Chindie Posted February 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, AVTuco said: I drive a 2005 Kia Picanto. Luxury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted February 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Chindie said: Luxury! It's great in old parking lots and carages. And... well, I've grown to love it. Ferrari-red and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 5 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: So should I return to Petrol? Yes. 3 litre plus and as many cylinders as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Xela said: Yes. 3 litre plus and as many cylinders as possible. I wish! My budget stops at 2 litre I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Only milk and juice comes in 2 litres. 3ltr+ FTW 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Mini Cooper S today, the version with like two little saloon doors at the rear, whatever that is. £50 to do 330 miles of clear motorway and A roads in 'green' mode. Perfectly decent car, but had that typical BMW annoyance of throwing every material known to man at it. Including stitching, I counted 8 different materials and/or colours just on the steering wheel. Three different fabrics on one seat. Strange split level footwell thing going on. I'd be happy enough if it turned up again another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: So should I return to Petrol? Yes. Ideally EV if you can get away with it, if not phev, hybrid. Or if you really have to, the smallest, cleanest petrol engine you can in the smallest car you can get away with. 14 hours ago, Genie said: How does a hybrid have half as many parts when it has an internal combustion engine AND another power plant plus all the gubbins and software to enable it to switch between the 2. I mentioned earlier that I do an 85 mile round trip to work and ~80 of those are on the motorway. I've had a couple of cars with DPF in the past, 1 was fine but the other (Vauxhall, never again) was a bloody nightmare. From the point of view of a Toyota HSD (e.g. Prius) against a manual turbo diesel TD has a starter motor, hybrid doesn't TD has a clutch, hybrid doesn't TD has a dual mass flywheel (lasts about 100k if you're lucky on a diesel as they're sensitive to vibration), hybrid doesn't. TD has a gearbox, hybrid uses a simple 3 way differential (hybrid synergy drive) TD uses brakes all the time to stop, hybrid almost never uses the brakes so pads and discs last the lifetime of the car and no carbon dust/particulates TD has a turbo, hybrid doesn't. TD has the DPF. The hybrid uses a very simple 4 cylinder Atkinson cycle petrol coupled with 2 electric motors all connected together in a 3 way differential. The motors continually vary the speed while the engine drops in and out when most efficient. Braking and coasting simply feeds back into the battery. Really simple. Batteries massively overengineered, they do a million miles as taxis. I used to get 75 mpg from my estate. So wish I hadn't swapped it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 9, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2018 And no doubt within the first mile of adjusting to auto, he went to push the clutch in at a decent speed and absolutely slammed the brake pedal (You only do THAT once!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted March 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2018 I adjust quickly to auto when I borrow one, but if the first thing I have to do when driving off is reverse, it's kind of a shitshow flapping about with the clutchfoot and instabreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Transmission snobs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Automatics are miles better than manual. Would never go back. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, Risso said: Automatics are miles better than manual. Would never go back. On luxury cars/brands it’s true. They are awful on “normal” cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 It's subjective obviously. But auto is so much better it's difficult to see what anyone would see as an advantage of a manual. As for luxury and normal, can't speak for every brand, but I'm doing quite a few miles a year in various cars, Nissan, Mini, Volvo, Hyundai, BMW, Toyota and Jaguar. I'd have any of the auto boxes rather than any of the manual boxes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 19:08, Genie said: On luxury cars/brands it’s true. They are awful on “normal” cars. I had an auto Golf, which is pretty normal and I didn't realise how much I'd miss it went I went back to manual. I'll never have another manual again if I can help it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 I'd never go back to a manual car now. Sit in traffic most of the time so no point! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2018 Anyone got a Q3? I'm thinking of chopping in my A5 for something a bit more practical. Whilst it's entertaining watching passengers haul themselves in and out of the back seat, it's starting to feel a little unfair now. I'd originally presumed I'd just go back to an A4 but having spent the last 4 years with my backside inches off the road, I quite like the higher ride of the Q3. Any reasonable suggestions as alternatives? I'm looking for a 15 or 16 plate with sub20k on the clock. Budget around £20-£22k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 So after weeks of research I have decieded on a BMW 320i shadow edition as my next car. Now just need to find the best deal and buy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 22, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: shadow edition 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Tegis said: Haha. But why? I haven't bought a car in over 10 years so I need to be educated on these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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