Recent content by Eccles Ken

Ditto - particularly in NE England.

Many congrats to Shropshire Lad (having congratulated Brumbrum1). I can now look forward to two informants on this new and underexposed engine! Very little press comment at all. A bit staggered that S..Lad got his car in two months on a factory order.. Perhaps the 190 ps petrol is not very...

Quite right Don but its amazing how many people dont know tyres are plainly dated.

Just a thought on this. As you probably know, tyres can lie around an age before they're bought - I believe you shouldn't buy tyres more than 4 years old as they can degrade in storage. No doubt you're OK with a mass market retailer but just to be sure you'd be in no doubt that Asy.3s are...

Wonder if Brumbrum has any more views 3 weeks in on his almost unique 190 ps 2.0 tfsi?

On a slightly different theme but still on the 190 ps 2.0 tfsi, anyone know why the quattro version knocks .6 second off the front wheel drive 0-62 time in the specification. I know from BMW times that the xdrive can sometimes shave .2 second off times even though a heavier car but this...

Thanks for this - the first report I've seen on the engine set up in this depth. I'm very close to going for this as my next conveyance with some differences although I'd go for Floret. Always had saloons so would go for theA3 saloon. Mostly driven 4 wheel drive so will go Quattro cos the...

Er that seems to cover it - Loud and clear! A bit like my beloved Toon and Sunderland in rivalry.

sorry Sandra but what does "really" mean. If you said we definitely dont read BMW forums then thats flat. But you sound doubtful?

Well isn't this funny - just today there is a thread started on the BMW F30 3 series forum where a guy is incandescent with rage because the dealer did wash his car after a service. Clearly he doesn't trust them (or anybody?).

Sorry Ken a slip of the (native) pen . Your version is preferable! Having said that the Leeds roads are ****** awful and they are English.

Hello B.. let me be the last to congratulate you! Great stuff. As you know we had very little in the way of reviews of the 190 ps engine so your experience will be unique and invaluable. I did read in one review that Audi engineers did say the A3 was more suited to the 190 ps engine than the...

Fair point Ken but I've always garaged my car after a spate of Tyneside burglaries some years ago. The 3 series saloon and A3 saloon will fit - the A4 won't now fit in its current version. So I see it as the A3 2.0 tfsi saloon or the BMW 330i possibly. Interestingly I read a number of A3 and...

I know how you feel. I have compared the facelift A3 with the BMW 3 series and in general they are not too far away from a comparison eg 14ft 8 or so long plays 15 ft 2 inches but comparative rear space plus an equivalent spec ( the A3 cannot give me memory electric seats unfortunately)...

Suppose this shows up an advantage of PCP over hire purchase. With HP you can never assume your outstanding balance will agree with car value whereas with PCP (assuming you keep up repayments) you might not have equity in the car at the end of contract but it could never be negative. The dealer...