General Twinair maintenance costs running after yr 3

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General Twinair maintenance costs running after yr 3

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Hi All,

I'm thinking of keeping my twinair 105s. I love the car and the lowball dealer offer means I'll have to put a lot of money in to upgrade.

Has anyone run a twinair after 3 years? have you had any problems with it and have you had any maintenance costs.

Thanks in advance!

Matt
 
I can't say about the twin air but most of our costs 1.2 have been suspension brakes electrical and service parts maybe consider a very good aftermarket warranty?
In the next 3 years bank on suspension arms, shocks, discs,tyres.
You need to be good with a spanner if you want to keep the costs down.
Some might think excessive but change the oil every six months.
 
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Hi All,

I'm thinking of keeping my twinair 105s. I love the car and the lowball dealer offer means I'll have to put a lot of money in to upgrade.

Has anyone run a twinair after 3 years? have you had any problems with it and have you had any maintenance costs.

Thanks in advance!

Matt

You won't be the first person to report that 500 residuals are finally moving out of la-la land to a more realistic figure. Some folks on pcp's have recently been quoted trade in values more than a thousand pounds less than the GFV; for them, their best option may be to just return the car (providing they won't be surcharged).

I'd be interested to know if this is leading to a reduction in the GFV on new pcp deals, and a corresponding increase in either the initial deposit or the monthly repayment.

It's hard to advise you specifically without knowing the exact numbers.

There are some well-known gotchas; often not the things most folks would worry about, such as heater failure on climate models (a £2k repair at a franchised dealer).

I haven't seen many reports of outright engine failure. You'll likely have to fork out for a battery soon (at least if you want S/S to continue working), and replacing one or two of the bits which commonly break or fall off, like door handles and hatch wiring, but these are not outrageously expensive. Having either good DIY skills, or a relationship with a trusted & competent independent garage, will make a big difference to the likely cost of secondhand 500 ownership.

Knowing your own car is an important consideration; if it's behaved well thus far, it'll likely carry on doing so; if it's been in and out of the dealer under warranty, I'd be sorely tempted to bail out now. Keeping a known good 3yr old car you've owned from new is much less risky than buying a 3yr old car off a forecourt.

The ones I'd really be concerned about are any of the dualogic versions.
 
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Hi All,

I'm thinking of keeping my twinair 105s. I love the car and the lowball dealer offer means I'll have to put a lot of money in to upgrade.

Has anyone run a twinair after 3 years? have you had any problems with it and have you had any maintenance costs.

Thanks in advance!

Matt

My Twin air was 6 years old on Saturday. There have been absolutely no maintenance issues with the engine, none, zip, less than one.

Its had two sets of top front top mounts but it is on a Bilstein coil over kit.
Other than that, brakes and tyres.

Its done 98800 miles.

D
 
My Twin air was 6 years old on Saturday. There have been absolutely no maintenance issues with the engine, none, zip, less than one.

Its had two sets of top front top mounts but it is on a Bilstein coil over kit.
Other than that, brakes and tyres.

Its done 98800 miles.

D

That's reassuring! Are you using B14's? Would you recommend?
 
I sold my TA lounge last month after 6 years and 43000 miles. No unscheduled maintenance issues. Depreciation worked out at about £1500 per year, which I didn't think was too bad as I bought it new and part exchanged it.
Just make sure it's serviced properly with the correct oil and I'm sure it will be fine.
 
Hi All,

I'm thinking of keeping my twinair 105s. I love the car and the lowball dealer offer means I'll have to put a lot of money in to upgrade.

Has anyone run a twinair after 3 years? have you had any problems with it and have you had any maintenance costs.

Thanks in advance!

Matt

Im a firm believer its road humps that cause accelerated suspension wear.

I travel to areas where there are
NO SPEED HUMPS.. IN FACT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THERE..

Decent tarmac and no speed humps.

My punto TA Is only on 29 k at 4 years old

But have seen plenty of TA.S at the 90 k mark

Charlie . Oxford
 
Im a firm believer its road humps that cause accelerated suspension wear.

