Another Rising Blue GT TDi

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gingerscotsman
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Another Rising Blue GT TDi

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Well I have finally got the car, and I am certainly extremely pleased with it. Had it since Thursday and done about 600 miles so far. Its great to drive and handles extremely well. Whilst the Diesel engine is certainly not a TSi in terms of acceleration, it is refined, quicker that the 406 coupe hdi it replaces and has delivered an impressive 49mpg average for the first tank. I can only assume this will improve as the engine frees up. :)

On the toys front, the Dynaudio is clear, crisp but lacking in depth somewhat. But then again I did have a subwoofer fitted to the 406. This may need to be done in the Roc at some point as I miss the deep bass the subwoofer provides. Will have to figure out how to do that. I also had the Premium bluetooth fitted to the car. Whilst I knew that my phone options would be restricted I was due a new phone and hence got a phone that I thought would be compatible. Its a Nokia N85 and I can confirm works brilliantly with the premium bluetooth. It clones the phone and I can get my full phone book, make and receive calls from the steering wheel and even read texts on the dash display should I choose to do so. A worthy investment I think. Hopefully nokia keep up the S60 support on their newer phones to come.

Some pics from its first (very wet) road trip to Glencoe. My girlfriend seemed to make herself appear in several pics!!! :rolleyes:

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Will get some more pics when I get a chance to get it a proper clean. 8)
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skirkybaby
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Post by skirkybaby »

Awesome looking vehicle! I might just be saying that because its what I have on order but after seeing your pictures im so glad I went for the Rising Blue.. can't wait for damn thing to arrive, just really want to drive it!
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Nice one, at last :D

Beautiful scenery too.
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Looks really good, its worth the wait isn't it... :yes:
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gingerscotsman congrats and great colour :yes:
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Mr S
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Fantastic car (of course), great photos, stunning scenery.
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Thanks everyone for your kind words.

The weather that day was terrible. Will take some better pics next time. Hopefully it will be clean too :rolleyes:
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Yes - great looking car with some great Scottish Scenery even if the weather was less than ideal! 600 miles since last Thursday? Thats good going, mine has 787 since March 28th!
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Post by JohnC »

Very nice pictures, and a particularly good choice of engine... :)

In the first image the top of the hills seem to have wisps of cloud, are their any nearby roads that go higher? Personally I've always loved the Volvo advert of a couple of years ago where the convertible drove through clouds, I am curious to know whether it would be possible to do something similar in the UK (the Volvo advert was filmed in Hawaii up a very high hill/mountian)
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Nowhere nearby that goes much higher. There is Ranoch Moor but thats not as impressive looking. :rolleyes:
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