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Andym01207
Member Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: County Durham
Posts: 412
  
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Had my D3 for about a month having come from a FL1.
After upgrading the caravan, although well within the car/van weight ratio, the FL was starting to feel the weight a bit.
Just been to pickup caravan from storage to give it a post winter clean and polish, was alone on the car and when I pulled onto the dual carriage way and squeezed the throttle it actually made me laugh out load!
What a craft!
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 21st Apr 2012 11:46 am |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
 
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From the Wiki
Permagrin - The state of rapture you feel driving the D3.  Cheers Ian
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Club N.E.R.D.S
Kielder 4x4 Safari
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| 21st Apr 2012 12:02 pm |
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loopyles
Member Since: 25 Oct 2007
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 269
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No longer the 10 minute overtake, you just know you can get out there and do it safely. It gives you so much confidence in so many ways. It also temps you to.... as the smile gets bigger.
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| 21st Apr 2012 4:05 pm |
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al cope
Member Since: 08 Nov 2005
Location: Oldbury, WM
Posts: 10297
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just wait until some scroat and his mates in his Corsa pulls up alongside at the lights 'cause you've got the tintent on back so therefore are an old codger, and you out drag him away from the lights - thats more than permagrin
Al Volvo XC90 B5 Plus Dark
Gone - MY18 D5 HSE - Corris on 22's with Black Pack
Now gone - MY16 D4 SE Tech, Loire Blue, Almond Leather, Privacy, plus some other goodies.
Old - MY12 D4 SDV6 XS Auto - Ipanema Sand with Almond Leather - Plus other niceties, and D4.com sticker
Older - D3 TDV6 XS Auto - Lugano Teal with Almond Leather, 20" Stormers, Shiny Tailpipes, DVD/TV - and obligatory D3 sticker
Ancient - D3 TDV6 S - Tonga with Ebony, 20" Stormers, satnav & DVD
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| 21st Apr 2012 4:22 pm |
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stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
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i had boy racer pass me other day with exaust the size of a bucket and big grin on his smug face, when i got to long steep up hill on dual carrage way i passed him doing 95 it looked like he was only doing 20  and i had to give little beep on my horn -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
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| 21st Apr 2012 4:32 pm |
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kevinreeves
Member Since: 18 Dec 2011
Location: Windsor
Posts: 262
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Love it, I'm having my first tow in the morning, bringing the caravan home for its spring clean ready for our first break away in it....I can't wait to see how it pulls compared to my old pug 407sw!
Should be a breeze, 
so I'm told
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| 21st Apr 2012 10:54 pm |
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Andym01207
Member Since: 01 Mar 2012
Location: County Durham
Posts: 412
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Guarantee it will make you smile...
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| 22nd Apr 2012 8:47 am |
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mzplcg
Member Since: 23 Jun 2009
Location: Gone
Posts: 1087
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Yep, I used to get the grin when I was towing with my old D3, although that one was a 4.4 V8. And then I got a TDV8 FFRR........with a remap. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Comes over the top of hills at, ahem, 60-ish with a TA tintent on the back. Still makes me LOL even now. These engines are sublime.
Something to try if you really wanna laugh. Use command shift, pull away in 2nd (stops all your gear ending up at the back of the tintent) and floor it. Change up at about 2500rpm and repeat until you take 5th gear by which time you'll have wet pants and be on the wrong side of the speed limit. These things just pull like a locomotive.
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| 22nd Apr 2012 9:15 am |
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karlosbu
Member Since: 02 Sep 2008
Location: Worcestershire
Posts: 335
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Just done my first long distance (2,000mile +) trip to the south of France and back with tintent (Swift Charisma 565, best part of 1500kg loaded I should think) and can confirm the permagrin lasted most of the way! Don't have cruise on my GS Auto and the darn thing just want's to keep accelerating if you let it, hills no issue at all. Will keep a constant 60ish all day long. Made me smile being overtaken by german/dutch vans being towed by VW's and Audi's doing 70+ only to cruise past them on the next slightly hilly bit...bit like the tortoise and the hare...such fun !
Found the outfit extremely stable, no issues at all really, van seems to sit behind and do as it's told really. Overtaking a slow lorry with something large thundering past at 100+ in lane 3 can induce a slight twitch at the back (nothing more) especially if you add some crosswind just for fun, but a little extra power just pulls you clear with bags of confidence.
Automatic box seemed to cope brilliantly too, just left in in D most of the time and let it do its thing. Did use command shift on some steep downhill bits to hold 4th or 5th and keep the speed down.
Best towing vehicle by far !!
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| 22nd Apr 2012 11:15 am |
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