Rear Heating

[delboyt]

i'll be getting my first galayx this thurs

it's a 1997 p reg glx

 

it's got air con for front & rear but i was wondering

is the aircon vent's in the roof in the rear or sides ?

i have looked over the car & made sure all is working which it is but

did not take much notice of this

also

can my kids plug in their ps2 game consols etc in the back ??

[Guest fredt]

it's got air con for front & rear but i was wondering

is the aircon vent's in the roof in the rear or sides ?

 

 

in the roof, and the sides, if the vents in the side panel only it's only a recirc heater blower unit controlled by either the climate control panel or by a set of knobs and a switch on the dash next to the heat and vent control knobs

[delboyt]

it's got controls in the roof at the rear so the back passenges can control the air con

dies that help ?

 

doe's anyone know what a 2.0 is like on petrol approx ??

[Dally]

If it's got controls for temp & fan in the rear headlining, then it has only got a rear heater blower and not the full rear aircon. Sorry.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

does anyone know what a 2.0 is like on petrol approx ??

Expect no more than 25mpg around town, possibly only 20mpg if you are stuck in heavy traffic most of the time (better to walk :blink: ) and low 30's maximum for an overall average if you do a lot of rural driving. High-speed motorway/dual carriageway work will also lower the consumption to nearer 20 than 30 mpg.

 

Now do you wonder why so many of us bought a diesel.....

[Guest fredt]

 

Now do you wonder why so many of us bought a diesel.....

because your all to old and your pace makers couldnt handle the kick from a V6 :blink: :D

[delboyt]

thank's guys for the replies you have given to me.

cant wait to collect it this thurs.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Couldn't have a V6 - I'd run out of fingers on one hand on which to count the number of plugs I need :blink:

 

whereas now, I need never buy another spark plug again.

(..and the diesel has more torque than the V6 :D )

[Guest fredt]

Couldn't have a V6 - I'd run out of fingers on one hand on which to count the number of plugs I need :blink:

 

whereas now, I need never buy another spark plug again.

(..and the diesel has more torque than the V6 :D )

I picked up a interesting leaflet a few weeks off Ebay, the cost of ownership story

in it, it gives all the cost of service parts and amounts used over four years for the Galaxy and pits them against cars of similar engine size and cost at the time, did you know that the official time taken to service a TDI over four years is greater than a petrol version including the V6 :o

it gives 12 hrs for the TDI, 10.3 hrs for the 2ltr petrol and 10.5 hrs for the V6! even on the high milage service schedule the TDI is 9.5 hrs, the 2ltr is 7.8 hrs and the V6 8 HRS

and certain service items are changed more frequently (well should be! :D ) and cost more than the petrol equivelent!

 

the term rose tinted spectacles springs to mind when I read about the so called savings of running a TDI :D

 

 

(..and the diesel has more torque than the V6 :lol: )

 

yes but most TDI drivers stop torqueing when the sit down or at least are muffled! :lol: y

[Masked Marauder]

An hour and a half less huh? So about

[Richmond]

Nobody in their right minds buys a V6 if they're bothered about fuel consumption, so this is a pointless discussion.

 

Fredt, stop teasing them. They'll bite you one day.

[Masked Marauder]

What shocked me the most (as someone who has never owned a brand new car) was the depreciation. Both vehicles have lost over half their value over 4 years, with the V6 loosing in the region of 4K a year!

 

I only paid 5k for my 1998 102,000 mile Alhambra. OK, it is not fully loaded like the Ghia, but I hope to get at least 5 years out of it before I sell it on.

 

New cars are too rich a game for me, you can keep them!

[Guest fredt]

Fredt, stop teasing them. They'll bite you one day.

 

Yeah, your right but it's sooooo easy :blink:

[Masked Marauder]

Fredt, stop teasing them. They'll bite you one day.

 

Yeah, your right but it's sooooo easy :blink:

Not teasing me chap, I don't really gave a .........

 

Just out of interest, is the V6 engine the same as was in the Golf VR6? My sister had one of those and I drove to Heathrow and back in it and used a full tank of fuel thats a stunning 16mpg on the round trip! Hey, company fuel card, she was not paying!

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Some of us only bite in a playful way and keep our fangs covered :blink:

 

As to depreciation, a majority (almost all) of brand-new cars are worth only half of their list price as a trade-in when 3 years old. Depreciation is by far the biggest running cost of a new, or nearly new, car even if it remains hidden most of the time.

You forgot to mention exhaust costs - diesel exhausts last longer, especially on low-mileage cars as there is less water produced in the exhaust with which to rot the boxes from the inside. I have to say, though, that since petrol engines were fitted with catalysts, their exhausts seem to last longer than in years gone by. Anyone able to confirm this? :D

[Guest fredt]

Just out of interest, is the V6 engine the same as was in the Golf VR6? My sister had one of those and I drove to Heathrow and back in it and used a full tank of fuel thats a stunning 16mpg on the round trip! Hey, company fuel card, she was not paying!

Yep it's the same engine :D you must have been tanking it! my mrs can do heathrow and half way back on a tank of lpg :blink:

[MrT]

Just out of interest, is the V6 engine the same as was in the Golf VR6?

There have been two versions of the V6, the old incarnation that produced 179bhp and the newer 24V 204bhp model that came out in late 2000. The newer version in spite of its extra power is more economical.

[ALARM MAN]

Can we have a picture of this lowered Blackout out Alcoholic car of yours ?

 

Ian :huh:

[Masked Marauder]

Just out of interest, is the V6 engine the same as was in the Golf VR6? My sister had one of those and I drove to Heathrow and back in it and used a full tank of fuel thats  a stunning 16mpg on the round trip! Hey, company fuel card, she was not paying!

Yep it's the same engine :D you must have been tanking it! my mrs can do heathrow and half way back on a tank of lpg :huh:

Um, well.... It was early on a Sunday morning. 155 on the M25 was a bit tunnel-vision causing though.....

[Guest fredt]

Just out of interest, is the V6 engine the same as was in the Golf VR6?

There have been two versions of the V6, the old incarnation that produced 179bhp and the newer 24V 204bhp model that came out in late 2000. The newer version in spite of its extra power is more economical.

Actually there have been a couple of versions of the VR6 engine but only two have been used in the Galaxy, the 12V 174 bhp and the 24v 204 bhp the same engine has been used in the golf, passat and corrado of which the corrado got the limited edition 2.9 version