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Post by bpg on Aug 23, 2024 3:48:16 GMT
Much of it is the same as UK TV but with German words. Wouldn't watch it in either. You don't need to be fluent in any language for Love Island, X's got talent, etc ..
Great German Bake-off is a bit monotonous though, every week is bread week. To mix it up the producers occasionally throw a baguette in to really test the contestants.
Edit: re Mazda, without access to live data it would be pure speculation. DTCs tell you what is not operating correctly but without access to live data could be the result not the issue which is how people end up spending thousands and still not getting to the root cause.
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Post by dixinormus on Aug 23, 2024 5:24:17 GMT
Plenty of Stingers around GBP£18k it seems. Even diesel options!
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Post by bpg on Aug 23, 2024 6:17:34 GMT
Depends how you define plenty. Looking at sales figures from q4/19 to q1/24 between 45 and 48 per quarter were registered. That's the whole model family not just the sporty one.
Who's going to service it and where will they get parts from ? Yes there's an agreement parts will be available for 10 years after a vehicle goes out of production, I'll bet there's an exception clause for low volume.
Nice looking car, wrong badge for the market.
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Post by WDB on Aug 23, 2024 7:34:19 GMT
Ten years too late, more like. Even BMW can’t sell six-cylinder petrol engines in Europe now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 7:48:11 GMT
I really want to like the Stinger, but it doesn't have that same feeling of space (passenger and luggage) as a Superb, and I worry about its rarity being an issue down the line. Probably not a huge problem, but enough to put me off. It's probably noisier than a Superb, too. And I'm after waft, not hustle.
Might have a grice at Arteons today. I expect they're overpriced because British people are unter the bizarre impression that VW is a "premium" badge. Probably stupidly big wheels and thin tyres, too.
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Post by WDB on Aug 23, 2024 7:55:52 GMT
Well, at least it’s not an Audi.
What you really need, of course, is a Saab 9000.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 7:56:21 GMT
So Arteon, let's have a look. Hmm, not as bad as I feared initially. Plenty of interior space, and ...oh.  Anyway, let's see what sort of taste in music the person who specced those seats has, and ...oh.  www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202406190910928 |
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Post by WDB on Aug 23, 2024 7:59:22 GMT
I’d have those seats. Not that music, though. 🙉
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 8:03:03 GMT
Well, at least it’s not an Audi. What you really need, of course, is a Saab 9000. Sigh. Yes. Or Alfa 164, FIAT Croma, Lancia Thema... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 8:04:13 GMT
I’d have those seats. Not that music, though. 🙉 Looking closer at the pics, rear headroom worries me a bit. More choice of 2.0TSIs available than 2.0TSI Superbs, though. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 8:07:53 GMT
Sold to the tall gentleman from the horsey town.  |
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Post by WDB on Aug 23, 2024 8:13:25 GMT
Newbury?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2024 8:27:26 GMT
No, horses for showing off, prancing around paddocks, and getting in the way in Goring and Streatley, not productive ones for racing purposes.
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Post by bpg on Aug 23, 2024 8:49:29 GMT
I don't know what it is about German people and the car manufacturers there.
There's always an option on the colour chart for used baby nappy interior.
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Post by Humph on Aug 23, 2024 8:51:03 GMT
Their shirts were always challenging.
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