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got one a few yrs back in Edinburgh, not terrible, decent boot 👍 wouldnt buy one with money like, but not the worst

mine better not be, it wont be big enough, and i booked it as an estate/suv

well i just booked a "Tucson or similar" with Thrifty in Tenerife next month.. i wonder what ill get...

1litre ecoboost focus... or an astra.

@Lee01 where are you renting the car? that can be a big clue as to what youll get. i must book my own for a November trip to Tenerife...

51.5mpg is pretty decent over your first proper fillup and having done some work on it too. esp if you were motorway bumbling for a decent stretch of it too... my shiny new work van with 6700km up on it since July is only averaging about 45mpg... even if its mostly the same 50miles of motorway, thats pretty crap, more so for 1.5 diesel..

nah, they were just hangin around in Audimaindealerland. its over the bridge from BMW island.

i didnt say they do make them. what i said is dont buy pattern versions of them. ie the non oem, made cheap sold cheap by other companies versions. My sincereliest apologies for making the assumption that everyone else, who has been here and dealt with this type of topic coming up a million times also understood that difference...

I havent seen the Kia in the real world yet, but i have seen a couple of Santa fes. and my god they are catastrophically ugly.

quality control levels. ask anyone whos fitted a non genuine thing like a cts or maf how they got on with it on a vag engine...

pattern stats and sensors are just a waste of time and effort..

might the temp gauge just be the sensor? thats a really common fault item and from i remember has 2 outputs - 1 for engine, 1 for dash. its not uncommon for only 1 "side" to fail, so the ecu is getting better data, thus no odd driving issues.

just put decent layer compacted CL804 and a sheet of dpc under it, and the concrete wont suffer any damp.

that looks clean and straight. and that boot will inhale stuff. as for the engine, its as near bullet proof as you can get. my old pre - pd 1.9tdi ALH (90bhp) never skipped a beat. everything else around was aging and dying at a much faster rate. i reckon you could literally shoot those blocks with a .50cal and it would just sputter a bit for a second or two like it was knocked off balance, before continuing on...

well, that will be in breach of EU right to repair laws, so they can take that idea and shove it up their exhaust pipe...

see, there was, before they added 4 more sizes of suv and had to inflate the santafe again.. it just doesnt need to be so ugly. its not going to age well imo.

thread revival.. ive seen our local hyundai dealer's new 2024 Santa fe out on test drive. i think they let the boss's 5yr old son lead the design team... it somehow looks even worse and more boxy in real life. think 1997 Grand Cherokee boxy..

want to read something sick? looking at possibly changing missus macs 2020 Arona, and looking around the list price on a new one, auto, top spec to match what she has - list price about €32k a TRoc in the same spec - €50k 50 grand for their smallest "crossover"..

i had to go to Dublin today, to our main HQ. I hate having to go up there. but, the trip does mean i now get to play ALL the rounds of the game! good bye Connect Hello Shiny new Courier. You have a flat, fat face, but a nicer cockpit.. lowest delivery odo i think i ever seen! and so, Round 1!!

Im surprised there hasnt been a thread on this already? that Ive seen any way. what were Ford thinking when they decided to once again decided to use an historically beloved model name for a frickin EV SUV?? The big fat Mustang Mach E was bad, but now they gone and made a "Capri" crossover EV that has none of the original styling or even barely a nod to it. https://www.carwow.co.uk/ford/news/7748/new-ford-capri-electric-suv-price-specs#gref

citigo/mii/up! are all ideal learner cars in my opinion. easy to drive, easy to park, cheap running costs, plenty adjustability in the seats and, if that way inclined nippy without being able to get yourself into too much trouble. my mother is 5ft tall on a good day and drives with a small cushion on the seat. currently in an insignia (im trying to convince her get rid before it explodes) previous car was an auris. she doesnt have too difficultly. mother in law has a mazda 2, also quite a short lady and its fine

Guess what I missed in the work can due to being on the bloody motorway... on the plus side, max 6months and it'll be getting swapped out on the fleet replacement. new ones seem to brand new Couriers instead of Connects. load bay is roughly the same size in both, but the courier has a flatter face. looks like a Fiat Doplo actually..

Did he sell it?! he kinda drifted away from here to FB Brisky..

its so lovely to still see some of these being kept in such good condition. when i joined back in 2012, with my first mk1 (1.9 ALH Diesel) i loved what the crew then were doing with their vrs's. Billy's black one right up until he gave up and scrapped it was mint 😞 Mark's (Bowders1) was stunning and rapid. and of course the lowest milage mk1 in existence - Lloyd55's corrida red that he couldnt stop doing things to, other than drive feckin thing there was a couple of others too at least one banana yellow that was a sleeping demon. keep it up @dubDEAN she's looking gorgeous

i would imagine the load rating would be different on the Roomster to the fabia? given its a heavier vehicle? like the age old golf suspension fits an octy but it wont sit or ride quite right?