yu heard about the new "Mini" SUV?
willo
Well-Known Member
A new Mini SUV ??? To compete the X3 ???
Saw an automagazine here, edition of end January, they made a competition between the BMW X3 2.0d and the new FL2 Td4, on six items the FL2 won 5 out of 6, (only the interior which looks old and plastic in the FL2 made it loose this item in favour of the X3, all the other things such as exterior, engine, performance, roadhandling, suspension were all won by the FL2.) In the same edition there was also a detailed roadtest with the new FL2 and the totalscore was 808 points out of 1000. In the same edition they also tested the new Audi S3, it got only 740 pts. out of 1000. Normally 750 or more is a very good score, 800 and/or above is rather exceptional, so it looks as the FL2 is a very good car ??
Saw an automagazine here, edition of end January, they made a competition between the BMW X3 2.0d and the new FL2 Td4, on six items the FL2 won 5 out of 6, (only the interior which looks old and plastic in the FL2 made it loose this item in favour of the X3, all the other things such as exterior, engine, performance, roadhandling, suspension were all won by the FL2.) In the same edition there was also a detailed roadtest with the new FL2 and the totalscore was 808 points out of 1000. In the same edition they also tested the new Audi S3, it got only 740 pts. out of 1000. Normally 750 or more is a very good score, 800 and/or above is rather exceptional, so it looks as the FL2 is a very good car ??
cashybai
New Member
Just for interest folks, my rear dif has lunched itself...spewed a load of oil out the drivers side oil seal and grinding like hell. The symptoms were exactly as above, with a noise that I put down to a wheel bearing on its way or the old favourite tyre noise. Swop around of tyres was on the jobs list for the next service..ho hum....Found it by feeling for a hot drum brake (me also thinking brakes locked on) and feeling the dif case, hot enuf to fry an egg and covered in oil. Undid the oil level bolt thingy, nowt in the case even when the front is jacked up. Recon dif, £280 odd nicker plus 3 hrs labour best I can find at the mo....
how much it cost ya so far, Cashy?
cashybai
New Member
Hiya Hatters ,
As the above, The dif is en-route from Coventry, me local spanner twirler is ready and primed to do a one on, one off job. Oh yes cost....half me hair, whats left is going greyer than a badgers arse, countless man-hours punching replies and queries on here, the bill'll run into fousands..
,As the above, The dif is en-route from Coventry, me local spanner twirler is ready and primed to do a one on, one off job. Oh yes cost....half me hair, whats left is going greyer than a badgers arse, countless man-hours punching replies and queries on here, the bill'll run into fousands..
No - I meant how much has ya Hippoo cost ya to keep on the road since yu got it?
this aint the fust prob - is it?
this aint the fust prob - is it?
cashybai
New Member
There goes the last of me hairs.....Without lookingat all the bills, I'd guess around £2.5-3k.Fuel pump/starting probs put most of that on, plus normal tyre eating habits.. Having said that tho she'd got 70k miles ont clock, so its not been bad value for the 70k plus I've put on her to date...
as yu say - not bad for 70K miles - if yu take that as 5 years running - that about £600 a year - not bad at all.
cashybai
New Member
I can live wiv that mate, if you reckon on £1200 pa to include tax, mot's & insurance, thats the max I'd want to be spending on keeping a car going. Kiss of death time, me beemers got 210k on clock, owes me nowt, last 3 yrs have cost me £2k in repairs, tax, mot and insurance. Its not bad really when you look at it like that.
cashybai
New Member
Quote from above: 'The all-wheel-drive MINI will use a compact 'intelligent' transmission system'
Thats not Hill descent/ABS/Traction control/ VCU/ IRD/FD et al is it? Knew bemmer would milk what they nicked off landys patents board....
I reckon on £1K a year incl. - but then I am tight! i spose it depends how long yu keep em -
best I had was a Cortina mk1 - bought as coat of many colours for £60 - ran it for 2 years - cost me the paint to respray it correct colour (about £30) and sold it for £150.
worst one - yu know the story of that
best I had was a Cortina mk1 - bought as coat of many colours for £60 - ran it for 2 years - cost me the paint to respray it correct colour (about £30) and sold it for £150.
worst one - yu know the story of that
