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and this is the major issue with the majority of people, myself included up until a few months ago, they dont factor depreciation as a running cost, when in actual fact its the biggest running cost of any new car!
ahh right i see, i will never buy a brand new car again after the experiance i had with my 200, as i mentioned in another thread of yours, fuel, payment and depreciation alone cost me £1400 a month on an average over 13k, depreciation obviously not helped by the fact i had to trade in due to the...
on the uber cheap old deal but recently by the time you add cup chassis and recaros to a normal 200 you are closer to £300 than you are to £200 with a small deposit!
mark, i take it for servicing costs you just worked out a monthly average for servicing and consumables?
that seat is just a fat driver sitting on it when getting in and out and stretching it/creasing the material when sitting in it, if you smooth out the material when getting in it, it will eventually go mostly back to shape and normal
i thought billabongs were just another version of the extreme 4 so aircon as option and no climate or leccy roof? however assuming it runs sweet, snap it up
old 4 plugs vs one new plug, didnt look too bad and it had the proper plugs installed too
this however doesnt appear to have been changed at the last service 13k ago!!! (my k-tec should be here on monday :) )
oil and filter changed today, got Millers 5w40 CFS for £40 inc vat at my local motor factors which i thought was awesome! plus a fiver for filter and sump washer.
you get DCi Twingos in Europe think they are a 90hp model! - would like of one of they diffusers if i could find one!
Ordered a k-tec pannel filter today along with genuine spark plugs and going to my local place to get some millers oil and filter to service it :)
a job i done yesterday and...
i spent thousands on my 1.2 16v before swapping it after 12 months for a 172 which i then spent more thousands on. I dont regret spending money on any of them was all fun
dont think brembos will make a return even in special edition models, too much hastle with them and sticking pins/pads, nothing wrong with standard single piston brakes if they use resonable sized discs and a good pad/disc combo
they handle and feel much more responsive mid cornering on 15's even my 1.2 16v's i used to run turinis on the road and had 15s for track and going a blast
remap is about your lot as far as performance goes on it, probably gain 20-30hp and similar torque however you would be better just changing for another daily!