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    #9152
    Sexual Chocolate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭Sexual Chocolate


    Seen a 202 yesterday. Must be the last of them.


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    #9153
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    But the Mondeo only got a hybrid plant recently.

    Be sad to see it go, would have loved to see the st kept too.


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    #9154
    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,112 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    That Mondeo hybrid has been on sale in the US market for a good few years so it wouldn't take much to engineer it for the European market. It's not meant to be great anyway and dealers struggled to sell them here. They were offering massive discounts on them last year along with the overpriced Vignale.


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    #9155
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,615 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    bazz26 wrote: »
    That Mondeo hybrid has been on sale in the US market for a good few years so it wouldn't take much to engineer it for the European market. It's not meant to be great anyway and dealers struggled to sell them here. They were offering massive discounts on them last year along with the overpriced Vignale.

    The Mondeo Hybrid was available in the UK for a few years. It was a bit shyte so wasn't hugely promoted.


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    #9156
    moby2101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭moby2101


    moby2101 wrote: »
    Hi
    Wifes G30 automatic appears to have a dpf issue. Car was practically parked up for 6 weeks while she was WFH. She mentioned power issue yesterday, I've just taken it for a motorway spin and it definitely seens to be down in power in the lower gears almost like the autobox isn't selecting the correct gear. After 30 minutes or so it appeared to be back to normal. Think it needs to be looked over , 2 years old 50K it's not due service for months. What's the remedy? Do they replace them or clean them? Big issue or no?
    Thanks

    Hi,
    So i posted about my wife’s car a month or so ago, as above the car appeared to be loosing power when decelerating and sluggish, a week or so later it had disimproved but no warning lights.
    Got the car into BMW last week and it turns out the EGR valve was the issue.
    The valve was open too wide and causing the lack of power.
    New EGR valve and the car feels like new again


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    #9157
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    OSI wrote: »
    Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

    Did it have the dieselgate fix?


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    #9158
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    Buying parts for the DC2 at the mo, haven't done that in a while.
    Should possibly replace the front discs as well. They were only on it a day or two before the engine went pop, but it's been sat up for a long long time.
    Finding 300mm discs in 4x114.3 is tricky though, might go down the redrilling route.


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    #9159
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Tazzimus wrote: »
    Buying parts for the DC2 at the mo, haven't done that in a while.
    Should possibly replace the front discs as well. They were only on it a day or two before the engine went pop, but it's been sat up for a long long time.
    Finding 300mm discs in 4x114.3 is tricky though, might go down the redrilling route.

    Would it not be easier to get the old ones skimmed? Since you said they were new before it was parked up.


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    #9160
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Would it not be easier to get the old ones skimmed? Since you said they were new before it was parked up.
    Might be, need to have a proper look at them and see if they've been corroded much from sitting up.
    I'd say they were just about bedded in when it popped.

    Some mish mash of brakes gonna be on it now; Prelude discs, Legend calipers up front and Ep3 on the back.


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    #9161
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    Forget to ask was it parked up inside or outside. If parked up in a shed then get them skimmed but if parked outside they are probably gone at this staged.


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    #9162
    moby2101
    Registered Users Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭moby2101


    OSI wrote: »
    Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

    Out of warranty what are the replacement and labour costs?


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    #9163
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Forget to ask was it parked up inside or outside. If parked up in a shed then get them skimmed but if parked outside they are probably gone at this staged.
    Was in a garage, but said garage was damp as **** so would have been better off outside.


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    #9164
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    moby2101 wrote: »
    Out of warranty what are the replacement and labour costs?

    2012 Golf 1.6 EGR in a main dealer would be the guts of €1k.

    2 years cover on the EGR cooler with a bit of flexability if it's had the emissions recall done.


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    #9165
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    OSI wrote: »
    Similarly the brother in laws Golf is in the garage for a failed EGR valve. Unfortunately for him it's a 2012 so mucho moola to replace.

