Predictions for Nov-December 2017
#33
Onwards and Upwards!
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Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
Fair coment, but you could queue up with the Hilux pick-ups, trucks and the like? Diesel is readily available in Qatar, and I'd guess the same in the UAE. Mind you, ordering a diesel BMW in UAE would raise a few eyebrows, more so that an electric one
#34
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Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
The only downside so far is that the seat won't go far back enough / the steering wheel far forward enough to have my arms as straight as I like them. And I'm not gangly. Although 'er indoors struggles with the 3/4 vision.
#36
Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
i'm probably out of touch with diesel cars, but don't they tend to make a horrible loud noise?
#37
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Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
Not any more. A menacing rumble at start (not a clatter, it sounds really purposeful) developing into a roar as you wind it up. Put it in Eco-Pro mode and it just purrs.
#38
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#39
Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
I'm sure you must have contacts within the industry that are running one man shops maybe concentrating on one particular sector like office workers or IT, that you could suggest a cost sharing arrangement for you to operate construction recruitment.
#41
Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
No diesel has cracked that in my experience, it seems to be a function of too much torque low in the revs. You'd need to get curve more like a petrol to get rid of that feeling, which sort of defeats the characteristics of a diesel engine.
#42
Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
I drove a 7 speed auto that was better as it smoothed the lumps a bit but not quite the same.
#43
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Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
Then after all this thinking, I got a call about a potentially dream job last night. I'm probably not quite good enough for it but I can definitely go punchy and blag a bit...would like a chance to interview.
#44
Re: Predictions for Nov-December 2017
That's always my feeling. A massive shunt of power and wheel spinning as you leave a junction into traffic, followed by... nothing. Quick gear change and then whiplash as you join the flow of traffic in a fit of panic.
I drove a 7 speed auto that was better as it smoothed the lumps a bit but not quite the same.
I drove a 7 speed auto that was better as it smoothed the lumps a bit but not quite the same.