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Interesting take, thanks. Another general car dealer offered me £2800, so looks like I'm getting a Seat Altea.. with a view to approach the Roomster market in a year or two when the models with the newer engines are starting to be affordable.

Took my dirty, battered, but beautiful 56 plate Roomster 3 (84k on the clock) to the highly rated local dealer, Derek Slack. A nice dealership with nice staff but I was alarmed by the lack of decent, reasonable priced replacement Roomies on offer... and what they had... oh my giddy aunt. There was a nice 1.2 TSI (85bhp) S on a 12 plate.. but I didn't realise that the S didn't have: Seat pockets on the back of the front seats. No glove compartment door No door on the compartment above the glove compartment Cup holders on the back of the middle seat No under the front passanger seat bin (I'm guessing) I know it's all piddly stuff, but it's basically all our storage and nothing can be hidden away anymore. Obviously, I expected things like cruise control, climate control, panoramic roof etc. to be missing, but it just struck me how skimping on £50 worth of kit makes shopping for cars such a dismal experience. Finally, my experience was topped off by the dealer only offering me £2000 :( for my Roomster.

£12 litre of oil for all sorts of Skoda engines. Mine's a PD diesel so I'm linking to that one. http://direct.asda.c...default,pd.html Don't want to link to any petrol engine oil in case I get the wrong one!

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Really? I was just hoping for a couple of rubber pipes being secured with new clips Will find out tomorrow, I guess.

Things went from bad to worse, it ended up like I was steering a ship in bad sea. I literally had to haul the wheel hard with both hands on each side to turn a right angle corner! I popped into my local garage to see if they thought it was safe to drive, and even though it was closing time they had it up on the ramp and filled up the reservoir, then pumped my tyres up! He had me under the car and showed me both seals of the steering arms were leaking so I've got it booked in for Friday.

I know this thread is old but it might help future generations, mainly in Europe. It will say 9GG if it's got a DPF and 0GG if it hasn't (all UK models)

Yes it does, guess that means it's working and passed the working test. Would it also warn you if the power steering fluid was low? I have, thanks to your prompting, all present and correct. Must buy spares. Never thought of it before. Not in a Roomster, most unneverving. My Focus had a clearly visible reservoir to check, but the Roomster's is apparently underneath the battery! How easy is it to pop the battery out? I've booked in with the sole local dealer and it's not for two weeks! So I'm having a slightly scary driving experience to look forward to.

For the last few days the power assisted steering has stopped working. Well, I think it's stopped working, it's hard (but not impossible) to steer at low speeds and at high speeds it's pretty normal (as you are going in a straight line, hopefully!). Looking at the Fabia forums and a thread on Honest John, I'm filled with all sorts of expensive solution horrors. It could be the PAS pump, the alternator, the Steering Angle Sensor or just replacing the fluid (which is impossible for someone like me to do - it's under the battery I think). Any idea where to start? There is no warnings of any sort on the dashboard, and in other threads people who have had low fluid have had a clear warning on the dash. Is there anywhere else to check for faults?

Weeellllll... I did go side-on into a parked car at about 5-10 mph, and the only thing that happened was that our wing mirrors got bent back. I didn't think it would have caused such trauma.

Thanks mannyo, so not a tyre place, I need to get myself to a garage? Safe to drive, got to get back from work y'see?

Can I ask which set? http://www.motormec.co.uk/blinds.html I can only see codes for BMWs on their site.

Hello all, I didn't dare post this in the general Maintenance and Performance thread as I thought I'd get a more sympathetic response from my fellow Roomstonians. I had a little skid about on the solid ice on the road in my street last night and ever since the steering is waay out... so badly that when the car is parked, and the wheels are pointing straight, the steering wheel is at ten to twelve... and here is the bad bit.. I drove to work with it like that this morning, it was like driving a slanty shanty. The question is what do I go to the local tyre emporium/garage and ask for? Steering overhaul, wheel alignment, wheel balancing? I have no idea and I worry about being shanked, as I'm new to the garages in the area (though it was my home town for 20 years) and I don't know which place is good and which is bad, so some advice here would be greatly appreciated.

Not exactly ideal for a summer holiday though is it? Perfect if you were a regular mountain biker going off into the wilds at every opportunity, but not ideal when you want to cram as much beer, food, bread maker (yes - on a summer holiday), clothes, waterproofs (did I say I going to Ireland every year) AND family in it. Roof mounted bike racks are great because you always get priority unloading from ferries because your height means you can't go with the other cars.

I've got some Thule aero bars and bike racks from my previous car so I was looking at the Thule configurator for foot packs and I can't decide which ones fit the Roomie's roof rails (dealer fitted). They offer Thule Rapid Railing 755 - which are the clamping type or Thule Rapid Crossroad 775 - which seems to be a rubber strap! Anyone got any recommendations, the 755 are the most common one.