Show Us Your Motors!

mrk · 10 Apr 2012 at 18:57

Why are pug steering wheels so damn ugly like they came out of a van!

Howard · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:01

Blackhawk47 said:
Driving this till my car is sorted out. I would be tempted to charge up the Mini battery and get it back on the road but my dad's car is blocking the garage and he's on holiday anyway. It is by far the worst car I have ever been in/driven.

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

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Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:04

LOL Howard.

And no I don't have the keys to the jag.

[TW]Fox · 10 Apr 2012 at 19:13

Ricochet J said:
Didn't want to start a new thread so I'll post my question in here if anyone knows the answer:

On new car releases, why do BMW release the x28 engines before the x30 and x35? (Obviously except from the marketing trick that 3 years later an LCI will have a brand new x30 engine - are there any technical reasons?)

Ta.

They don't - you are overthinking it. There is no pattern to it, it's just co-incidence.

Currently x28 is the 'thing' as it signifies the car is powered by the higher power output variant of the 2.0 litre turbo 4 cylinder engine. It would be confusing and inappropriate to use x30 for this engine given there exists a 530i with a 3 litre 6 cylinder engine already in the F10 range and the previous incarnations of the x30i's had more power than the current x28i.

The x35 is available now and was a launch engine for both F10 and F30, so the x28 hasn't been released first.

The previous x28 was the 528i F10 - a shortlived car with a 258bhp version of the 3 litre N53 engine. It was badged x28i because the previous E60 had the same engine, with more power, badged as 530i and it would seem a backward step to offer the same model with less power.

Prior to that, you didn't see x28i's since 2000, where it was nice and easy, signifying the car had a 2.8 litre M52 engine. It was replaced across the range in 2000 by the 3.0 M54 engine badged x30i (Except in the E38).

peterattheboro · 10 Apr 2012 at 20:06

That Pug is ****ing disgusting. I would have refused that car and asked for another.

MagicBoy · 10 Apr 2012 at 20:07

It's better than the bus. What's the issue?

Minstadave · 10 Apr 2012 at 20:09

Howard said:

What has been seen can never be unseen!

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2012 at 21:12

peterattheboro said:
That Pug is ****ing disgusting. I would have refused that car and asked for another.

They had about six other 107s there which I assume were also hire cars. Ah well. I made the mistake of putting too much fuel in and it cut off at £15. So cheap to fuel - thats one good thing.

Believe it or not it is a 5 door. If you look at it side on it is like the rear seats are the petrol tank. :eek:

[TW]Fox · 10 Apr 2012 at 21:15

Bit confused as to why you are not having the car repaired by Audi? Surely having it sorted by a non Audi approved bodycentre at the least voids the corrosion warranty. If the car is owned by Audi financial services are you even allowed to have it repaired by a non Audi approved bodycentre? These are all arguments that should be used if your insurer isnt playing ball. You *can* choose where it goes.

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2012 at 21:53

[TW]Fox;21655952 said:
Bit confused as to why you are not having the car repaired by Audi? Surely having it sorted by a non Audi approved bodycentre at the least voids the corrosion warranty. If the car is owned by Audi financial services are you even allowed to have it repaired by a non Audi approved bodycentre? These are all arguments that should be used if your insurer isnt playing ball. You *can* choose where it goes.

Well I didn't know you had a 'choice' as to where it goes. Admiral said on the phone, so and so admiral approved repair centre is nearest to my house and that was that. Over the phone they didn't ask if I wanted to take it somewhere specific...if I took it to a non admiral approved centre then wouldn't I be liable to not only pay my £750 excess to admiral but also parts/labour etc at the Audi bodycentre? :confused:

[TW]Fox · 10 Apr 2012 at 21:56

It's in the Admiral policy documentation:

If you do not wish to use our Approved Repairers we cannot guarantee you a courtesy car, and you will need to get two estimates from repairers. If we think the repair estimate is unreasonable, we may arrange for your car to be moved to another repairer.

Although they cannot guarantee a loan car usually Audi would give you one anyway, as it means they get the work out of it.

I would be hugely nervous about letting a random bodycentre loose on a car like an A1, chances are yours is probably the first one they've ever worked on..

