proud new owners!

chase · Post by **chase** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 7:03 am

FINALLY! Got our moonstone 2.0 cc yesterday. It says 5/02, and we got it on 31/5/02! Do you think that was too quick?!
Still haven't figured everything out yet, especially how to lower the seats, but enjoying figuring the car out! We've driven practically all over Melbourne this morning, starting out with the roof down in 10 degrees Celsius, but it was still warm in the cabin, even without a windstopper. Fingers crossed, no problems...
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Julia · Post by **Julia** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 11:32 am

Congratulations and welcome to the owners club!

10 degrees is nothing! Rob had driven his in minus temps!!! Brrrrrrrr!

Dave-T · Post by **Dave-T** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 11:55 am

and here I'm complaining about 15C during winter..

rob · Post by **rob** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 12:18 pm

I think the coldest was minus 4 with no heater and minus 8 with the heater on.

I think if you have a 'soft top' then you should use it.

If you sell it just before summer (like me) then you are a FOOL

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 1:25 pm

Congratulations chase, good to hear!!
What colour and specs did you get?
Another Melbournian CC hits the streets.
Mine will be about November.
Happy CC-ing!!

Erm · Post by **Erm** » Sat Jun 01, 2002 3:47 pm

Yeah exactly rob, but you do get strange looks when its christmas eve at like 3am driving with the roof down, no idea of the temperature ( damn 1.6 old spec

) but it was a heaters on full jobbie

Erm

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chase · Post by **chase** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 9:14 am

what with the new car and the world cup, been too busy to surf the net.
matt, we got moonstone, black leather (though it looks more grey to me), manual 2.0l. i think all the others are standard. the only other things we could squeeze out of the dealer was extended warranty to 3 years for free, light protectors and floor mats (and the child seat which is standard anyway). insurance with racv is $860 (would have been $830 without the leather seats).
i noticed there isn't a switch to deactivate the passenger airbag - is that the same as other aussie cc's?
it's going to hail on sat, but i don't think i'm keen to test it out for leaks!

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:43 am

I am pretty sure that it is illegal not to have a deactivation switch for the passenger airbag in case of you needing to place a child seat there.
Are you "sure" you don't have one???
Surely if you get a free child seat in Australia then they must have a deactivation switch as if in an accident the airbag would kill the child. Sorry to sound morbid but I can't see how they can't have a deactivation switch?????

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Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:49 am

Airbag deactivation switches aren't allowed here in Australia. I don't know the reason, but I guesss the rationale is that it's a safety device and it shouldn't be at the decision of the driver to use it or not. This is why we get a child seat with the car, as a special child seat is needed to fit in the back seats of a CC.

The absence of the switch is a part of the manufacturing process for Aussie CC's so they'll comply with Aussie road law.

Hope this helps

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 10:58 am

Oh I see. The free child seat you get goes in the back of the CC???

Thanks for clearing that up Frosty!
Was a little concerned about that!

Julia

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 11:05 am

I'm a little concerned too about the "free" child seat that's sitting in my spare room. Never opened!

Another interesting point is that to legally resell the car the child seat has to go with the CC - otherwise it's technically unroadworthy and unable to be registered!

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 11:08 am

Blimey that sounds crazy to me!
Its a little strange if you never intend to have children or have already got grown up children to have to lug a child seat about with you or store it somewhere until you sell your CC!?

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I thought us Brits were the ones to come up with the crazy ideas!!!

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 4:22 pm

Well you know we did come up with Steve Irwin

markfc · Post by **markfc** » Thu Jun 06, 2002 4:52 pm

am I led to believe that a peugeot childseat for the 206cc is available? is this a rear facing child seat? if so I will be able to keep my cc longer !!!

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:09 am

It's forward facing for the back seat