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RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Washington - 13-09-2015

(12-09-2015, 20:59)St Charles Owl Wrote:
(11-09-2015, 22:38)Maddix Wrote:
(11-09-2015, 22:29)consilio Wrote:
(11-09-2015, 22:09)Maddix Wrote: So how much do you lot pay for fuel ?

I'm currently paying £1.057 per litre (roughly £4.85 a gallon) for diesel so economy is one of our first thoughts when buying a car in the Motherland. My new 2.2L I-DTEC (or summat like that) is alleged to do a combined 67.3 MPG (funny how the twats sell us fuel in litres then quote mileages in gallons  Angry ) but it will do 0-60 in 8 seconds  Thumb up  and has a top speed of 135 MPH  Thumb up

I haven't tested the 135 MPH yet as the wife thinks the speed bumps near us will ruin the suspension and there is a 20 MPH zone just round the corner  Angry

You will never get any where near that to the gallon, unless you drive like my Dad Wink

That's why I said alleged  Whistle


SC05 WFC is available  Thumb up Charlie, move back to England and buy it  Whistle

http://www.nationalnumbers.co.uk/?cont=search_results_millennium&prefix=&number=05&suffix=wfc&age=64

OWL 1 is up for £82588  Confused

Wow, over here I am amazed they haven't realized the potential of selling personalized plates!!  Assuming OWL 1 is not being used here in CA, it would cost about $150 (90 quid) to get that license plate!!!  And of course it would be available in each state as well.
My WA plate is 'THEOWLS' and costs about what SCO said.  It would be cheaper but I now also have A University of Washington specialized plate too not just the standard state plate.  The extra money goes to the university and some of the other state programs.

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - OvalOwl - 13-09-2015

Cars, like women, are best kept at arms length, but I think I'm in luuurve with mine; I've washed it twice this week.

Poverty pork, 2003 vintage 2.7 Boxster capable of 150 mph, they say, and blistering quick. However, it's only giving me 30 mpg (prefers 98 octane) and cost me north of £1200 for its first service in my ownership.

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Maddix - 13-09-2015

(13-09-2015, 19:53)OvalOwl Wrote: Cars, like women, are best kept at arms length, but I think I'm in luuurve with mine; I've washed it twice this week.

Poverty pork, 2003 vintage 2.7 Boxster capable of 150 mph, they say, and blistering quick. However, it's only giving me 30 mpg (prefers 98 octane) and cost me north of £1200 for its first service in my ownership.

I tend to take mine to the asylum seekers  Whistle Full hand wash, wax and polish, tyre black, internal vac & trim polish (including boot) and a free air freshener all for 10 quid while I sit and read the papers for half an hour  Cool

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - consilio - 13-09-2015

Always wash mine myself. When you take them through these hand car washes they always come out streaky and covered in bits of cloth!!

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Maddix - 13-09-2015

(13-09-2015, 21:57)consilio Wrote: Always wash mine myself.  When you take them through these hand car washes they always come out streaky and covered in bits of cloth!!

Just finish it off yourself with a chammy leather when you get home  Thumb up or better still, pay the young 'un 50p to do it  Laugh

Now there's a job for Thurny  Cool

Been for a drive up to Ingleton today Consilio and I'm edging 60 MPG now Thumb up I'll be up with your Dad soon  Laugh

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Thurnscoe_OWL - 13-09-2015

(13-09-2015, 22:02)Maddix Wrote:
(13-09-2015, 21:57)consilio Wrote: Always wash mine myself.  When you take them through these hand car washes they always come out streaky and covered in bits of cloth!!

Just finish it off yourself with a chammy leather when you get home  Thumb up or better still, pay the young 'un 50p to do it  Laugh

Now there's a job for Thurny  Cool

Been for a drive up to Ingleton today Consilio and I'm edging 60 MPG now Thumb up I'll be up with your Dad soon  Laugh

50 flucking pence?!?!

I'm not that cheap. Chuck in a lager and I'll do it though Laugh

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - St Charles Owl - 13-09-2015

Have to admit I have never washed my own car!!!!! Always take it through either the hand wash place (its all Mexican's doing it here, not asylum seekers!!) or just a regular touchless car wash. As its a company car they pay for it as well!

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Washington - 14-09-2015

    I believe this is a popular model in Stateside's neck of the woods !! Gas mileage might be a bit poor though.

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - consilio - 14-09-2015

(13-09-2015, 22:02)Maddix Wrote:
(13-09-2015, 21:57)consilio Wrote: Always wash mine myself.  When you take them through these hand car washes they always come out streaky and covered in bits of cloth!!

Just finish it off yourself with a chammy leather when you get home  Thumb up or better still, pay the young 'un 50p to do it  Laugh

Now there's a job for Thurny  Cool

Been for a drive up to Ingleton today Consilio and I'm edging 60 MPG now Thumb up I'll be up with your Dad soon  Laugh

i bet that was a fun packed adrenaline fuelled adventure for all involved !! Wink

RE: Maddix's Top Gear thread for all things car! - Maddix - 14-09-2015

It was Consilio Thumb up 4.5 mile walk, 1000 steps through the gorges and 14 waterfalls along the way Confused

But it was really the winding roads on the A65 I wanted to test out the car on Thumb up the Waterfall Walk was a sop to the Missis Laugh