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Steve
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14th May 12 at 18:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the cars btw
Nic Barnes
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14th May 12 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Audi would easily be better than both your cars
Steve
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14th May 12 at 18:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i dont mind the swift to drive its nice to just chuck around the back lanes, audi is heavier and faster but takes more effort to get it to be nimble.

iv driven it a lot in the past and its ok but im not taken by it
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so then you've made your own mind up. thread closed. steve is keeping the swift.
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iv not made my mind up audi would serve its purpose also, towing is a good shout plus its better on the motorway, which i do a fair amount on also
Nic Barnes
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see id have not got the swift in the first place and would've considered a vehicle to move my other vehicle around.
mike56gte
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audi looks very nice. should hold its value better aswell.
Nic Barnes
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looks much more professional than your mums swift tbh
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I'd take the Audi. Re pd140 comments, my dad clocked up 150k in an a3 sportback with the 140 engine. Only problem it had was a wheel bearing or 2.
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This is definatly your dads way of trying to get you to act like a man and not a boy imo
Ojc
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Audi, big comfy cars are great. Lovely crusing at a ton
Hammer
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The a4 is a far superior car.
Ojc
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Should never have got that Swift and this is your chance to get something that makes far more sense
Ian
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For some reason I remembered that A4 as being an estate.

I'd have neither, think they're both boring as fuck but at least the Audi might be good at something useful.
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Nice that audi, really like the wheels too, no brainer.
Also a4 is a good popular size of paper
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14th May 12 at 22:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ian

I'd have neither, think they're both boring as fuck.




Don't think the Audi would be good for towing. Would it not be above towing limit with a show car puma on a trailer?

[Edited on 14-05-2012 by smcGSI16V]
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They're between 1500 and 1700 depending on the model which leaves over a ton of payload, which Steve's Puma is not.
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is it quattro?
Graham88
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Audi all day long, just look at the Swift, it just looks like your mums car anyway

The towing comments have made me look into them now
Ian
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15th May 12 at 00:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm going to say I told you so very loudly when you all start showing up to events in comfortable estate cars towing Ebay shitters.
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If you tow using a dolly does that count for the same towing weight rules? E.g. A 1200kg limit, you can tow an 1100kg car & say the dolly is 100kgs?

[Edited on 15-05-2012 by Graham88]
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Any device which leaves any of the car's road wheels on the floor and doesn't brake those road wheels is classed as an unbraked trailer and as such can only weigh 750kg. Unless the car is very light, this would be overweight.

The only exception is towing the combination to a place of safety following a breakdown or accident and you'll have a hard time claiming that leaving your house with a working track car on the back is either of those.
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good point
Mike
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15th May 12 at 08:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
i dont mind the swift to drive its nice to just chuck around the back lanes


You've got the Puma for the fun stuff, Audi would be for the practical stuff. Swift is pointless, not as fun as the Puma, not as practical as the Audi.
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Yeah, take the audi. You need at least one car in your possesion that doesnt scream "i love cock"

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