It's An Automatic

[davewill]

Ok, after much deliberation i have traded in my 52 plate 1.9 Zetec Manual, for an 06 plate 1.9 Zetec Automatic

 

The frustration now, is that as i have a "cherished" number plate that i wish to transfer to the new car, i have to wait at least 7 working days for the DVLA to process a form :16:

 

The last time i transferred it, i had a wait of 2 hours in the local office, and job was done

 

Hopefully the new car will give me less problems than the old one, which at this moment is on its last legs before major surgery required :16:

[Smilge]

Major surgery on a 52 plate? ........ So how many miles had it done and did they give you what you wanted for it?

 

I tried to get the cherished plate P3 NIS but apparently millions of other motorists had applied for that one ...... :16:

[davewill]

Major surgery is

 

New Pads and disks (done 2 weeks ago cost of

[adrianf.]

Yes it is a pain to swap the plate over now, as you said it used to be an over the counter job.

 

 

The last couple of times i changed mine it did come back quite quickly.

[jkspoff]

Just had a reg transfer done on a cherished plate took just over 1 week before new documents sent. I stuck the new plates on anyway, but probably not recommended !

[davewill]

Now got the new car, and very pleased with it (06 plate Zetec TDI)

DVLA kept to their word, and actually got my tax disk back in 6 working days rather than the 7 quoted :D

 

The 06 plate Galaxy i feel is much improved over even the 52 plate i had before

Ride seems a bit stiffer, road noise is less, and even doors shut with a nice thud, rather than a tinny twang

Cruise control is great,and i now know the outside temperature, and a small touch but well worth it, is that you get better (and more i think) interior lighting

 

Driving an Automatic again is slightly strange, but as a previous post said, it makes you drive a little more sedately so hopefully mpg will not be too dis similar to the manual (tdi)

 

Hopefully it will serve me well for the next 4 years (till i've paid off the HP ) :lol:

[mumble_bee]

dave what are you getting on your mpgs... my 1.9tdi 130 auto.. isnt giving me better than 35mpg.. altho that is for a 5 mile trip to work and back everyday.

[davewill]

Mumble Bee

 

Yesterday i did Telford - Letchworth - Hatfield - Aylesbury - Warwick - Home

 

About 260 miles in total using M6 - M1 - M40 - M5 Plus A Roads (about 75mph average on Motorways, but also lot of crawling through traffic jams)

 

Computer showed me average of 38.3mpg

 

Havn'y yet checked on "local driving", but will post back when i have

 

Regards