Chevrolet Optra [Merged]

**niky** · February 8th, 2006 10:03 AM

Di ako puwede sa Optra club... archenemy namin yun! (Ford Lynx kasi ako. :evillaugh: )

But I applaud GM for achieving good market penetration with the car. I do agree that the 1.8 Optra is a good buy, while the 1.6 seems to be a headache only in AT form (the old 1.6 AT Lynx was also a guzzler, but not as bad).

I only hope that GM improves its aftersales support to the level of the competition. They have quite a bad reputation for after sales service (both here and in the US) that they must work hard to overcome.

Sana, kung successful sila sa Optra 5-door, Ford and Toyota will likewise be encouraged to bring in their 5-door wagons. (I was actually hoping we would get the Lynx RS in 5-door... amfogi! ).

**cardo** · February 8th, 2006 10:20 AM

hey guys, check this out. a buick optra!!!

actually it is the buick excelle here in china.
yun 1.8 nila comes with a sunroof. cool...

**AG4** · February 8th, 2006 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by niky

I only hope that GM improves its aftersales support to the level of the competition. They have quite a bad reputation for after sales service (both here and in the US) that they must work hard to overcome.

Sana, kung successful sila sa Optra 5-door, Ford and Toyota will likewise be encouraged to bring in their 5-door wagons. (I was actually hoping we would get the Lynx RS in 5-door... amfogi! ).

I think GM already improved their after sales support.... along with the Optra also came GM's new Customer Assistance and Maintenance Service programs...

**hunk_dansen** · February 9th, 2006 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by gearspeed

I agree mabigat na ang kaha underpowered pa.Cguro kung nasa 140-160hp yung 1.6 nila pwede pa.

hmmmmmmmmm. . . . as my experience sa 1.8, hindi naman, ang smooth nang takbo, kahit umaabot ako sa 175 to 180 kph sa NLEX, ABS pretty well good, marami na akong mga nakasabayan na sedan na mga cars sa NLEX such as ALTIS, LYNX, MAZDA3&6 atb. hindi naman mahuhuli ang takbo nang car na to, nakipag sabayan na rin ako sa BMW na bagong model, hindi rin pahuhuli to, overall in my experiences of my car, this is a superb car so far that i owned.

**SupreMacy** · February 9th, 2006 06:04 PM

sana nga ay makasali kami kung mayroon club optra.
para naman may mapagtanungan ako regarding mods.

**gearspeed** · February 9th, 2006 07:17 PM

sana nga ay makasali kami kung mayroon club optra.
para naman may mapagtanungan ako regarding mods.

sali ka na lang sa chevy club philippines..

**ale828** · February 9th, 2006 09:27 PM

i dont know if anyone had the same experience but namatayan ako sa Optra ko twice! The shocking part is my Optra is an A/T!
Anyway the Optra really isn't that bad but for a car that prides itself with being a bang for the buck car plus an Engine with an Eco-Tec label, its fuel economy is just miserable.

**AG4** · February 9th, 2006 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by ale828

plus an Engine with an Eco-Tec label, its fuel economy is just miserable.

The Optra's engine is E-TEC not Eco-Tec or Ecotec...
They are related(GM Family 1 engines) but were developed separately.
Ecotecs were mainly devloped by Opel Powertrain(Adam Opel A.G.), while the E-TEC and D-TEC were developed/built by Holden/GMDAT.

**gearspeed** · February 10th, 2006 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by ale828

i dont know if anyone had the same experience but namatayan ako sa Optra ko twice! The shocking part is my Optra is an A/T!

kahit si carlo namatayin din sa AT eh.Paano ka namatayan sa AT?

**ale828** · February 12th, 2006 02:55 PM

I think the reason kaya ako namatayan is because i was trying to press the gas pedal LIGHTLY (since gas guzzler sya, para economy driving) and suddenly the revs wasn't high enough yata tapos namantay. But it seem to happen only during the cold weather nights. it happened twice in tagaytay at night last month and two more times during night time late last year during the 'ber' months.