On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:08:37 +0100, tony sayer >
wrote:

>In article >, Mark <i@dontget
>lotsofspamanymore.invalid> scribeth thus
>>On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:57:16 +0100, tony sayer >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>>>>(The brake discs on mine have worn quicker than I expected so will
>>>>>>need replacing soon.)
>>>>>
>>>>>There was a review on one of the car sites where they took a 2.? Engined
>>>>>car for a good strip down and IIRC the discs were changed once already
>>>>>at 20,000 and needed doing again at 60,000 plus pads of course they were
>>>>>quite complementary on the rest of the car..
>>>>
>>>>It's a good car IMHO but too many small niggles to make it great.
>>>
>>>Yes pity they never seem to sort that sort of thing. The reality doesn't
>>>quite go with the projected image. Like this silly coil pack business
>>>Bloke at the local Audi dealer sez he's never heard of problems, but why
>>>are the doing a structured recall for this problem in America and
>>>Canada...
>>>
>>>> And
>>>>the fuel consumption is abysmal.
>>>>
>>>>Mine has done nearly 70K and the discs are needing replacement soon
>>>>but I don't think they have been done before.
>>>
>>>Suppose its down to driving style a lot of the time. I try not to use
>>>the brakes unless I -need- to;;
>>
>>;-)
>>
>>>>
>>>>Which one have you got BTW? I have the 2.4 petrol V6.
>>>
>>>Its a 2 litre turbo. Seems that fuel consumption isn't that noticeable
>>>either way but as yet we, rather I, haven't used it much. Missus has
>>>taken it off to France but hasn't commented either way .. still, after a
>>>2.5 Volvo estate most anything has to be better;!..
>>
>>Mine displays the fuel consumption on the dash so it's hard to ignore.
>
>Are those systems that accurate at all?..

Don't know -- but it definitely makes me drive more slowly!

>>>Main thing is she's very happy with it, so all is well..
>>>
>>>My olde 2.0 SE A6 1995 estate still does around 31 "ish" mixed driving
>>>and can still be rather spritely despite its 190 K plus miles...
>>
>>That's good. The best I get is low 20's.
>
>That does seem a rather large difference. I wonder why?. Don't know if
>its a driving style difference?. Perhaps now I'm older and had a very
>serious accident last year, not car related, I ease off the go pedal
>more nowadays?.

I ease off the pedal more too.

>Mind you with the way the roads are clogged around this way near the
>infamous A14 you can't do much more then crawl sometimes;!..

Like pretty much the rest of England.
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