Colin
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Crazy Frog doo doo doo doo doo doooooo 
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Fad
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Seriously Colin been looking for a sensible car recently...just think VAG diesel are a bit dull.
Had a Golf mk5 GT for three week and its a very nice car and I could easily live with one but just aint got that spark to make me want to go drive it?
I will prolly end up with one though
[Edited on 30-05-2008 by Fad]
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Colin
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Mk5 GT's are becoming affordable now 9k or so for an 04.
I like the styling, i like plain looking, anything with a dash board resembling a microwave ovens not cool in my book.
Plain Jane ftw 
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Fad
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BBS CH's all the way or Phaeton Wheels
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Ben G
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diesel going to the dark side 
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Fad
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I'm already there mate
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NovaGTE2
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Also your 330ci...seriously 23 mpg....thats kinda killed it for me 
there not normally that bad, average is around 30mpg and my mates wasnt too bad on fuel.
im guessing at 23mpg he was making progress...
Was thinking about of either a 330ci with lpg or 330d a few weeks ago. 330d are silly money at the minute
Thats driving it sensible everyday, def more sensible than the 350z and ZM and considerably less MPG!
A friend of mine has the 330d SMG and he says the MPG on that is pretty poor aswell
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jr
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VAG is niot shit by any means, some of the cars are
but anyone that makes a 260bhp deisel v6 is a winner imo
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Fad
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Originally posted by jr
VAG is niot shit by any means, some of the cars are
OK the lesser VAG diesel that try to be pretentious performance cars. Happy? 
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Ben G
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moaning about 23mpg makes me sad knowing i won't be getting over 20mpg probably ever 
new beemer diesels are quite good performance wise 
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Fad
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I just think I can save money wth a derv to bu a proper car for the weekend 
My Bro showed me earlier that you can get a fully specced ST3 from a broker for sub 16k  Man I was tempted
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Colin
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Im not sure I could spend 20-30k on a diesel.
I only bought mine to do a job, which its doing very well. The choices were either a 1.9 derv or something petrol & 1.2 or 1.4. Stand by my choice however as soon as possible its going!!
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Robbo
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330d just really isnt worth it fad, seem to be 3k+ on 330ci prices
320d it is then
Just can't stand VAG shit 
As for 330Ci mpg... bear in mind that Golf GTIs only get 28mpg when giving it some, 23mpg is entirely believable for the average commute when n ot hanging around
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Fad
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Originally posted by Colin
Im not sure I could spend 20-30k on a diesel.
I only bought mine to do a job, which its doing very well. The choices were either a 1.9 derv or something petrol & 1.2 or 1.4. Stand by my choice however as soon as possible its going!!
I would never consider a Wiesel for a perfomance car
Talking 5-8k max here just to get me to work and back etc
Just ruling out Golfs and Ibiza and they are quite expensive for what they are.....could get a nice E39 50 V8 for that
Althogh with sensible cap on Fabia VRS's can be had for 5k ish
Sorry this threads been binned by talk of diesels Buy Porsche basically 
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Fad
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330d just really isnt worth it fad, seem to be 3k+ on 330ci prices
320d it is then
Just can't stand VAG shit
As for 330Ci mpg... bear in mind that Golf GTIs only get 28mpg when giving it some, 23mpg is entirely believable for the average commute when n ot hanging around
I had a Brand new Golf GT mk5 for two weeks and when diesel was 94p a litre I was only managing 32mpg
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Colin
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If its just for getting to work then a 320 would be more than fine. Although it would have to be a ghay saloon for the money!!
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Fad
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Yeah will make sure it an M Sport one or get all the M Sport goodies for it.
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davcohen
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when i was in the states i spent alot of time driving an 04 911 carrera 4s its a great car dont get me wrong but i much prefer the older models, something from around 94 although saying that hers is an auto
I would advice a Monaro 6.0, the first time i drove this car i was just amazed if i could afford one id buy one in an instant
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Robbo
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fadley
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deano87
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Back on the Porka subject - if you're worried about it going wrong, how about getting a warranty from the likes of Warranty Direct etc?
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Joe
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aftermarket warranties arent usually worth the paper they are written on. So many clauses and on a 60k mile car alot is just wear and tear.
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Joe
aftermarket warranties arent usually worth the paper they are written on. So many clauses and on a 60k mile car alot is just wear and tear.
Yeah. Really dissapointed with the warranty on my car seeing as that was pretty much the soul reason I bought from a dealer.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
My Bro showed me earlier that you can get a fully specced ST3 from a broker for sub 16k Man I was tempted
is that pre facelift? i've sen them go for 14k recently! lot of car for the money.
paid 16.8k for mine which is cheap considering it's 21k list price
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Jambo
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Dude, buy another Z3.
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CorsAsh
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Originally posted by Cheese Man Chris
I think the whole of corsa sport will be jealous if you can afford to buy and run one of these.
Nah. But when nik buys his Gallardo...
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