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A few from earlier at Attenborough Nature reserve.......... And this evenings sunset............

Hello, greetings from the Czech Republic. I managed to buy a 65/100 originally from GB. Octavia is in good hands, it will gradually improve. I use google translate, so hopefully everything is understandable.

I popped to a classic car meet today and saw a couple of Ford Taunus's (Taunusi?) "Knudsens". We had them as the MkIII Cortina. Dad skipped the MkIII and went from a MkII to a MkIV but the neighbours had a MkIII in orange. Then I googled Taunus GXL and this video was the top hit. The very same car (the one with the Hamburg plates)

Best mpg I’ve recorded with my 2023 2.0 TSI Sportline, 52.2 mpg on a 56 mile trip M25 & M1, running at 55-60 mph mostly. Outbound trip this morning was 44.1 mph at similar speeds. I’ve just started using Shell VPower unleaded could this be a factor or just coincidence.

From memory I read there may be two w3w tail light bulbs in each cluster on rear think its the MK2/1z. Not entirely sure but worth a check. Perhaps one has blown. Alasdair

+1 for intermittent number plate bulb. Check the contacts.

My experience of the major tyre fitting places is that they don't want to do a repair. Instead they want to fit a new trye even though the faulty one is repairable. I always go to my local independent tyre fitting place which is more or less within walking distance. Never had a problem with them.

This particular trip is done regularly over the last 10 years. Outbound is south on the M1 and east on M25, prevailing wind is from the west and outbound is generally better mpg. I leave the aircon (climate control) set to auto and just vary the actual temp setting currently 20c , when the weather cools down it will be lowered to 17/18. @Gerrycan I’d agree the 1.0 or 1.5 would have probably exceeded 60 mpg under similar conditions. I was predominantly in the left most lane, fewer vehicles, the three lanes to the right weren’t moving much faster and had many more vehicles on. What I did notice was when an artic container lorry pulled in after overtaking the instantaneous mpg jumped from 50 ish to 70 to 80 on the flat.

If I remember correctly, my error was in Infortainment Cente? Antenna, Short ( Water had got in under the fin)

The big mpg killers are driving in town, roads which have many bends and speed limit changes and, despite what many will tell you, use of aircon. Our little car which does ~50mpg or more in normal conditions can't even reach 45mpg with auto aircon in the baking hot conditions we currently have. The general reason that cars get better mpg coming back is that they don't have to contend with starting from cold and the higher fuel consumption that results. My Karoq has done nearly 3000 miles according to the long term computer, at 49.8 mpg, and on the continent last month, when it was hot enough to crack our windscreen, we were getting 52 mpg even with the aircon running. Our best recorded figure on a trip, all be it a short journey, was over 80 mpg. About 10 miles, aircon off, about 940 feet drop in elevation.

My wing mirror has one out and no warning. Did have a warning a while back and it was corrosion in number plate lights. All lights were fine and working but the corrosion was enough to trigger bulb light. When I cleaned it the bulb was slightly brighter. Alasdair

That suggests it isn't a "glitch". Given the circumstances that you are "abroad", i think you should probably listen to the mechanic with the diagnostic tool. Your car must be at least ten year old so if this is the first injector that's not bad. What mileage has it done

Thank you Pete! I´ll try find the right part and let you all know how I get on.

Most likely outbound trip was against the wind and the return journey was with the wind. That, plus variations in traffic and driving style could easily account for your mgg difference. Different fuel would only have a very minor impact, if any at all.

There were two different systems made by different manufacturers. You need the right parts according to which system you have. The only difference in the part numbers is the suffix letter, which is important. You have written only the base part number. I will message you asking for your VIN, which will allow me to look up which system you have, and so which is the correct, full part number.

Wrong Information 85% the GPS Antenne is damage. You can check it With a good Diagnose Tool by unit 75

Ah ... that's cheered me up a bit .... thank you! Now to wait till Monday ...... :-)

After you explained to him that the car has been sat for three months did he clear the code to see if it returned?

Stop-Start error indication is normal if MIL light is activated - as would Cruise Control unavailable.

They are worth quite a bit of money, those things. They look and sound tremendous on the rare occasion I've seen one. Well done to the owner for not parking it up in a garage as an investment

.DVLA says. McLaren. Year of Manufacture 2006. Date of First Registration 2016. 5400 cc / CO2 emissions 0g/km.

I have done this to my own Fabia Colour Edition. I purchased mine from Skoda Parts: https://www.skoda-parts.com/spare-part/6va853687a041-inscription-skoda-46996.html You can also find options for black Fabia badges but I opted not too. It is a qenuine part and it arrived quickly.

Could the noise be from the clutch slipping - does the Tacho rise in sync with the noise? I assume the 'until late 2013' is a typo and you meant 2023?

It's because it is a steel wheel, not alloy!