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My 2p. Assuming Blyton again. Friday afternoon/evening: Camping, BBQ and twilight film on the sponsored stage showing a (Forum voted for film) then music (Bar or reefers would be good) Saturday daytime Track, open pit lane but shorter purchase sessions, say £30 for 2 hours? Usual attractions and whatever sponsors can provide - Retail options for zero ground rent to encourage attendance Show and shine - let the buffing commence!! Saturday Evening Sponsored stage with sound system and lighting for local (good) bands and late DJ for the ravers Hog roast (veggie options too) + Bar More camping ect... Sunday Track open again - Show and shine (On line voting) - plus other attractions and open boot sale (Car themed) Sponsored stage continues with entertainment and awards giving ect... All done by 17:00 Colin, is there options for half day hire of the track to bring costs down a little..?

Hey Denis, Cheers. Yeah the bikes are a bit scary, still, running out of talent on a track is far better/safer than on the roads..

I bought a new 59 plate Octy vRS TDi 'CR' face lift, and did over 125k in 2 years and 11 months. It never missed a beat in all that time. Although the the week before it went it did pop it's water pump...

Thanks TP, I'll keep this one on hand pending first contact from SUK. How long does it usually take for them to respond to web enquiries? I don't want to jump the gun un-necessarily :no:

Contact made with SUK through the online support request form. I think the line "suspected warrant fraud" might just grab their attention...

How long have you had the car? and could the rust have reasonably developed to this extent in that time? Bump or not. Commercial dealers do have a responsibility to disclose all material facts during the contract negotiation phase of your purchase. "Sold as Seen" no longer carries the weight it used to when dealing with businesses as a consumer. "Buyer beware" also carries no weight in consumer law. Ask your insurers to conduct a search for previous claims, or do a HPI check ect... Contact the previous owner for info (Let them know that they are not liable and they may give you information to assist). Basically boils down to how much fight you have in you? How much £350 is worth to you in the grand scheme of things!!

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Of course you're right, but I wanted to keep this friendly and at a local level. It's clear now that's not possible!! Does the collective wisdom on this site have some tips ect to help me get to the right person within SUK quickly? I'm not sure I have the energy to spend hours going round the houses :no:

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It's time to notify Skoda UK, and raise a case. Had a terrible call with the dealer this afternoon. After spending nearly two days trying to get hold of him (Service Manager), and being fobbed off by the reception more times than I can remember, I asked for the dealer principle! funny that the Service Manager was then suddenly available.... Guess what...? It's not the AirCon causing the vibration.... Which to be fair, I was struggling to believe it would be anyway! The next bit floored me: I asked him what else was being done, he said: "Nothing for now, my technicians have more important things to do!". Actual words!! So, paid warranty work to fix a problem is no longer considered viable work such that it can be swept to one side despite the very likely negative response from customers? I very strongly suggested that this was not acceptable and was unacceptably poor customer service, "At least lie to me...", but I got nowhere with him. It's then that I said that I would have no alternative but to raise a support case with Skoda UK. Again, he seemed extremely keen to dissuade from doing this, and when I said that he's leaving me no choice, he said that raising a case would not speed the work up, and if anything, would likely slow it down. He also said that the "supposed mapping would also be a problem" I pointed out that, they have done warranty work already on the car and have never yet given me any evidence that the car was mapped either. His 'mate' has apparently been in to remove the map at a cost of £150, (would be interesting to see if that went through the books?) Either way, I said, "NO WORK IS BEING DONE", therefore what was to "slow down".... His name is Matt Boultby, Service Manager at Rainworth Skoda in Mansfield, Notts. I will be logging a file with SUK and I'll be writing to the dealer principle. I don't know if this dealership is part of larger group (research required), I suspect it is, and, if so, will also be writing further up the tree too. "it might be a waste of time, but I'll feel better..."especially once I've posted the open letter to Twitter, FB and of course on here!!!" I really like Skoda generally, I've owned vRS's before so know the brand is good. this is looking like a case of a 'potentially dishonest' s*it dealer, with p*ss poor customer service provision, and that s an opinion I'll be more than happy to spread to the four corners of the internet too! This Service Manager has been argumentative, aggressive, confrontational and generally does not display the behaviours and values that Skoda UK work hard to instil into their brand. I'm a construction Project Manager by trade and more than experienced dealing with 'difficult' contractors and their representatives, but I was hoping to keep things reasonably pleasant in this case as the next nearest dealer is much further away!! I'm also aware/suspect that this post may be read by persons connected to the dealership and my message to you is: "Sort your f*cking s*it out before I have too...!" ------------------ I wouldn't mind, but I own and drive a £60,000 VAG group car during the week, and even though VW's service is a "bit s*it" it's like 'Aston Martin' when compared this dealership's support!!! Rant over! that is all....

Looking at the pictures; and I'm far from an expert, there does not appear to be any thermal rejection/reflection film/tin foil ect... If that housing was for thermal properties then I would expect to see some additional thermal elements to it. My guess is that it's for acoustic, and possibly minor thermal benefits only. Not forgetting of course the physical protection it would offer to the component by way of it's sheer bulk. FWIW

Cool - Fancy fitting it? many beer tokens of course :cocktail:

Food for thought. Although to be fair, I would just like to get mine back from the dealers sometime this year..... :( But, in terms of mod's, making the wizz banger under the bonnet louder (Not bothered about improving the performance) does interest me. Also thinking about a noisier wast gate and a Mill-tec too.... Proper old school.... I have the boring car to be sensible in...

...that's much less likely to have been mapped, modified.... yadda yadda, like mine was/is Found out today by the Skoda garage that mine has lowered springs and a rear anti-roll bar thoughtfully installed by the previous owner.... Now, where did I put that extended warranty certificate.....?

So, It's update time again. Got a call today from the the Service Manager, I think he has taken this problem child on directly... Telling me that their efforts to track down the vibration at tick over might have had some success. Apparently, the tick over vibration goes away when the Air Con is turned off...? They tried to see if it was engine load dependant by switching every electrical item on, but nothing triggered it apart from the AC. He was going to call me back when they had investigated it further, but said that if the gas was too low or too high that this can cause vibration. He never called me back later in the day to confirm. So here's waiting for tomorrows thrilling instalment... It was a bit galling today because I had to tax a car that I've not had the use of for the last month... :(