totally un-Puma related

[Robyorks]

Our kid had the Galaxy as a company car for the self same reason, dodgy back! He wouldn't part with it for toffee!

 

[zinc2000]

I drove a Galaxy for work a few years back as a chauffuer, ours had the 2.8 V6 under the bonnet and a manual box, cracking piece of kit with phenomenal acceleration, it was so powerful and smooth a lot of our passengers were amazed to find it was manual at the journeys end.

 

[Robyorks]

His was diesel, that also had some poke about it. He's in an M3 now, definitely a love/hate relationship

 

[zinc2000]

So couple of weeks into ownership and beloved decided to reverse the C-Max into the Passat!!!! not a mark on the Passat but dented the rear panel on C-Max and of course it is double skinned......purchased one of those hot glue dent puller kits, pulled the dent a little but would not grip enough to overcome the crease in the body.......after a strip down of various trim, lights etc I was able to gain access through a tiny hole and managed to push most of the dent out and fill, sand, fill, sand etc to get not a bad result, primed it and left it until today.

Cleaned it today, final rub down then top coat went on, several coats later, rubbed down again, then t-cut, then washed again, dried then final top coat followed by several coats of clear coat to finish....left it for a while to have coffee then more polishing left me with this

No where near perfect and will still require more work but for now quite pleased with result.......total cost £50 including the dent puller

Also took the car for its first long run at the weekend, 300 mile round trip to "enchanted forest" at Pitlochry (brilliant btw) and was well please with its comfort, ride, handling etc...easily cruised at 70mph most of the way, pulls really well from 50mph, onwards, average 41mpg according to onboard computer :grin:

 

[acanais77]

Agreed. My Subaru Forester is just shy of 134k miles now (still on its original clutch). However, she has felt a bit flat recently and fumes enter the cabin when you're at a standstill. Yesterday I was quoted around £800 for replacing the turbo up pipe. Usually, it'd be time to trade in for something else mutuelles Entreprise, but modern cars just don't do it for me and I can't find anything to replace it that is as tough, 4WD and quick.

Ultimately, I've found a mobile Subaru specialist who can weld the pipe for a fraction of the cost and has offered to pick the car up from work and leave me a car to use while they work on it. I think I'll just carry on running it until it becomes utterly unfixable.

Stick with what you know!

But it's already pulling hard, you know. If I reach this speed, I will kill myself.