it running. Shame that it's no longer on the road, but this was a cool trip down memory lane!

@peterowen4456 3 ай бұрын

Great video and I well remember the first detailing vids you did on that car. I'm addicted to tracking my own old cars on the DVLA website.

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm always hesitant to check my old cars out since I know most of them will be gone haha.

@nicholasdavis657 3 ай бұрын

I remember this car well from those detailing videos. Sad to see it is no longer on the road.

@jayrave4 3 ай бұрын

My introduction to the channel that exterior video! Love watching filthy old cars being detailed - bit of a fetish of mine 🤣

@simonhayes2233 3 ай бұрын

HPI shows it was scrapped 06/05/2022. Sad times 😢

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for providing the update. It's a shame.

@nizamahmed5073 3 ай бұрын

Any chance you could check what happened to my dad's MK4 astra aswell. It was Y61WCR would love to buy it back if it's still on the road

@lukesmith2245 3 ай бұрын

love it hope it lives forever

@stevenbrown8857 2 ай бұрын

I would watch cars like this being sorted over Ferrari's, Lambo's etc any day ... new subsciber today 😊 i was issued a brand new p reg 1.7 td Isuzu engined astra van P142 YPD .... i had it for 2 years and 100k ... i loved it ... then got issued a Citroën Berlingo 1.9 that made me cry. All the best mate 😊

@TorqueSteer 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing. Welcome to the channel. :)

@coolissimo69 3 ай бұрын

RIP Astra.

@despaterson8918 3 ай бұрын

RIP Murphy, you had a long road!

@codenamenel 3 ай бұрын

if theres no details its been scrapped, same happened with my old Impreza. It got written off a few months after by the idiot I sold it to and went to the big motorway in the sky lol

@stevenjones19-m8i 3 ай бұрын

Hello Luke,shame about the fate of the Astra,I remember videos on KZfaq about the car.a few of my cars in the past have been scrapped.i do miss my last car I had though I sold it for a new car.

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sticking with the channel though all these years Steven :)

@cardude5323 3 ай бұрын

Particular fondness fir the 1.7 diesel astra G as it was my first car 13 years ago. But even though you say the astra G is rare, I see more surviving astra G than more modern astra J models on the road. The G was far better build quality.

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

There were built very well. I've had 4 myself. It's surprising how much nicer some of the materials are compared to new cars. Velour seats, soft fabric on the door cars (front and back) and soft touch plastics over most of the top. We seemed to have traded build quality for things like electric handbrakes and reversing cameras.

@cardude5323 3 ай бұрын

@TorqueSteer that's exactly what's happened. The price needs to stay low but customers want all the gizmos. Somethings got to be cut.

@volt8684 3 ай бұрын

Think there will be a great interest in saving these type of cars no matter their age and mileage as mechanically fixable. Its the rust

@TorqueSteer 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, yeah the rust is a problem. The Astra was getting a bit scabby underneath. There wasn't any holes showing but it was probably only a matter of time.