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General Car Chat / Re: Bmw mpg.

« on: 11 November 2013, 22:06:42 »

Incidentally the two of you getting intergalactic miles out of your BMW's - are they manual or auto?

I find the new 8 speed auto box always manages more than I can get from a 6 speed manual BMW.

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General Car Chat / Re: BMW 525 fault codes

« on: 08 November 2013, 11:11:57 »

Unplug the airflow meter. Check injectors, glow plug control unit sounds probable if all 6 are coming up with a fault.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Storms on Monday

« on: 27 October 2013, 14:52:16 »

There's a tree down by my house already also decided to take a street light with it, and it's supposed to be getting worse  .

It looks like you're gonna get it there, Del.

Most certainly does .

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General Discussion Area / Re: Storms on Monday

« on: 27 October 2013, 14:48:09 »

There's a tree down by my house already also decided to take a street light with it, and it's supposed to be getting worse  .

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General Car Chat / Re: Can we talk Saab for a minute...

« on: 25 October 2013, 17:29:25 »

I thought SAAB was going all electric?

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/saab-restarts-production-trollhattan


This says production has restarted, but only to iron out production issues so they can go all electric?

They're doing that currently, but they're trying to find a source for drivetrain parts to use for 'normal' engined vehicles .

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General Car Chat / Re: Can we talk Saab for a minute...

« on: 25 October 2013, 13:16:47 »

Good news Del. ....let's hope they sort out a good position in the market.

Certainly hope so, always had a soft spot for a SAAB to be honest, dunno why but they're just nice places to be.

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General Car Chat / Re: Can we talk Saab for a minute...

« on: 25 October 2013, 13:07:04 »

The new 95 is a lovely car, feels very up market too, the chassis setup is a lot different on the 95 to the Insignia, just like the 93 was with the Vectra. SAAB has also been bought out by a company called NEVS who I believe are restarting production pretty much as we speak.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 23 October 2013, 20:59:51 »

Your missing the key point, it's a shoddy poorly designed engine.

It's also hardly leagues ahead of the competition who have better built offerings and greater reliability

Not missing the point at all, there's no doubt it has a design flaw, bearing in mind I deal with these cars days in day out, out of around 150 cars, can safely say around 10 or so have actually had engine issues. It's not miles ahead no, but it is up there with having one of the best set of figures available.

Thats actually quite a shocking ratio , 7% ish

The overall ratio of failures I believe is sub 5%, still far too high no question.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 23 October 2013, 20:58:42 »

Ferrari engines have fantastic figures but does not make them reliable (there not)

As I said it does have a design flaw, there's no doubting that  . Performance and refinement wise though, it's up there with the best of the 4 pots.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 23 October 2013, 10:13:14 »

Your missing the key point, it's a shoddy poorly designed engine.

It's also hardly leagues ahead of the competition who have better built offerings and greater reliability

Not missing the point at all, there's no doubt it has a design flaw, bearing in mind I deal with these cars days in day out, out of around 150 cars, can safely say around 10 or so have actually had engine issues. It's not miles ahead no, but it is up there with having one of the best set of figures available.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 22 October 2013, 17:06:09 »

It certainly doesn't lack refinement inside the car, it's barely heard when on the move, the 6 po is smoother and more refined, but the 4 pot isn't bad at all.

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 21 October 2013, 16:26:31 »

Cheers Del, another one to look at. Think post 2009 the 2.0 diesel engine was much improved? The issue with small timing chain at the back resolved?

March 2011 onwards you want to be looking at. With roughly £20k to play with that won't be an issue .

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 21 October 2013, 16:21:27 »

Whilst on the face of it, leasing looks cost effective, beware the mileage... a headline lease of say £299pm will be plus VaT and subject to a mileage ceiling, usually 10-12k. Excess mileage is generally charged at 8ppm, so say you do 40k pa, that's 30k excess pa or £2400. If your lease allows higher mileage, then that initial monthly rental will be nearer £500+VaT.

Lease purchase is another option, but again is mileage restricted

Yeah, Lease options have never been valid option for him, too many miles.

What's his budget. I've got to be honest, a 520d Auto will do 60+ MPG easily.

Suspect around £20k maybe, have been looking at 520d's myself. Think he needs to test drive them all 

I done all motorway driving for a week in a 520d Auto, constant 70 MPH most days saw over 60 MPG .

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General Car Chat / Re: Insignia Auto boxes

« on: 20 October 2013, 18:05:19 »

What's his budget. I've got to be honest, a 520d Auto will do 60+ MPG easily.

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General Car Chat / Re: bmw 530

« on: 17 October 2013, 10:42:07 »

Let me just try and get my head around this  .

You originally went to purchase a 530d, which turned out to be a stolen 535d? The police found out seized the car, then it goes back to the insurance company. So the £8000 or whatever figure you spent this week disappeared? The insurance company say you can have the car back for £9000 (or thereabouts), however they then say you can have it back for £6000? They give you £5000 back, but you paid £870 for parts, BMW want £300 to put everything back to how it should be and the car has cost you about £10,000?