    Could be worse when my Dad brought his A4 in to get the EGR changed with Audi doing good will on it and it costing 100s rather than 1K when they went to remove it, they couldn’t get it off the air intake manifold not sure the full story was the air intake manifold actually damaged before they went to do the job or what. Ultimately the car ended up with a new air intake manifold and new EGR valve probably talking 2K cost I’d imagine he still only ended up paying a couple of hundred euro Audi covered the rest. His car is 141 180k km.

    He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.


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    #9166
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    CIP4 wrote: »

    He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.

    Ah, that's only pocket change to you. Sure you're loaded. :D


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    #9167
    Tazzimus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,933 ✭✭✭Tazzimus


    CIP4 wrote: »


    Could be worse when my Dad brought his A4 in to get the EGR changed with Audi doing good will on it and it costing 100s rather than 1K when they went to remove it, they couldn’t get it off the air intake manifold not sure the full story was the air intake manifold actually damaged before they went to do the job or what. Ultimately the car ended up with a new air intake manifold and new EGR valve probably talking 2K cost I’d imagine he still only ended up paying a couple of hundred euro Audi covered the rest. His car is 141 180k km.

    He is kind of just lucky when it comes to cars if I had owned it I’d be down the 2K no doubt.
    You'd have just bought a new car


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    #9168
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Well my volvo is now sold thanks to the boardsies !

    Just one post on the luxobarge thread was enough to get good interest on her.

    Thankfully now she's going to a very good home !

    I'm happy she'll be looked after and I hope the new owner really enjoys their new car ! :D


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    #9169
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    Well my volvo is now sold thanks to the boardsies !

    Just one post on the luxobarge thread was enough to get good interest on her.

    Thankfully now she's going to a very good home !

    I'm happy she'll be looked after and I hope the new owner really enjoys their new car ! :D

    I'm surprised it lasted so long it's a class Car!


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    #9170
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Truckermal wrote: »
    I'm surprised it lasted so long it's a class Car!

    There was quite a bit if interest ! But one person tossed me about on here and when I contacted them several times they didn't have the decency to say thanks but no thanks. So there's time wasters on here too... Who would've guessed :rolleyes:


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    #9171
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Ah, that's only pocket change to you. Sure you're loaded. :D
    Tazzimus wrote: »
    You'd have just bought a new car

    The joke in work is I don’t buy tyres for cars just change the car once they wear down :pac:


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    #9172
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users Posts: 14,309 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    CIP4 wrote: »
    The joke in work is I don’t buy tyres for cars just change the car once they wear down :pac:

    Sounds about right.


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    #9173
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,696 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    There was quite a bit if interest ! But one person tossed me about on here and when I contacted them several times they didn't have the decency to say thanks but no thanks. So there's time wasters on here too... Who would've guessed :rolleyes:

    Sounds like Tim :P


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    #9174
    CIP4
    Registered Users Posts: 4,655 ✭✭✭CIP4


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    Sounds about right.

    Actually this weekend a year ago I collected the Golf. For all my nitpicking on it, it's been a good car overall. I think it would be a struggle to find a better all rounder it really does everything quite well. It hasn't given me any issues and maintenance cost have been low but then there still is only 48k km on it. Running costs have been substantially lower than I would of expected. I really don't find it expensive to run considering the performance it offers. I am still unsure how long I will end up keeping it but I will have to wait and see.


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    #9175
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Sounds like Tim :P

    Not at all actually :haha:

    Tim actually did buy it and was very decent about it all ! So I'm not complaining !


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    #9176
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,696 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    Not at all actually :haha:

    Tim actually did buy it and was very decent about it all ! So I'm not complaining !

    I know :p


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    #9177
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    I know :p

    Ya bollox :PAC:

    I'm happy to see the car get a decent wash since it got to this country ! Ha ha


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    #9178
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


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    #9179
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,696 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    He's on an all carb diet


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    #9180
    ofcork
    Registered Users Posts: 5,352 ✭✭✭ofcork


    Got 2 punctures in the 1 tyre this week one tuesday and one today a nail and a screw!!


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    #9181
    theintern
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭theintern


    That happened to me last year. Couldn't believe it when the second one happened. You'll go a year or two with nothing and hit 2/3 punctures in quick succession.


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