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Probably just angry locals 😄

This popped up on my last MOT (8 years and 36300 miles). It seems that my NSF is getting the hammering as that's the one with the lowest tyre tread (by about 1mm) and it sometimes pops up on the MOT with a corroded spring too. Even though the same chap has MOTd it for a few years now some of the minor issues come and go without any maintenance being undertaken (maybe they do self-heal @J.R. :)). Go figure 😕

Weird. Attempt #2

Chucked on a lift kit for some proper off-roading... No, of course I didn't 🤭 - this is the stance after I rotated the tyres and before I moved it back and forth for the suspension to settle.

Had mine in for a minor service (oil+oil filter), new spark plugs and MOT and that came to £423 from an indy garage earlier this week. I didn't have the air/pollen filters replaced as I can do those myself when necessary. I've only done 6k since the last change. They did mention that Haldex is now down to 2 from 3 years but again I'll tell them when I want it as the car is 8 years old now and at only 3k a year it makes no sense to follow the Skoda regime so rigidly.

Serviced, MOTd and taxed for another year so I'm £630 quid lighter of pocket again all for the sake of 3000 miles since this time last year. It's a dear do this car ownership lark 🙂

We sold our caravan in 2020 but towed 1350kg with my 280 for almost 4 years before that. The 280 has a braked towing limit of 2.2 tonnes so I doubt your horsebox setup would trouble it. When towing I set the suspension and steering to sport - the stiffer steering in particular reduced movement caused by undulating roads (the A1 tramlines caused by lorries in particular). MPG was around 23 when towing. These days (now I use the car less) it's 28 day to day. I can't comment on the Audi but the Superb comes with indicators as standard too 😉

Booked mine in for a service & MOT at the end of next month. I've only done 3,000 miles this year (much the same as last year) and it's spark plug change time too so all quite pricey considering the distance covered.

Thoughts and prayers 😆 (I'm also following this with interest as I've had to top up twice with a total of 400ml since January but I've not tried crawling around underneath yet to look).

Might be the battery no longer holding charge. My 2016 car needed a new battery after 6 years (or maybe 5, can't remember now) and 7 years is quite often mentioned for battery longevity.

Similar prices here - 1/2 hour free, then 2.10 for 1 hour and ever upwards. I think ours is capped per day (might be 7 quid - it's been a while since I've done an all day stint) but if, like yesterday, you make two visits in the same day then you pay for both so to-ing and fro-ing can add up quickly. Fortunately if you're visiting someone who will be in for 7 days+ then you can get a free pass. Assuming, of course, that you can find somewhere to park as the staff have to use it too. On a nice day I'll park for free a mile down the road in the local park and walk up.

My missus has a number of significant health issues and we've had a fair number of unexpected ambulance trips to the hospital over the years. Due to said issues she's now bed-bound and can no longer walk. She's once again been in the local hospital (since Thursday night) and they were hoping to discharge her today. However, despite always providing a 4 person crew to get her home I had to remind them that was the case. I said it was their choice at the end of the day as I expect it's a risk assessment sort of thing - I even explained to the ambulance team how they'll get her back in the house (up our ramps; tight turn in the hall; back onto her 'special' bed) Was that sufficient information? Oh no, not this time - they want to assess her (not the house?!) and they can't do this until Wednesday. I think that's crazy. The nurses think it's crazy and my wife is now upset that she's stuck in there once again. And don't get me started on the parking charges to visit her 😒

There's been a recent spate of car thefts in the local villages so I've fitted one of these, hopefully, as a deterrent. Even if they break in and steal the keys they're going to have to wrestle with removing it and putting it away into it's bag before they drive off

You need the whole lot - just unzip the zip file to the root of a USB stick. Once unzipped you should have one file (metainfo2.txt) and the two mib1/mib2 folders. I use a 64GB stick formatted to NTFS and the car seems happy with that.