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

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

The Mondeo has been retired. New car on the way. 2 weeks delivery is the killer

What did you buy ? Did you buy from up the north after or was it you that was looking at cars up there ?

Lads is there any pros or cons in going for a tyre with a higher load index, eg. from 96 to 100? Apart from price? I'm guessing it will last longer but fuel consumption might be worse.

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

An 2015 A4. No didn't bother, a lot of them weren't sitting right with us. One owner company car bought in the UK. Bought last Monday, just delays in getting it brought over. Should do the trick.

Not too bad. Is it a 150bhp model I assume most of them are ? Assume it’s the last of the B8 model ?

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

It's actually a 163bhp. Took a while to find one as most are the 136bhp. Should have a nice bit of poke. It's an SE Ultra Tecknik. Last of the b8 so it has a nice few extras, leather seats etc. The new model was a nice few extra beans. It's for the mother and she has zero interest in cars so she couldn't justify the extra for an sline.

Yes really nothing wrong with the SE for those not into cars there is often a bit of a price difference in it. My dad has a 177bhp 141 A4 SE and it has a lot of extras on it. Hasn't given him any trouble and it has high enough mileage at this point on it.

In other news have the Golf coming up on 4 weeks. TBH I am actually not sure what to make of it. Its not what I expected yet I am not sure what I was expecting it to be like either I think between the choice of the golf and Leon I made the right choice. Being honest it is plenty powerful enough for what I want I haven't been in a situation yet where I thought god it could do with another few BHP like a Cupra has.

It gets a serious amount of attention and I think that's probably more to do with where I live its not a common car you would see like if I lived in Cork or Dublin where there are loads of them I don't think it would be like that at all. Genuinely its not something that ever really crossed my mind when I was buying it so I hadn't been expecting it.

Sexual Chocolate wrote: »

How is the insurance situation with it ? Guessing it was a few quid more than the A4 ?

About €220 extra to change with over 10 months left on the policy so for a year your taking ~€900 fairly good considering I am 25.

This was a bad one. Driver crashes into 12 parked cars, including a mac laren. :eek:
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/05/audi-driver-crashes-1million-worth-supercars-chelsea-10524207/

Hal1 wrote: »

This was a bad one. Driver crashes into 12 parked cars, including a mac laren. :eek:
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/05/audi-driver-crashes-1million-worth-supercars-chelsea-10524207/

He would want to be sitting down with a strong drink when his renewal arrives.

Augeo wrote: »

30+ ?

Yes last couple of tanks were about 34 MPG using Fuelly to properly calculate it. That was fairly mixed driving mainly computing to work which is 25km each way of mainly main roads. Also includes some heavy foot driving. On longer trips if you made an effort I would imagine 38 MPG would be achievable. Also if you drove it in Eco mode I reckon it would save a bit but I don’t use Eco mode.

My insurance went up on the Skoda vs the Civic. Up to now I was told it was expensive because it was a Honda. You actually can’t win.

So much for the claim from them about old cars being unsafe.

Has anyone had a "check vsc system" "check park brake system" on an Avensis? It's a 2011 with 173km. A quick google search shows it's the EGR valve.
Any help please?

Also renewed my insurance this week, 1050 down from 1600. Happy enough!

I find it tough enough to ensure my phone is charged and doesn’t run out of battery. Couldn’t deal with doing the same with a car. Like really until you can drive them comfortably at 100-120kmh for a decent range and then stop in any petrol station and charge them in 5 minutes they are are a serious inconvenience compared to a petrol/Diesel fueled car.