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Hi all,


Yes I'm in England. Hello everyone.


I ordered the car as soon as I knew they were available to the likes of us Brits. My dealer says mine is due in January. Crystal Granite & I'm having the wheels painted same colour. Yes we spell the word color as colour over here.



I'll have loads of questions later.



All the best for the season.


Thanks,


Simon
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Car-Guy
Welcome to the forum Simon.

First question for you... Is the steering wheel on your TH going to be on the right or left side? By the way, I love England (been there many times) but I just never could get comfortable driving on the bigger roundabouts in London.
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Car-Guy said:
Welcome to the forum Simon.

First question for you... Is the steering wheel on your TH going to be on the right or left side? By the way, I love England (been there many times) but I just never could get comfortable driving on the bigger roundabouts in London.
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Hi Car-Guy,

Thanks. Yes the steering wheel is on the right. The dealer says so anyway. I'll find out in 2 weeks.


Yes the large roundabouts aren't for relaxed driving. Then again we have mini-roundabouts and they're quite hazardous too.

Quick question... The 0-60 time for these seems to be around 3.5 secs according to various press stuff. Any idea what octane fuel this is achieved by? Highest I seem to be able to get hold of here is 99RON.

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Simon
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z80 said:
Hi Car-Guy,

Thanks. Yes the steering wheel is on the right. The dealer says so anyway. I'll find out in 2 weeks.


Yes the large roundabouts aren't for relaxed driving. Then again we have mini-roundabouts and they're quite hazardous too.

Quick question... The 0-60 time for these seems to be around 3.5 secs according to various press stuff. Any idea what octane fuel this is achieved by? Highest I seem to be able to get hold of here is 99RON.

Thanks,

Simon
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Getting 3.5 in 0-60 (mph) is actually pretty easy. My best 0-60 so far is 3.0... I typically get 3.1 to 3.3 depending on the weather. You will fine that cooler air temps get the best times. I burn 93 octane in mine all the time since that's is the highest that is "readily" available in my area here in the States.
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on the new Trackhawk. It's been years since I was over to England, when I was TDY in Winchester. All I can say is that the further out you went, the smaller the roads seem to get. I was just glad that someone from the team was from England and liked to drive.
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Thanks,


Wichester's close by. Nice part of the UK.


Those 3 to 3.3 secs 0-60's are impressive on 93. Standard over here is 95, then there's super unleaded at 97 or 98 and my local Tesco supermarket petrol station has 99 Ron. So a combination of a low January temp & 99 Ron should be interesting.


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Simon
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z80 said:
Thanks,


Wichester's close by. Nice part of the UK.


Those 3 to 3.3 secs 0-60's are impressive on 93. Standard over here is 95, then there's super unleaded at 97 or 98 and my local Tesco supermarket petrol station has 99 Ron. So a combination of a low January temp & 99 Ron should be interesting.


Thanks,


Simon
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Actually, in the US we typically use the (R+M)/2 to determine octane ratings. Which (as I understand it) is an average of the RON and MON ratings. This is may be an over simplification but the (R+M)/2 method will typically generate octane numbers 4 to 6 points lower than RON does for the same fuels. So A RON rating of 99 in the UK should be about the same as 93 to 95 here in the US. (I think that's reasonably correct, maybe:smile2:)

Here in the US, at most stations, we see usually see grades ranging from about 86 to 93, using the (R+M)/2 method. Although higher grades are available at many race tracks under the Sunoco brand.

One other thing I've noticed on 0-60 times. You probably won't see you best numbers until the vehicle is well broken in. At least 10,000 miles (~16k). Before 10,000 miles, my best 0-60 was about 3.3. After 10,000 I started getting 3.1's and 3.2's. Recently I got a 3.0 and I have 25,000+ miles on it now. I don't think I'm going to beat that with street tires and a fully stock TH. Of course all my best times are in cooler weather.
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Hi Simon, I'm also from Europe, from Hungary. My key does not allow the engine to start. I wonder if yours will have such an opportunity. According to the importer, it cannot be in Europe. The car was given to me with 4 seasons tires (incomprehensible, not good in winter, not good in summer). I changed to winter tires, but I'm not trying to accelerate. Just 10k miles away.
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dzseri said:
Hi Simon, I'm also from Europe, from Hungary. My key does not allow the engine to start. I wonder if yours will have such an opportunity. According to the importer, it cannot be in Europe. The car was given to me with 4 seasons tires (incomprehensible, not good in winter, not good in summer). I changed to winter tires, but I'm not trying to accelerate. Just 10k miles away.
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Hi,


I'll try my key when I go to collect the car. If I get the same problem I'll tell the dealer to sort it. I think we get those tyres (tires) too. If I try not to accelerate I'll never be able to leave the dealership. Newton's laws (S = ut + a*t*t/2).



Cheers.
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Hi Simon,

Congrats! I’ve had mine a year. Live in Leamington Spa. Stock you should easily do 0-60 in 3.3

She’ll V Power 99 is all I run.

UK and US Octane comparison below.

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Volant165 said:
Hi Simon,

Congrats! I’ve had mine a year. Live in Leamington Spa. Stock you should easily do 0-60 in 3.3

She’ll V Power 99 is all I run.

UK and US Octane comparison below.
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Hi,


Thanks. Excellent. About 2 and a bit weeks to go.


Nearest to me is tesco's with their 'Momentum' 99. Seems ok in my RS6 Performance & 911 Turbo S.


Actually a 3.3 sec 0-60 is very close to my Porsche's figure. That's stonking performance for an SUV.


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Simon
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Good to know about Tesco.

Yeah for two and a half tons these things get up and go!
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z80 said:
Hi all,


Yes I'm in England. Hello everyone.


I ordered the car as soon as I knew they were available to the likes of us Brits. My dealer says mine is due in January. Crystal Granite & I'm having the wheels painted same colour. Yes we spell the word color as colour over here.



I'll have loads of questions later.



All the best for the season.


Thanks,


Simon
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z80 said:
Hi all,


Yes I'm in England. Hello everyone.


I ordered the car as soon as I knew they were available to the likes of us Brits. My dealer says mine is due in January. Crystal Granite & I'm having the wheels painted same colour. Yes we spell the word color as colour over here.



I'll have loads of questions later.



All the best for the season.


Thanks,


Simon
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Hi Simon,

Stupid question time... how did you go about ordering your TH... did you simply go into a jeep dealership and build the car on their internal database? I don’t see the TH listed anywhere on the jeep.co.uk website, so I assume you went into a dealership?

Thanks,

Rab.
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