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Post by Noberator on Oct 27, 2021 18:26:14 GMT 1
As my inlaws have just found out today: Audi A1 2012 1.6 tdi broke down..Needs a new (piezo) injector replaced. Price all in 810quid..And they've been forewarned it may need more work.. But I keep getting told is has free road tax and the parking permit is 15 quid instead of 75quid for my Mitsubishi Colt....They do 20 to 30 miles a week! I keep telling them to buy a small petrol but will they listen, will they heck?!   |
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Post by Noberator on Oct 27, 2021 18:33:28 GMT 1
Friggin eck.   It's a lot of money for sure Stop it. |
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Post by Noberator on Oct 27, 2021 18:35:25 GMT 1
As my inlaws have just found out today: Audi A1 2012 1.6 tdi broke down..Needs a new (piezo) injector replaced. But I keep getting told is has free road tax and the parking permit is 15 quid instead of 75quid for my Mitsubishi Colt....They do 20 to 30 miles a week! I keep telling them to buy a small petrol but will they listen, will they heck?! Get rid. A nice petrol Honda Jazz. |
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 27, 2021 19:20:07 GMT 1
As my inlaws have just found out today: Audi A1 2012 1.6 tdi broke down..Needs a new (piezo) injector replaced. But I keep getting told is has free road tax and the parking permit is 15 quid instead of 75quid for my Mitsubishi Colt....They do 20 to 30 miles a week! I keep telling them to buy a small petrol but will they listen, will they heck?! Get rid. A nice petrol Honda Jazz. Who are you and what have you done with the real Pete?  |
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Post by remmington on Oct 27, 2021 19:52:26 GMT 1
Where was photo taken...? |
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 27, 2021 20:18:55 GMT 1
 A guy on fb posted the pic today |
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Post by Rhubarb on Oct 27, 2021 21:21:53 GMT 1
As my inlaws have just found out today: Audi A1 2012 1.6 tdi broke down..Needs a new (piezo) injector replaced. Price all in 810quid..And they've been forewarned it may need more work.. But I keep getting told is has free road tax and the parking permit is 15 quid instead of 75quid for my Mitsubishi Colt....They do 20 to 30 miles a week! I keep telling them to buy a small petrol but will they listen, will they heck?! Injector ex TPS new genuine VW one £440 - £6 heat seal £8.50 bolt 1.5hrs labour is about right at £810. Even with 10% on the parts - plus assuming they were charged an hours labour to diagnose. It makes the labour £100 plus VAT. Free road tax is not looking so good now is it? Buying a small petrol car has never looked so better. Spark plugs are still cheap - and I have never failed to extract one either. It had a jammed o/s/r door...I managed to get it open and lubed/drowned the handle and latches/catches...Since doing that it unlocks every second try..You can unlock it manually with the interior handle..So they want it fixed by the garage..I expect it'll need a new door card @ 400quid fitted? |
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Post by Noberator on Oct 27, 2021 21:57:54 GMT 1
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Post by Joepublic on Nov 3, 2021 19:09:07 GMT 1
 Guess the year competition |
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Post by remmington on Nov 3, 2021 19:24:21 GMT 1
Guess the year competition 1989...? |
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Post by huffo on Nov 3, 2021 19:35:02 GMT 1
I reckon Remmington is very close. Perhaps a year or two later: 1991?
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Post by Noberator on Nov 3, 2021 20:09:37 GMT 1
I reckon Remmington is very close. Perhaps a year or two later: 1991? He is but I recon it's a couple of years or so earlier. 1986 or 87. |
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Post by Joepublic on Nov 3, 2021 21:02:55 GMT 1
Guess the year competition 1989...? Correct, but how? |
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Post by remmington on Nov 3, 2021 21:32:47 GMT 1
How...?Aged 22. In the summer of 1989 - I bought a 1985 C reg red Ford Orion 1.6D It was the first diesel car I had ever owned. So thus I was interested in the price of fuel! Very good car actually - 58MPG - 50HP ish - 90mph flat out - bought it off a customer who had dinged the front wing. Put a wing on and painted it. Even thou it had indirect diesel injection - it would start first time everytime.
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Post by valhalla on Nov 4, 2021 0:48:59 GMT 1
Closed on a Sunday, and there are few, if any Sainsbury stores in Scotland...........So it makes it pre-Sunday trading laws..... 
I also had my first diesel-engined car in 1989, but it was a bit more exotic than Remmington's; a 1974 LWB Ser_III Landrover, 2.25ltr. 90mph was a little beyond its capabilities; when I drove it home from the sale, I joined the M6 just South of Hilton Park, and with the slip-road down onto the motorway, I was just able to ease the old boy over 40mph.....
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