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General => General discussion => Topic started by: leigh_harty on 31 December 2012, 12:35
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Going from a vr and (dont hate) temp a mondeo st24.... onto a 1.9d
not even got a turbo :laugh: slow lane here i comes
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1.9d what?
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Got myself a clean 98 cordoba on the cheap
Perfect for driving france etc :smiley:
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NOS it. :grin:
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What he said!! :shocked:
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NOS it. :grin:
I cant see the pros out weighing the cons :grin:
Going from 90mph in 3rd to struggling to do 90mph best pay off :laugh:
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SDI?
Best thing is you can chuck neat veg oil in and it will run like a dream once warm. :grin:
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SDI?
Best thing is you can chuck neat veg oil in and it will run like a dream once warm. :grin:
I dont think its even a sdi... feels like 60 odd bhp :grin:
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SDI?
Best thing is you can chuck neat veg oil in and it will run like a dream once warm. :grin:
I dont think its even a sdi... feels like 60 odd bhp :grin:
Which is bang on SDI nearly.
Have a look on the engine cover.
Proper cheap motoring though!
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What's the reg?
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R reg mate. New to this diseasal melarky :grin:
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well thoses engines never wear out. cars with them in don't wear out much ether. you'll get 100,000 miles to a set of brakepads so some possible upsides
but they are slow so slow infact a granny in a mobility scooter is proably goes faster
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its only done 119k and its really clean :smiley:
Im going to be saving alot more than i was driving the vr daily so ill invest in new snowboarding equipment, and its going to be used to drive to other countrys to board. And who doesnt like roadtrips.
Plus ill have less headaches... vr + straight through exhaust + motorway = ney good
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its only done 119k and its really clean :smiley:
Im going to be saving alot more than i was driving the vr daily so ill invest in new snowboarding equipment, and its going to be used to drive to other countrys to board. And who doesnt like roadtrips.
Plus ill have less headaches... vr + straight through exhaust + motorway = ney good
Sounds like you've got the right car for your needs at the moment then.
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Ah not even the SDI on an R. Dunno why I didn't realise they made em that old.
As said bomb proof but so slow!
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:lipsrsealed:
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plain old boreing flat D, same power as a sucky direct injection
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You're not 'investing' in snowboarding kit, you're spending money on snowboarding kit.
Unless it's going to deliver a return on investment?
On the up-side you'll be spending well under half on fuel vs what you would have been with the V6 motors.
On the down-side you've bought the wrong diesel. 50MPG TDI Golf3, Passat, Vento, Seat or Skoda would have been a much better choice - more poke and economy probably around the same.
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Come to a half way and say im investing in fun! :grin: driving, staying in hostels and buying my own equipment is still cheaper than flying, hotel and renting equipment :wink:
My daily comute is the M6 motorway, 90% of my miles are taken up their. Always busy but usually a 70mph pace. Its shouldnt be an issue having less power than the elecy window motor :laugh:
Ill always get my money back i recon, paid £550 for it with a years MOT and 6tax. Super clean through out and has air con :smiley:
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My R plate Seat Cordoba TDI variant (estate) was probably one of the most reliable and cheap to run cars ive ever owned until some tw@t in a Transit ploughed into whilst it was parked. :cry:
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You're not 'investing' in snowboarding kit, you're spending money on snowboarding kit.
Unless it's going to deliver a return on investment?
On the up-side you'll be spending well under half on fuel vs what you would have been with the V6 motors.
On the down-side you've bought the wrong diesel. 50MPG TDI Golf3, Passat, Vento, Seat or Skoda would have been a much better choice - more poke and economy probably around the same.
Can't think of any reason to disagree on the engine choice tbh.
Other than the insurance on my SDI is sub £500 for me at 19 and 1yrs no claims (2yrs claim free experience though).
Also as reliable as death but then the Golf 3 TDI motors seem that way too. :undecided:
You get used to it somehow though.
You just sit in the middle lane when overtaking and as you sit there pounding the accelerator and finally after 58.9 seconds have hit 80MPH, you kind of just expect it and think nothing of it.
It doesn't change when you've got into one of your other cars and get back into it. It's a weird feeling.
After a while that strange miniscule wave of torque from 50-70 seems half impressive.
It's crazy that you do actually hold back large lorries on slip roads uphill though, the other day a lorry a couple of cars in front kindly but probably illegally pulled onto the hard shoulder to let cars behind get past uphill on the slip road to the M2.
I embarrassingly had to follow to be nice as I couldn't get round it. :grin:
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If it had a turbo... id drive it like a turbo. Then id have to replace the turbo.