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[Delphi]

This is exciting. Do they have to be Porsche places? I imagine you're paying a lot more with that moniker attached

It's a 34 year old car and 928s are a peculiar beast if you're not familiar with them and few people are these days. One company I'm going to see on Saturday is a local Porsche independent with a good reputation. They have already done a 928 S4 restoration, so as well as being a Porsche specialist are going to be familiar with the 928.

[Mito Man]

Well I'm a bit pissed off.

Thought I'd service the Defender myself this year so I did it this evening. Start to remove the sump plug, it won't budge, get a bigger wrench, it won't budge. Eventually get the 4 foot long breaker bar on it whilst hoping it doesn't snap and it eventually comes free. See that half of the bolt is cross threaded
Fortunately the bolt was softer than the sump so the new bolt went right in.

Next I move on to the oil filter. It's one of those annoying plastic ones with the paper filter inside. Anyway I can see someone before has already twatted the hex end of it so no point getting a 27 mm socket on a cylinder. Get a strap wrench on it but it's hopeless. I reckon it's not even been opened in years, someone must have tried years ago, twatted the end and though fuck it. I didn't have a spare housing so didn't proceed with drilling through it and sticking a metal rod in to undo it. Next year I guess...

So simple shit now. Air filter, undo the plastic box and the old one isn't even seated in properly, looks like someone smashed it in because they couldn't be bothered to fully open the air box... Sigh.

Finish off by replacing the fuel filter. Anyway with that I service all my cars myself now because most people are cunts.

[V8Granite]

This is exciting. Do they have to be Porsche places? I imagine you're paying a lot more with that moniker attached

It's a 34 year old car and 928s are a peculiar beast if you're not familiar with them and few people are these days. One company I'm going to see on Saturday is a local Porsche independent with a good reputation. They have already done a 928 S4 restoration, so as well as being a Porsche specialist are going to be familiar with the 928.

It’s well worth getting someone either very good at what they do or experienced in that model. They need to appreciate that some parts are simply no longer available and extra care needs taking. Something like a door trim could set you back months if you can’t find a replacement.

The w124 titivation thread on Pistonheads though shows how experience of the car doesn’t mean the work is going to be good, some of the repairs on that look awful.

Dave!

[integrale_evo]

This is exciting. Do they have to be Porsche places? I imagine you're paying a lot more with that moniker attached

It's a 34 year old car and 928s are a peculiar beast if you're not familiar with them and few people are these days. One company I'm going to see on Saturday is a local Porsche independent with a good reputation. They have already done a 928 S4 restoration, so as well as being a Porsche specialist are going to be familiar with the 928.

It’s well worth getting someone either very good at what they do or experienced in that model. They need to appreciate that some parts are simply no longer available and extra care needs taking. Something like a door trim could set you back months if you can’t find a replacement.

The w124 titivation thread on Pistonheads though shows how experience of the car doesn’t mean the work is going to be good, some of the repairs on that look awful.

Dave!

Any chance of a link?

[Matty]

25k rolled over on the Up GTi. Over 20 months and the 21k I've done since I've owned it, all I've spent is £130 on servicing (2 services, but one was free) and £35 on an MOT. Add on the average of 55-60mpg, and the great residuals had made it an extremely cheap ownership prospect so far.

I like it, but still feel like I'm missing something when Jackal and AutoPap on Twitter absolutely rave about theirs considering they own some incredibly expensive machinary alongside it. AutoPap even sold his then decided he couldn't go through and called the buyer to say he'd changed his mind:

[Carlos]

Fabulous things, even the humdrum ones are fun to drive. Sadly a bit to small for me at the moment but the GTI was on my list.

Is there a car where the wheels are closer to 4 corners than that

[Sundayjumper]

Well I'm a bit pissed off.

Thought I'd service the Defender myself this year so I did it this evening. Start to remove the sump plug, it won't budge, get a bigger wrench, it won't budge. Eventually get the 4 foot long breaker bar on it whilst hoping it doesn't snap and it eventually comes free. See that half of the bolt is cross threaded
Fortunately the bolt was softer than the sump so the new bolt went right in.

Next I move on to the oil filter. It's one of those annoying plastic ones with the paper filter inside. Anyway I can see someone before has already twatted the hex end of it so no point getting a 27 mm socket on a cylinder. Get a strap wrench on it but it's hopeless. I reckon it's not even been opened in years, someone must have tried years ago, twatted the end and though fuck it. I didn't have a spare housing so didn't proceed with drilling through it and sticking a metal rod in to undo it. Next year I guess...

So simple shit now. Air filter, undo the plastic box and the old one isn't even seated in properly, looks like someone smashed it in because they couldn't be bothered to fully open the air box... Sigh.

Finish off by replacing the fuel filter. Anyway with that I service all my cars myself now because most people are cunts.

Good job you didn't take time off work to do it !

[V8Granite]

Don’t be silly, just change the filter and grab a new housing.

Dave!

[PaulJ]

25k rolled over on the Up GTi. Over 20 months and the 21k I've done since I've owned it, all I've spent is £130 on servicing (2 services, but one was free) and £35 on an MOT. Add on the average of 55-60mpg, and the great residuals had made it an extremely cheap ownership prospect so far.

