Fultonious trying to hasten the current descent of the oil industry with that clap trap Paul - Volvos - tried a V50, actually got almost the same amount of space in the boot as the old V70, pretty nippy, the dog would love it, BUT you would hate it any time you tried to do anything with the controls inside the car or store anything in the driver's cabin bigger than a roll of fingertape. It's fiddly as fuck.
Fultonius trying to hasten the current descent of the oil industry with that clap trap
In this case it's simply consideration of the stats where the Honda's don't seem to overly excel? I could be wrong here.
Quote from: Paul B on January 27, 2016, 08:43:11 amIn this case it's simply consideration of the stats where the Honda's don't seem to overly excel? I could be wrong here.I must admit my Octavia was bought primarily because it excelled on the stats and I discarded the Japanese contingent for the same reason. The boot capacity is bigger than my old Focus according to the stats but in reality it is less useful and you can get less stuff in it unless you stack it to the roof as it's narrower but taller.
My one concern is that the 3-series is an absolute joy to drive and I wonder if everything FWD will feel like a wobbly boat in comparison?
I have an Octavia Vrs diesel and I think it's ace. It's plenty fast enough and you can re-map to 200ish bhp. It handles a million times better than my old fabia vrs diesel - doesn't torque steer or unsteer overly. I don't think it's particularly showy inside, but it is a really nice and comfortable place to be. Does 50+mpg on a run and has a massive boot. Beware there are 2 engines though. PD (sounds like a tractor) and CR (smooth) which swapped over early in 2008. I looked at 320ds and found I couldn't get a decent one, i.e. M-sport lowish mileage, leather for the money.
You see quite alot of the Mitsubishi PHEV 4x4 tanks around - which due to being able to do about 30 miles (downhill on a warm day, with a light right foot) on an electric charge (they are essentially a hybrid with a bigger battery) benefit from the UK £5k cash back deal.. (despite reverting to 30mpg once their juice is gone).
I've seen a couple around Manchester - which (to my total surprise) now has a Tesla garage/showroom on the A6 at Heaton Chapel (not the most salubrious area)..
here in BC most electricity is from hydro, so genuinely zero emission
Quotehere in BC most electricity is from hydro, so genuinely zero emissionGenuinely zero? No concrete dams? Even if that makes for vanishingly low levels of emissions, dams of course have other environmental impacts. I'm not an anti, but nothing is perfect.
Quote from: blacky on January 27, 2016, 01:17:51 pmI have an Octavia Vrs diesel and I think it's ace. It's plenty fast enough and you can re-map to 200ish bhp. It handles a million times better than my old fabia vrs diesel - doesn't torque steer or unsteer overly. I don't think it's particularly showy inside, but it is a really nice and comfortable place to be. Does 50+mpg on a run and has a massive boot. Beware there are 2 engines though. PD (sounds like a tractor) and CR (smooth) which swapped over early in 2008. I looked at 320ds and found I couldn't get a decent one, i.e. M-sport lowish mileage, leather for the money. Did you like the Fabia vRS as we both loved ours (even if it was a bit wobbly). 320ds - That's why my current one was bought at 140k miles (£3.5k)!
Yes I've had it. Has anyone got/had bad nosebleeds when they were younger?
what compression problems did they recommend for someone who drives a modern diesel?