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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... |
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11-01-2013, 11:29pm |
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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... |
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10-01-2013, 10:50pm |
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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... |
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02-05-2012, 08:20pm |
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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... |
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20-02-2012, 11:14pm |
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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... |
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17-02-2012, 10:30am |
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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... |
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15-02-2012, 11:31pm |
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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... |
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15-02-2012, 10:19pm |
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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... |
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15-02-2012, 09:51pm |
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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!!!! |
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14-02-2012, 10:51pm |
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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... |
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14-02-2012, 10:45pm |
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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... |
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14-02-2012, 09:14pm |
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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,... |
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30-01-2012, 09:56pm |
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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... |
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19-01-2012, 09:02pm |
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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... |
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25-12-2011, 10:05pm |
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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 ... |
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24-12-2011, 11:31am |
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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... |
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23-12-2011, 01:12pm |
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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... |
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22-12-2011, 10:22pm |
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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... |
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05-10-2011, 09:46pm |
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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... |
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25-09-2011, 08:36pm |
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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... |
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25-09-2011, 08:29pm |