06-07-2012, 04:44 PM
(06-07-2012, 04:29 PM)Niall Wrote: Tom you seem to be so dilusional about cars
1. Pd engines do not combine power and mpg. My skoda just about makes 50mpg on a motorway run if im driving like my nan and that's 10 years newer than yours. Also, I could crawl to 60 faster than that
2. Modern cars really arnt as good on mpg as you think Tom. All these adverts you hear on tv boasting about it are bollocks.
3. French electrics are actually very good. The only reason you think there bad is because all you ever read on these forums is people's problems. Never see people on owners clubs putting threads up saying "my car has been really good and faultless for the past 6 months".
4. The best car I've had for power to mpg is the 6. I can happily get 40mpg out of it on a run and (Ruan will hate me for saying this) it's a quick ish car that will have a lot of things on the road. And it is more reliable than a broken DMF pd (don't tell me there reliable...there not)
5. Why the hell are you on a French car forum if you clearly have a hatred for them?
Oh and 6. Why the f*ck do we always go round in circles with this?!
Ok: 1 - Look at my average mpg lol, always over 60...no idea why yours is shit, maybe you're driving everywhere at 90+.
2 - Modern cars ARE much better on fuel, several of my family frequently buy new cars and the amount of power and mpg they get from even tiny petrols these days is surprising tbh. And I ignore the ads...because that 88mpg kia is unbeliveably slow when you look into it - but Im talking about 'decent' cars with like a 10/11 second 0-60.......which you used to have to have atleast a 1.8 petrol for, doing barely 30mpg.
3 - I'm also on German forums - they don't moan about electrics anywhere near as much as the pug ones - so the pug ones must be worse right? Plus the door looms in 306s ARE crap lol.....thats a well known fact, as well as all the rusty earths, and the dashboard smoke people often get.
4. I'd love a '6..........but I can't afford to fuel or tax one.... And they may be reliable....but how often do they need thier cambelts changed? And how many end up tapping? Plus they're really not that quick considering the engine size now. I've been looking at and testing a few lately as I tried to get one as a 'temp' car for a bit of fun, but I just can't justify that much fuel for such a comparatively small amount of power.
5. As said I'm also on VAG forums and hate them too....I need something remotely sociable to do though - and forums seem to allow me to do that. However the vag ones are dull and boring and they don't have a chatbox..........most days the only people I'll speak to are the ones in the chatbox, and unfortunatley I try to do that to give myself a lift, but usually end up bringing down the chatbox with me, which I will apologise for, I don't notice till its too late.
This thread might as well be closed or deleted or whatever.