I've had my Nayara blue Exeo ST for 3 weeks now and am glad I made the switch from my Altea TDI.
Seat must be doing something right as this is my third Seat in a row, from a mk2 Toledo that I sold with 180k on the clock.
I am generally delighted with the car, but have a few questions that I hope the folks on here might be able to help with.
Temperature - I know its winter, but the car takes ages to warm up, and the guage doesnt seem to get anywhere near 90 unless going on to high speed driving. Could it have a lazy thermostat?
Fuel economy - bit disappointed to be honest, first couple fills showing an average of 42mpg. Which for a Common Rail TDI seems poor (it's a 143 by the way). Thats mixed and motorway at about 75mph. That's calculating it from miles and litres. Could the economy be linked to the warm up time?
Tramlining - it has cheap tyres on the front (Tigar Synerise) and it seems to tramline a fair bit. Is the Exeo sensitive to tyres? They're brand new, and since I've bought a car loath to pay another £200 for tyres, it's going in on Wednesday to get alignment checked. Does the Exeo suffer from the same issues as the A4 regarding suspension wear?
Many thanks for any responses.
I love the car, it is sooo quiet, and I love the colour, solid clunk when closing the doors, interior quality and all the toys, plan on keeping it for ages.
Would post a pic but can't find out how
Thanks,
Neil.
Seat must be doing something right as this is my third Seat in a row, from a mk2 Toledo that I sold with 180k on the clock.
I am generally delighted with the car, but have a few questions that I hope the folks on here might be able to help with.
Temperature - I know its winter, but the car takes ages to warm up, and the guage doesnt seem to get anywhere near 90 unless going on to high speed driving. Could it have a lazy thermostat?
Fuel economy - bit disappointed to be honest, first couple fills showing an average of 42mpg. Which for a Common Rail TDI seems poor (it's a 143 by the way). Thats mixed and motorway at about 75mph. That's calculating it from miles and litres. Could the economy be linked to the warm up time?
Tramlining - it has cheap tyres on the front (Tigar Synerise) and it seems to tramline a fair bit. Is the Exeo sensitive to tyres? They're brand new, and since I've bought a car loath to pay another £200 for tyres, it's going in on Wednesday to get alignment checked. Does the Exeo suffer from the same issues as the A4 regarding suspension wear?
Many thanks for any responses.
I love the car, it is sooo quiet, and I love the colour, solid clunk when closing the doors, interior quality and all the toys, plan on keeping it for ages.
Would post a pic but can't find out how
Thanks,
Neil.