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After getting back from my honeymoon at 5.30pm last night and being somewhat jet-lagged, I’ve managed to give back my Audi and receive the replacement before lunchtime.

And here it is:

Love these. Interior is not exactly Jobbo spec though!!?

Looks great Jobbo, I thought you were looking for a diesel though?

Are there rainbow sparkles in the paint?
Lower left of the interior shot has some fairy dust going on.

Looks as long as a stagea!

Congrats on the wedding

Those seats look very comfortable!

Congrats Jobbo. It's massive, did you hold the reception in the back?

mik wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:42 pm Looks as long as a stagea!

Not that massive.

I like that.

Needs lowered. Otherwise very nice! Seats look great.

EoTR for the Audi?

There are sparkles in the paint - it’s like BMW sapphire black.

It’s not as long as a Stagea; I saw Ed’s at Flewy’s a couple of weeks ago so I know exactly how long they are. Amazingly it’s smaller in every dimension than the A6; it’s bigger inside, I guess due to the bonnet not needing to accommodate anything bigger than an in-line 4 mounted transversely.

I wasn’t specifically after a diesel; I didn’t really want a less powerful car after the Audi so the D5 version wouldn’t cut it. This has 310bhp and both a supercharger and a turbo; first supercharged car I’ve had. It’s got very decent throttle response, the gearing is low enough for it to feel nippy off the line and it makes a typically Volvo sort of hollow noise when you rev it - just a shame it’s not a 5-cyl. Doing about 27mpg so far which is fine.

It’s rather nice to drive; the steering is well weighted (not too light or too heavy as the Audi’s settings let you choose) and it feels like you can throw it around. I wasn’t intending to bring it to the meet next month but actually that’s not at all a mad idea!

Looks very nice, Simon. Amazing how rakish these look compared to previous generations.

Can we have a collection and PPF application video please?

Looks great, I've always had a soft spot for Volvos, the new ones are very striking and have a unique "design language"

PS: looks like you need a lawn mower...

DaveE wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:19 pm Can we have a collection and PPF application video please?

Looks great, I've always had a soft spot for Volvos, the new ones are very striking and have a unique "design language"

PS: looks like you need a strimmer...

FTFY

Speaking of electrically operated garden equipment - I think I win idiot of the week award for this:





House circuit breakers works well at least

I've done that! Just disassemble the trimmer and re-attach the (now shorter) cable into it.

Yep - hopefully shouldn't be too difficult, though it did go with a poof of smoke - hopefully that was just the insulation on the cable melting when it short circuited rather than a fuse inside the casing.

Amazing how much the garden grew while we were away! I have just finished doing it (all with the mower - Honda Izys are great). Hedges next weekend.

My Mrs had done that enough times that the cable left was about a foot long. Eventually I had to rob the cable off something else we were throwing out.

Funnily enough every time I use them I'm constantly reminded to watch the cable but have never managed to cut through it

Jobbo wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:52 pm Amazing how much the garden grew while we were away! I have just finished doing it (all with the mower - Honda Izys are great). Hedges next weekend.

Yep everything is in full mental summer mode - even in London with merely an extended patio masquerading as a garden things seem to need trimming back every couple of weeks.

GG. wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 5:27 pm Speaking of electrically operated garden equipment - I think I win idiot of the week award for this:





House circuit breakers works well at least

I did that yesterday with the same results. I placed it on the floor before it had completely stopped and it just caught the cable. As suggested cable redone.