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I chipped my leased Mondeo.

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I'm telling!

I forgot to to disable it at a service and they found out.

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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My oldest chum is over from the UK for his annual visit (we've known each other since we were three, and played out in the backings in Radcliffe before we even went to infant school together).

One of the annual rituals is him clamping eyes on whatever car I have, which is generally different from one year to the next, and I don't tell him what it is in advance, so he tries to identify it as we walk back to the short stay parking at the airport.

His only clue this year had been words to the effect of 'don't expect to be ferried around in comfort', as we got closer to the Type-R he said, 'It's not that is it?', 'Yes, it is', 'Fucking hell'.

As we drove off down the road he was like, 'I'm not sure I really want to be seen in this'.


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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
PostPosted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:27 
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500 miles for a tank-ful in an eco fiesta. 35L tank, I think - small tank, big mileage. Though I don't drive at over 60, I still think you'd get around 500 miles to a tank (I get more, usually, but then I don't do small distances, only longer ones at the weekend).

Leasing sounds fine, once you're once of 'ooh, a new car would be nice, spending money every month to service debt is normal, shopping around is interesting' fits. Otherwise, for many it's a way of making people spend money.


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I've no idea whether the idea behind this maths would remotely translate to real life, but taking the official mpg figure of my current fiesta, the size of the tank, and the number of miles I typically get out of that tank (and I reckon if I didn't go over 60, it would be a lot higher), and translating that to a 1.0 ecoboost, I've got a figure of about 380 miles out of tank, and with a 70-80 mile round trip on a daily basis (although I'm trying to milk the work from home angle as much as possible), that could get annoying pretty quick.


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Small turbo petrols are turning out to be heavy drinkers, and our 2l ecoboost focus st was stupidly thirsty, so I doubt it'd be a straight conversion.


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I had a Skoda Rapid 1.2TSI as a courtesy car yesterday, and averaged over 50mpg on a round trip from Worcester to Walsall. That was a mixture of traffic jams and free flowing motorway so I was pleased with that.

My 2.0TDI Octavia would have got close to 60 or a bit over it and been quicker too, but that’s still not bad for petrol.


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Help me guys! When you turn the headlights on on my new car, the lamp at the back on one side doesn’t turn on. I assume this is called the tail light as it’s not the indicator one or the reverse one. When I stick my reg number in the bulb finder tool in the Halfords website it tells me I need a 380 so that’s what I bought.

However, when I went to change it over just now the bulb already in the car was a completely different size and shape. Photo attached of what was in the car.

The numbers and letters on it say:
0512 Vn
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W5W3K7

I’ve googled W5w and it brings back bulbs that say 501 instead of 512 and really this has just confused me a lot.

Can anyone provide a link to what bulb I should be buying or even explain why I or the tool has got it so wrong?


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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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What you've got there is a 501.


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Local independent garage if confusion persists, they know what they're talking about unlike anyone or anything remotely connect to halfords.
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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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krazywookie wrote:
What you've got there is a 501.

Thank you for this, so is this link on Amazon ok?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002SW ... JMGS&psc=1

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Mr Russell wrote:
krazywookie wrote:
What you've got there is a 501.

Thank you for this, so is this link on Amazon ok?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002SW ... JMGS&psc=1

Should do, no more than 20mm long is it?


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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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krazywookie wrote:
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What you've got there is a 501.

Thank you for this, so is this link on Amazon ok?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002SW ... JMGS&psc=1

Should do, no more than 20mm long is it?

Looking back at the photo I don’t think so. Have took a punt anyway, will report back in a few days!

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I have my first driving lesson tomorrow, so you should all take care to be safely in a building with well built walls between 7:30-8:30 tomorrow night.

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Mr Russell wrote:
krazywookie wrote:
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What you've got there is a 501.

Thank you for this, so is this link on Amazon ok?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002SW ... JMGS&psc=1

Should do, no more than 20mm long is it?

Looking back at the photo I don’t think so. Have took a punt anyway, will report back in a few days!

Ach I'm pretty sure it'll be right enough, there's one that looks the same but it's way bigger, comes in some Japanese cars.


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Mimi wrote:
I have my first driving lesson tomorrow, so you should all take care to be safely in a building with well built walls between 7:30-8:30 tomorrow night.

