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 Too low a mileage |
rainking
 27th Feb 2024 10:38am
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Forum: General (L405) · Replies: 20 · Views: 1419 · Subject: Too low a mileage |
| On the registration front, even if it had been first registered with the private plate, when this was removed (assuming this has been done correctly via DVLA, although from your description of the sel ... |
| What Did You Do In Your Full Fat Today |
rainking
10th Jan 2024 1:16pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 5547 · Views: 1576303 · Subject: What Did You Do In Your Full Fat Today |
Today was/is MOT day for mine.... passed without issue 
Can't believe I've had the 405 2 years already  |
| german emissions stickers |
rainking
3rd Oct 2023 3:32pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 1120 · Subject: german emissions stickers |
No worries Stan,
All the ones I've had are/were stamped Berlin and as far as I know, you're good country wide - it's just the regional office where the sticker is issued from.
I guess it's a bit ... |
| german emissions stickers |
rainking
20th Sep 2023 4:38pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 1120 · Subject: german emissions stickers |
My 2015 (2016MY) SDV8 has a green sticker, from what I can see here: https://www.umwelt-plakette.de/en/ the Blue stickers would be for BEV or a PHEV with a range of at least 40km:
In order to recei ... |
| german emissions stickers |
rainking
20th Sep 2023 4:18pm
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 10 · Views: 1120 · Subject: german emissions stickers |
https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/feinstaubplakette/shop.86595.en.php
I've used this site for the last 5 that I've purchased for various vehicles. (including my current SDV8 405)
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| 55" TV (boxed) in the back of a L405 ? |
rainking
23rd Jun 2023 9:45am
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Forum: General (L405) · Replies: 13 · Views: 1741 · Subject: 55" TV (boxed) in the back of a L405 ? |
I successfully transported a (boxed) 75" TV in the back of my old L322.... but that involved laying the back seats down and it was at a slight angle to fit....
With regards the L405 - without ... |
| VW Transporter vans |
rainking
10th May 2023 11:23am
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Forum: Off Topic - Other Cars · Replies: 20 · Views: 6906 · Subject: VW Transporter vans |
Before getting our first Full-Fat, we had a 3.2 Petrol V6 Caravelle 'Executive' T5....
That was a nice thing... Captains seats, twin electric sliders, cruise control etc... and it wasn't that much ... |
| One car you parted with - regret forever? |
rainking
10th Mar 2023 11:04am
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Forum: Off Topic - Other Cars · Replies: 48 · Views: 6810 · Subject: One car you parted with - regret forever? |
Ooh, I do love a Skoda vRS....
Bought a Fabia vRS in 2004, then had a first gen Octy vRS then had another Fabia then had a facelift Mk2 Octavia...
The WRC ones are super cool.... |
| One car you parted with - regret forever? |
rainking
10th Mar 2023 10:20am
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Forum: Off Topic - Other Cars · Replies: 48 · Views: 6810 · Subject: One car you parted with - regret forever? |
That looks lovely!!
I've had a few I've regretted parting with but I guess the pick of the bunch would have been the '83 911 SC that I sold in 2008.... thought I got a good deal at the time (one of ... |
| Heathrow Valet Parking?? |
rainking
1st Mar 2023 10:37am
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Forum: Off Topic · Replies: 9 · Views: 1468 · Subject: Heathrow Valet Parking?? |
| My cousin used a "Meet & Greet" parking service at Heathrow a few years ago (2015) for her Audi RS6 and came back to find her car caked in mud and with kerb damage to one of the wheels.. ... |
| Driving to Germany - winter tyres |
rainking
9th Nov 2022 10:28am
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 15 · Views: 1970 · Subject: Driving to Germany - winter tyres |
In regards the 'Umwelt Plakette' We've used this link to buy them for all our vehicles in the past...
https://www.berlin.de/labo/mobilitaet/kfz-zulassung/feinstaubplakette/shop.86595.en.php
Take ... |
| Bonnet catches |
rainking
24th Oct 2022 1:41pm
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Forum: Technical (L405) · Replies: 15 · Views: 2589 · Subject: Bonnet catches |
| Mine is the same, but only on one side... I'd say it seems very odd... but it's a Range Rover.... stupid idiosyncratic nonsense is kind of it's thing |
| ''on days like these'' |
rainking
8th Jul 2022 12:25pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 24 · Views: 5159 · Subject: ''on days like these'' |
| I managed 23MPG in the old 5.0 322 once.... but that was challenging as it involved very sparing use of the accelerator... and that's less fun. |
| ''on days like these'' |
rainking
8th Jul 2022 12:17pm
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Forum: Camping, Caravanning and Holidays · Replies: 24 · Views: 5159 · Subject: ''on days like these'' |
That is stout MPG!
Last month we did a 2500 mile road trip down to Verona via the Wörthersee in Austria in our 4.4 L405 and averaged 40MPG which I was pretty pleased with.... |
| 22" Turbine Alloy Wheels Replicas |
rainking
1st Jul 2022 3:23pm
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 18 · Views: 3883 · Subject: 22" Turbine Alloy Wheels Replicas |
We bought ours at 3 years old and we've had it 5 years... it's done about 45k.
The Pretorias have probably covered 20k of the total... we discovered the first cracked wheel after about 2 weeks of o ... |
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