I solved my car dilemmas! (Long)

Richard Kilpatrick · 2008-07-14T00:08:14+00:00

I can't remember when I last logged in, but I think I mentioned looking at a BMW 530i. The whole thing has been "flog the MR2, get an estate car/comfortable motorway car to do until the house sells, if it's good, flog the Suzuki too". I've been messed around by one guy with the "perfect" XM estate, I've seen some rough cars, and I've argued with XM fanatics over the fact that I don't want to spend enough to get a 2.5TD in the same condition as I'd get a good 2.0 petrol one, then got offered a 24V V6 one for £500.So after all that, I woke up on Saturday to the Citroen dealer calling to say they've been trying to see if they could get me into a C6 on a cheap finance deal before the house sold (I said, when looking, that I'm spending £400/month on cars what with repairs, depreciation and stuff, so if they managed that I'd have one early).Well... they bloody well did it. I think I'm safe; I've paid the small cash part of the deposit... so I think in two weeks, I will have a delivery miles, pre-reg Black/Cream C6 2.7HDi. They're trying to find me an 08 Exclusive in black with cream leather and no lounge seats (the sunroof has been dismissed as only likely to show up if I did a special order which would not be pre-reg and not be Very Heavily Discounted), though I've said I'll have the lounge seats if they're there, I just don't want to pay for that option when it means losing through-loading.They even remembered what I wanted, and included proper mats and mudflaps and extended warranty in it. I had to divert them away from a third-party towbar though; "Find out if the Citroen one needs any messing with the wiring or bodywork or if it is purely a bolt-on option, I'll do without if I have to butcher any part of the car".The neat bit of the deal is that they offered £2,800 for the Ignis.The REALLY neat bit of the deal is that they offered almost their entire "trade in adjustment" budget too (I thought they were going to take the money they have for making an £11,000...

Jul 14, 2008 70 Replies

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SteveH 18 years ago

There are lots of posts on the tdiclub foru, vwaudi forum, TT forum and Briskoda forum regarding issues - mainly with the 'mechatronic' unit. Which I assume is similar to the Sillyspeed's acutator issues.

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DanB 18 years ago

Aye me too, two of the ex-Clio owners on ClioSport, who are now a MkV GTI ed30 owner, and a 07 Audi S3 owner mentioned issues on their respective forums.

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Adrian 18 years ago

Chris Bartram gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Nor EGS.

FFS, Citroen were doing automated manual boxes - reliably - fifty years ago.

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DanB 18 years ago

WTF are these EGS things?

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SteveH 18 years ago

Like a Sillyspeed, but made by PSA. Probably not the most sensible idea in the world ;-)

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Adrian 18 years ago

"DanB" gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

See that link in the post you replied to and quoted...?

This one...

Tried clicking it?

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Elder 18 years ago

Don't know about currently, but the first version fitted to the MK2 Octavia turbo models popped on a very early basis. About 6months into the life of a new car.

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DanB 18 years ago

Look, I'm not here to 'click links'....

*cough*

Ok I get it now...

*shuffles away*

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Doki 18 years ago

I don't think it's just your posts, it's everyone's ;)...

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DanB 18 years ago

Oh. I suppose I notice the trend more with my own posts cos they're the ones I keep an eye on more heh.

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Doki 18 years ago

I can't see why they'd be particularly bad. I mean, it's not as if they didn't have a similar thing in the quattro rally cars 20 years ago...

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