***** Motors chat - round 12 *****

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

I'd kkv still around anyone know ?

Heard there was an accident recently on a motorway where a car parked in the hard shoulder, driver asleep on drivers seat was hit by a truck.

Car went up in flames too, driver killed, very sad accident and may the person rest in peace

But on hearing it the first thing I thought of was kkv and a while back him mentioning he had done just that before and didn't really see the danger ..

Is that what happened near Gorey on M11....

I see cars and trucks constantly drift into the hard shoulder not a place to be...

Very sad.

Is that averaged or just on one trip? I had my heart set on a 330d estate when we return from the ME but a CLS shooting brake is on my mind now. MPG could swing it really.

That's just the one trip, 55km. Bit of a mixture of driving, taking it handy mostly on national roads 80-100kph. Think the long term is low 40s, as I normally drive it a bit harder.

vintagevrs wrote: »

That's just the one trip, 55km. Bit of a mixture of driving, taking it handy mostly on national roads 80-100kph. Think the long term is low 40s, as I normally drive it a bit harder.

Our 420d does about 60mpg in similar driving. The 116d could easily hit the 60s or even low 70s in eco pro.

Long term between her 20d and my 30d are pretty much identical and her spin to works twice mine. Using the extra poke and traffic really kill the 30ds economy but compared to the 190 superb it replaced it's probably less than 10% more in fuel costs.

Tazzimus wrote: »

Dimensions, most likely.

I'm going to say main dealer pricing too.

OSI wrote: »

255/45/19 seems to be a somewhat difficult to obtain size. Tried numerous retailers and all would have to order in, and all were quoting similar prices to main dealer.

If you can drop to 245/45 they're much more readily available.

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Looking at a 2011 or 12 Mazda 6? Diesel, 2.2. 140hp (I think). Look to be a decent solid car. Any opinions please......

Move on, lovely cars but the engines reliability is questionable. Might be absolutely fine but I'd avoid, particularly if you're doing small miles or anything as this just makes the problem worse.

Google Mazda 6 oil dilution and you'll see.

I had an 11 reg one and had it happen even though the car was mainly doing 200+ km spins.

OSI wrote: »

255/45/19 seems to be a somewhat difficult to obtain size. Tried numerous retailers and all would have to order in, and all were quoting similar prices to main dealer.

Worth pricing online if you can get someone local to fit them:

https://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s4007p111693/Uniroyal_Tyres_Car_Uniroyal_RainSport3_Uniroyal_Rain_Sport_3_-_255_45_R19_104Y_XL_FR_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_C_Wet_Grip%3A_A_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_73dB
https://www.camskill.co.uk/m55b0s4007p161960/Michelin_Tyres_Car_Michelin_Pilot_Sport_4_PS4_-_255_45_R19_%28104Y%29_XL_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_C_Wet_Grip%3A_A_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_71dB
https://www.oponeo.ie/details-tyre/goodyear-eagle-f1-asymmetric-3-255-45-r19-104-y-xl-fp-ao1#258210479

Salesman ‘what car are you looking to trade in ?’
Me ‘Audi A4 1.4tfsi S-line’
Salesman ‘tfsi like as in petrol’
Me ‘yes petrol engine’
Salesman ‘you serious I didn’t realise you could even get the A4 with a petrol engine’

I can’t wait to see what trade in price he offers me on that :pac:

Actually forgot how time consuming searching for a new car. As much as I like cars I don’t enjoy the buying them bit.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Did anything come out of the offer on the other yoke a few days ago?

No well they wouldn’t budge at all it was a Leon Cupra. Tbh I am thinking the Golf GTI is a far better all round car better spec better interior. It has good performance when you want it but can just be driven normally when wanted.

The Cupra is the next step it just wants to be driven on all the time and while the bangs and pops from the exhaust are cool when your in the mood to drive it hard not sure they would be great everyday.

Unfortunately nothing is simple you can’t just buy a golf GTI brand new and get it next week which I was possibly naively thinking that there would be 10 of them sitting in Dublin ready to go which isn’t the case. Not sure why I always assumed the likes of VW Ireland kept a decent stock of cars in Ireland for those that didn’t want to go the factory order route.

GustavoFring wrote: »

Takes time CIP4. And showing up in person - no point otherwise. In your situation pick the cars you are interested and play the dealers off against each other. Saw the comments in the GTI thread - don't look new. Find the best demo and work from there.

I know what your saying but some of the Demos are making within 1-2k of the price of a brand new ones even factoring in the extras I’d rather order it and wait to get something no one else has driven with my own county plate and all that. I have always been a strong advocate of buying demos but not at them levels of discount they are brutal.

I wouldn’t mind waiting the 12 weeks but it’s how real the 12 weeks is is an issue. Like getting it end of September would be grand but like the end of October is so close to January it feels like a waste. I am probably thinking of it wrong. Hopefully get more info off some of the dealers tomorrow.

The other option would be drop back to something maybe around 181 to feel like your getting some discount but even then the prices are not a million miles of new.

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

The Mk7 GTI is a gorgeous car. I haven't driven either so obviously my opinion counts for nothing but I think they are so much more special than the Golf R even if the R is quicker. There seems to be a load of Rs on Donedeal and the likes and very few GTIs.

Pretty much how I felt after I drove an R a couple of months. Crazy mad experience driving it but I immediately felt that the GTi was still better looking when I got back out of it.

I'm considering one myself after Xmas if this new job I'm meant to be starting works out but still torn between other cars of similar nature so reading CIPs posts in the other thread the last few days has me excited , though I'll be looking towards the early MK7s. Leather is my main desire as I just can't take to the tartan cloth seats.

CIP4 wrote: »

I know what your saying but some of the Demos are making within 1-2k of the price of a brand new ones even factoring in the extras I’d rather order it and wait to get something no one else has driven with my own county plate and all that. I have always been a strong advocate of buying demos but not at them levels of discount they are brutal.

I wouldn’t mind waiting the 12 weeks but it’s how real the 12 weeks is is an issue. Like getting it end of September would be grand but like the end of October is so close to January it feels like a waste. I am probably thinking of it wrong. Hopefully get more info off some of the dealers tomorrow.

The other option would be drop back to something maybe around 181 to feel like your getting some discount but even then the prices are not a million miles of new.

The OCD in me would be holding out for 202 plate!

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Have you thought about looking at an i30N?

Sound off them is out of this world...