Hey folks,
I've just bought a 2000/V-reg E320 CDI Elegance Estate with 53k miles on the dial (for £20000 including reasonable trade-in on my old A8 4.2Quattro - reasonable price?).
However, I've two issues with it. The first is that the air-con makes a kind of gurgling, whistling noise (not sure how else to describe it). Anyone else seen that? What can be done about it?
The second is the amount of diesel it uses. The specs (from
http://www.whatcar.co.uk/RoadTest_Fu...DL=0&RT=186751 for instance) say that it should average 36mpg, with 25.5mpg around town. According to the onboard computer, I'm getting more along the lines of 18-22mpg around town! Any ideas?
One thing that I know is that there is too much oil in the car - it came up as a malfunction as one point saying 'reduce oil level' and when I have it measure the oil level it says the same. Could this influence how much diesel it uses?
In general though it's a beautiful car - I love the engine (and coming from a V8 4.2 litre that says something), and it has enough space for our two-year-old and the twins that are on the way!
Oh, one last question - are there any child-seats that'll fit on the rear-facing seats in the back? Just out of interest - we probably wouldn't do that anyway (those seats are just for emergency) but would be nice to know!
Thanks,
-simon
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