You're confirming Slopers perceptions that all you NHS (and nearly NHS) workers have your noses in the trough Or have you opened up the 'Lagerstarfish' Sauna and Hot-tub ultimate relaxation centre - and this is one of your clients?
Quote from: tomtom on January 11, 2015, 01:23:39 pmYou're confirming Slopers perceptions that all you NHS (and nearly NHS) workers have your noses in the trough Or have you opened up the 'Lagerstarfish' Sauna and Hot-tub ultimate relaxation centre - and this is one of your clients?I don' think I've made that suggestion. Professors on the other hand, sponging fuckers.
Make sure there's no knocking that disappears when the clutch is pressed as that'll be the dual mass flywheel knackered and stand you in 800 notes to replace it with another dual mass (going solid doesn't seem to be a great ideal). The tensioner pulleys break (£150), turbos are prone to failing if the car hasn't been services regularly with the correct oil. Shame as they are nice cars to drive. I have one sat on my mums drive that I can't bare to sell as then It would be official that I'd lost a tonne of money on it...
Make sure there's no knocking that disappears when the clutch is pressed as that'll be the dual mass flywheel knackered and stand you in 800 notes to replace it with another dual mass (going solid doesn't seem to be a great ideal). The tensioner pulleys break (£150), turbos are prone to failing if the car hasn't been services regularly with the correct oil. Shame as they are nice cars to drive.
I wish I'd got here before you got the mondeo. I think they are designed to work until 80K and then everything starts breaking.
Now just watch my injectors go pfft! tomorrow...
Well I think a lot of the problems are caused by not knowing how to drive a modern diesel. If you drive it like an old woman then the dmf is going to get shaken to pieces and the injectors are going to clog up. If you've got the 2.2 TDCi then I assume you spent the extra cash because you like to drive it quickly, as they should be.
Quote from: cha1n on January 11, 2015, 09:23:35 pmWell I think a lot of the problems are caused by not knowing how to drive a modern diesel. If you drive it like an old woman then the dmf is going to get shaken to pieces and the injectors are going to clog up. If you've got the 2.2 TDCi then I assume you spent the extra cash because you like to drive it quickly, as they should be.And if you drive it like an old woman the dpf is going to need replaced. Let alone the egr valve etc etc etc I've been unlucky with all of my modern diesel VAG motors, all of which have had to be moved on due to choosing the earth to replace components. Honestly, how can you make a car that only sneaks under 100g co2 per km by having electric power steering that needs replaced every 50,000 miles at an actual carbon cost (due to failure, I'm not that gullible ) and massive financial cost. It's total bullshit.
Interestingly (or maybe not) the temp guages etc. are all damped to indicate "perceived quality" so they're not actually much use at all. The 3-series has a hidden menu system you can access that gives you actual temp read-outs. These are useful.
That said - the days of the TDi are numbered... New EU rules next year mean that nitrogen emissions will have to be halved on new TDi cars - and with the rise of hybrids, mixed electric/petrol cars, plug ins etc.. diesels will further reduce imho (as they're not as economical until fully warm unlike petrol). Removing the dpf is now (or soon to be) a MOT fail (surprisingly wasn't up til now) so that will see some failures in the cheapy TDi market in coming years due to that cost...I'm a year or two away from replacing the present steed, but will have a hard look at hybrids then - constantly evolving/improving etc...
Quote from: tomtom on January 12, 2015, 08:24:48 amThat said - the days of the TDi are numbered... New EU rules next year mean that nitrogen emissions will have to be halved on new TDi cars - and with the rise of hybrids, mixed electric/petrol cars, plug ins etc.. diesels will further reduce imho (as they're not as economical until fully warm unlike petrol). Removing the dpf is now (or soon to be) a MOT fail (surprisingly wasn't up til now) so that will see some failures in the cheapy TDi market in coming years due to that cost...I'm a year or two away from replacing the present steed, but will have a hard look at hybrids then - constantly evolving/improving etc...http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/86198/volkswagen-golf-gte-2014-review