Choices - doing my head in.

[brad]

Choices are ContiSportII or Dunlop Sport 01.

The contis are great tyres but wear out quickly. A mate that works for MB reckons they have a lot of vibration problems because they flatspot very easily.

The Dunlops get some great write-ups for quietness & reasonable grip but the quietness is always a dice-throw on course-chip Aussie roads.

I'll be happy with either.

They saleslady actually commented that if she had to, she would remove a unit from one of the cars on the lot & buy new clips to attach it, so she's switched on. I get the feeling that they might find a damaged insulation pad on one of the demo cars & have it replaced under warranty

[CanberravRS]

I can't say for the 1.8T, but the figures are a bit ambitious for the RS. I get more like 9.5 - 10.5l/100km around town and 8.4 ish cruising on the highway. Still very good for the performance though.

Dude, you must be a RIGHT FOOT champion.. lol.. i thought i was a leadfoot.

Avg around Canberra is 8.6l/100klm and on the highway im averaging between 6.9 and 7.2

Mind you if you dont warm it up before driving your fuel consumption figures are skewed as the car dumps fuel heavily to warm up if you dont idle warm up... takes ages to bring that high figure down.

[mrx]

By around town I really do mean around town. Lots of very short stop start trips, without hanging about - traffic lights instead of big roundabouts also probably makes a bit of difference.

My highway driving does usually involve a fair bit of booting it past people who refuse to travel above 90 in a 110km/hr speed zone also.

[Splashalot]

The contis are great tyres but wear out quickly. A mate that works for MB reckons they have a lot of vibration problems because they flatspot very easily.

Brad you sly ol dog!! Congrats.

Your MB mate is correct - I've had slight flat-spot issues on both the Alfa's CCS1 & GTI's CCS2's. The flat spots tend to disappear after 10 mins of driving, though.

Wear is OK on both CCS1s and 2s. The Alfa's CCS1s were ~1mm off the wear indicators at 40,000kms when we traded it, and so far the GTI's tyres look like they'll be good for 40,000kms at least. Except for the ridiculous price I'd not hesitate to fit CCS2s.

SS

[brad]

Brad you sly ol dog!! Congrats.

Your MB mate is correct - I've had slight flat-spot issues on both the Alfa's CCS1 & GTI's CCS2's. The flat spots tend to disappear after 10 mins of driving, though.

Wear is OK on both CCS1s and 2s. The Alfa's CCS1s were ~1mm off the wear indicators at 40,000kms when we traded it, and so far the GTI's tyres look like they'll be good for 40,000kms at least. Except for the ridiculous price I'd not hesitate to fit CCS2s.

SS

Hey Steve
I thought you knew my heart/wallet had been pierced by a winged arrow?

Yeah the MB guy is KT the valuer.

The dealer finally received the order off the lease company today - she was starting to have kittens due to end of month.

She said it should be ready by next Friday, I told her not to hurry as I'm going out West for the first week of the school holidays & don't want to take the new car & want to write it up (for FBT) as unavailable. So it will be middle of July before I get it.

Currently going through the "buyer regret" phase where you keep getting info from the lease company & it all looks more than you estimated Also suddenly seeing some quite nice looking late model Commodores for $11k at various dealerships.

Noticed Jeff over here too but haven't been able to work out berts non-de-plume. Hopefully none of the kids from C&I will ever buy a VAG vehicle.

I drove jeffs flappy paddle GTI at the cruise the other week. First I got stuck on the verge of the road, then when coming back I just kept hitting the downshift button like on the Captiva - unlike the Captiva it kept changing until it was bouncing off the rev-limiter The flappy paddles weren't for me.

This Skoda area is vewy, vewy quiet. They also seem to stay on topic (no offense Skoda guys - just an in-joke between a couple of old mates)

[Splashalot]

Hey Steve
I thought you knew my heart/wallet had been pierced by a winged arrow?

Currently going through the "buyer regret" phase where you keep getting info from the lease company & it all looks more than you estimated Also suddenly seeing some quite nice looking late model Commodores for $11k at various dealerships.

Noticed Jeff over here too but haven't been able to work out berts non-de-plume. Hopefully none of the kids from C&I will ever buy a VAG vehicle.

Must've somehow missed your purchase on C&I - although was following your deliberations with interest

Know what you mean about the buyer's remorse thing. I usually go through that after taking delivery, then within a couple of months have bonded with the new car and all is hunky-dory

Let me know if you "out" Bert over here

Congrats again - a great choice! Viva-la-something-a-little-different