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Doc883
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by Doc883 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:22 pm
graeme wrote:Doc883 wrote:Part-ex'd it for a 63 plate 330d X Drive M Sport Tourer and I'm in love
My dad's piloting a shiny new (F31?) 330d x-drive M-Sport touring with all the toys, and I am 100% impressed as an all-rounder. A4 Avant was the obvious choice topping the shopping list, and the Q5 got a good going over with the tape-measure in the showroom, but after test drives Audi was completely out of the game. The 330d engine and 8-speed flappy-paddle 'box are, as far as I can tell, flawless. Drives far better I'm told (I didn't have a go). Cabin is a matter of personal preference... I felt Audi interior had the quality edge by a tiny margin for reasons I couldn't really say, but the BMW is better looking (in custom spec at least... unfair comparison?). Anyway, very impressed with it. X-Drive probably knocks points off dynamically, but winter's coming! Mid to high 30s MPG average since run-in, and as the good old Scooby wagon replacement that's not bad at all. A diesel 4wd estate (yawn) that's worth of the
emoticon??? Yeah, I think I'd agree with that actually. I can't imagine a better do-everything car.
A contender for Best Car in the Real World
I'm seeing 40+mpg average with a fair amount of motorway driving. 8sp auto is super slick and did I mention it's fecking quick. Mine has the M Sport + pack so massive M Sport brakes, Harman/kardon loudspeaker system. 19" alloys and those clever beam forming xenons. I had a 2002 Audi A4 Avant which I nsold when I bought the Beemer but didn't want another. Can see me having this for quite a few years. Going to have my new winter tyres fitted soon so bring on the snow, a BMW that will make it off the drive !!
S-Max Titanium X Sport - Wife Spec
Audi RS3 Quattro spec all weather beast
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campbell
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by campbell » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:52 pm
graeme wrote:Tell Lisa that technically it isn't a GTi.
Sadly it's the "Golf" bit that's the problem.
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Rag_It
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by Rag_It » Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:03 pm
campbell wrote:Now Dave, I think we are getting off topic a bit...
My sincerest Campbell...
How about an A4 3.0TDI Quattro Avant S-line - Every time i get in ours, it blows me away, so rapid, remember taking Ed out in it, and I think he was pretty astounded. Rapid, versatile, big enough and okay 40mpg might be do-able (when the wife drives) but realistically a V6 diesel 240bhp, it's an awesomely good looking all rounder...
It's an Audi, so hopefully slightly more on-topic!!!!
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campbell
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by campbell » Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:25 am
A4 now eh? Sheesh. Well, always liked those too, but wrote the idea off years back when the double buggy wouldn't fit in the boot of an A4 Avant (yet did fit the boot of a Mk4 Golf 3 door!).
Bigger challenge now is that it would roughly duplicate the Octavia. Which is staying, for the foreseeable.
A great testimonial, though. So you never know...
cheers mate!
Campbell
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by Dark » Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:49 pm
2018 Lotus Exige Sport (metallic grey)
2015 Volvo V60 Polestar (rebel blue)
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by Dominic » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:18 pm
Ooohhh - that looks like a decent package.
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by BigD » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:47 pm
Like that.
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by Mike Scib » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:56 pm
Looking forward to the lease deals on these!
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination).
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campbell
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by campbell » Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:45 pm
Holy moly.
Computer still says No, though.
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by rossybee » Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:31 am
campbell wrote:Holy moly.
Computer still says No, though.
Put Jetta badges on.
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by graeme » Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:01 am
Love it! The Mk7 estate is such a great looking car compared to the Mk6. Its arrival also meant I got the last of the Mk6 estates for crackin' money, so I'm big Mk7 fan!
Sadly, it fails the exhaust configuration test. 4 pipes on a single-turbo inline-4? Not on my driveway, VW designers!
Probably a sign of old age, but I'm more interested in whether there will be a GTE estate. That would be a fairly speedy trade-in of the current TDi appliance
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campbell
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by campbell » Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:07 pm
Golf GTD estate?
We've got one of those.
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by Kelvin » Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:06 pm
Whenever my S4 is in for a service I get the A5 3.0 Quattro as a loaner. I really don't like it. I don't know how much heavier the oil burning V6 is compared to the petrol v6 in my car but it feels much heavier. It's fairly rapid but it's no fun off the motorway although the loaners have had mahoosive wheels. Also the suspension is gash. It's supposed to be an exec spec motorway cruiser but it's far too stiff so crashes and bangs on anything but a smooth surface. I'd avoid.
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pete
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by pete » Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:43 pm
campbell wrote:Golf GTD estate?
We've got one of those.
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graeme
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by graeme » Thu Nov 20, 2014 3:52 pm
I think Campbell is making a funny. There's no such thing as a Golf GTD Estate (or I'd have one), but there is such a thing as an Octavia VRS TDi estate, and Campbell's been drinking enough meths to believe that it's the same thing.
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