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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
I'm changing my car in September and I'm looking something bigger than what I have at the moment which is a Renault capture I was wondering does anyone own a kadjar diesel and what roughly is your mpg and what do you think about it?pete |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm changing my car in September and I'm looking something bigger than what I have at the moment which is a Renault capture I was wondering does anyone own a kadjar diesel and what roughly is your mpg and what do you think about it?pete"
I haven't a clue abt cars ... nor do I want to Pedro.. I know you a long time on the forum.. you need a profile pic |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Is it a petrol you're driving at the moment
No diesel but I've driven it hard and I need to get a new one coming up on 110,000 miles "
I presume that Renault will give you the best trade in value if youvstay with that brand |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
Hi Lisa I'm wanting to change my car soon from a Renault capture diesel and I'm wanting something bigger and I was thinking of the kadjar and I was wondering if anyone owned a diesel and what their mpg was like? |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"Is it a petrol you're driving at the moment
No diesel but I've driven it hard and I need to get a new one coming up on 110,000 miles
I presume that Renault will give you the best trade in value if youvstay with that brand "
Possibly bog but I have looked and decided I'm going to buy in England because I will save at least three thousand on the price! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sorry Lou done I apologise! Was thinking about the Sportage but not a discovery too heavy on fuel and bad reputation for expensive bits if it broke down!"
Good on ya pal don't hide your profile pic as for the fuel prices it means nothing to me .. I got bog to drop me up the Rd. I'm a lazy fucker lol |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Is it a petrol you're driving at the moment
No diesel but I've driven it hard and I need to get a new one coming up on 110,000 miles
I presume that Renault will give you the best trade in value if youvstay with that brand
Possibly bog but I have looked and decided I'm going to buy in England because I will save at least three thousand on the price!"
So you're not fixed on brand
Stupid question ....does Brexit effect bringing a car over to you |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Sorry Lou done I apologise! Was thinking about the Sportage but not a discovery too heavy on fuel and bad reputation for expensive bits if it broke down!
Good on ya pal don't hide your profile pic as for the fuel prices it means nothing to me .. I got bog to drop me up the Rd. I'm a lazy fucker lol"
Had to think when you were in my car  |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
Nope because we technically still in the UK but it seems the difference in prices is a couple of thousand bog!not stuck on make but would like high mpg and a sub around the £20:000 mark and low mileage |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"What’s my problem if you don’t like someone on here you don’t have to try and hound them off the site agreed, no means no"
Errrm what? I fully understand that concept and have no problem with being told no, so I've no idea what you're going on about |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Sorry Lou done I apologise! Was thinking about the Sportage but not a discovery too heavy on fuel and bad reputation for expensive bits if it broke down!
Good on ya pal don't hide your profile pic as for the fuel prices it means nothing to me .. I got bog to drop me up the Rd. I'm a lazy fucker lol
Had to think when you were in my car "
Such a gent... Great fab friend x goodnight |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"What’s my problem if you don’t like someone on here you don’t have to try and hound them off the site agreed, no means no
Errrm what? I fully understand that concept and have no problem with being told no, so I've no idea what you're going on about"
Hey folks I'm sorry am I interrupting your argument on my thread? |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
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"Do you do enough miles a year to change to diesel
Absolutely bog I'm in a diesel at the moment and I have driven over sixty thousand miles in five years "
Is September a change over date for the reg plate in England
I always try to change my car about 2 months into a new reg change so the rep in the showroom is under pressure to make targets in the first quarter |
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"I'm changing my car in September and I'm looking something bigger than what I have at the moment which is a Renault capture I was wondering does anyone own a kadjar diesel and what roughly is your mpg and what do you think about it?pete"
Shouldn't be too hard on diesel, the kadjar is basically a duster but better dressed, my ex had one, it was the family car and with 40L she would do Dublin and Mullingar the whole week plus some more miles around town at the weekend |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
