TEG R V
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Ay up I have recently purchased a DC5 and just wanted to say thanks for all the contributors to this site, I trawled the site to do my homework before purchasing and it has been a massive help. I had a big list of questions to fire at the dealer to ensure I was happy before I parted with my hard earned cash (every single question was a bit pointless as the car is just mint, but better safe than sorry).
I Also saved an absolute fortune using the insurance thread, I'm 33 with 7 years no claims (should have been 16 yrs but the soddin insurance companies dont honour no claims after 1 year elapsed and I went travelling :xrealangry: ), anyways I ended up getting fuly comp with PCD for less than £500 from A-Plan so well happy.
I've had the car a couple of weeks so far, was not particularly impressed the day after I bought it with the weather though as I was snowed in for the first week. Done a good bit of driving now and absolutely loving it, she is an absolute dream.
I am loving the handling,I have seen in the threads that some people are a bit unsure about the aggressive LSD, and tbh when I test drove the car I did notice it myself but after a couple of drives I am actually happy in the knowledge the car is gonna be on the right line and the overwhelming feeling that the car is just so well planted is a real treat. In the wet I've not got an issue but being an excited newbie I did manage to get a bit of wheel spin action in third! My TEG has a lowered, uprated Spoon suspension and the ride is very firm, which is generally ok so long as I avoid pot holes, the road leading to where I work is littered with tree roots around a roundabout and this is the only place it p*sses me off as its so bad that the car just bounces over them, bloody crappy roads!
I am really pleased with the whole package As you can probably guess, and the missus hasn't had a problem with the ride or the road noise which to be honest is quite loud). The machine just looks awesome, I haven't seen another DC5 in Yorkshire (look forward to that though) but I am still getting used to people staring when I drive by and also people simply walking around the motor when she's parked up at home.
I did a fill up last week and considering the weather has been crap and I have done a mixture of traffic and m/ways I got 29.7 mpg, I hadn't tried to drive her economically, quite the opposite so bloody happy with that, however I did see a thread today where some dude got 44 mpg, i dont think I'm ever gonna achieve that tho!
Anyways, sorry to harp on, I look forward to hearing/seeing some of you out and about....
cheers
Carl
btw - I am driving down to Bournemouth for the sunseeker rallye, will maybe see some of you down there
I Also saved an absolute fortune using the insurance thread, I'm 33 with 7 years no claims (should have been 16 yrs but the soddin insurance companies dont honour no claims after 1 year elapsed and I went travelling :xrealangry: ), anyways I ended up getting fuly comp with PCD for less than £500 from A-Plan so well happy.
I've had the car a couple of weeks so far, was not particularly impressed the day after I bought it with the weather though as I was snowed in for the first week. Done a good bit of driving now and absolutely loving it, she is an absolute dream.
I am loving the handling,I have seen in the threads that some people are a bit unsure about the aggressive LSD, and tbh when I test drove the car I did notice it myself but after a couple of drives I am actually happy in the knowledge the car is gonna be on the right line and the overwhelming feeling that the car is just so well planted is a real treat. In the wet I've not got an issue but being an excited newbie I did manage to get a bit of wheel spin action in third! My TEG has a lowered, uprated Spoon suspension and the ride is very firm, which is generally ok so long as I avoid pot holes, the road leading to where I work is littered with tree roots around a roundabout and this is the only place it p*sses me off as its so bad that the car just bounces over them, bloody crappy roads!
I am really pleased with the whole package As you can probably guess, and the missus hasn't had a problem with the ride or the road noise which to be honest is quite loud). The machine just looks awesome, I haven't seen another DC5 in Yorkshire (look forward to that though) but I am still getting used to people staring when I drive by and also people simply walking around the motor when she's parked up at home.
I did a fill up last week and considering the weather has been crap and I have done a mixture of traffic and m/ways I got 29.7 mpg, I hadn't tried to drive her economically, quite the opposite so bloody happy with that, however I did see a thread today where some dude got 44 mpg, i dont think I'm ever gonna achieve that tho!
Anyways, sorry to harp on, I look forward to hearing/seeing some of you out and about....
cheers
Carl
btw - I am driving down to Bournemouth for the sunseeker rallye, will maybe see some of you down there