Good luck! Speed is your friend!


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Mimi wrote:
I have my first driving lesson tomorrow, so you should all take care to be safely in a building with well built walls between 7:30-8:30 tomorrow night.

Good luck! Speed is your friend!

I’ll make sure she takes some before the lesson starts.

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Hope it goes well Mimi! Like any skill it takes time to get the hang of, but don't let things like stalling put you off early on.


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Thanks Wookie and Kern :)

I’m not worried about being rubbish. I’m sure the instructor will have experience of dealing with any problems I have.

Me later:


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Mimi wrote:
Thanks Wookie and Kern :)

I’m not worried about being rubbish. I’m sure the instructor will have experience of dealing with any problems I have.

Me later:


To be fair, if you end up on the wrong side of the Atlantic, I'd be more minded to blame the instructor.


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Is this the mileage in your Rover?

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Is this the mileage in your Rover?


Yes. I have done 10k in it now.

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Are you learning in a manual or an automatic?

Manual, unless I just can’t get it, and then I’ve allowed myself a change to automatic before giving up. But I didn’t stall it, and didn’t make the hhhncccrnnnchhhhhh sound at any point. As I moved into second gear and got up to 18 a fox decided that it wanted me to take its life, but it misjudged its timings and I missed it by about three inches. Thanks for making that easy, mr Fox.

Good things were:
Not dying
Fox not dying

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Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out.
I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster.

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No, it's a shape-shifting alien's halloween costume.

Could have been his Forrester.

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Is this the mileage in your Rover?


Yes. I have done 10k in it now.


It's low mileage for the grief it's given you! Keep at it.

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a little gas

Happens to the best of us, just cough to cover it on your next lesson.

Sounds like it went really well. Great stuff.

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Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard?

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Mimi wrote:
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Are you learning in a manual or an automatic?

Manual, unless I just can’t get it, and then I’ve allowed myself a change to automatic before giving up. But I didn’t stall it, and didn’t make the hhhncccrnnnchhhhhh sound at any point. As I moved into second gear and got up to 18 a fox decided that it wanted me to take its life, but it misjudged its timings and I missed it by about three inches. Thanks for making that easy, mr Fox.

Good things were:
Not dying
Fox not dying

Bad things were:
Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out.
I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster.

I suspect you're learning in a diesel. They will creep forward in first gear with no gas.


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Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard?

Footwell. But they are big and hairy. I hate feet.

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The driving instructor was barefoot...? Wtf, that sounds awfully bohemian. How was she supposed to operate the dual pedals with no shoes on? 8)

But seriously, well done for taking the plunge. It all gets easier and better from here, first lesson out of the way etc. Just take your time and enjoy the new freedoms and pleasures that now await. Driving's fab. :)

EDIT: "Mo" is a bloke with big hairy feet...? Bloody hell.

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Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out.

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Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard?

Footwell. But they are big and hairy. I hate feet.

Nasty Hobbitses.

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Zardoz wrote:
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a little gas

Happens to the best of us, just cough to cover it on your next lesson.

Sounds like it went really well. Great stuff.

Fnarrr. I knew someone would make that joke. He says gas because giving instructions ‘accellerator’ is too long a word.

The instructor is a man, Cavey, which isn’t important except for he had gross hairy man feet.

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Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out.

At least you aren't being taught by Des O'connor

Did he... have weird feet?

Is he dead?

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Mimi wrote:
I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster.

This'll all become second nature surprisingly quickly :)


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Mimi wrote:
I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster.

This'll all become second nature surprisingly quickly :)


I do hope so. I’m trying to stay calm in the hope it will click at some point. Mo does throw in ‘breathe’ as an instruction amongst the others, which is kind of sweet.

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First time my instructor did the emergency stop thing I just screamed and flailed my arms and legs.

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It definitely will Mimi. You're young and intelligent, so it's inevitable. :)
My mum was the most nervous passenger ever and she learned to drive when well into her 40s, never having driven even in a car park, and in a 1958 VW beetle which was nearly 30 years old even back then, and drove like a tank. Modern cars are just so much better in every single way, and we're all here to help you every step of the way! :)

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