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How does cruise control affect the life of the pads?It shouldn't unless it's advanced cruise that also slows the car... In which case slowing the car from the rear makes for smoother braking from a passenger comfort perspective as it limits the nose dive effect………….
Well you could be right Al. I just googled VAG ACC rear pad wear and it appears that under very light braking it applies rear bias for the reason that you stated, and uses normal bias for heavier braking……. and pre-sense for those suicidal moments.
Maybe it’s just a VAG thing.or maybe it’s total horse shite.
Treated the Audi to a new set of front brake pads. Not fitted them yet but will do soon, as although they’re only around 60% worn they have started kicking out more dust, and I hate dirty alloys.Rears to follow shortly as using cruise a lot appears to wear front and rears at an equal rate.
I'm find all this fascinating. out of interest what sort of power out do these have.
Hence looking at i5 Touring, sat in one last week. I did very much like it. Would order with a tow bar, so I can haul a trailer, bike carrier on the back. (kids are loving cycling at the moment)
I would also shift the spend into money "I do not see" and free up some funds that do hit by bank account.
Plus changes in taking kids in etc, increased miles.
What would be the down payment and subsequent monthly payments on that?
It's a nice enough car but a bit 'generic' perhaps.
Salary Sacrifice = No down payment.
Cost can vary dramatically, based on personal tax status. (20%/40%/60% tax payer)
I worked out the real world loss to me is £475/m.
That was 15k pa, i5 Touring, various packs, active suspension, tow bar, everything I would want.
That £475 includes the car, insurance, maintenance, tyres etc. Other cars with same deal:
£400 I could have a Tesla Model Y RWD
£275 for a Renult 5.
I have a lifelong love for trains, since 1958, especially those pulled by a steam engine, or a Deltic diesel!
But the modern trains are also a great way to travel long distances, which I have done for work and pleasure over many years. However, have had no need to use them in recent times as I just do not need to travel far, and using the Omega is so easy for most journeys. Only used steam preservation trains in the last 3 years. I have now no idea on the costs of going by train, even to London, and can only remember that my season ticket for commuting from the Midlands to London, which I did for two years, in the early noughties, cost about £3,500 per annum. Bet it is far more than that now!
Was this iconic loco also a 2 stroke?
Well, I am not a diesel enthusiast as such, but these great engines had "opposed pistons", with no cylinder head, and with two huge engines were very powerful. Their official top speed was 100 mph, but they regularly exceeded that. I just know that they sounded great, with an unforgettable roar when pulling out of stations, or out on the line when accelerating. They may not have been as impressive, for me, as the Gresley A4 pacific steam engines they replaced on the East Coast main line, but we love those that are preserved now!
A few months ago, our company EV scheme when from "worth considering" to taking the piss.
Not that it really matters, as an EV in these parts is going to be some way off. Its quite telling that a lot of the houses that have had a charging point fitted no longer have TVs....
What changed? I've found prices can vary considerably. Our provider is LEX who appear one of the more pricey options.
VW ID Buzz in September was £400 cheaper gross deduct than it is today....
Depends on their stock, what they want to get shot of at the time. So I'm watching prices rise and fall
At 7kW the charge rate is the same from 0 to 100%, the losses are pretty constant across the full range.
Its when you hit it with 100kW that the charge rate drops off as it approach's the higher percent rates
Yep.....I know some modern EV are able to charge at about 300KW (Lotus are saying 400KW) in the early stages, but as you rightly say this drops once past around 60-70%
