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Welcome to Daventry; pothole city ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-68666426 IMO an important topic amusingly presented.

Just a thought

Not strictly pets but we've at least three hedgehogs in the garden

A much faster.. almost instant.. 1941 is dinosaur regarding speed compare to 1969..

this is all strangely relaxing

Back to being my daily driver now, since the Vectra disgraced itself and left me stranded... yet again. Thin ice, it might see the summer out with me before it goes up for sale. Fabia is on nearly 90,000 miles now, and lapping it up well. Took it (and the mrs) to Stirling last week as well. It's running really smoothly at the moment, not perfect, but it'll get there. I've got a proper THUMP coming from the front driver's side suspension, only if it takes a bump really hard or by surprise, it'll crash over it. No idea what yet, but suspect shock absorber. I've got more I want to do with it, just waiting for better weather and all that.

Update: I've changed engine and DSG thermostats and now coolant temperature quickly reaches 90 degrees and stays there.

Once she starts stalking small birds her focus is fully on them no matter how far away. She sees nothing closer to her and never catches anything. It can be minutes for each slow approach, very slow.

TFTD Monday: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen - Winston Churchill

I though it was an April Fools. ? What carbon build up? What fuel are you using? You have a 5 year manufacturers warranty in Australia do you not? Best not void it with the 'Professional decarbonising ' the engine.

@LuxoviaRS Probably not. See (1) above. 7_000 (seven thousand) km? That's not even properly run in yet! No idea about job time, or about Strine labour rates. Or indeed which engine you're asking about.

A thought for bedtime ...

I assembled a flat pack hedgehog house today. Eight screws in total. I bet the young female doesn't use it either 😔

After 3 years of ownership it finally hit me how to hold the false floor in the boot up! The parcel shelf hooks have dual purpose - to latch the parcel shelf to the boot lid and also to hold the false floor. At last, I no longer need to hold it with my head so that my hands are free to pull out things 😅🙈

You need HEX+CAN or the latest HEX-V2 (or HEX-NET) for a MKII Superb.

Hello, welcome to the forum. The 1st image is the torsion beam rear axle fitted to smaller engined vehicles, I believe that the 2nd image is the multi-link, IRS version fitted to the VRS.

Aldi earlier this morning Story Here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=841648421324191&set=a.663058335849868 EasyJet renaming their Holidays New Product Taken from Here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=739067358338514&set=a.435132962065290 This has just come up on my feed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovetovisitscotland/permalink/7136651526461053/

I’m curious how Skoda roll out the OTA updates. Obviously they would do it in waves but what criteria do they apply that dictates when a specific car is offered the update? Also, what happens if, at the time, you decline the update - do you go to the back of the queue? Likely no one actually knows the answers to these questions apart from the relevant Skoda team responsible for the roll out.

The bigger the gap, the higher the voltage required to leap it, which in turn would require more energy from coilpack. Makes intuitive sense to me.

A little apparel advice for Monday:

if theyre happy to come in and feel safe in the garden, then adding food inside the house will hopefully make them feel more comfortable about going in and potentially living there. i always put food in the bird boxes after i changed out the bedding each season using the coir from a cordeline tree growing in the garden so its familiar. seems to work for them.

There's some wet and some dry hedgehog food in the garden with a bowl of fresh water. Plenty of bird food on the ground for them to forage as well. Guessing these are the guys who've been visiting for a few years now just out of hibernation. Two at least. The smaller one has been visiting during the day but quite hungry but eating and drinking so no cause for concern about her yet. Probably fattening up and foraging for nest material. Got a wildlife cam outside now so I'll be keeping an eye out.

The correct plug comes Pre-gapped. & protected by a cardboard or plastic sleeve. Many just then put them in, being sure not to knock them and change the gap. I check each plug with the correct feeler just to see they are Pre-gapped properly. Were not taken out say at a Motor Factors or by a RAC person and knocked. Professionals might say nonsense, we do them everyday and never an issue. Well that is what i was taught when an apprentice not to do. It takes seconds to check and just assuming is for muppets. Except tere were no Muppets when i was an apprentice or pre-set plugs or plugs that need care if re-gapping as much as they are now.

Good evening. I have the VW RHD accelerator pedal release tool going spare if anybody needs one. Just message and I will post it to you. It works very well and instant, saves using two small screwdrivers. Happy Easter.

My New car 1.6 SR - 96K Petrol. 2000 V (Plate) After many hours of going through adverts I have found this gem. Went to view this ealier, the car is immaculate. All the switches work, No rusted sills, surface rust as to be expected, but this is deserving of some love and will be waxoiled and preserved. It is a basic spec, however has everything I need such as the remote locking , Aircon (which works) , all the heater settings work! The only issue is a small scuff around the petrol cap. When presented with the FSH the owner still had the original newpaper advert from which he bought the car. Cometically inside it is almost perfect, no wet or damp areas. I am absolutely stunned by the condition of this car. The only things I will to address are: - Fresh cambelt change, (I always do this as there was only one in the paperwork), I will also be doing the clutch as it was very high however it is not groaning or slipping yet. However is probably on the end of its life! and of course I will get this properly undersealed. There was a tiny amount of mayo around the oil cap, however no signs of the engine head gasket issues. No smoke, no oil smell in the coolant. I have however googled this and becuase its been sat doing nothing doing short journeys, I have found out this is no concern, it was litterally a tiny amount I was able to wipe away, apprantly the 1.6 SR design is prone to condensation in that way. It has a fresh MOT , with no structure based warnings in any of its years, If I remember rightly there were brake pad wearing thin, that can easily be addressed.

