After much deliberation, did the deed today. The deliberation was whether to go for the DSG estate model again or go with the hatch. Since I'm now retired, the hatch seemed for us, to be the one to go for. Went for the SE model. Took an estate out for the test drive first as it was available. Lovely auto gearbox with near seamless changes, and much more positive and smoother than my 1.6 auto Tiptronic box in my current estate. Not that I'm saying the 1.6 16v Tiptronic is bad in anyway, just that technology has moved on considerably. Got a good deal from our local dealer with a good p/ex. Ordered a full size spare wheel. Car won't be with us for a two or three weeks so time for excitement to build. Happy days!

nicely done

 

less than 1 wek to go until my wife picks up her 110 SE manual hatch.

Kipper, excellent! 

Pulled the trigger?

Did you have to threaten the dealer to get a good price?

I love my 110 DSG,I'm sure you'll be chuffed with yours too!

Good choice! Same as mine.

I'm sure you'll love it.

Pulled the trigger?

Did you have to threaten the dealer to get a good price?

 

Surprisingly no! But had wife with me and she's like a rottweiler if ordered to be bad...lol!

I love my 110 DSG,I'm sure you'll be chuffed with yours too!

 

How are you finding fuel consumption Rick? And do you do much town work?

How are you finding fuel consumption Rick? And do you do much town work?

Well my on board computer says I'm averaging 46.8 mpg long term and I have been up to 48 but never the magic 50 (long term).

 

I hardly ever push it hard and do quite a few local runs with a couple of longer runs during the week.

 

I find it smooth through the gear changes but as I've said never push hard.The mpg has improved from 1st March when I picked it up and I'm doing about 1000 miles per month.