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What did you and your MK2 do today?
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Extremely depressed that i can be insured on a polo/fabia/ibiza 1.4tsi 180bhp dsg for the same price (ish) as my standard 1.2tsi leon with 105bhp and a manual gearbox
Yeah but with your 1.2 you don't need the engine changed every service, just the oil and filters.
Ha ha.. I agree with Nath. The 1.4 TSi engine over here is pretty horrible and keeps failing in a short time.
Noticed a pretty decent increase in MPG with the new p-flo intake.
Easily do 34-35mpg now on the TFSi, even on shorter drives!
Win win win
Easily do 34-35mpg now on the TFSi, even on shorter drives!
Win win win
In that case i shall get over it!
Me and my dad spent last night working out the costs of switching mine to a 1.6tdi. Since i'm going to university my mileage will be all motorway from now on, pretty much, and we worked out a fuel saving of £900 a year, insurance was exactly the same. But the cost to change the car would be a few grand, so not worth it! Just accept 33mpg on motorway
Me and my dad spent last night working out the costs of switching mine to a 1.6tdi. Since i'm going to university my mileage will be all motorway from now on, pretty much, and we worked out a fuel saving of £900 a year, insurance was exactly the same. But the cost to change the car would be a few grand, so not worth it! Just accept 33mpg on motorway
In that case i shall get over it!
Me and my dad spent last night working out the costs of switching mine to a 1.6tdi. Since i'm going to university my mileage will be all motorway from now on, pretty much, and we worked out a fuel saving of £900 a year, insurance was exactly the same. But the cost to change the car would be a few grand, so not worth it! Just accept 33mpg on motorway
Honestly, on a 1.2litre engine?!?! I would be gutted, I expect that from my (soon to be 'my') 2.0l in the Cupra R.
In that case i shall get over it!
Me and my dad spent last night working out the costs of switching mine to a 1.6tdi. Since i'm going to university my mileage will be all motorway from now on, pretty much, and we worked out a fuel saving of £900 a year, insurance was exactly the same. But the cost to change the car would be a few grand, so not worth it! Just accept 33mpg on motorway
You should be getting a lot more than 33mpg
either something is wrong with the car or your driving too fast
I get more than that on the motorway
In that case i shall get over it!
Me and my dad spent last night working out the costs of switching mine to a 1.6tdi. Since i'm going to university my mileage will be all motorway from now on, pretty much, and we worked out a fuel saving of £900 a year, insurance was exactly the same. But the cost to change the car would be a few grand, so not worth it! Just accept 33mpg on motorway
Bloody hell Jarre, are those mud flaps causing that much drag?......................
My brother has a 1.4 turbo 125ps engine in a black Leon and he gets pretty much 50MPG. He does 40 miles on the motorway each way to work every day.
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Haha i don't like going too slow on the motorway.. It may be 35. Check my fuelly i can't remember! I'll have to drive at 60mph and then i may acheive 45mpg!
i can average 30 @ 70 mph so something is wrong dude, my mum has a A3 1.2 TSI and she gets more than that just round town
I'll get 35 at 80mph just following the outside lane on the A1, so 70 will prpbably see 40mpg. Nothing wrong with the car, it's my right foot!
Should see the state of mine...
still has horse sh*t in the wheel arches from a little navigational mishap in the dark a while ago
Slow down the dude you would see a lot more money in your pocket
Yeah i will do! At the minute my motorway miles are very little so it doesn't bother me too much, but as of next week i'll me doing 600 miles a month on the motorway so will slow down
Yeah but with your 1.2 you don't need the engine changed every service, just the oil and filters.
It's interesting that the 1.4 TSI in the new Beetle is de-tuned to 149... Mind you that might be just to give a bigger gap to the 2.0's 199bhp
Today I changed the mounts and the rubber "bushings" from the plastic motor cover with the engine airfilter assembly. 4 Pcs of bushing and 4 counterparts that are attached to motor.
If you ever had taken the plastic cover out you know what I am talking about.
It seems that Last time my car has received maintenance and the "mechanics" had removed the cover and changed the airfilter they also destroyed all those parts. 2 rubber bushings were missing and all of the counterparts were damaged so that the cover would not lock into its mounting.
It would have been quite an easy repair but 2 counter parts were tight as hell and It took me 60min atleast to take one of them out. (they were the ones in the back of the engine mounted in some sort of heat shield).
Parts cost 55€ so quite expensive since those were so little simple parts.
Damn im gonna go today and have a "nice" little chat with the mechanic that did the job.![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
If you ever had taken the plastic cover out you know what I am talking about.
It seems that Last time my car has received maintenance and the "mechanics" had removed the cover and changed the airfilter they also destroyed all those parts. 2 rubber bushings were missing and all of the counterparts were damaged so that the cover would not lock into its mounting.
It would have been quite an easy repair but 2 counter parts were tight as hell and It took me 60min atleast to take one of them out. (they were the ones in the back of the engine mounted in some sort of heat shield).
Parts cost 55€ so quite expensive since those were so little simple parts.
Damn im gonna go today and have a "nice" little chat with the mechanic that did the job.
Today I changed the mounts and the rubber "bushings" from the plastic motor cover with the engine airfilter assembly. 4 Pcs of bushing and 4 counterparts that are attached to motor.
If you ever had taken the plastic cover out you know what I am talking about.
It seems that Last time my car has received maintenance and the "mechanics" had removed the cover and changed the airfilter they also destroyed all those parts. 2 rubber bushings were missing and all of the counterparts were damaged so that the cover would not lock into its mounting.
It would have been quite an easy repair but 2 counter parts were tight as hell and It took me 60min atleast to take one of them out. (they were the ones in the back of the engine mounted in some sort of heat shield).
Parts cost 55€ so quite expensive since those were so little simple parts.
Damn im gonna go today and have a "nice" little chat with the mechanic that did the job.
Part of the reason why mine HAS no cover. Those mounts are the stupidest design EVER.
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