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Thanks for that, just checked, ISOfix brackets are there. 👍

Sorry for the revival . . . but . . . Does the 2013 Skoda Mk. II include ISOfix fittings and how easy / convenient are they to use? My Son wants to fit a Joie i-Spin 360 baby seat in his car. Thanks and once again, my apologies for a revival ;)

I do know that the leads to the plugs have at some time been changed. How does on (visually) tell whether "Audi R8 coil packs" are fitted?

Many thanks, I will have a look for those.

What is the currently favoured spark plug to use as a replacement on the vRS TwinCharger engine? The Denso -SKJ20CR-A8 seems to be in VERY short supply and where available costs a fortune.

OK, thanks, that worked.

In my experience this is right on the money.

Yup, let's not rush things . . . eight years more pollution. The only good thing to come out of these (future) moves is that it may persuade motor manufacturers to stop producing diesel engined cars and invest in Electric car R&D.

There is an interesting article on the BBC website (HERE) describing how Stuttgart and Duesseldorf have been given the green light to ban older, more polluting diesel cars from zones worst affected by pollution. I wonder when (whether) Andy Burnham will have the cojones to do the same in Manchester and likewise Sadiq Khan in the God-awful Capital?

I think that the (reasonable) point here is that no manufacturer should be expected to rectify a problem for which they are not responsible. The consensus, informed view in this thread seems to be that the problem was probably down to lubrication failure rather than the "dieselgate fix". Personally, I would be looking at the Garage / Mechanic that last worked on the car. As is so often the case with requests for help / advice, it might help matters if the OP had given a bit more detail about the car, its mileage, its service history and how it is used.

Which is more than can be said of TomTom's "MapShare Reporter".

I see from the BBC website that some customers with TomTom sat-navs have been told that their devices will no longer receive map updates. However, you shouldn't panic, TomTom encourages you to buy a new device with what they cheekily describe as "Lifetime" maps. A list of affected devices can be found at https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/obsolete-products/

And what precisely are you actually going to do about your indignation Ms Merkel?

How many miles has your car done, surely not just 19,000 in five years? If you have done less than 4,000 miles per year, it may be that most of your usage has been short journeys which don't allow the engine to get up to normal operating temperature and is when your engine will suffer most. Added to this, thrashing any cold engine (driven hard miles) is not going to result in a long life. Incidentally, there is no such thing as "marginal", it is either inside or outside spec. - ½ litre in 1,000 Km

Somehow I really can't see this as an explanation. So far as I know, the 30 or 40 figure relates to viscosity at 100° C. Perhaps you should look for some suitable 40W/40 oil to sort out the ticking? Using 5W/40 may reduce the oil consumption at normal operating temperature but I haven't seen any reliable evidence from Skoda, VW or owners that this is the answer. ps - how "Many TSI engines"? Let's have the raw data

Buying petrol from a Supermarket doesn't seem like a great idea.

How is this strategy working out? ;)

God help us - will people never learn?

Ah, excellent, only 100 posts to read then - or - perhaps there aren't actually "few, not very expensive fixes" at all.

In hopes of saving people having to wade through over 100 posts in two threads, would you mind listing these "few, not very expensive fixes" please?

And you too George, you too - and a specially happy Hogmanay and 2017 - genuinely, I am quite serious . . . for once ;)

Yeah, Ken, you do that. Make absolutely sure that you record the conversation so that the driver can't subsequently say he "misspoke". I don't believe that any normal driver, in the real world could tell whether they had 95, 97 or 99 RON in their petrol tank - I am equally sure that it would be blindingly obvious to an "abnormal" driver.

For the next month or so, why not a multi-colored Santa, sleigh and reindeer in the rear window?

Has anyone actually tried taking legal action against Volkswagen? It would be fascinating to have a look at any available court papers

Probably some Engineers at VAG can but they aren't likely to do so, why would they? It would seem reasonable to speculate that the CTHE was not an "evolution" but an attempt at a fix? Since VAG appear to have abandoned the design it is likely that the fix lacks economic justification.