That's hopeful I have a capture diesel and it does good but I have dropped from sixty miles to the gallon to fifty three! lmao too much going hard on the motorways!poor engine is fucked lmao |
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"That's hopeful I have a capture diesel and it does good but I have dropped from sixty miles to the gallon to fifty three! lmao too much going hard on the motorways!poor engine is fucked lmao "
Get yourself a green cotton or pipercross air filter...I have a fluence and before that my mixed fuel consumption was 5.8l/100km after the filter it went to 4.8/100km and driving around 600km a week |
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"Thanks just Mai I appreciate that will look for it! Mpg is part of it I need a bigger car for comfort I'm 6ft 3 and I'm getting old I want my creature comforts lol"
you can also do a remap on the car, there are companies that do ones for power and ones for fuel consumption, nevertheless even the one for fuel consumption gives you a few more ponies  |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"Thanks just Mai I appreciate that will look for it! Mpg is part of it I need a bigger car for comfort I'm 6ft 3 and I'm getting old I want my creature comforts lol you can also do a remap on the car, there are companies that do ones for power and ones for fuel consumption, nevertheless even the one for fuel consumption gives you a few more ponies "
I had a Clio a good few years ago and I changed it when the injectors went but I had driven it for years and I had reached 220,000 miles lmao |
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By *dfabMan
over a year ago
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No facts but speaking to a family friend last weekend who mentioned he had borrowed his sisters Skoda Kodiak jeep for a few weeks. He said fantastic to drive and would run on just a whiff of diesel. Investigate further yourself  |
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"Thanks just Mai I appreciate that will look for it! Mpg is part of it I need a bigger car for comfort I'm 6ft 3 and I'm getting old I want my creature comforts lol you can also do a remap on the car, there are companies that do ones for power and ones for fuel consumption, nevertheless even the one for fuel consumption gives you a few more ponies
I had a Clio a good few years ago and I changed it when the injectors went but I had driven it for years and I had reached 220,000 miles lmao "
the 1.5 DCI engines are really good with fuel consumption, so good in fact that mercedes uses them, they lack on power and torque but other than that they are good engines |
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"To be honest I dunno bog my car NCT is expected in September so I am planning to put it through and then get with a year's NCT for the trade in!"
Sorry for cutting in OP.
If you live in the North, when did ye start going the NCT?
If your able to save money, by buying in the UK Directly. Do that, whatever make or model you buy. You must be light high tower in that thing.
Personally I know feck all about SUV's,you need something bigger than you have already like a (Kapugar). Leg room for the driver & back seat passenger is important to look at, when buying a yoke. What about the RAV 4? They look bigger anyway's, the downside to them is there petrol Hybrid.
Personally I don't believe the amount of mileage a person is driving has anything got to do with driving diesel cars now a day's. Compared to, what was like in the past. With the price of fuel & mileage out of the tank, should be part of the reasons, why you buy a certain yoke.
Each to they're own.
Good luck with it anyway's. |
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"No facts but speaking to a family friend last weekend who mentioned he had borrowed his sisters Skoda Kodiak jeep for a few weeks. He said fantastic to drive and would run on just a whiff of diesel. Investigate further yourself "
Ya, they look something alright or seat, have a few SUV model's. They'll be up there with the Skoda aswell.
I know some people wouldn't recommend this, you can it a yoke remapped, it'll give you more BHP, also make it better on fuel aswell. Personally I haven't done it. I have heard of other's doing it & swears by it. |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"No facts but speaking to a family friend last weekend who mentioned he had borrowed his sisters Skoda Kodiak jeep for a few weeks. He said fantastic to drive and would run on just a whiff of diesel. Investigate further yourself "
Wow I will I thought it was a diesel drinker but yeah I like them thankyou |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
Hi I used NCT as a point of reference so everyone understood what I was doing of course I am getting an MOT!the rav 4 is a beautiful car but 45 miles to the gallon no way!I am hoping when I come to change my next car the hybrids, electric and hopefully hydrogen cars will have alot better range and rapid charge or self charging! |
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"Hi I used NCT as a point of reference so everyone understood what I was doing of course I am getting an MOT!the rav 4 is a beautiful car but 45 miles to the gallon no way!I am hoping when I come to change my next car the hybrids, electric and hopefully hydrogen cars will have alot better range and rapid charge or self charging!"
