Chevrolet Optra [Merged]

[gearspeed]

Isang beses nadaanan namin ng dad ko yung showroom sa Q.C may mga napark na optra sa labas walang fog lamps..

[KCboy]

sa china, optra is known as buick excelle, gm talaga pinagpapalit lang mga badges. ayaw na gamitin opel kasi na sira na yung brand sa pinas.

[mazdamazda]

the bad:

> tranny has a rubbery feel. hard to discern the gears at first but you'll get used to it.

> lotus-tuned suspension? hahaha... what a laugh we had when we ran it around a rotonda at the fort. when I had my turn, I could feel the front & rear wheels are starting to slip at only 40kph on a moderate curve. loads of understeer if driven hard.

[oldblue]

chevy optra is a fully-loaded machine, in-dash disc changer, fog lamps, abs, airbags, 1.8L etc. and all this for 700k or less. They give discounts too pa.

but to me, it's like buying a fully-featured promac stereo home sound system. andun na lahat wala ka na hahanapin, d katulad ng mga more popular brands like kenwood, sony na iba iba presyo habang nadadagdagan ang features.

but I'll never buy one. would still stick to the top 4 japanese car brands just like the japanese stereo brands.

[mbt]

if youre thinking of buying an optra, whatever you do, dont get one with a manual transmission.

i can say that the optra 1.6's shifter is the most disgusting-feeling shifter ive ever laid my hand upon. hehe. it's like stirring a spoon in a bowl of porridge

[BlueBimmer]

last tym i was in baguio i saw a light blue optra having difficulty climbing the steep parking incline of the hotel we were staying in, worse the engine died a few times though i dont know if it was cos of the driver hehe tinawanan pa ng mga kbarkada ko

[oldblue]

Originally posted by puti

anyway optra is a truly world class sedan manufactured by GM, italian designed, british tuned, german engineered car.

this is one reason why I wouldnt buy this baby. a german engineered car that was tuned by the British. if they can engineer it, why the hell didnt they tune it, after all german cars are world-renowed without any help from any other european countries.

[cumbersome]

I haven't come across a single person gushing about how satisfied he is with an Optra, so while i haven't driven one, i am not really inclined to drop by the dealership anytime soon. Plus, no offense to Optra owners, the aeshetics if this car is utterly uninspired. I am no fan of the Altis, but it certainly looks waaay better than this car. All the features they packed into this car won't matter much if it's guzzling gas like nothing and you see the casa more than everything else.

[kramos22]

WHEN Mila Alora, a PR practitioner and good friend, first told me about her endless woes about her lemon of a car, a Chevrolet Optra, I chided her: "That's what you get for buying an American car!"

Perhaps that's an unfair characterization, given Filipinos' decided preference for Japanese makes or obsession with the snob appeal of Teutonic automobiles. But Mila's troubles with her car, which she bought in September of 2003, seem to prove right the Filipinos' bias against American brands, at least when it comes to cars.

In just one year and eight months, Mila has had to bring her brand-new unit to General Motors six times, for complaints ranging from a defective battery to a non-functioning car radio and CD, from leaking steering fluid to faulty spark plugs. The last time she used it, says Mila, the Optra "started shaking as if it was a helicopter going to crash with the engine emitting loud noises as it was going up the exit ramp of Greenbelt 3 ... with a foul odor permeating the interior of the car as if something was burning."

Through her Via Dolorosa with her Optra and with GM, Mila has been demanding that her lemon of a unit at least be replaced with another one. (Personally, I think she should ask for her money back with interest and something thrown in for all the aggravation.) While GM has been taking in the unit for repair and dutifully working on it, something always manages to go wrong afterwards. Mila rightfully asks: "What happens when the warranty finally runs out?"


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THE SLINGS and arrows caused by the lemon she bought with her hard-earned money have turned Mila into a consumer advocate. In a letter she sent to the Bureau of Consumer Protection, she inquires: "If GM Automobiles Philippines can spend a fortune in advertising and public relations, ferrying motoring journalists from Manila to Bangkok for test drives just to have a good write-up about their vehicle, why can't the company attend first to the needs of the consumer who bought the product in good faith?"

For now, the problematic Optra is still in the GM garage, after Mila refused to take it back until the manufacturer replaces it with a brand-new unit that will, it is hoped, have a lot less problems. If "Life is a Journey," as the Optra ads proclaimed, then Mila's journey with her car has led her straight to car-owner hell.


From Inquirer today: http://news.inq7.net/opinion/index.p...d=38045&col=79

[BlueBimmer]

i cant imagine the optra after 5 years...from the problems that has been mentioned it certainly looks like the car wont last 5 years hehe exag naman