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philhusbands
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Anyone driven one of these? I took one Exeter-Manchester-Exeter this week. It was a 1.4 diesel.
My impressions? Firstly, no turbo! This means... No power! At all! Seriously, I have nothing against slow cars, not everyone wants to fly about and with all of the cameras, who can? But this thing was ridiculous! Motorway sliproads became a worry, they simply are not long enough for this car to get up to 70mph, and I consistently found myself having to jostle with the artics' rather than flow nicely into the traffic. This car is dangerously underpowered.
The interior was, umm... OK? I mean, it was nice. They had made some effort to 'modern' the thing up inside with 'metal' air vents and center console. Only thing is, its wasn't metal but plastic sprayed silver. I'm sorry, after Audi quality and design everything else has a hard time trying to sum up!
And, aside from this, its French. Ergo it will self destruct in 15000 miles. This 11000 miler showed signs of falling apart...
Impressive though was the fuel consumption, or lack of it! I had the throttle nailed a lot of the time in order to keep the thing at 90. We started with a full tank, and the 450 miles to Manc and back down to the M5 saw it drop to about 10%. A fill up sipped just £27 from my wallet.
All things considered, I wouldnt buy one. The impressive fuel economy means that I wont be feeling sympathetic towards 307 HDi drivers, and you could pick one of these up new for £12k. But when stacked up against my A2, theres just no contest!
Phil. TDi Sport, silver, with Climate and OpenSky.
My impressions? Firstly, no turbo! This means... No power! At all! Seriously, I have nothing against slow cars, not everyone wants to fly about and with all of the cameras, who can? But this thing was ridiculous! Motorway sliproads became a worry, they simply are not long enough for this car to get up to 70mph, and I consistently found myself having to jostle with the artics' rather than flow nicely into the traffic. This car is dangerously underpowered.
The interior was, umm... OK? I mean, it was nice. They had made some effort to 'modern' the thing up inside with 'metal' air vents and center console. Only thing is, its wasn't metal but plastic sprayed silver. I'm sorry, after Audi quality and design everything else has a hard time trying to sum up!
And, aside from this, its French. Ergo it will self destruct in 15000 miles. This 11000 miler showed signs of falling apart...
Impressive though was the fuel consumption, or lack of it! I had the throttle nailed a lot of the time in order to keep the thing at 90. We started with a full tank, and the 450 miles to Manc and back down to the M5 saw it drop to about 10%. A fill up sipped just £27 from my wallet.
All things considered, I wouldnt buy one. The impressive fuel economy means that I wont be feeling sympathetic towards 307 HDi drivers, and you could pick one of these up new for £12k. But when stacked up against my A2, theres just no contest!
Phil. TDi Sport, silver, with Climate and OpenSky.