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Comment on Primark by JOhn

JOhn — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:23:27 +0000

Just try waiting for a free changing room at primark Takes ages:)

Comment on Thoughts on my MkV Golf GTI by Steven

Steven — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:40:45 +0000

That’s interesting Danny.

It would obviously be worth my time getting some quotes beforehand. Hopefully it wouldn’t be too bad, as I’m 37 with full no claims, and I don’t do many miles a year either, so unless insurance is horrific, it’s probably going to be dwarfed by the savings I could make vs another Golf GTI.

Comment on Thoughts on my MkV Golf GTI by Danny

Danny — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:18:05 +0000

Take care, my insurer would not cover the VRs due to their claims experience with them. I asked around and other companies had similar issues, they would quote them but not as cheap as I hoped.

Comment on Thoughts on my MkV Golf GTI by Steven

Steven — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:03:18 +0000

Hi Pete,

35mpg on a motorway is about right, but more like 26-28mpg in an urban environment.

Still have the car though, so it’s almost 6.5 years old now, and it’s still difficult to find a suitable alternative. I might end up buying an Octavia vRS in a year or so, as it’s basically the same car, but with a bit more space, and more modern electronics, and it’s much cheaper than the current Golf GTI.

Comment on Thoughts on my MkV Golf GTI by pete

pete — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:08:24 +0000

Just wondering how you find the fuel consumption? they say 35 mpg do you think that’s correct for just average day to day driving ?

Comment on New review layout for Carsurvey.org by Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:57:37 +0000

Hi Steven

Thanks for the directions to the single page list – my problem is solved

Comment on New review layout for Carsurvey.org by Steven

Steven — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:47:44 +0000

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the great feedback.

It’s still on the site, just rather hidden in the “Sort by” menu in the top right of the longer review pages. It’s labelled as “Single page list”. I’m looking at ways to make this feature more prominent, and I’m also intending to add country filtering to this menu in the near future. The new layout does seem to be better for new visitors and hopefully search engines, but I’ve had similar feedback from other regular visitors, and improving the visibility of the single page list is a matter of priority.

Best Wishes,
Steven

Comment on New review layout for Carsurvey.org by Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:45:24 +0000

The car summary pages with smiley or sad faces was a useful guide to good and bad cars – can we have it back please

Comment on Superchips Bluefin for my Golf GTI by Steve Gill

Steve Gill — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:44:53 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to do a write up and for fellow posters to share their experiences.

I’m getting itchy feet with the Mk5 GTI after a year of ownership (having come from a M3) but think I might give bluechip a go !

Thanks once again.

Comment on Carsurvey.org Disk Issue by Steven

Steven — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:18:58 +0000

Everything is now back to normal (hopefully). It took a little longer than expected, as all three disks had to be replaced, and a full server rebuild needed to be done. Apologies to everyone for the downtime.

Most importantly, there was no significant data loss.