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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Re: windscreen control arm
« on: 25 April 2025, 14:17:20 »
Yes, I have a good used one. Do you want to pm me?
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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes S500 Ongoing "Project Upgrade"
« on: 13 April 2025, 10:52:22 »
Whilst no one can criticise your desire to improve the equipment level in each of the vehicles you have owned, surely it would have been easier and cheaper to buy a higher spec vehicle or at least one with the equipment you wanted in the first place?
Which brings me back to the subject of buying an Omega CD and then retro fitting Elite trim, when it would make sense to buy an Elite initially?
You must have a lot of spare time on your hands too...
Which brings me back to the subject of buying an Omega CD and then retro fitting Elite trim, when it would make sense to buy an Elite initially?
You must have a lot of spare time on your hands too...
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 12 April 2025, 21:08:31 »
No problem Ronny - I don't think anyone was actually criticising robson's Omega. But the reality is one I learnt over 40 years ago - to stand a reasonable chance of selling any used car, not just an Omega, the trim level has to be near to the top spec, rather than nearer the base model level. I used to buy used Fords in the late 80' /early 90's, before moving to Vauxhalls, and they had to be a minimum of GL spec, preferably Ghias to have any reasonable chance of selling quickly and with a decent return. Vauxhalls (Cavaliers) likewise - GL / CD, and then the GLS /CD (not to be confused with the later Omega base GLS spec!!!). I hope it finds a good home - but had it been an Elite, I'm sure he wouldn't have had to repost the topic as he did... 
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 12 April 2025, 07:28:32 »Can be made an Elite with minimal effort.The actual point being not to make it an 'Elite' (a CD would never be an 'Elite' on paper - even if it was actually feasible / worth the effort converting a CD), but had it been an Elite to be a source of certain parts....
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 12 April 2025, 07:27:49 »Can be made an Elite with minimal effort.The actual point being not to make it an 'Elite' (a CD would never be an 'Elite' on paper - even if it was actually feasible / worth the effort with a CD), but had it been an Elite to be a source of certain parts....
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 11 April 2025, 11:56:06 »
Pity it's not an Elite....I might have been at the back of a small queue had it been
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 11 April 2025, 07:28:58 »
Apologies, just read in a previous topic - a CD... 
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Cars for Sale & wanted / Re: 2.6 Saloon
« on: 11 April 2025, 07:26:16 »
Model spec may help? CD, CDX , Elite.....?
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 09 April 2025, 20:30:07 »Your state pension, from November, is almost £12,000. That will be taxable if you carry on working, of course. But, still, it's a nice bonus.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you carry on working whilst in receipt of the state pension, then surely it's your employment pay (and any private / work pension / income over the tax free allowance) that is taxed, not your state pension?
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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad
« on: 09 April 2025, 19:55:13 »I have no experience of actually owning an A6, but I have driven a good number of 2016 - 2018 A6 3.0TDi auto Allroads. From a driving perspective, they are a very enjoyable place to be - an extremely comfy drive on long distances, with a wonderful performance combined with an addictive engine note when making progress! The Allroad models are absolutely superb in the snow - most vehicles with broad tyres are questionable in snow covered conditions, but the Allroad is a totally different beast, and when needed handled extremely well in snow and on quite steep snow covered gradients.
This is obviously going back a few years, and I have no experience of more recent models, unfortunately. I personally prefer the appearance of the models from the era when I used to drive them quite regularly, and they weren't riddled quite as much with the 'newer' technology which doesn't do much to enhance the driving experience in my humble opinion.
That’s pretty much what I’ve been told.
What sort of real world MPG did you get ?
I can't really help you with that unfortunately.
I didn't drive A6 Allroads on a permanent basis - I drove every Audi model there was, and different models every day, so the mpg of any of them wasn't a consideration. I just added fuel when needed on the company fuel card. But the A6 3.0TDi Allroad was one of the standout models for me (as well as the RS4 and RS6!!)
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General Car Chat / Re: Audi A4 / A6 Allroad
« on: 08 April 2025, 10:47:23 »
I have no experience of actually owning an A6, but I have driven a good number of 2016 - 2018 A6 3.0TDi auto Allroads. From a driving perspective, they are a very enjoyable place to be - an extremely comfy drive on long distances, with a wonderful performance combined with an addictive engine note when making progress! The Allroad models are absolutely superb in the snow - most vehicles with broad tyres are questionable in snow covered conditions, but the Allroad is a totally different beast, and when needed handled extremely well in snow and on quite steep snow covered gradients.
This is obviously going back a few years, and I have no experience of more recent models, unfortunately. I personally prefer the appearance of the models from the era when I used to drive them quite regularly, and they weren't riddled quite as much with the 'newer' technology which doesn't do much to enhance the driving experience in my humble opinion.
This is obviously going back a few years, and I have no experience of more recent models, unfortunately. I personally prefer the appearance of the models from the era when I used to drive them quite regularly, and they weren't riddled quite as much with the 'newer' technology which doesn't do much to enhance the driving experience in my humble opinion.