I like it, but still feel like I'm missing something when Jackal and AutoPap on Twitter absolutely rave about theirs considering they own some incredibly expensive machinary alongside it. AutoPap even sold his then decided he couldn't go through and called the buyer to say he'd changed his mind:

Have to agree with this Matty. We've done 27000 in ours over three years and I've come to the conclusion that no home should be without one. We drove past Milltek today, and out of the blue my missus said she's considering booking it in for a bit of modding! I believe they only do exhausts so she shouldn't get into too much trouble.

[V8Granite]

It's a 34 year old car and 928s are a peculiar beast if you're not familiar with them and few people are these days. One company I'm going to see on Saturday is a local Porsche independent with a good reputation. They have already done a 928 S4 restoration, so as well as being a Porsche specialist are going to be familiar with the 928.

It’s well worth getting someone either very good at what they do or experienced in that model. They need to appreciate that some parts are simply no longer available and extra care needs taking. Something like a door trim could set you back months if you can’t find a replacement.

The w124 titivation thread on Pistonheads though shows how experience of the car doesn’t mean the work is going to be good, some of the repairs on that look awful.

Dave!

Any chance of a link?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/to ... 82664&p=90

Only just noticed your reply. It’s an interesting thread actually and his love of older cars is very clear.

Dave!

[Jobbo]

Thanks Barry
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... &t=1382664

[Linking to the last page doesn't work if you have your number of posts per page set differently to standard]

[Coaster1]

25k rolled over on the Up GTi. Over 20 months and the 21k I've done since I've owned it, all I've spent is £130 on servicing (2 services, but one was free) and £35 on an MOT. Add on the average of 55-60mpg, and the great residuals had made it an extremely cheap ownership prospect so far.

I like it, but still feel like I'm missing something when Jackal and AutoPap on Twitter absolutely rave about theirs considering they own some incredibly expensive machinary alongside it.

& I totally understand what you mean though, sometimes certain cars just lack the x-factor, despite being a very good car.

Did you buy yours / lease? Just looked at AT..... very strong money

[McSwede]

Took the M140i for it's 3yr check, brake fluid change and MOT with BMW today. Whilst in they loaned me a 330e for the day which is nice seeing as I've ordered one.

It exceeded my expectations to be fair. Drove really nicely and went better than I expected. The economy surprised me most of all. I did almost 100 miles mixed across motorway, town and cross country. Without doing anything out of the ordinary it managed 30 miles on electric and averaged 59mpg.

[V8Granite]

Thanks Barry
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/top ... &t=1382664

[Linking to the last page doesn't work if you have your number of posts per page set differently to standard]

I call it a success that it made the link blue and clickable

Dave!

[integrale_evo]

Cheers Dave and jobbo

[Broccers]

Took the M140i for it's 3yr check, brake fluid change and MOT with BMW today. Whilst in they loaned me a 330e for the day which is nice seeing as I've ordered one.

It exceeded my expectations to be fair. Drove really nicely and went better than I expected. The economy surprised me most of all. I did almost 100 miles mixed across motorway, town and cross country. Without doing anything out of the ordinary it managed 30 miles on electric and averaged 59mpg.

What's the av mpg on the 140?

Seems to me a 30 miles electric range isn't fantastic. How longs it take to replenish?

[Broccers]

I did my speed awareness course on Sunday morning. So on Wednesday slowing down from 130 going around a bend in Derbyshire it made me aware that there may be a hazard upcoming. Sure enough there was a cayenne slap bang sideways in my lane doing a U turn.

Very useful

[Jobbo]

Blimey, you could have been like TenPenceShort’s victim, Broccers. Stay safe.

30 miles electric range isn’t too bad if it’s consistent. These PHEVs are more intended to run on electricity when they’re in town, which is the inefficient bit with an ICE engine. I’m not sure they’d be that efficient in my use so I’ve not considered them; be interesting to see McSwede’s longer term report.

[mik]

For general day-to-day use, we have the E-Tron configured to charge to 80% (better for battery longevity apparently).

We were away overnight recently however and decided to charge it to 100%. Round trip could be completed with about 20miles range remaining even if it was set to 80%, but we decided we would like to avoid any RANGE ANXIETY.

Left the house with it full. As a default, Mrs mik likes the Regen on auto mode - it then automatically introduces regen as you approach roundabouts, tight bends, steep downward hills yada yada. I prefer manual actuation (via the paddles) but even in auto you can over-ride it, and as it comes in gradually you have time to do so.

(Additionally - regardless of the regen setting, or (adaptive) cruise being on or off, it will also introduce regen to maintain a safe distance to the car in front - which is quite cool).

As we approached the first roundabout, regen didn’t kick in as I expected. Usually this is all that is required to wipe off a a few MPH to negotiate the turny circle. Weird. Flicked the paddle a couple of times, and - nada. Cue slightly clumsy manual braking.

Same thing at the next section we came to.

It was only at this point that I realised it had clearly disabled regen until the battery had lost a bit of charge. Rather obvious once I thought about it, but some kinda dash warning might have been nice to ensure avoidance of fiery death.

On the same topic, I continue to “clean the brakes” every week by flicking it into Neutral to disable regen and using them to do a 60-5 (approx stop). Never sure how much use they get with wifey driving it, so needed to avoid replacing discs due to corrosion…. fronts in particular are huge with 6-pots, so assume new ones cost £ouch

[mik]

As I don’t think he even came over here from the old forum (?), I don’t think I am ruining any surprises…. new car for BenB. Un-modified VI. Still has the 964 of course. Nice.