Last few things to finish off the weekend. One of my rear buckles has been missing a cover for ages. Got one off the parts car to fix it. And got a hold of some red seats.finally. mostly in good shape but the drivers bottom bolster was wrecked. Got a brand new seat base to do it All in easy as. Had my laptop ready to clear any airbag codes but none came up. So aside from a proper tracking it's basically done. Well, the stuff that requires a lot of downtime anyway. Driven some more and have been VERY impressed so far. The new seat bolster feels fantastic and hold you in well. The suspension is still very confidence inspiring, it holds the road very well. No weird knocks or rattles, suspension related ones anyhow. Forgot to mention I've replaced all but one exhaust mount, and that last one I suspect is causing the exhaust to rattle around too much over bumps. But other than that, great result. Had hoped to polish it and fit some more genuine goodness I've been buying up, but that'll have to wait for a minute.

I haven't tried unplugging the actuator, but I'm pretty sure in my petrol that there's fake sound from the the speakers too. If it was all from the actuator I think it would sound like it was coming just from the back end, and IMHO it doesn't.

I think there are two different issues. The seals are probably compatible with the percentage of Ethanol but "Volkswagen" set the cars up for 95% Ron and in Aus their fuel does not meet that.

My personal guess at this point is that the door cable hits the door card. On the door card are some black melting points with sharp edges from putting it together. So the sound could be the foam from the door cable hitting the plastic. I will try and see if putting some foam in this area of the door card will solve it.

Probably the day after you sell it 😁

We are vey well off for chargers in Worcester with around 200 public charge points if one included the 26 at Worcester Parkway railway station and the price is 36p per kWh. Soon-not-to-be PM Sunak was asked directly about making public chargers charge VAT at 5% rather than the current 20% ie in line with those than can home charge. As per usual he did not even answer the question in any way, ignored it. At least he is true to form giving advantages to the well off rather than the less well off again, like the NI ate lowering next weekend. 5p to 10p off most public charger rate would be very nice. One local charger was charging 28p per kWh but it was oft ICE'd, it seemed to be fussy using their charging App too, this was at a community centre and there was only 1 post with two AC outlets. DC outlets are all well over 50p per kWh but 22 kWh AC would suit Zoe owners. Need both Frankley North and Strensham services to get the 24-30 Gridserve and TESLA charger banks and then a price war to start !!

Hi everyone I'm an owner of a 2010 white fabia VRS.. Hope to get lots of advice and help when needed..

That's not going to help with fronts.

Nope not April fools lol 😆. Seriously, I'm referring to carbon build up in intake valves in direct injection engines. Also VAWg engines from what I read in the past somewhere can't recall where are prone to this issue. I'm using the recommended which is 95 and some times I've used 98 RON. Actually I have 7 year warranty to be precise.

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Fix the Breather as it will run like crap without it. As for the Misfires logged, get the plugs out and check all 4 and replace if required, or the one plug that might well be oiled up and black with soot. You have the EPC, the Engine Light and both that can show. The engine can go into 2 cylinder mode or inhibit the turbo. This can happen as well as with one or more bad plugs, or the Super charger Clutch / Water Pump needing replaced. The Spark Plugs used can make quite a difference regardless of the Mechanical Engineers that just say use the right ones, the OEM ones. There were 2 different OEM ones and your 2010 came with ones that were later changed from the factory and the gap was different. The ones i recommend often and am flamed for have a different reach and gap from the OEM ones. But listen to the Professionals not me. After all VW Engineers are dead good and they never ball-ed up did they. PS. 1.4 TSI Twincharger issues, High oil use had VW Group / Skoda doing 2 Changes to the Breathers. Ist one in Europe just the Breather Mod 2009-2012 & a software update. 2nd one tried out in Australia was Breather Mod mk2.

I have it in stock at Amazon UK. This is the cable I use with a Garmin DC2.

Its just the climate control working as it should! you set 20c it warms to 20 and maintains it. if you set it to 25 it will get warm again to get the temp to 25 then maintain it. If you get in and the sun has warmed the car and you set the climate to 22, it will cool to 22. might take some getting used to but its working as it should.

Todays work is underway! Gonna be in pieces for an estimate of 4-5 days with the amount of work going on!

That's OK, then as it proves that the vehicle hasn't been "clocked", so if you have a limited warranty take the car back to be checked for a injector fault or something like that.

Cup holders can't be expected to hold every size of cups folks might buy. I've never had issues but then I don't buy huge coffee cups

Welcome. The TSI. The TDI & it,s DPF has already done 60,000 miles and you do not know how used up til now. 35 minute commute only and heating up and the TDI doing regens likely will not be that more economic. Be sure the DSG,s have been serviced and the Haldex at 30,000 miles

Hello All, After having a discussion regarding LED replacement in the instrument cluster, (search: Rev/Speedo Dial Illumination), I have written up a guide on LED replacement. I hope someone finds it useful. Tomasz Instrument Cluster LED Replacment v1-1.pdf