Comments on: CarAdvice in Strasbourg

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:05:20 +0000

Speed error – My wifes last car a Laguna wagon had Sat Nav and cruise. You’d set the speed on the cruise to 80mph, the Sat Nav was saying you were doing 78mph and the speedo was aimed at 84mph…Uh. In this day and age its not good enough but speedos tend to over read Yes?

They will have dumped the Pug now for the Bug…ha ha :)

By: Lcat

Lcat — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:18:21 +0000

thanks no name. i guess the other thing to consider would be speedo % error…

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:29:31 +0000

Just checked the ford website, they do 2 different outputs from 1.8 and 2.0 engines. 1.8 rated at 75Kw only good for 180kmh, a 1.8lit 94 Kw good for 198kmh, a 2.0 97.5kw (auto only) and the 105Kw top end 203Kw. Seems like they were thrashing it then, but having said that I had a 2.0litre rated at 192kmh but did do 205kmh once.

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:05:24 +0000

Hi Lcat – Dunno mate, nobody puts engine sizes ont there cars anymore other than Merc and BMW and they get it wrong.
An educated guess would be the 2.0litre 105Kw model to go that sorta speed at those revs. The 1.8 would take a while to get that fast. Its a base model the ‘edge’ I think as it has steel wheels. Anything above would have alloys.
Most of these 2.0models should be doing about 2400rpm at 110Kmh.

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:58:28 +0000

DUCK….your outta luck as your brain seems to be stuck you dumb f**k.

By: Lcat

Lcat — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:36:16 +0000

200kmh at 3500rpm sweet. hey no name which diesel donk would this be? doesn’t the euro mondeo have 2 options 1.8 or 2.0?

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:03:36 +0000

Duck you’re clearly quackers mate. Pug 307 better than the Mondie. Durrh.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:54:30 +0000

Duck,
go educate yourself first mate then come back and comment.

so have you guys brushed up on your “touch parking” skills yet?
i found it quite spun how they actually fit a 4m vehicle into a 3.5m space

By: Oz.

Oz. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:45:09 +0000

Duck,
I really don’t need to hear your rubbish, i’ll take the facts thanks.

By: Duck

Duck — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:42:59 +0000

Na! Anyway the Peugeot is a better car than the mondeo!

By: phaeton

phaeton — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:56:19 +0000

Can’t wait for Bugatti review :D

After seeing and hearing it on Thursday at the Clipsal I’m even more infatuated with it.

Please take lots of pics of the factory and any wild colour scheme some customer has ordered.

phaeton

By: Oz.

Oz. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:19:12 +0000

Okay, now that you had an XR5T Mondeo review, where’s the Diesel review now? :)

By: Foggy

Foggy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:15:59 +0000

Flat tyre at 200kph….

What speed are the Mondeo’s standard tyres rated to?

By: Tom Jakovljevic

Tom Jakovljevic — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:31:55 +0000

Typical Karl – should be changing tyres and he is posing for the Camera!

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:41:29 +0000

BASTARDS…..Nice lucky bastards may I add!

By: Max

Max — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:09:40 +0000

I’m jealous. Sitting here in my cubicle at work on monday morning for another 8 hours and you guys are flitting around the world driving supercars. bastards!

By: Tranquillizer

Tranquillizer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:51:31 +0000

that seems a lot of fun, punctured tyre and you guys got the replacement car, i wish aussie companies could be so customer friendly.thats a one confusing map in your hands. no wonder y you lost.
good going guys. sleep well.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:16:33 +0000

looks like an adventure

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:58:32 +0000

hahahaha,sounds like me whan I go OS.Hope the rest of the trip goes well,get some sleep.

We got a flat on the Shelby in the states last year on the first day.Not at 200 clicks though.Hope TP doesn’t get on here saying your only alive cause it was front wheel drive,hehehe.

Glad you held on to it.Why is Karl looking so happy ,cause Mr Crawford seems to be doing all the work!

By: Lcat

Lcat — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:57:55 +0000

Hotel Le Bugatti,Rue de la Commanderie, awesome! only a couple of blocks away from the holy grail now!