The V8 Bike Bus
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RicksAlfas said:
bolidemichael said:
A side by side for reader's delectation.
Bottom one looks like a Bradford bouncer's special.
It's possible. I think it would probably be too much though; I like that detail in silver. For the same reason I'm leaving the exhaust surrounds. I'm in 2 minds about the badging on the back though. I normally remove model designation from my cars but am tempted to keep it on this but swap it for the optional black lettering to make it more subtle.
573 said:
Not at all, I'll take one. I may well be wrong but thought I read it on the spec sheet.
I'll be able to tell you from the picture if you have the offroad tech package. If you do, you should consider pricing the car accordingly when you decide to move on. These are beginning to be quite sought after, and it will be worth a bunch to the right person. The trend is just beginning, they've gotten cheap enough that people are building offroad/overlanding rigs based on this generation Cayenne/Touareg. This generation came as standard with low range gears and a central locking diff, the subsequent ones not even as an option. As a consequence they are surprisingly good off the road. Edited by emix on Thursday 4th March 16:49
ChocolateFrog said:
Great to catch up with the thread, think I last tuned in just before the X5 went for the exhaust. That welding was truly awful, I could do just as good a job and that's not a good thing.
You've got me contemplating lowering links and spacers for my Touareg now.
A very good friend of mine had a Touareg on spacers and lowering links and some nice BBS whilst I had the E53. He's now also got a Cayenne 957 TT with spacers and links too. His Touareg looked fantastic, I'm not sure if he even has an account on here but I'll stick some pics up if not. You've got me contemplating lowering links and spacers for my Touareg now.
573 said:
It doesn't. When I put it in terrain and lock the diffs only the first 2 lights illuminate. So it's going into low-range and locking the front diff but not the rear. Shame.
Will upload pics to show once I'm sober.
You only have a central locking diff. The two lights are low range and center diff. Third light was rear diff. That option was very expensive, useless to most buyers and as a consequence super rare. I've only seen one with it. It was a 3-4k option or so iirc.Will upload pics to show once I'm sober.
I don't do mega miles and certainly haven't in the last few years!. If I'm going locally on my own or without the whole family I'll normally take a different car than this. Plus, I live in a rural area so hardly sit in traffic, I'm straight out onto a national speed limit road usually and I get between 14 and 17 MPG. TBH I've got a Golf GTI and I only see a return in the 2* MPG range in that.
Since having it we've not really been allowed to go anywhere. I've driven it into central London a few times and parked it there when I've needed to go in rather than get on a Covid train and the MPG seemed similar. Once we're allowed I'll go up and see my parents in Manchester and give it a proper run, plus my wife's mentioned us driving to Slovenia to go mountain biking there which would be a good blast for it.
Since having it we've not really been allowed to go anywhere. I've driven it into central London a few times and parked it there when I've needed to go in rather than get on a Covid train and the MPG seemed similar. Once we're allowed I'll go up and see my parents in Manchester and give it a proper run, plus my wife's mentioned us driving to Slovenia to go mountain biking there which would be a good blast for it.
573 said:
I don't do mega miles and certainly haven't in the last few years!. If I'm going locally on my own or without the whole family I'll normally take a different car than this. Plus, I live in a rural area so hardly sit in traffic, I'm straight out onto a national speed limit road usually and I get between 14 and 17 MPG. TBH I've got a Golf GTI and I only see a return in the 2* MPG range in that.
Since having it we've not really been allowed to go anywhere. I've driven it into central London a few times and parked it there when I've needed to go in rather than get on a Covid train and the MPG seemed similar. Once we're allowed I'll go up and see my parents in Manchester and give it a proper run, plus my wife's mentioned us driving to Slovenia to go mountain biking there which would be a good blast for it.
Highly recommend Slovenia for any type of outdoor activities! It's a gem!Since having it we've not really been allowed to go anywhere. I've driven it into central London a few times and parked it there when I've needed to go in rather than get on a Covid train and the MPG seemed similar. Once we're allowed I'll go up and see my parents in Manchester and give it a proper run, plus my wife's mentioned us driving to Slovenia to go mountain biking there which would be a good blast for it.
I drove to Slovenia in my old NA before I ruined it. We did a big trip in it, Ended up as far as Romania. Slovenia was empty when we were there, Incredibly cheap and the landscape stunning. Only stayed a couple of days before driving down to northern Croatia for a dip in the med. I'd go again for sure.
Those were the days, I'm lucky to get to pontins now.
Those were the days, I'm lucky to get to pontins now.
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