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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    So the new turbo blew because the was a kink in an oil pipe or something, so had to have a new one fitted. Finally got her home today, here she is
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    Yeah my mechanic checked it all over and he even gave the thumbs up & I've got a lot of trust in him, so the owner definitely didn't know that there was something up. (The owner was also a female hairdresser is that makes any difference)
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    I took this photo this morning of this Volvo in the ditch, was coming round the other way. There's a Ford focus in the ditch just to the left of the < < arrows which would have been travelling in the other direction. I ended up on the right hand side of this photo, directly opposite the Volvo...
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    Drove past yet another car in the same ditch this morning! That's 3 in a week, awful corner
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    Good news! New turbo has been fitted & the engine seems to be alright, mechanics gonna give it a day to make sure & fix a few other little bits that need doing, but hopefully I should be on the road come tuesday or wednesday. :rockwoot:
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    Yeah as you said, much more refined! New job requires me to commute 95 miles every day, harsh suspension on the Ibiza really wasn't doing it for me! It was my 4th Ibiza so thought enough was enough haha
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    it was just around a sharp corner, spun the car that's why it's facing the other way - the day after I drove round the same corner and there was another car in the same ditch
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    I guess most people are just too lazy to type properly as it's not exactly rocket science, but thanks!
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    Mods aren't too bad with my insurance (elephant), on my 3rd year now - still, I've spent about £8000 in the last 3 years on insurance alone..
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    Bought a White 2.0tdi A3 y'day - 5 minutes of owning & the turbo blew - no warranty

    So a week after spinning my beloved Ibiza TDI into a ditch, I found this 53 reg A3 2.0TDI s-line rep, resprayed in Ibis white. Owned by a hairdresser, who is my mechanic's cousin, and at a great price, thought it'd be alright to purchase a pre-modified car. Had my mechanic check it out, with the...