strichener Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 16 hours ago, Leith Green said: Not sure about these days, but my 2017 A5 is a diesel and gets brilliant mpg - I have a larger tank than standard and when I fill up (at Costco, miles cheaper) the range shows about 720 miles. We had a road trip down to and round France in May and the overall mpg was never less than 60, except in the shitshow that is Paris so its pretty reasonable to run D2D. Its got 72000 on the clock, and I have recently had the cam belt/water cooler done, all disks replaced, and 4 new tyres - so its not getting replaced any time soon !! I was lucky because, as a 2017, road tax is £20 - a factor if you are buying any relatively new motor. Downsides? If you have an Adblue issue, and the tank and pump needs replaced, you are looking at a bill of upwards of £1000. Modern diesels are great until something goes wrong then they are pricey. Cheaper to just get it bypassed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 16 hours ago, Leith Green said: Not sure about these days, but my 2017 A5 is a diesel and gets brilliant mpg - I have a larger tank than standard and when I fill up (at Costco, miles cheaper) the range shows about 720 miles. We had a road trip down to and round France in May and the overall mpg was never less than 60, except in the shitshow that is Paris so its pretty reasonable to run D2D. Its got 72000 on the clock, and I have recently had the cam belt/water cooler done, all disks replaced, and 4 new tyres - so its not getting replaced any time soon !! I was lucky because, as a 2017, road tax is £20 - a factor if you are buying any relatively new motor. Downsides? If you have an Adblue issue, and the tank and pump needs replaced, you are looking at a bill of upwards of £1000. Modern diesels are great until something goes wrong then they are pricey. Rather than relying on what mileage you're allegedly getting, did you actually do the real maths? My current car tells porkies to around the 10% mark of the true mpg. Fill the tank up, set your mileage trip, drive for a while, fill it up again and really see what your mpg is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 16 hours ago, Leith Green said: Not sure about these days, but my 2017 A5 is a diesel and gets brilliant mpg - I have a larger tank than standard and when I fill up (at Costco, miles cheaper) the range shows about 720 miles. We had a road trip down to and round France in May and the overall mpg was never less than 60, except in the shitshow that is Paris so its pretty reasonable to run D2D. Its got 72000 on the clock, and I have recently had the cam belt/water cooler done, all disks replaced, and 4 new tyres - so its not getting replaced any time soon !! I was lucky because, as a 2017, road tax is £20 - a factor if you are buying any relatively new motor. Downsides? If you have an Adblue issue, and the tank and pump needs replaced, you are looking at a bill of upwards of £1000. Modern diesels are great until something goes wrong then they are pricey. Does it stick out of the sunroof? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 7 hours ago, strichener said: Cheaper to just get it bypassed. You know, when I heard it might cost £1000 its exactly what crossed my mind. My local - non main dealer - Audi/VW specialist has coded a couple of things out in the software for me over the years (e.g. pre-sense camera error, again a £1000 fix !!). I think in this case the Adblu sensor or float had stuck, 20 litres of adblue went in and its been fine since. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Anyone ever dealt with snapped locking wheel nuts? My mums got a citroen which seems to have this really weird design, and the front two have given up the ghost. You ever came across them @RandomGuy.? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 31 minutes ago, HoBNob said: Anyone ever dealt with snapped locking wheel nuts? My mums got a citroen which seems to have this really weird design, and the front two have given up the ghost. You ever came across them @RandomGuy.? Aye, is it the one with pins arlund the outside? Had to get a welder to weld some nuts onto them to get them off. Used to be able to get a socker chapped on to get them off but they make them collapsible now to prevent that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: Aye, is it the one with pins arlund the outside? Had to get a welder to weld some nuts onto them to get them off. Used to be able to get a socker chapped on to get them off but they make them collapsible now to prevent that. That's the one that was the recommendation I gave to my Dad. Thank you very much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted Friday at 17:56 Share Posted Friday at 17:56 On 23/09/2024 at 08:52, HoBNob said: Anyone ever dealt with snapped locking wheel nuts? My mums got a citroen which seems to have this really weird design, and the front two have given up the ghost. You ever came across them @RandomGuy.? Happened to me, head sheered right off. Ended up at a local garage getting that one removed and standard nuts to replace all the locking ones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted Friday at 18:46 Share Posted Friday at 18:46 Is there even a market for stealing alloy wheels any more? Used to regularly see cars on bricks in the 80s/90s. A bit like white dug shite these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted Friday at 23:54 Share Posted Friday at 23:54 5 hours ago, alta-pete said: Is there even a market for stealing alloy wheels any more? Used to regularly see cars on bricks in the 80s/90s. A bit like white dug shite these days. The market is the dealers selling wheel locks preinstalled at a couple of hundred extra on the sticker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyro Posted yesterday at 04:47 Share Posted yesterday at 04:47 I got a knowing smile and a bit of a discount when I passed the tyre guy a pack of 4 standard wheel nuts and told him to "do us all a favour" when he was changing the tyres on my old Fiesta years ago. The locking nuts looked flimsy as f**k and I didn't want the hassle later on... Of course, the car got rolled 6 months later 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago Have currently been given,not by my choice, a land rover Evoque due to ongoing dramas with my car being repaired .what an over engineered,under thoughtout bag of shite it is,people actually pay tens of thousands of pounds for the likes of this?they can't even be arsed providing an actual,physical user manual,they actually charge extra,on top of your tens of thousands,if you want one 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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