AndrewW
Member Since: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
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HI! Rogue,
Yes - Craig and Rob very kindly let me test drive both their motors. As you say the rides were a little curtailed, and most of it was through speed-humped Tong Village.
I drive an auto; Craig's is manual and Rob's auto. It's only 6 weeks since I stopped driving the manual Subaru Legacy (3.0 - awesome torque at 5,500 r.p.m. - makes for exciting caravanning...) so I don't think I've lost the ability to drive a manual gearbox..
The real test was the open road after Tong village, turning round and coming back up the hill. Allowing for traffic getting in the way, and trying to avoid the torque converter fooling me, I felt pretty sure Rob's had more oomph which would translate into better 30-50 or 40-60 pick-ups. There is certainly a difference above the standard in both (and I did run out of traffic-free tarmac in Craig's) - but I am far from having made up my mind...
One wise comment (I can't remember from whom) was that there was so little difference between the top 3, that it came down to supplier / contact response time / distance. That, because of the need to re-program if the dealer should overwrite it.
A belated thanks to Craig and Rob, for the opportunity,
Andy 2006 D3 finally swapped for a 2016 D4 Graphite in Graphite grey. No mods
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 8th Oct 2007 4:39 pm |
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bobbycrispbox
Member Since: 15 May 2006
Location: Where women glow and men plunder
Posts: 2580
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AndrewW wrote:One wise comment (I can't remember from whom) was that there was so little difference between the top 3, that it came down to supplier / contact response time / distance. That, because of the need to re-program if the dealer should overwrite it.
Oooh! Oooh! I'm wise! It's official 
I only copied someone else's opinion though 
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| 8th Oct 2007 4:45 pm |
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