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MarkM

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16th Dec 11 at 19:15

Looking into buying one of these at the moment. Will be a diesel variant. Hopefully the 5.0 V10.

Anyone own any of the diesel variants? What are they like to live with day to day?

Mattb

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16th Dec 11 at 19:19

good cars imo - not much mechanically goes wrong - the V10 is proper cack on fuel and be warned - things like turbo failure, starter failure and other engine things require engine removal to sort

mike56gte

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16th Dec 11 at 19:21

sorry this is my only input.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqYTYy0tmCY

MarkM

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16th Dec 11 at 19:23

I expect it to be a bit heavy on fuel. I want one with all the extras - side steps, the 20" alloys, roof rails etc and only really see the V10 with everything I want. Every now and again a 3.0 V6 pops up which would be the best engine option IMHO.

CORSA NUT

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16th Dec 11 at 20:52

One of my fav. Cars TBH

Don't go for the V10 though mate there a proper lazy luxury 4x4 so the normal v6 is more than adequate.

MarkM

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16th Dec 11 at 21:28

3.0 V6 TDI is a happy medium between performance and MPG.

I remember a horror story about them needing the engine out to replace an alternator?

ste_p23

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16th Dec 11 at 21:43

Shit cars tbh!

jay26

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16th Dec 11 at 23:03

Just done some tyres on one of these was around £1200

MarkM

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16th Dec 11 at 23:47

quote:
Originally posted by jay26
Just done some tyres on one of these was around £1200

That's not too bad considering. Would be a killer having to replace them all at once.

Eddx14xe

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16th Dec 11 at 23:55

Did you just say £1200 on tyres isn't bad?

j10E W

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17th Dec 11 at 00:00

I'm sure a guy on here has a v10 one? hel know about them

Eddx14xe

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17th Dec 11 at 00:02

His name is R Lee iirc.

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 00:10

quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Did you just say £1200 on tyres isn't bad?

For 4 tyres on a 4x4 yes. Ask the M3 owners on here and I bet they'll be paying something similar for theirs.

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 00:11

Especially as the V10 comes with optional 20" rims.

AndyCorsaSport

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17th Dec 11 at 00:47

My sister used to have a 2.5?? I think? Diesel, was shite on fuel, would do £40 going from Leeds to hornsea and back( about 150 miles). Was an auto so don't know if manuals are better, on a plus side she had it around 3 years and nothing broke on it at all.

Eddx14xe

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17th Dec 11 at 00:57

Just looked at some specs. The 5 litre only does 3mpg less than the 3 litre. That will hardly make any difference at all, over 10 gallons you will only get an extra 30 miles.

Imo thats not even worth worrying about, might as well go all out and get the 5 litre.

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 01:17

On paper maybe but I bet those figures are a lot different on the road. Although you could argue the V10 won't need to work as hard as the V6 doing similar speeds.

Mertin

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17th Dec 11 at 02:11

quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Just looked at some specs. The 5 litre only does 3mpg less than the 3 litre. That will hardly make any difference at all, over 10 gallons you will only get an extra 30 miles.

Imo thats not even worth worrying about, might as well go all out and get the 5 litre.

Thats only in deano's mpg world

What about insurance, tax and most importantly parts? If the V10 requires engine removal for alot of items and the lesser versions dont then Id rather go for the lesser versions. Unless your handy at removing a v10 in your garage with an engine hoist and have plenty spare time

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 08:48

Is that the horror story's about an engine out for an alternator? If so its the 3.0 V6 for me.

Eddx14xe

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17th Dec 11 at 10:39

Bit of research on a owners forum. Apparently the alternator costs around 5k to replace. One guy needed a new alternator and turbos and it cost him 12k. This is for the 5 litre.

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 11:17

Best to avoid that one then.

Mattb

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17th Dec 11 at 11:44

12k! he got raped there imo - the book time for engine in and out is 16 hours - even at £140 p/h thats £2300 ish plus parts 400 for alternator plus 3.5k for turbos and maybe 500 for stuff and margins thats £7k ish............

sri boy

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17th Dec 11 at 11:56

prop bearing goes and its a full new propshaft
auto boxes done a few of them very expensive
bonnet relese snaps
and like a few people say the alternators are a very expensive job

R Lee

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17th Dec 11 at 13:03

It's a fatty of a car. You can definitely feel the weight, but the air suspension does help. Great luxurious car with loads of toys and goodies.
Expensive to run. I've only ever got 30mpg on a slow ass run. Usually get 19-22 mpg.
When things go wrong, they go wrong badly.
Insurance is the same as my Evo. £1300 @29 years old etc.

Torque is your friend

I've had mine remap with close to 650lb/ft torque

MarkM

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17th Dec 11 at 14:08

Any pics?

I want the side steps, roof rail, 20's, tv/sat nav and cream leather!

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