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| sweepc Member Since: 19 Jun 2011 Location: uk Posts: 568  
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Looks great, nice job. Great colour combination. It really looks good
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21st Apr 2014 8:23pm |
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| william8 Member Since: 03 Apr 2013 Location: Motherwell Posts: 259  
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The wheels need done, silver, black again or stornoway? What do you think ? William
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21st Apr 2014 8:27pm |
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| Lou Sparts Member Since: 15 Apr 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 1501 
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Black looks cool, 2005 Td5 90 XS
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21st Apr 2014 8:33pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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Spotted this for sale locally the other day.
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21st Apr 2014 8:36pm |
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| sweepc Member Since: 19 Jun 2011 Location: uk Posts: 568
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Will im a fan of black wheels but i think on yours i would try stornoway i think it would pull all the bits and bobs together quite well
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21st Apr 2014 8:46pm |
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| 993porky Member Since: 01 May 2011 Location: sunderland Posts: 171 
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Had a nice drive out today |
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21st Apr 2014 9:32pm |
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| timbar Member Since: 30 Jul 2013 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 245 
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Just looked up the prices; you weren't joking. New tow-vehicle-side socket and trailer plug with p&p comes to just under a tenner? (http://www.barlowtrailers.co.uk/Online_Parts_Shop/Lighting_and_Electrical/Cable_and_Wiring_Accessories) I saw cans of connection cleaner that cost that much ... 2009 110 XS Station Wagon |
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21st Apr 2014 10:34pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20299
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Cheaper on eBay.
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21st Apr 2014 10:50pm |
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| Defender-Stu Member Since: 14 Jun 2012 Location: South West England Posts: 1320
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This morning had some spare time to build a storage system and sub box for the back on the 90:
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Then went to the local farm my misses works on and took some pics
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22nd Apr 2014 11:45am |
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| william8 Member Since: 03 Apr 2013 Location: Motherwell Posts: 259
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Nice, i would love to do something like this as it looks good but i have a SW and the seats just use up too much space. William
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22nd Apr 2014 1:07pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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Test Drove a TD5 Today. Hated it.
Clutch was too light and I stalled it 3 times as it was underpowered compared to my 200TDI low down and had to rev it just to move. Really couldn't get on with it so made a list of bits that need doing and started sending out emails
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22nd Apr 2014 9:19pm |
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| Green Machine Member Since: 19 Nov 2010 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1226 
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@Shaggy - from your comments sounds like you found a very bad example to base your judgements on! OK, I'm a Td5 driver so I'm biased, but have experience of 300 Tdi's as well and the Td5 definitely doesn't feel underpowered in comparison. Yes, they are different in character, but I find the Td5 a great engine. Can I ask what year the one you tested was? Mine is a late 2005 so towards the end of production when all the niggles had been ironed out. Also worth mentioning that Td5's have an anti-stall (not as advanced as the Puma's, but there nonetheless). You have to be a little gentle on the clutch, and not touch the throttle, but the ECU does sort it out and jacks the revs to compensate. I can drive uphill in second with my feet off the pedals. 2005 Td5 | 90 Station Wagon | Tonga Green
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22nd Apr 2014 9:25pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347
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@Green Machine- I can entirely appreciate that and yes I am somewhat in the minority on here being a Tdi owner (eep!) But I was just completely underwhelmed by it.
I have test driven 2.2's, 2.4's 300Tdi and own a 200Tdi so the Td5 was a bit of a blank for me. I had previously driven a discovery TD5 and was quite impressed by it but as it was an automatic it was difficult to compare as its go or stop peddles. The one I drove today was a 2002 version so a fairly mid production version but I just wasn't impressed by it. I'm used to just lifting the clutch until it bites and balance the revs (if needed) in to make a smooth pull off and just feed in the power as needed. The one I drove I found the biting point and stall. Restart, Biting point, again bit of revs and pulled away but even so seemed a bit odd to have to rev to find the biting point. If you did it with no power on it would just die. Once going however was a very nice smooth drive with lots of power on tap, just felt a bit underwhelmed with its low down power. The dealer did say it may need a maf sensor which it could well be, in which case a very poor introduction to the what I still believe to be a fantastic engine. Needless to say have decided to invest in what I know rather than invest in something which (in all honest) was far to posh for what I need. |
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22nd Apr 2014 9:47pm |
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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967
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i drove my mates td5 90 last week and it is way nicer than my 300tdi! responsive smoother quieter! think you must have tried a bad un! or your 200 is exceptionally good
i had a td5 for years and loved it. but i was always worried about the potential bills!!! My 109 thread
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