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  Thread: MPG... What's the problem?
Post: RE: MPG... What's the problem?

(10-01-2013 11:26pm)EpicEvo Wrote:  17 mpg... I think your just been silly... No one on here has reported that bad mpg at all. An s3 has nothing on an evoque. And there completely different cars...
paul General 180 65,407 11-01-2013, 11:29pm
  Thread: MPG... What's the problem?
Post: RE: MPG... What's the problem?

(09-01-2013 10:59pm)markwiggy Wrote:  I am very disappointed with the mpg as I got rid of my Audi S3 for poor mpg, but that made up for it with the great performance. I cancelled my Evoque orde...
paul General 180 65,407 10-01-2013, 10:50pm
  Thread: Evoque Sport
Post: RE: Evoque Sport

Photoshopped images, as usual from this car magazine. So don't read too much from the pictures! A performance model sounds great, but I dread to think what the fuel economy will be...
paul General 21 9,317 02-05-2012, 08:20pm
  Thread: Real world mpg
Post: RE: Real world mpg

Took another couple of quick test drives yesterday, as still pondering petrol versus diesel. Both cars Dynamics, taken on exactly the same route, settings changes to Dynamic/Sport at same time, and s...
paul General 796 289,349 20-02-2012, 11:14pm
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: RE: Car nearly here...but...

I guess privacy glass is like any option...some like it, some don't. So I see this a bit like someone ordering a red car, and the dealer supplying a blue car. Then suggesting they could wrap it in r...
paul General 23 8,709 17-02-2012, 10:30am
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: RE: Car nearly here...but...

This why I'm not keen on retrofit film... The dot matrix problem Most cars have a black ceramic 'frit' edge on the rear window. Sometimes this ceramic edge is straight and flat, sometimes it will h...
paul General 23 8,709 15-02-2012, 11:31pm
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: RE: Car nearly here...but...

(15-02-2012 10:12pm)THEMACS Wrote:  What do they mean They have increased the lead time now? They're saying the wait for a new order placed today is more than what it was when I ordered last Se...
paul General 23 8,709 15-02-2012, 10:19pm
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: RE: Car nearly here...but...

Dealer's reply today... Please accept my apologies regarding the privacy glass. The specification I have for you does not show the inclusion of this-regret if it is of high importance to you. It is n...
paul General 23 8,709 15-02-2012, 09:51pm
  Thread: Folding Door Mirrors
Post: RE: Folding Door Mirrors

(07-02-2012 01:12am)lngrn36 Wrote:  I have taken mine to a carwash. :shock: I'm cringing at the thought of taking a black car through a car wash!!!!
paul General 12 12,030 14-02-2012, 10:51pm
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: RE: Car nearly here...but...

(14-02-2012 09:44pm)Daigriff Wrote:  I find it strange you have not got a copy of your original spec...pretty important...I was given a copy of the signed order as well as a copy of the build fr...
paul General 23 8,709 14-02-2012, 10:45pm
  Thread: Car nearly here...but...
Post: Car nearly here...but...

Message from the dealer today to say good news on my order, and to call back. Was all excited, as assumed car approaching final build, and time to specify final order. (Except still dithering on pet...
paul General 23 8,709 14-02-2012, 09:14pm
  Thread: Petrol or Diesel
Post: RE: Petrol or Diesel

Petrol. Diesel. Petrol. Diesel. I've spent the last five months thinking about this, and still cannot decide!! And dealer will be requiring final specification soon. Always had fast petrol cars,...
paul General 37 13,139 30-01-2012, 09:56pm
  Thread: Halogen Lights!!
Post: RE: Halogen Lights!!

I prefer the halogens, much more elegant. The rings on the xenons are LED and produce a piercing bright white light. I presume they go LED on the xenons as the light colour better matches that of th...
paul General 52 16,906 19-01-2012, 09:02pm
  Thread: Excellent video from Rosenthal
Post: RE: Excellent video from Rosenthal

(24-12-2011 01:19pm)benzina Wrote:  We know that when Adaptive Dynamics is switched on, it stiffens the suspension for better handling, but he says it also gives better throttle response and acc...
paul Photos & Video 11 6,823 25-12-2011, 10:05pm
  Thread: Dangerous!!!
Post: RE: Dangerous!!!

I had an old car years ago where the entire dashboard lit up as soon as the ignition was on, and agree with the original post - this was potentially dangerous. Albeit not a design fault (the car was ...
paul General 41 15,725 24-12-2011, 11:31am
  Thread: Xenons on pure
Post: RE: Xenons on pure

Absolutely agree DRLs should be a good safety feature. Comment above about people driving at night without lights on, and the implication that DRLs resolve this. But note DRLs only light the front o...
paul General 41 15,423 23-12-2011, 01:12pm
  Thread: Xenons on pure
Post: RE: Xenons on pure

(20-12-2011 11:53am)fam1x Wrote:  Have to agree it just stands out more with xenons :) Am I the only person who thinks the standard halogen DRLs look better than the squiggly ones?? As an asid...
paul General 41 15,423 22-12-2011, 10:22pm
  Thread: Evoque v Merc v Q5
Post: RE: Evoque v Merc v Q5

Auto Express seemed to be "unimpressed" with actual fuel economy. I know actual economy is always likely to be less than the manufacturer's quoted figures, and that Auto Express were doing performanc...
paul General 43 20,375 05-10-2011, 09:46pm
  Thread: Sunblind - Standard Fit with Panoramic Roof?
Post: Sunblind - Standard Fit with Panoramic Roof?

From the brochure... There’s a panoramic roof that gives the interior a bright, airy quality whilst helping to keep out the sun’s heat. An interior sunblind is also available to reduce light in the c...
paul General 2 1,929 25-09-2011, 08:36pm
  Thread: Stratstone Land Rover, Edinburgh, Scotland
Post: RE: Stratstone Land Rover, Perth, Scotland

(25-09-2011 12:33am)Spiderman Wrote:  I visited Carlisle today and perhaps because I turned up in my new Evoque not one of their salespeople came over or greeted me... All it takes is a wee "ni...
paul Dealership Feedback 7 12,002 25-09-2011, 08:29pm
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