What's your ride?
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Lee
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Hi Lee
I must be missing something here, why have "Small, sporty and fast" when you can have "Big, sporty, comfortable, spacious, luxurious and fast"?
Here is the only view of a Marauder that "Hot hatch" drivers see.
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Dereck
That there is the difference between the UK and the US
Kevin
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I know... some of those little UK cars look horrible! I'm surprised to see you admit it.Well, that and a sense of style
I don't think we have any UK cars any more... little or not. Except maybe Aston Martin and a few other niche marques.I know... some of those little UK cars look horrible! I'm surprised to see you admit it.
Anthony Parsons
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Yer... we like ours and it certainly is fuel efficient. Looks much better also with the M sport pack and other bits and pieces. We have the full moon roof in ours and other bits. Pretty much got it optioned up.
I would rather the x1 though... that bit smaller it makes a difference for city driving, they look extremely nice with all the M sport pack and options attached, they are even more fuel efficient than ours... Just looking at the BMW specs, ours is 6.7 litres per 100km. The new MY11 x3 is going to be 5.6 litres per 100km and the x1 at present starts at 5.3 litres per 100km.
Saying that... whilst 6.7lt per 100 sounds great, our average city driving economy is pretty standard around the 8.1 - 8.3 lts per 100km. We had it running around 7 lts per 100km when we are on long distance trips. Being diesel and turbo... marvelous fuel economy from cars nowadays compared to only a few years back.
Kevin
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Perhaps not any UK owned manufacturers, but there are still a number of models that are UK/EU only. Ford bringing over the new Focis hatchback to the US was a bit of a surprise and so far it seems to be paying off for them.
Anthony Parsons
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Ford Focus is huge in Australia... one of their top sellers in the small class market here, along with the Toyoto Corolla.
DaKat
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Hi Lee
I must be missing something here, why have "Small, sporty and fast" when you can have "Big, sporty, comfortable, spacious, luxurious and fast"?
Here is the only view of a Marauder that "Hot hatch" drivers see.
Regards
Dereck
Bonus points for that tag!
Elizabeth
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Hi Lee
I must be missing something here, why have "Small, sporty and fast" when you can have "Big, sporty, comfortable, spacious, luxurious and fast"?
Here is the only view of a Marauder that "Hot hatch" drivers see.
Regards
Dereck
It's called MIDLIFE crisis!!!! Which some of us have finally gotten past. LOL
Kim
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If it was just me I would have a Hot VW Golf
but Jethro being a rather tall man doesn't like little cars, and the kid is already nudging 6 foot at 14, not to mention the dogs need to fit in the back.
Our X-Trail is the smallest 'big' car we could get, and is very light on fuel when in 2WD mode.
Our X-Trail is the smallest 'big' car we could get, and is very light on fuel when in 2WD mode.
Kevin
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I'd prefer getting my hands on some of the Holden models. Before Pontiac was disbanded we were teased by the potential of the Holden SV6 being imported as a rebadged Pontiac with the fabled El Camino name even being tossed about.
Kim
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In Australia yes
My car uses 7.7l/100kms which is pretty good for a medium sized family wagon with 4WD capabilities - it runs in 2WD most of the time though.
Equiv is 30.55 MPG
Calculator here... http://calculator-converter.com/l_100km_mpg_convert_mpg_to_l_per_100_km.php
Dean
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Nice! I seem to range between 3.6 and 11.5 liters per 100km. Depending on vehicle.In Australia yes
My car uses 7.7l/100kms which is pretty good for a medium sized family wagon with 4WD capabilities - it runs in 2WD most of the time though.
Equiv is 30.55 MPG
Calculator here... http://calculator-converter.com/l_100km_mpg_convert_mpg_to_l_per_100_km.php
Anthony Parsons
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That means you own a motorbike then at a guess, or hybrid... to get 3.6lts per 100km?Nice! I seem to range between 3.6 and 11.5 liters per 100km. Depending on vehicle.
Dean
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Yes, a small bike. Much fun!
0ptima
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Me too.
Kim
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