I travel to areas where there are
NO SPEED HUMPS.. IN FACT I'D LIKE TO MOVE THERE..

Decent tarmac and no speed humps.

Ah....decent tarmac is the difficult bit where I stay. We have no speed humps, no need, the road is that lumpy anyway and a bit of ditch hooking is a required cornering method.

D
 
I would have thought the TA 105s would hold their value well on the basis that they are zero road tax (in the UK), low insurance and the most powerful/fastest 500 outside of the Abarths. That's why I bought one - the 1.2 was great but no good for motorways. The 105's 6 gears makes motorways a breeze.
 
I do love how so many people in the UK consider three years to be the life expectancy of a new car.

Meanwhile, the combined age of my cars is 133 years:slayer:
 
I do love how so many people in the UK consider three years to be the life expectancy of a new car.

Meanwhile, the combined age of my cars is 133 years:slayer:

I think it's more a case of that's when the bills start, they tend to go in stages 3,6,9,12 years you have regular servicing yes but also at those year points you have brakes (discs) at 3 at 6 more brakes plus the odd suspension part and possibly a much larger service bill, 9 years brakes suspension brake pipes corrosion/welding (sometimes) and it's a keep or get rid of point, 12 all of the above but it's repair or scrap point?
 
I do love how so many people in the UK consider three years to be the life expectancy of a new car.

Meanwhile, the combined age of my cars is 133 years:slayer:

Well UFI with respect, it really is no surprise here in the UK that some people do actually consider three years as a 'life expectancy' of even new cars. In the business I'm in now, I check the service logs of hundreds of cars every single week that go off to auction. Many of these cars haven't seen a single service stamp in a main dealership or independent garage in the first three years and have done over 40k miles on the same oil. I dealt with a Vauxhall Insignia the other day with 70k miles on it, one service stamp, 3 years old, total bag of bolts, EML on, DPF light on, oil light degradation lamp on, completely abused. Some people just don't give a rats backside about their cars.

And then of course there are our badly maintained roads to deal with, potholes all over the place. To reinforce the point, I had to drive an ex water utility van onto a vehicle transporter last week. As I drove it up the ramp, one of the rear coil springs snapped and this was on a low mileage 66k miles van.

I did laugh the other day though, I had to send a 1998 Ford KA, a *R* registered vehicle, one of the very first to hit the road in the UK. 44k miles on the clock, bodywork with open rust holes all over it! It should go straight to a scrap yard, but somehow, it has a valid MOT and has gone to auction, worth about £80 scrap value.....:bang:
 
Well UFI with respect, it really is no surprise here in the UK that some people do actually consider three years as a 'life expectancy' of even new cars. In the business I'm in now, I check the service logs of hundreds of cars every single week that go off to auction. Many of these cars haven't seen a single service stamp in a main dealership or independent garage in the first three years and have done over 40k miles on the same oil. I dealt with a Vauxhall Insignia the other day with 70k miles on it, one service stamp, 3 years old, total bag of bolts, EML on, DPF light on, oil light degradation lamp on, completely abused. Some people just don't give a rats backside about their cars.

Yes, but that's not typical of the posters on this forum. I knew someone who won 2nd division Lotto, just enough to buy a new Hyundai, ran it for ~4 years, over 100K, km, never serviced, it was later stolen...in that regard they won again as they didn't waste any money on servicing.

And that's exactly why I'll likely never buy a used late model again, but owned from new, looked after a car should last, rust aside (not much of an issue here).
 
Yes, well, rust is an issue here. The amount of salt chucked on the roads during winter just causes no end of issues. Plus, if you do live by the seaside, especially where I originally come from, winters with salt spray directly from the sea can be a huge issue.

I got underneath a 08 Panda at work the other morning. I was absolutely shocked at what I saw. The rear suspension was just truly utterly shocking and yet the bodywork looked amazing.......:eek:
 
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