O right, ya,that's understandable alright.
Is that all? I'll be keeping away from them meself, for another while yet. They're self charge hybrid. Ya,that's true alright. The sooner them thing's happen, the better, if there serious about electric vehicles. |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"I get 52 miles to the gallon in a 2 ltr diesel Volvo but they're not made anymore ....its a fantasic engine ..great to drive and very comfortable "
If I had the money I would buy the new Volvo mild hybrid it does around 70 miles to the gallon but it's about £70,000 ffs |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"Stay clear of Renault and Peugeot 2 of the worst put together vehicles even worse than land rover and that's saying something lol "
Totally agree with you about the Peugeot but I have had two Renault cars now and no problems with them infact if I didn't have the money to spare and want something bigger I'm sure my Renault capture diesel could easily do another hundred thousand miles!?? |
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"That's hopeful I have a capture diesel and it does good but I have dropped from sixty miles to the gallon to fifty three! lmao too much going hard on the motorways!poor engine is fucked lmao "
The opposite is more likely the case tbh.
Your engine's DPF relies on heat to keep it functioning properly, and if you don't do enough of those hard miles to crank up the engine temperature it'll start to clog up, causing a gradual worsening in performance and potentially leading to premature end of life issues for the engine. Most diesel engines these days just aren't getting enough of the hard miles to keep them functioning properly.
Your annual mileage would be at or just below what would usually be described as the threshold for switching between petrol and diesel. Short gentle journeys kill diesel engines. |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"How about a Nissan Qashqai? Bit bigger and basically the same running gear."
Absolutely I drove a hire car in march it was a brand new empower so comfy and loads of safety features!I would look at it again and see how the boot space differs but yes the top of the range older qashqai would be something to look at! |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
enniskillen |
"That's hopeful I have a capture diesel and it does good but I have dropped from sixty miles to the gallon to fifty three! lmao too much going hard on the motorways!poor engine is fucked lmao
The opposite is more likely the case tbh.
Your engine's DPF relies on heat to keep it functioning properly, and if you don't do enough of those hard miles to crank up the engine temperature it'll start to clog up, causing a gradual worsening in performance and potentially leading to premature end of life issues for the engine. Most diesel engines these days just aren't getting enough of the hard miles to keep them functioning properly.
Your annual mileage would be at or just below what would usually be described as the threshold for switching between petrol and diesel. Short gentle journeys kill diesel engines. "
Wow did not know that but I am also looking to improve my comfort aswell as my mpg |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stay clear of Renault and Peugeot 2 of the worst put together vehicles even worse than land rover and that's saying something lol
Totally agree with you about the Peugeot but I have had two Renault cars now and no problems with them infact if I didn't have the money to spare and want something bigger I'm sure my Renault capture diesel could easily do another hundred thousand miles!??"
I have driven Peugeot cars all my life and absolutely love them! Never had any bother with any of them whether brand new or second hand.  |
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By *edro50 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Stay clear of Renault and Peugeot 2 of the worst put together vehicles even worse than land rover and that's saying something lol
Totally agree with you about the Peugeot but I have had two Renault cars now and no problems with them infact if I didn't have the money to spare and want something bigger I'm sure my Renault capture diesel could easily do another hundred thousand miles!??
I have driven Peugeot cars all my life and absolutely love them! Never had any bother with any of them whether brand new or second hand. "
Ok Natalie thanks for that you're the first positive comment I have had about Peugeot I will add it to the list for consideration! |
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By *ohn400Man
over a year ago
Dublin or anywhere |
keep away from all french cars/vans..to hard to work on.
Renault & Dacia are the same engin/gearbox & suspension all renault, and all have bad timing belts.
pay a lttle more and buy toyota..then you cant go wrong /
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm changing my car in September and I'm looking something bigger than what I have at the moment which is a Renault capture I was wondering does anyone own a kadjar diesel and what roughly is your mpg and what do you think about it?pete"
I've a Suzuki Vitara, very very reliable and personally I think better than a disco ..very heavy jeep though and it murders fuel around town.
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