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Messages - Sir Tigger KC

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General Discussion Area / Re: The Royal Train
« on: Yesterday at 18:08:30 »
The train companies often don't help, as parking at Chiltern stations is now a tenner a day, and Banbury station has closed it's drop off point to private vehicles, so anyone wanting to use the train from there now has to use a taxi if not in walking distance.  Fine for drop off is now £40.  So everyone drives to London now.

That's no way to run a railway!  ::)

Do the buses go to the station?  ???

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 17:54:28 »
Forum members will know I'm not the greatest fan of derv cars but I think old Tigger has done well here. :y

Incidentally what is the difference between a 330D and the 335D as they both share the same 3 litre straight six lump?

Good choice. :y


The 535d is a twin turbo (one small turbo and one large), whereas the 530d is a variable geometry single turbo.  :y

Incidentally, at one stage the 525d, the 530d, the 540d, and the 550d all used the 3.0d block. The 525d was a down tuned 3.0d.  :y

Probably performance overkill at Tigger's age. :)

Yes it will be a few years before I'm mature enough to handle the kind of cars you enjoy M'lud.  :)

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 13:52:23 »
530D and 535D. difference.

The price?

That could explain why Tigger went for the 530D.

Tight as a ducks arse... :D

Yup.  :)

The difference between the 530d and 535d is about 50bhp I believe.  :-\

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 10:19:10 »
Though i'm not a fan of light interiors, that Tig, looks very nice. :y
If you are prepared to put the effort in to keep a light leather interior clean, they always look really nice IMHO.

That's why I always opt for dark interiors ;D

I would have preferred a black interior, but I got to the stage where I just needed a car.  ::)

This one popped up on Autotrader on Thursday night and in the pics looked like it was parked on the drive of a very nice house (It was!), had under 100,000 miles, had FSH, was fairly local and was at a reasonable price. So I got the train to see it on Friday, bought it and carried on to Scotland.  :y

Too be honest when you're sat it it looking out of the windscreen, you don't notice the interior anyway.  :)

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 10:12:39 »
How's the ride Tig?  I found later 3 and 5 series a bit too hard, and caused some discomfort in my back (which is buggered in 2 places anyway, not helping)

Guessing not causing you any issues after a run back from Scotland?

It's certainly a harder firmer ride than my old Mondeo, but not uncomfortably so.  :y

I think my Mondeo was a taxi in it's former life and had a fat bastid sat in it for hours on end, as the driver's seat is like a favourite saggy old sofa!  ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 10:09:32 »
Oil Level is shown on the Idrive and there is also a dipstick on the N57 engine - red on the N/S of the block at the rear.

Oh.. I assumed that the dipstick at the N/S rear is for the gearbox, as it dives towards the rear and the gearbox.  :-\

There's nothing in the manual about that dipstick either.  ::)

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: Yesterday at 10:04:17 »
Ot probably only reads the oil level when cold. Once running/hot the level will be very different.

The iDrive only reads the oil level when the engine is running for some reason.  :-\

Maybe it actually reads the oil pressure and calculates the oil level from that?  ???

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It's up there with the greatest car porn vids!  8)   It should have got an award!  :y

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 03 July 2025, 21:20:25 »

*Haven't worked out how to reset the trip yet.  :D

Has it got the button under the fuel gauge on the dash or BC on the left hand stork. I seem to recall that the F10 had the dash button. Incidentally, if it does have the button to reset the trip, you can press and hold it to show other information. You can also use that button to unlock other menus to show any error codes stored.

I found this one thanks!  :y

It shows the basic vehicle status as well, as found with the rotary knob, apart from the oil level (even when engine running) for some reason.  :-\

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General Car Chat / Re: Behold!
« on: 03 July 2025, 16:06:16 »
Well I'm home now, and I think I've done just over 800 miles* in the last few days and it's telling me it's doing 42.2 mpg.  I filled up just outside Edinburgh and I've got just less than half a tank left. Pretty good for a big heavy motor!  :y

*Haven't worked out how to reset the trip yet.  :D

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General Car Chat / Re: Jaguar
« on: 03 July 2025, 15:57:58 »
We haven't made a Jag car for eight months, the new ones are on the proto line at the moment

It's a funny way of going about things if you ask me.  :-\

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General Car Chat / Behold!
« on: 02 July 2025, 23:03:36 »
My new steed.  :y







Picked it up on Friday afternoon and drove it to Scotland. On my way home now.  :)



Another pic of Scotland... Just because.  8)

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 02 July 2025, 22:25:51 »
A white one.  No idea what it is, and it's out of view.  But it is dangerously slow.

Optie will cream his jeans because it is petrol.

Lord Opti doesn't wear jeans.  At his age, he prefers brown polyester trousers that belt around his belly button.  8)                                                             ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 28 June 2025, 00:56:13 »
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202506233799176

Thar do lad. Local and reasonably priced. You'll not miss it long ;)

You never fail us!  :y   ;D
Ad no longer visible, but I'm guessing some clapped out Merc that will struggle to outlast the Mundano?

;D
Tig has probably bought it.

It was a hi spec E320cdi estate.

No I haven't bought a clapped out Merc!  ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 28 June 2025, 00:38:08 »
https://youtu.be/kSInTTUF2gE?feature=shared

There you go, Tig.

New motor now sorted. :)

My Marina was the same colour as that one.  :y

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