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Ordered this on my Red Vrs but had to change to full leather (with Bum warmers!) as you can not have the multifunction steering wheel with this option.

I Rang LV on monday for a quote on my Altea (

Titty Hill (map) 7.6 miles Balls Cross (map) 13.4 miles Lickfold (map) 20.3 miles Knob Hill (map) 22.3 miles Hooker's Farm (map) 30.0 miles Bushy Bottom (map) 31.4 miles Fulking Hill (map) 32.1 miles Devil's Dyke (map) 32.7 miles Pishill (map) 33.3 miles **** Pond (map) 39.2 miles A Trip to Hookers Farm anyone?

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Have you considered the new Seat Altea Sport. 140bhp TDi or 150bhp 2.0FSi All the toys and cheaper than the Golf. Not that i am biased having just bought the TDi Paul

Traded in my Octy vRS today :thumbdwn: But picked up my new Seat Altea 2.0 Tdi Sport. Not a Skoda i know but still within VAG group. Sorry to see the vRs go but time for a bit of economy. First impressions very good! Paul

It was the six speed we drove. Our Seat Alhambra TDi also has a six speed gearbox and that has a good change. One thing i have noticed with the TDi's that i have driven is that the clutch seems to be slightly sharper on engagement than the petrol equivalents, almost stalled a couple of the Diesels on first driving. Sure you get used to it like any other. Paul

I test drove a 2.5 TDi Superb with a friend he has a Tdi Octy and i have the vRS, we both liked the car a lot except for one thing and that was the manual Gearbox, both the clutch action and the gearchange were nothing like the Octy and it was difficult to drive smoothly. we both commented that if we were to get one it would have to be an auto rather than the manual. It may have been a rogue one or a bit new but it has always stuck in my mind. Paul

Rob, When it comes to projectors for screens the main thing is to buy a decent brightness projector, preferably 1700 lumens plus. The quality of these newer units is exceptional and you can view it from almost any angle with little drop off. The other thing to bear in mind is that the projector does not have a tuner built in and needs an image source so you will also need either a satellite box or a video to feed a television signal to it. DVD player is the obvious choice especially if you want 5.1 surround but i am not aware of any that have tv Tuners built in. Some DVD recorders might though. 5.1 Surround systems are a bit like car stereos, theres an awful lot of them and most have similar features, so it comes down to how it sounds and if you like the look of it. My Personal favourite is the Aego 5 system, very small processor, small but weighty speakers and a good active Bass unit. You will still need a DVD player as well with this system. I have had experience of a Sanyo projector with 8ft screen within a club and still get comments on the quality of the picture. Did see an advert for an 84" Plasma screen. No price but it would be impressive. Paul

Andy agree with you comments we went for the Britax for the same reasons, rearward facing from birth and forward facing for 6 month on. Very good quality seat and as you say not the most portable. I will just be able to squeeze all three of them across the Alhambra, trying to avoid using the third row of seats long term for the same safety fears as they are quite close to the back. Have not tried yet but think three across in the Octy vRS with all the seats is going to be too tight. Never mind that keeps it nicer for just me to drive. With regard the Isofix/ Car seat fitting problems i have been down this route before when we had a V reg Nissan Primera Sport and a V reg Mondeo GhiaX. The Nissan had Isofix, Ford didn't, Nissan had half leather and shaped rear seats like vRS, Mondeo had full leather and slippery as hell, had to try several seats before getting a good fit on both. Mondeo still had to have Towel on seat to assist. When it comes to dealers and car seats there seems to be a certain ignorance on cross compatibility, not many people have two identical cars. Best bet is find a specialist shop who have good experience and training. Paul

True in most cases. But a disabled airbag and a seat that fits properley in the front is safer than a poorly fitting seat in the rear. Paul

There seems to be differing advice across the VAG group on this. I have also been looking into this for our Seat Alhambra. Because of the shape of the removable rear seats it is not easy to fit all infant carriers in them. Due to this we have looked at having the Passenger aibag immobilised.( Front passenger seat is wider and deeper) My local Seat dealer will quite happily fit a switch (car key operated) for around

all except old Fart/ Chuck at bottom who is obviously still in the dark ages. Paul