Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

It is very white :)

Substitute 'was' in about a nanosecond of the current weather....

Oh that is lovely!

Internet diagnosis required...

2015 Audi A4 Avant, Quattro. Very high fuel consumption. On average using 14-15 litres per hundred kilometres (roughly 16mpg).

This is with normal driving, tyres at correct pressure and no roof racks. Even on a motorway trip it struggles to get 21 mpg.

It should be a lot better. I suspect a boost leak somewhere. Any other ideas? I have 9 months of warranty left so will be getting Audi to cover it but I need to be armed with information.

I’ve just totally forgotten the name of them, but my money is on the sensor that sits in the exhaust just behind the cat and controls primary fuel trim.

Lambda sensor!

My car-related subscriptions are TST, Wheel Bearings, Regular Car Reviews.
Motorsport subscriptions: Box of Neutrals, The F1 Strategy Report, For F1's Sake, Inside Electric, Autosport.

Also, Smith and Sniff on YouTube, even though the visuals are mostly two blokes sitting in a car eating sandwiches.

Going for a white car this time.

I guess actively choosing white means you're probably not Casey Liss.

#nichereference

Thanks! Could be. Would also (maybe) explain the sulphurous stink on a regular basis. Maybe a cat issue too.

My Suby has been back to the place I got it twice now... Intermittent ignition fault where the key won't come out, guy thought he had fixed it yesterday but it did it again when I got home from the garage, pretty bloody annoying... I've also been detecting a slightly sweet, toasty smell in the car, mechanic thought it was coolant, no visible leeks anywhere in the very clean engine bay (looks brand spankers!) so also a bit of a mystery...

I think the auction place will have to send it to a specialist Suby garage... Not getting much joy from them...

!Intermittent ignition fault...detecting a slightly sweet, toasty smell in the car’
‘Do you even Gibson last v8?

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Turn the heat on in the car, if smell gets stronger it may indicate a heater matrix leak.... Not sure if this is a thing in Subaru though.

The key getting stuck in the ignition isn't just the steering lock being engaged? As on if you turn the wheel with the key in ignition it locks the steering and makes it locks the key?

Wait, that's my car!?!

@TRA The mechanic has had a look, he thought it might be the air filter but that checked out okay, then he thought it was leaking coolant but no, fuck knows tbh... I'll get it fixed next week somehow...

+1 on the heater

Heater matrix all day. Possible dash out job

Land yacht ahoy!
1969 Ford Galaxie 500 spotted in Vauxhall.


Some greener cool old motors spotted this week.
Triumph GT6 MK3

Toyota Celica Mk2. The wheels don't look stock, but I like them.

Autobianchi Giardiniera Fiat 500

The celica rims Look like hot wires. Could be an aus import

Autobianchi Giardiniera Fiat 500

Never knew this existed it's lovely.

Dat 500.

Feelz

I bet that 500 was parked with a skid

MG Dealership in San Jose Costa Rica. Didn’t know MG were still operating anywhere, didn’t recognise any of the cars as rebadged models.

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Boom! Super lightweight flywheel & clutch fitted to a pornographic alloy backplate (painted, as it is naughty) and then buttoned up.

Tomorrow is the big day.

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Get audi to check the ecu software is the latest, if it has been overfueling for a long time the cat could be fucked.

Edit what does the airfilter look like.

Flat floored the first MPV, there is one for sale that needs restoring that is the same colour as that.

Edit the engine is horizontal in this not vertical as in the car.

I fucking hope so.