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 7265 Posts Member #: 1268 The Boom Boom speaker Police! Essex |
29th Nov, 2015 at 09:38:47pm
Well this thing is excellent. Perfect car for us. We drive 18 miles of county lanes every day which is tons of fun in the Seat. The steering is sharp and precise and the engine has bags of torque. We also take a 2.5 hour journey to my sisters house every month which this returns excellent mpg 60+ for the majority of our motorway drive home.
In the 13's at last!.. Just |
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 517 Posts Member #: 9931 Post Whore brighton |
30th Nov, 2015 at 04:37:58am
Me my parents and my gf all have vag 1.9 pds, mums mk4 golfs still going strong at nearly 180k totally original,
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
30th Nov, 2015 at 09:28:14am
we had one of the earlier models as a company car (think it was a 53 plate) and it was a great car. plenty of power when needed but good on the fuel when it needed to. I never ran out in it either |
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Site Admin  15300 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
30th Nov, 2015 at 09:57:27am
Glad you like it. My old A4 130PD TDI was a great car and a gutsy engine. I had mine remapped and it transformed it, not that it was slow anyway, but it was I think the best £300 I have ever spent on a car.
Edited by Tom Fenton on 30th Nov, 2015.
On 29th Nov, 2016 madmk1 said:
On 28th Nov, 2016 Rob Gavin said:
I refuse to pay for anything else Like fuel 😂😂 |
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 10020 Posts Member #: 1456 Mongo Barnsley, South Flatcapshire |
30th Nov, 2015 at 10:10:32am
On 30th Nov, 2015 Tom Fenton said:
Glad you like it. My old A4 130PD TDI was a great car and a gutsy engine. I had mine remapped and it transformed it, not that it was slow anyway, but it was I think the best £300 I have ever spent on a car. Just heed the oil changes bit, and ensure you only put the correct spec oil in. My mate bought my old Audi, he serviced it a while after he bought it with cheap motor factor oil, it wiped a cam lobe off shortly after and needed a new cam and followers. I always used to put VW Quantum PD oil in, you know its right and it isn't that dear either, plus easy for me as there is a VW main dealer locally. I'd like to get my barge mapped but I worry that the original 150k clutch wouldn't be up to the task. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of. |
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7265 Posts Member #: 1268 The Boom Boom speaker Police! Essex |
30th Nov, 2015 at 10:28:24am
Thanks Tom. Excellent info.
In the 13's at last!.. Just |
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517 Posts Member #: 9931 Post Whore brighton |
30th Nov, 2015 at 11:50:24am
For mapping the 1.9pds , john Jones aka fabooka does a really good job over a email service for £150, he did mine and two of my friends including a t5 that had 84bhp to 160 ish
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 144 Posts Member #: 10828 Advanced Member Rainhill, Merseyside. |
7th Dec, 2015 at 09:56:58pm
On 26th Nov, 2015 D4VE said: :
On 26th Nov, 2015 JT said:
Had a mondeo 2l diesel. 130k the dual mass flywheel went. Then the injectors went. Then the clutch went. I had to call the rac out 3 times in the year and a half ownership! Never ever will I get a Ford again! Vw/audi all the way!! My dad brought a 51 plate mondeo 2.o diesel for a few hundred quid years ago n apart from a few tyres n welding up the exhaust it just goes n goes! Is high miles n is used n abused.. must be a good'un Nothing but problems with these cars. Nice to drive though. Every mondeo I've driven needed a DMF.   I do like the Focus ST's due to Volvo's engineering.
Edited by Anthony30 on 7th Dec, 2015. On 18th Nov, 2014 D4VE said:
went down to my local hydraulics place and he gave me a suitable replacement larger nipple  |
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