[Closed] Skoda's, marital bliss and a repair bill

THEN buy the 330 Touring auto I will want

I bought a 330D Auto Touring a couple of weeks ago.

You know that's a 5 series don't you?!

yes, sorry 530D.

£6k/100,000 - it's a 2006. FSH and all that, though. I don't do massive mileage so it'll only creep up slowly now.

Weird- everyones different but a 330D or 530D just leave me cold. However a M3 would be awesome...and again if you are only doing c8k-lower miles miles why do you need a diesel OP/Wwaswas?

Bugger, my garage is 18cm too small for that.

Pragmatism.
If you're going to have a new toy it may as well be one with zero Fanny Magnetism.

I think my missus has the same thoughts on beards.

She hates it, complains constantly that it's too long/rough/full of food/wet. Am I allowed to shave it off.................no....no...no...no!

You don't look at the interior when you are driving

Actually, you spend most of your time in the car and the feel and look inside makes a big difference to how you feel about it. What's a better 'drive' makes little difference to me really as all cars nowadays are very good at getting from a to b.

hora - Member

Why do people get so hooked into chasing mpg....

Because some people do more than 8,000 mile/yr....

hora - Member

It does 33mpg on the motorway and has NO diesel car gubbins to worry about.

Eek!
My commute would cost me £63/wk in petrol if I drove your Subaru.
My Ibiza cost me a conservative £39 (at 55mpg, which is at the low end).......so well over £1000 a year difference in fuel cost.

As for diesel car gubbins to worry about - I've not had to worry too much in the 263k miles mine has done - the only diesel engine specific component that has failed so far has been a couple of intercooler hoses - and of course turbo petrols have them too....

263k, wow. How long have you had it?

[i]if you are only doing c8k-lower miles miles why do you need a diesel[/i]

I've had one for 10 years now - I quite like the way they drive and it was useful for towing.

My wife has a 2007 Golf GTi - it's fabulous but you do have to work the engine to get the performance. This BMW just *pulls* from about 1000rpm.

tbh, one reason I went for diesel this time is with a higher mileage car diesels seem to keep going much more than petrol.

You don't look at the interior when you are driving

Yes, you do. Unless you are one of those old ladies with your nose pressed against the windscreen, it's there in front of you.

I've had a few Legacy's and an Outback; great cars, but interiors of cars have moved on.

Subaru have traded on the Impreza reputation and banged on about the mechanicals to the expense of all other considerations.

Ive never been one for an interior. Minimal and functional. Yet I like my women - complex to look at and understand, yet bomb proof 😀

hora - Member
263k, wow. How long have you had it?

It's 12 yrs old, but I've had it for almost 9 (in Sept). Bought it 3yrs old with 24k miles on, so put almost all of them on! Aiming to get to 300k and then replace, but still on original clutch so if that lets go it'll probably be game over.

Oh, I mentioned above my mpg value was a bit conservative...
Here is this evening's commute home mpg.....

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You have good mechanical sympathy and a smooth(?) driving style.

However over 200k in a Ibiza. Bloody masochist.