Anything with a 2.8 six isn't going to work well in traffic, but once you're out on the road, they're pretty damned economical for their size.
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Opinions please...
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[checks pockets and back of sofa]
Where can you get one for £3k?? Estate? And how much is the R?
Nick
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The message from snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) contains these words:
My Audi doesn't conform. Now I have had the petrol line leak fixed I might be getting about 30 mpg on long runs. From what Dave said earlier about how economical his was I was thinking of shifting to a BMW when I next change my car.
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Ladas are incredibly reliable, aren't they? Utterly soul-less and about as comfortable as an incurable STD, but reliable, yes.
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I've certainly not seen my 528 auto drop as low as 30 on a run - assuming half decent traffic.
If you stick to 70 ish on a motorway you'll see the upper '30s.
Town is a different matter.
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A quick glance at an old Autocar shows the 2.8 A6 and 2.8 E39 to be as near as dammit the same on their touring route.
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The message from "Dave Plowman (News)" contains these words:
I must tour a bit too quickly then although I don't have an A6 but a 94 Coupe and I don't suppose the 4 wheel drive helps petrol consumption very much.
I don't think the Audi did 30 to the gallon even when I bought it 7 years ago but it was an improvement on the Sierra 4x4 it replaced so I didn't think anything of it. Even with the petrol leak at its worst it seemed to give at least as good as the Sierra on long runs (25ish).
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And lovable in a real "it's an old piece of shit, but it's gotten me everywhere I needed to go, no matter how bad the road/weather/driving conditions, and I couldn't be without it now" kind of way.
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LOL.
I don't miss the one I had years ago, one little bit. It wasn't just shit, it was stupidly thirsty for something so mundane.
-- JackH
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Funny you should say that. I've always wanted to put a Rover V8 in the back of one; I'm sure there's room!
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Someone I know who is a mini and Skoda nut had a friend who built the ScarySkoda. Ford V6 in the back.
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Then there was the Skobaru, Skoda rapid with a Subaru turbo boxer in, and there are a couple of Alfa Boxer and Alfa/Fiat/Lancia Twink Rapids arround too.
Plus awhole host of stripped out fun to run rapids and Estelles like
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