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Very clean looking car. Decent price too! Shame im not on the lookout for a car, but would reckon that wont hang around long!

Mains pressure should be ok. about 50psi needed. If you have a trigger nozzle on your hosepipe, strick it to the power jet setting, if you can fire it vertically about 20ft in the air you should be good

Given the state of some of the streets, a VERY heavy cut pad

I've got my own production setup at home for the De-ionised water. Which comes in handy for rinsing the car down after a wash And yeah, makes a massive difference to window cleaning, no chemicals, longer shine, and faster too (usually), just costs a packet compared to a ladder, bucket and some washing up liquid!

Thanks @travs makes perfect sense. Its a shame it isn't more widely publicised so people know there is a standard (though hopefullymembership etc isn't prohibitively expensive for anyone starting out of course, as this could damage the industry more than anything). Working as a window cleaner myself, I can see what zero regulation can do, especially when someone does a bad job and people assume EVERYONE using the same equipment will be just as bad. Get some funny looks when you explain some skill is involved!

@Nick_H I used Ashman Detailing for the exterior of a van im selling. Given I don't think it has ever been cleaned properly in 20 years in came out fantasticaly well. Not sure if he is part of the IDA or PVD ( @travs if you're able to send me a message with a bit more info on both and what benefits bring a member has to both customer and detailer I'd be interested to know) but did a very good job. Came to me and spent from 8:30am to 6pm on it! Did I say it had never been cleaned properly?

Just FYI, if your lights are lighting up the large signs (you know, the ones well above any head height when driving) then they probably aren't 'really great' for anyone within 800yards of you, especially if it makes them too bright

Buna Ziua @Sneffex , lovely choice of car in the Superb, also liking the colour choice in the violet. Hopefully it'll survive the Bucharest roads unharmed! (Going by the vehicle registration it is Bucharest right? BR for Brasov? Most of my friends over here were from the north so all MM plates!)

If going for "new" cars then I agree the F-type would fit, if you would rather go for a bit more comfort, then its longer old brother the XK would fit. Very comfy, room for even tall ones, lots of space in the boot for suitcases Most comfort was probably the convertable as it runs softer springs (though a bit less relaxed on the engine side with 500bhp!)

Slight side-topic question. But have they got a solution apart from GSM based alarms? (Used to work in the personal alarm sector myself dealing with Tunstall, Tynetec, Doro and Legrand)

Not quite norfolk. But Fen View Motors in March (just past kings lynn...ish) would be my recommendation. Took my cars to Steve since the day he opened, he was trained as a Skoda tech up until he started the garage. Always given good service and went above and beyond. Also uses a garage 100yards down the road to do MOT's, so the testers wont make stuff up as there is no money in it for them (Steve is a smart cookie as you may have guessed) https://www.facebook.com/FenViewMotors/

Lets see if I can get around the filter... auto sh i te .com another forum full of people who love projects like this!

auto****e.com I have posted a link to here @Boomycol there are some who would love it but can't make the 1 week deadline, one guy did mention maybe being able to pick it up next week though if you could hold onto it a tiny bit longer? EDIT: Thought the auto-censor might catch me out there

Ressurecting this thread a little as I have reached another milestone with the Van, its not doing bad for 15 years old...

At least put it up over on the "other forum" where cars of this caliber are their bread and butter. I would but I reckon you have more clout over there than me When does it need to be gone by @Boomycol?

Would love the sealey set, but not sure the forum relay would get it all the way to nottinghamshire!

Not an affluent area round here so quite old, probably averaging somewhere about 10-15years old, but I think I won "oldest collection" I had two cars with a combined age of 61

I can confirm this is true......last time I rang I don't think I even got any hold music. Straight through to Milton (who I seem to manage to talk to every year for the last 8 years!) got home insurance changed inc new address, and breakdown details swapped to the new address, all within about 10mins, though a few mins of that was just general chit-chat about cars, houses, and why im 99% sure he is the only one on the phones

If you like the DSG 'feeling' but wanted to go away from VAG, I believe Kia/Hyundai also do a DSG style box (albeit called a DCT).

Looks fanstastic. Would definitely tick the "economical small family car" im looking for, but alas, I would not be able to give anywhere near the £££ needed to buy it. (Only one on autotrader that is anywhere near on mileage is an 05 plate at £3k!). On the other hand, if anyone would like me to go over to take a look/videos/more photos (at @PhilOs approval of course) I live just outside Worksop, so it wouldn't be too much of a trip to go down there (30mins ish depending on location).

It is worth replacing the vacuum hoses and pcv valve if you haven't done all of them. Sometimes the splits can be very hard to spot unless you take them off and give them a good flex (had it on my PD octy once). and I assume you've used a decent fuel cleaner like Archoil to make sure its not gummed injectors?

Ahh Matrox millenium graphics cards, now theres something I remember from my early PCs!

Seems there is also a bit of compression going on with prices, even the old stuff is going up, well the asking prices. Finding something that isn't on its last month of life is going to cost you 2K+ it seems. Bought a 1998 Corolla 1.3GS a few months back, 95K P/S/H, 3 owners from new, for £450. Looked on the usual places yesterday and they are all over 2 grand for the same car?!

Its usualy the first thing I install after turning off all of windows spyware options

My PC is newer than that and on win10, but im using the classic shell plugin/mod so my win10 looks just like windows 2000 (start menu included!)