Imagine how comfortable you'd have found Recaro seats instead of a knock off.Strange, as the base on the JCW seats extends to cater for strangely tall people like you
I have to say, my previous JCW had Rocarro's and they were more comfortable. I think I'll be heading towards the JCW Clubman when it arrives, we could do with just that extra bit of space but love the brand.
That is the thing, I'm not even tall. But yes didn't look into an option for recaro seats. That could be quite nice actuallyStrange, as the base on the JCW seats extends to cater for strangely tall people like you
LOL although our motives we more like easier to get into a multi storey car park than to save the planetWell done that man for thinking about the planet.
I bet it'll sound glorious
One of our neighbour's sons, a youngish lad (very early 20's) has a Mercedes A45 AMG which sounds decent enough.
We also have a neighbour with a Harley. Nice & quiet where I live.
And also I think we have had less than 10 journeys in three years that required the seven seats. So in the unlikely event I require that well just hire a seven seater. and stated economy not too bad at 36MPG so likely around mid twenties in the real world. Pretty good for such a powerful SUV.
Nice grandson, must have learned from the best grandfather
La Ultima Luz del Día by Ricardo da Force, on FlickrIn the background I see the Torre de Tamarit, just outside Santa Pola.
I suppose it all depends on what you want from a car. Some people just want a set of wheels for A to B and not really fussed of what is available for a few grand, some want a particular car which may well cost £20k, it may cost more, but if no-one bought the new ones, the supply of a few grand cars would soon dry up and what would have cost you a few grand will then cost a few grand more.
It all depends how good the deal is. When I take a look at my Golf R I did my sums, buying it would not have been any cheaper. The lease payments basically covered the depreciation. Very cheap way of driving an absolutely fantastic vehicle.
Me tooThere's some fairly powerful and fun to drive 2.0 diesels available, if a diesel suited my car use, I certainly wouldn't discount them. My old Mondeo ST TDCi would have been £21k, 9 years ago, as standard it was fun to drive, bigger intercooler, decat, performance exhaust and remapped to 190Bhp, plus Eibach springs, it was even more fun, certainly didn't feel big to drive, Modern diesels are on par if not more powerful.
If someone gave me a £20k diesel, I'd be straight down the Ford dealer with it and my Focus and swap them for an RS or a Mustang. Save me using my own money.
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As long as you put it back to normal then there is no problem. But doesn't it actually totally conflict with your view on costs and depreciation? And if you get the right car there is no need to mod it.
Probably because years ago if you bought a car with a turbo, your insurance was generally quite high. Along came turbo diesels and insurance companies didn't really load them up the same. When turbo diesels started getting direct injection, they developed a lot more torque and a lot more fun to drive. Petrol engines have become more efficient because manufacturers have used a lot of what they learnt from TD's and incorporated it into th epetrol engines. Now it's working back the other way and what they have learnt in modern petrol engine development is transferring back into diesel engines to improve the efficiency and emissions. Back when I had my Mondeo, I could just as easily have had the same car with a 3.0V6 and it would have been returning, 20=25mpg. But I bought a 2.2TDCi, it returned 60mpg, lowest ever average was 54mpg and at 30-50, 50-70 etc. acceleration it would easily out drag the 3.0V6.
Sure but if you compare that to a modern petrol like for like than the diesel is heavier, dirtier and noisier.
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