Kiss My Astra

The 2008 Saturn Astra. Official car of The Handfelt Happy Hour. Purchased last Saturday, May 16th. All pricing and negotiating done via email beforehand. No annoying phone calls or pushy salesmen. God bless technology.

An underrated gem from the beleaguered GM line, this is a 2-door hatchback, heated leather seats, upgraded stereo system, fold down seats in the back, power everything, rain sensing windshield wipers, a relatively roomy back seat, 25mpg city/32 highway and German engineering that help the car handle like a champ and feel much heavier and solid than some of it's brethren. The photos are great but they don't really do it justice until you see it in person.

Katy will be driving this bad boy to and from work every day and since she insists on naming all of our cars and this one is cherry red, it came down to Chandler Bing or Bing Crosby. Chandler had a better ring to it than Crosby (David? Take a shower hippie!), so Chandler it is. Better than Joey Tribbiani I suppose.