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  1. Having previously owned a CR170 and been mightily impressed with the brakes, I was disappointed when I bought the SCR150 which has brakes I would describe as "sufficient" but no more than this.

    I too wanted to retrofit the CR170 brakes to to the SCR150 but it looks to be a path nobody has trodden due to complexity & cost.

     

    So I have decided that if/when I replace the brakes on mine, I will fit my favourite Ferodo DS2500 pads which are quite simply outstanding in every application I have ever used them.

  2. DIY and it will cost around £20-25 - digitizer part available from ebay or aliexpress. 

    Video on youtube shows you how to do it & it's really not difficult.

    Pay someone else to do it and will cost anywhere between £150-£600+, yes some companies out there are not afraid to pull your pants down on a £25 part & 1 hour's labour.

     

     

  3. Much simpler solution - I just unplugged mine. It's now permanently in the unlocked position but given there is anti-syphon devices in the filler neck anyway (and does anyone ever have fuel theft anymore anyway?!) I just didn't see the point of having it lockable and risking it failing on me - as it had started to get sticky and was becoming more & more of a pain to get to open on the forecourt.

     

    So simply unplugged the wiring - it still latches shut and pushes open fine - but no more fear of it not releasing.

  4. 22 hours ago, J.R. said:

     

    100's being scrapped? - I doubt that but lets say there are, how many will be high spec models with the jumbo box?

     

    How many of those will be L&K models with leather trim?

     

    How many will have the desired Black leather trim?

     

    It sounds like Blackbird has already gone through the limited number of consoles from cars being broken and chosen what was probably the only one. Were there a black one available he would have bought it.

     

    Just done a search on ebay - for used yeti armrest - 40 are returned, of which 17 are leather, 16x black & 1x brown.
    And that's without trying breakeryard, gumtree, fb marketplace etc.

    So wow yes impossible to get in the right colour....

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  5. Just typical UK population "throwaway" mentality. 

    As soon as something goes wrong people just scrap the car and get another - I saw one of my neighbours scrap her perfectly good 2007 Vauxhall Vectra last week because one of the headlamp bulbs needed replacing and she couldn't do it - so instead called the local scrappers to come tow it away & she bought a Tiguan to replace it with.

    I offered to replace the bulb for her but she said she didn't care about the old car & couldn't be bothered getting it repaired and just wanted a new one.

     

    That car has since been stripped - perfectly good car just needed a bulb....

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  6. The ring is a castellated lump of metal which rotates with the hub next to the sensor which "reads" it via hall-effect sensor.

     

    Check this for rust, damaged/split teeth. If it's dirty, damaged or past it's best it will cause the sensor to pick up erroneous readings.

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  7. You can't just go sticking any wheels on a car. Wheel dimensions & offsets are carefully calculated & matched to suit a car's handling characteristics.

    Changing the alloys for some from another car risks changing the handling of the car. It could also cause ESP & ABS issues.

     

    If you subsequently have an accident your insurers may take a very dim view of you using non-standard wheels on the car.

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  8. Shame I didn't see this a month or so back - I bought almost the same spec & similar mileage, but manual rather than DSG from a garage near Andover & black rather than grey.

    Would have preferred DSG & not-black - AND you're a lot closer to me! 

    I thought I'd checked the ads on here, must have missed it... darn it!

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