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:02

[TW]Fox;21656379 said:
It's in the Admiral policy documentation:

Although they cannot guarantee a loan car usually Audi would give you one anyway, as it means they get the work out of it.

I would be hugely nervous about letting a random bodycentre loose on a car like an A1, chances are yours is probably the first one they've ever worked on..

So if I wanted to see if I could instead take it to an Audi garage. Who would you contact to speak about it with? Admiral - and not phone the repair centre where it is currently sitting?

[TW]Fox · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:05

I don't know how you'd go about getting the car now it's at the approved repairers so I can only advise what I'd have done before it had gone in. If its just sat in the carpark or something then, well, its still your car?

Take it to Audi, get a qoute. Take it somewhere else, get a quote. Call your insurer and explain you want it repaired by Audi, and provided your insurer and the Audi bodycentre can agree cost, job done. Explain that it's a virtually brand new car and you are not confident with anyone but Audi doing the right job. Explain your concerns over your Audi corrosion warranty.

Also, ask Audi financial services. As the car belongs to them they may stipulate who can and cannot work on it - so this might be further information you can use to get the insurer to let Audi do the work

Blackhawk47 · 10 Apr 2012 at 22:31

[TW]Fox;21656472 said:
I don't know how you'd go about getting the car now it's at the approved repairers so I can only advise what I'd have done before it had gone in. If its just sat in the carpark or something then, well, its still your car?

Take it to Audi, get a qoute. Take it somewhere else, get a quote. Call your insurer and explain you want it repaired by Audi, and provided your insurer and the Audi bodycentre can agree cost, job done. Explain that it's a virtually brand new car and you are not confident with anyone but Audi doing the right job. Explain your concerns over your Audi corrosion warranty.

Also, ask Audi financial services. As the car belongs to them they may stipulate who can and cannot work on it - so this might be further information you can use to get the insurer to let Audi do the work

I've just had a look through the agreement papers I have. It says basically that as long as I have the car then I must keep it in good condition/state of repair and again, if I choose to hand the car back after x years then it must be in good condition/state of repair for them to agree to take it back (and sell it on...).

But what could really go wrong at the admiral approved centre? The worse of the damage is a panel, which just needs replacing, respraying and fitting.

Or at least thats what I would expect.

Myshra · 11 Apr 2012 at 09:34

I've had to get cars repaired twice on Admiral and both times I told them to shove their first place of repair, I'm off to the official repair garage and they just rolled over as soon as they got the quote, didn't even need to go to another garage. 3rd party garage isn't required to use official OEM parts / paint etc... aside from the fact I wanted official technicians to work on my car. I don't have a problem being this elitist because it's such an expensive object.

Rybo89 · 11 Apr 2012 at 10:29

What you done to A1? Where is the thread?

Dup · 11 Apr 2012 at 10:49

Peugeot have been using that steering wheel and stalk controls since I had my 206 in 2001 and they came out in 1999 did they not? Ugh.

I drove the Citroen variant that a friend had, certainly felt like I was driving a van. The pedals were almost horizontal like you were sat at a piano and it pitched and rolled like nothing else. Also the clutches only last about 25k or something ridiculous. Not a nice car in the slightest.

Muffin` · 11 Apr 2012 at 11:11

Dup said:
Peugeot have been using that steering wheel and stalk controls since I had my 206 in 2001 and they came out in 1999 did they not? Ugh.

I drove the Citroen variant that a friend had, certainly felt like I was driving a van. The pedals were almost horizontal like you were sat at a piano and it pitched and rolled like nothing else. Also the clutches only last about 25k or something ridiculous. Not a nice car in the slightest.

yeah but it's £35 a year tax

Blackhawk47 · 11 Apr 2012 at 12:18

Rybo89 said:
What you done to A1? Where is the thread?

I posted in here and there is a seperate thread in motors called 'Not a good day...'

Anywho, I just can't believe the pug has only done 700 miles. It seriously feels like a car (both interior/driving) which has done over ten times that mileage.

Janesy B · 11 Apr 2012 at 13:12

Insurance approved crash repair centres won't even use OEM parts most of the time. Rest assured your car will be rushed through as quickly as possible using as little material as possible in line with insurance standards.