(T) New Car - 1st Diesel - Hard to get used to

had my 1.9 sporting about 5 days now and still getting used to driving it of course. i feel like i'm forever changing gear and its weird having 6 gears i know the 6th gear is generally for motorway crusing but just thought i would post a thread and let ya know how i was getting on. car is v responsive in gears and over-taking is a breeze. plus the new orleans blue is a gr8 colour cos it looks clean even when its dirty, however its a pain in the ass having bk discs as all 4 wheels seem forever filthy haha. still its a pretty cool car.

Danny

There should be hardly any pad material wearing at the back. 20% effort tops goes through the rears. Maybe it's the fact that there are shiney discs behind the rear wheels making them look dirty compared to rusty drums?

MY CARS REAR WHEELS ALMOST GET AS MUCH BREAK DUST ON THEM AS THE FRONTS ALLWAYS HAS ITS JUST THE TYPE OF PADS

IT WILL LOOSEN UP ALOT ENGINE AND THE GEAR BOX ITS JUST A TIGHT NEW CAR THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.IN A WHILE GET IT REMAPPED IT SEEMS TO STAY THAT LITTLE BIT LONGER IN GEARS SO NO NEED TO CHANGE AS QUICKLY ESPECIALLY IN 1ST 2ND

i hope so m8 i'm too lazy to be changing gears all the time i will just keep it in 4th lol. its a gr8 gear to be in doin about 40mph it pulls loads!!!

gonna get it remapped in a month or 2 when i get used to the car a bit more and its run in. u got yours done then jassyo? how is it?

how HARD is it to put the petrol cap bk on, i was @ the station for 20 mins on my 1st night i had to ring my bro to ask how to get it bk on and the woman behind the till Bolloked me for bein on my phone hahaha! ooops!

Danny

yeah my car has the tunit vcr box =170bhp £480.all i can say is remap or tunit box its a extremely fast small.wouldnt do without it now.in time get it done

try vaseline on the cap........he,he

Glad your enjoying the car mate. As jassyo says it will loosen up massively over time. Mine has done just over 4k now and is still getting better. The re-map helps the car no end, especially in 1st. Enjoy the car a bit and get used to it and then think about the re-map.

Rich

Oh yeah, the fuel cap is a little fiddly, once you get used to it though its easy, lol.

Rich

yeah i found that originally with mine!

oh and btw make sure it is diesel you put in it!

pleased your another happy gp owner!!!