OT:Took the Touareg back.....

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Nige

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #1

& Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a fantastic car with all mod cons. Get this,
it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY new model. The garage have a white (yep, it is not as yuck as it
sounds either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would cost 29k (Peoples car my left
teste!!)

Do we buy or wait?

I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)



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Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

 

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EMB

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #2

Nige wrote:
> & Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a fantastic car with all mod cons. Get this,
> it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY new model. The garage have a white (yep, it is not as yuck as it
> sounds either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would cost 29k (Peoples car my left
> teste!!)
>
> Do we buy or wait?
>
> I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)

Don't touch it - it'll be as bad as the Toerag for breaking little
things and giving grief. Buy her a non-WRX Impreze and keep the
rocketship for yourself.


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EMB

 

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #3

In article <[email protected]>, Nige
<[email protected]> writes
>& Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a
>fantastic car with all mod cons. Get this,
>it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY new model. The garage have a
>white (yep, it is not as yuck as it
>sounds either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would
>cost 29k (Peoples car my left
>teste!!)
>
>Do we buy or wait?
>
>I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)

My Alhambra (1.9TDi) 2002, has so far had
Badly fitted tailgate
Broken cabin heater
Permanently locked rear door
Bits of interior trim coming unglued around the dashboard
*Broken aircon
*Dodgy turbo (cuts out and ECU switches to 'get you home mode'
last did this at 70MPH fast lane M4)
*Broken flywheel.

* These are out of warranty (by 5 months). I'm looking at a bill of
around 2k to fix them. Seat (VW) have officially blown a raspberry.

The flywheel problem appears to be not uncommon, as is the turbo issue
and the heater. The latter wouldn't apply to a car (MPV fitment, like a
Webasto), but the engine issues would. Even the dealer was shocked when
Seat said they wouldn't pay for the flywheel to be fixed.

I'm 'considering my options'. Meanwhile, my advice: buy Japanese.


Regards,

Simonm.

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GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/

 

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Lee_D

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #4

"EMB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Nige wrote:
>> & Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a fantastic
>> car with all mod cons. Get this, it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY
>> new model. The garage have a white (yep, it is not as yuck as it sounds
>> either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would cost 29k
>> (Peoples car my left teste!!)
>>
>> Do we buy or wait?
>>
>> I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)
>
> Don't touch it - it'll be as bad as the Toerag for breaking little things
> and giving grief. Buy her a non-WRX Impreze and keep the rocketship for
> yourself.

Besides it's a f****ng long way to Wales to push a Caravan!


;0)

Spose you can always take it back if it turns out to be another duffer.

Lee D

 

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[email protected]

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #5

Simonm wrote:

> I'm 'considering my options'. Meanwhile, my advice: buy Japanese.

There's a 5 year old toyota yaris outside and a 20 year old 110. It's
the yaris that's sitting dead awaiting drivetrain parts for more than a
week and it's the vehicle that restores my belief that there isn't such
a thing as a main dealer with a clue coming back from it's last service
with more warning lights on than when it went in....

Regards

William MacLeod

 

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Andrew Cooke

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #6

For £29k you are into a used/ex-demo Disco 3, I know what I'd go
for!!!!!!!!!!

"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>& Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a fantastic
>car with all mod cons. Get this, it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY new
>model. The garage have a white (yep, it is not as yuck as it sounds
>either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would cost 29k
>(Peoples car my left teste!!)
>
> Do we buy or wait?
>
> I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)
>
>
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>
> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>
> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>

 

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Lee_D

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #7

"Andrew Cooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> For £29k you are into a used/ex-demo Disco 3, I know what I'd go
> for!!!!!!!!!!

Good point and well made....

Nige?


Lee D

 

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Nige

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #8

Lee_D wrote:
> "Andrew Cooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> For £29k you are into a used/ex-demo Disco 3, I know what I'd go
>> for!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Good point and well made....
>
> Nige?
>
>
> Lee D

She hates them!! I'm no fan of the D3 either!!

Nige

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Subaru WRX (Annabel)

Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)

'"Say hello to my little friend"

 

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Richard

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #9

Dont like the look of the D3 but when we borrowed one for the day it was
great to drive and now would like one !


"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Lee_D wrote:
>> "Andrew Cooke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> For £29k you are into a used/ex-demo Disco 3, I know what I'd go
>>> for!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Good point and well made....
>>
>> Nige?
>>
>>
>> Lee D
>
> She hates them!! I'm no fan of the D3 either!!
>
> Nige
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (Annabel)
>
> Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
>
> '"Say hello to my little friend"
>

 

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Nige

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #10

Nige wrote:
> & Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a
> fantastic car with all mod cons. Get this, it has a 6 month waiting
> list for ANY new model. The garage have a white (yep, it is not as
> yuck as it sounds either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it.
> New would cost 29k (Peoples car my left teste!!)
> Do we buy or wait?
>
> I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)

By some very strange coincedence we nipped to the Bradford dealer today only to see a brand new Gti in
white sat in the showroom! It was the basic model (no need for too many gizmos) So, I bought it there &
then!!

They had only had it in for 2 days!!!

Weird or what?

Nige

 

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #11

In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes
>Simonm wrote:
>
>> I'm 'considering my options'. Meanwhile, my advice: buy Japanese.
>
>There's a 5 year old toyota yaris outside and a 20 year old 110. It's
>the yaris that's sitting dead awaiting drivetrain parts for more than a
>week and it's the vehicle that restores my belief that there isn't such
>a thing as a main dealer with a clue coming back from it's last service
>with more warning lights on than when it went in....

Fairy nuff, but I wouldn't touch that TDI engine again with a fifteen
foot pole, which was the main point.


Regards,

Simonm.

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SIMON MUIR, UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY, BRISTOL www.ukip.org
EUROPEANS AGAINST THE EU www.members.aol.com/eurofaq
GT250A'76 R80/RT'86 110CSW TD'88 www.kc3ltd.co.uk/profile/eurofollie/

 

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jOn

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• Sep 10, 2005

• #12

"SpamTrapSeeSig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, Nige
> <[email protected]> writes
>>& Jane (the wife!) likes the look of the new Golf Gti. It is a
>>fantastic car with all mod cons. Get this,
>>it has a 6 month waiting list for ANY new model. The garage have a
>>white (yep, it is not as yuck as it
>>sounds either!) demo car with all manner off stuff on it. New would
>>cost 29k (Peoples car my left
>>teste!!)
>>
>>Do we buy or wait?
>>
>>I know my view! I just want sensible folks (hmmm)
>
> My Alhambra (1.9TDi) 2002, has so far had
> Badly fitted tailgate
> Broken cabin heater
> Permanently locked rear door
> Bits of interior trim coming unglued around the dashboard
> *Broken aircon
> *Dodgy turbo (cuts out and ECU switches to 'get you home mode'
> last did this at 70MPH fast lane M4)
> *Broken flywheel.
>
> * These are out of warranty (by 5 months). I'm looking at a bill of
> around 2k to fix them. Seat (VW) have officially blown a raspberry.
>
> The flywheel problem appears to be not uncommon, as is the turbo issue
> and the heater. The latter wouldn't apply to a car (MPV fitment, like a
> Webasto), but the engine issues would. Even the dealer was shocked when
> Seat said they wouldn't pay for the flywheel to be fixed.
>
> I'm 'considering my options'. Meanwhile, my advice: buy Japanese.

I took one of those heaters out of an alhambra, it was smoking badly.
When I took it apart it looked like it needed a glowplug and a gauze that
surrounds the glowplug.
New heater was £400 or so.

Jon