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Post by Alanović on Aug 19, 2024 10:37:18 GMT
No, no bikes needed. Baguette/wine shop was 5 minutes walk away.
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Post by dixinormus on Aug 20, 2024 3:23:07 GMT
Good roads in France, if pricey. Think I know the service station you mean, Al, from my days when I plied that route several times a year. Nice countryside though.
So keep the Leaf for local running around, and erm, keep the Civic for another 10 months until you are planning next year’s big trip.
Is diesel still cheaper than petrol on the Continent?
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Post by WDB on Aug 20, 2024 4:43:19 GMT
Not really, since Macron equalised the tax treatment of petrol and diesel in 2018. My most recent trips (albeit now five years ago and more) all involved returning through Germany and diesel was cheaper east of the border.
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Post by Humph on Aug 20, 2024 7:44:36 GMT
Diesel is still cheaper than petrol in France by about 10 cents a litre.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 20, 2024 8:05:00 GMT
Good roads in France, if pricey. Think I know the service station you mean, Al, from my days when I plied that route several times a year. Nice countryside though. So keep the Leaf for local running around, and erm, keep the Civic for another 10 months until you are planning next year’s big trip. Is diesel still cheaper than petrol on the Continent? Bearing in mind my Leaf PCP ends in October, I'm coming back round to a plan of selling the Civic, using 5k as a deposit on a bigger car (Skoda Superb etc), and the rest, around £4k, to pay off the Leaf and keep it, thus maintaining my existing monthly commitment at around the same level. Which would be happening anyway if I kept the Leaf and the Civic, as I'd need to raise a £4k loan to pay off the Leaf. Yes, Humph, I know. £64k per annum on private school fees over the last however many years (and 32k for the next 2 years, plus one on University support, then a lone University support commitment for 3 years in 2 years time from now) has left me unable to save. So for cars it has to be credit, for now. £150-200 a month is bearable.
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Post by Humph on Aug 20, 2024 8:11:52 GMT
D.S. Flipping Gs though… 😬
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Post by Alanović on Aug 20, 2024 8:38:03 GMT
Aye. Been round the buoy in my mind on that one so many times, it might just be the lesser of all evils when other affordable options in the class of large hatchbacks/estates with significantly improved rear legroom over the Civic are considered. It's the Superb, and the Mondeo, and the, er, that's it really. For reference, screen price budget limit is ROUGHLY £15-18k and the car must be NEWER than 2019 in order to be available on PCP, which precludes things like the V90, Merc E, BMW 5 etc. Insignia warrants investigation also, but I have my doubts it's a significant enough improvement. NO SUVs.
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Post by bpg on Aug 20, 2024 8:55:19 GMT
I think frequent gearbox oil flushes will be key to the life of those gearboxes. Ford now stipulate 3 year 37,500 mile changes on their, similar, boxes.
The TC box in my Focus does not have a scheduled change. Had them flush the box at the 4 year service with 36-something thousand kilometres after noticing a bit of shunt after using second gear coming down the mountains last month then shifting into third. Smoothness has now returned to all shifts. An oil flush is cheaper than a new gearbox down the line.
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Post by Humph on Aug 20, 2024 8:57:07 GMT
I’ve tried to find a way to identify when the Mondeos went back to TC gearboxes, I believe the very last ones did, but I don’t know the exact date.
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Post by bpg on Aug 20, 2024 9:12:04 GMT
2020MY was when the 8F40 was reintroduced. It's an 8-speed sequential. The Powershift box (dual clutch) was six or seven speed.
The car with the new box was announced 18 Jan. 2019. You're looking for a 2020MY which could have appeared from mid/late 2019 with 8 gears.
Edit: I think it was only fitted to the 2.0 blue line turbo diesel.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 20, 2024 9:21:28 GMT
That's great info on the Mondeo, fellas. Thanks. A TC Mondeo could be a winner, and diesel would be fine as it'll be Euro 6. Shame they're so rare because everyone NEEDED an SUV since 2015.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 20, 2024 9:29:41 GMT
Bargain: www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202405300247769Key seems to be the car listed as an "Auto" rather than "Powershift". Hmmm. Looks like there are only 11 which fit the bill on Autotrader nationally, 6 of which are estates. Most of which have over 90k miles on them. Hmmm. There's far more choice of Skoda Superbs.
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Post by bpg on Aug 20, 2024 9:37:57 GMT
I could only find one (Mondeo) in the UK under 30,000 miles, a Vignale estate with <12k miles up for £26k.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 20, 2024 10:04:46 GMT
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 20, 2024 10:54:34 GMT
Nope.. not until middle of October, assuming the Middle East hasn't gone up in smoke by then.
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