Apologies in advance for a short hi-jacking
You won't hear a wrong word about it from me (
see bottom of posting)
A damn sight cheaper than the equivilant specification Audi, or VW
We bought, in March 2011 at 9 months old, with circa 6,500 miles showing (over 97,200 recorded now)
Insurance is good - obviously 'postcode/overnight storage' dependant (we pay just over £220 F/C, with business cover for wife)
I can get 55MPG pottering about, 'day to day' (Joanne is more 'lead-footed' than me), I've even had 78MPG showing as an average, after a drive to East Midlands Airport!
VED is £30, due to emissions (1.6Tdi)
It's had new brake-discs, & all pads, it's on the third set of front tyres, but SWMBO was driving to Cardiff, Luton, Leciester, & Billingham a lot in the first three years
One set of rears too, but the type fitted (upon purchase; Dunlop SP Sport?) are - apparently - known for 'casttelating' (alternate wear on the blocks on edge of tread), replacement Coopers have been fine over the past 7,000 miles
So, they're all just 'wear & tear' items
Breakdowns, 'failure to proceed' items??
No
Only minor issues, to me, are;
- Not got a DAB radio (considering an upgrade, but then again, I'm rarely in it on an afternoon, for 'Radcliffe & Maconie')
- Some chumps still try to tell the sad old jokes
- It's got a can of foam, & a compressor, not a spare-wheel, but that's getting to be the norm nowadys
- There's a noise from the gear-change, on 2nd - 3rd. I think with it being cable-shift, there's a clip adrift, & the cable
knocks on the side of the transmission tunnel
- The rear footwells not flat, as the body-pan is shared with the Scout (& the 4x4 estate, so there's space for the drive-train (but that means the exhaust is tucked up out of the way too!)
