Well that is even more then - about £70 more.
My business partner is just negotiating with Lex on A4 Avants - similar money for an S-Line as the Passat Bluemotion list price.
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Blimey.
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Best price on the Avant SLine - £320 a month on 10k a year mileage. The Passat is around £345, the Mazda £285.
The Audi is the lowest output engine though.
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You could buy one for that.
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Presumably only required if you ignore the instructions, which would count as mis-use and therefore be out of warranty...?
You'd be surprised how many problems there are with the Mazda dpf's, which mazda put down to the way the vehicle is being driven, i.e you musn't drive on B or C roads and only A roads at a push but preferably motorways only and never under 40 mph
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What is this about Mazda DPFs?????? Tell me please.
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Are they the same engines as Ford? Ford need the additive, and it seems that many people forget or don't know about it.. although some are saying it's only got a lifetime of 70k miles anyway which seems terrible.
Oh.. hehe.. MF just pushed the button on one
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Mrs rkk01 is looking at an Abarth 500. I know that will be an absolute hoot!
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No I haven't! My wife already has one though! (Mazda 3 Sport).
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Diesel Particulate Filter?
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DPFs are on diesels, your 3 is petrol isn't it?
They filter the smoke, which is a good thing. The problem is with how they are cleaned out. There are two kinds (on cars). The VW kind and I think maybe Peugot etc are cleaned off by the engine increasing the exhaust gas temperature by various means; the Ford kind are cleaned out by means of a chemical that you have to add, and I suspect some people forget to do. The more long motorway or fast trips you do, the less it needs to clean it out by these other means because the hot exhaust gas will burn it all off anyway.
If you only tootle round town (on a VW at least) the filter gets a bit blocked up and a light comes on. The manual tells you that when the light comes on you have to go and drive for 30 minutes at over 3krpm or something, but of course a good sound thrashing of any kind will have the same effect. I also suspect some people ignore the light..
Some people are saying Ford ones always need replacing after 70k miles at a cost of £700, I find this hard to believe....
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Yes the 3 is petrol. Will probably be getting a diesel next though so interested in knowing about this fault.
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My partner has the option of leasing a car through her work
Just cos she can, doesn't mean she should.
She needs to do the sums and decide whether she wants to pay for a new car vs s/h car and (probably lots of) spare cash.
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No dpf on the 1.8 Tdci which is the ford engine. I would go for a Honda Jazz 1.4 petrol. Great little/big cars!
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