July 2021
Hi, seen this is a well respected and used forum so thought to seek some advice on here. I am in the market for a Golf DSG ideally no more than £4000 and I've come across the following. My initial worry was that it had 4 previous owners but let me know what you guys think.
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Im looking for a medium car to replace my Astra. The Fiat Tipos look good value. What are they like? I sat in one in a Fiat dealer and thought they were roomy and comfortable.
Any advise on a good replacement, Astra / Focus sized car. Under 8k. Read more
If you just want a basic runaround, a petrol Tipo would be fine. Just be aware of what you are getting for your money. The best deals are for the 1.4 n/a petrol which has 94bhp and not an awful lot of torque. Fine in urban environments, but I'm guessing it would be hard going on the motorway, especially with a car full.
Your thread title also mentions the Skoda Rapid (though nothing more is said in the thread). This would seem to be aimed at a similar market position, but the advantage is that an £8k Rapid will come with a choice of 94 or 110bhp 1.0 turbo engines. The turbo, on a motorway, will make a huge difference with more torque at much lower revs, meaning the engine isn't having to work as hard. The main downside of the Rapid is the narrow cabin, so if you regularly need to put three passengers on the rear seat, it wouldn't be ideal. But if you are considering a Rapid, look at the Seat Toledo too which is the same car with a different badge. ...
I’ve been driving a brand new van at work this week. Unfortunately when driving into a tight driveway I hit some overgrown bushes and these have caused some very light scratches on the paintwork.
Is T-Cut the best way to remedy this? Don’t want to hand the van back to the (very fussy and particular) regular driver with any issues. ?? Read more
I use Autoglym polish and a bit of elbow grease for light scratches.
Tentatively exploring the option of spending more on my next car the Clio Renaultsport has come in for consideration. I'm amazed more hasn't been made of it's supposed mega top speed, according to the buffoon at Autocar magazine, who didn't check the data before releasing it for the website.
www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/renault/clio-renaults...s Read more
Methinks the journo has confused KPH with MPH. 234KPH = 146MPH.
Does anyone employ proof readers nowadays?...
We have a static caravan on the Welsh coast, the site also provides services for lodges, towing caravans & tents. It's not a massive site though you see the maintenance people running round in vans, all diesel, with offerings from VW, Toyota, Ford & Renault. They range from 2011 - 2016 & shuffle about the site on very short distances.
I assume they all have dpf's & it's always fascinated me if they have any problems. l recently had the opportunity to speak with a couple of the drivers & the manager of the site, who stated they haven't experienced any issues with dpf's. Read more
Sorry, you said maintenance people (plural) in vans (plural), so I was assuming this was an outside company who provide services to caravan parks.
Apologies, should have been more clear BBD.........there are four maintenance people (plus the manager who drives a Mitsubishi L200) in four vans, one of each make. They maintain this site only....
I sat one of these thinking there would be room for my 6'4" 192cm frame but it felt so cramped. Reading the spec I thought this would be the perfect car for me. What alternatives would you all recommend for a larger engined petrol "drivers" car (>5 cylinders ideally). Read more
What about an Audi A8 with one of their 'comfort seats'? It's a big Bavarian car suitable for big bulky Bavarians. That particular seat (standard on some models) is full of electric motors which adjust its angles and curves into a remarkable number of positions. Being tall (but not as tall as the OP) I find the best bit of it is the way the front of the seat will extend to provide more thigh support which is often so lacking in cars.
I quite like the interior design, whereas externally I think they could have got a bit further away from the Defender / Santana look while still retaining 'form follows function'.
It seems the Grenadiier isn't quite as simple or basic as one might have been led to believe and I can't imagine it will be cheap. So rather than filling the gap in the market left by the old Defender, it might find itself in direct competition with the new one.
Friend thinking of one as a budget buy, Looked and base version is £13400 now, so not so cheap anymore. Read more
My son's thinking of getting one (4×4) seems to be the car of choice in the highlands of Scotland.
replacement for the Lada Nivas ... :P...
This is not a trend, and IMHO is perhaps a bit misleading, because previous months over the last 6 clearly showed that no EVs cracked the top 10 in terms of sales.
I suspect this is Tesla lumping sales into one month to generate headlines (that are gladly gerenated by the MSM) and because it's cheaper for them to ship them in one or two goes per year. Read more
You're 100% right about Tesla distorting sales figures by holding back deliveries until the last month of the quarter. It gives the Tesla fanboys something to swoon over, but they're strangely quiet in the months when Tesla sales are terrible. Just to put things in perspective, the 10th best-selling car for the first 6 months of 2021 is the Toyota Yaris. That one model out-sold all Tesla sales combined.
Had a wee email in from webuyanycar.com regarding swmbo’s Volvo. I had it valued 6mths ago out of curiosity which returned a price of £12,900 or so but tonight’s offer is £14,440 which is very nearly the money I paid for it nearly a year ago at a Volvo main dealer. Times are strange. Tempting though as I’ve been offered a very nice 63 plate Honda Civic 1.8 with less than 40k up via an elderly neighbour of a friend who is giving up driving. It’s more my thing and puts plenty of pennies back into the rum fund. Gaffer isn’t hugely impressed though. Shame. Read more
Terry W
There is some logic to your post and some expectancy
I was talking to a salesman from Evans Halshaw, he expects the used prices spike to start softening by the end of September when the new reg part ex intake has hit the market.
Expects values to stop rising as independent dealers will start getting cautious about over paying and having over priced stock.
He stated new cars are coming through but ‘most’ new cars have slight changes of spec due to semi conductor shortages; manufactures not interested in complaints due to short supply, dealers and in turn customers told to take it or leave it.
Vauxhall have performed well, they have been able to get most models for customers with little discount or incentives.
Ford have been a nightmare in comparison, lots of conflicting information and missed dates, both themselves and customers unable to get answers.
They where able to get hold of Ford Puma’s earlier on in the pandemic but the UK supply seems to have ran low and struggling now.
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As SLO says, terrible choice and terrible idea. The DSG 'box can be reliable, but that mainly depends on how it has been treated and driven by previous owners. So there is no way I'd be looking at a 13 year old example unless it has been owned by someone i know from new, and I know has been driven sensibly and serviced properly. The VW 1.9 turbo diesel engine?, I wouldn't have much concern about that, its reliability and longevity is legendary, but just not with the DSG.
Do you need a diesel and does that have to be an auto?...