mac11irl

in the old thread i linked, theres mention of the sill being lower on the combi.

I thought this was the answer.... No they wont swap.

i am quite sure this has been asked before, a few times.... and do you think i can remember the answer??? but a search should find out.

ehhhh... @ColinD @cheezemonkhai Sorry to bother you, but i cant remember who on the mods team is still reasonably active. I stuck a post in here earlier, and its showing as hidden pending approval? bit weird.. edit - added Cheezemonkhai as a tag, and i edited the post to take out the phrase that may have tripped the auto block?

I dont always act my age.. and I work with others who dont, as i got this from a colleague 20mins after i sent the above into our work group chat... we got our vans pretty close together, he ended up with a LWB Connect, i the gurrier. another colleague did call us weirdos though....

EVERY time (even after a 30sec key out moment..) i get into the new van i have to - fob on the tracker the company isnt allowed use the data from.. turn off the lane departure steering turn off the collision braking and steering turn off the soeed warning bong - its limited to indicated 124/125kph which is gps 119kph and still bings at me on the 120kph motorway..) turn off the stop start (it annoys me) turn off the "driver alerts" that tell you when youve been driving 15mins you might need a break.. or if you roll over a road marking avoiding some rubbish.. its ridiculous 🤬

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!!