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You can probably free them without jacking the car or removing the wheels. (My Fabia did the same and took a minute to fix). You will need a pair of pliers and some WD40. Chock the wheels or put in gear if the car is not on a level surface. Release the handbrake Get down on the floor and look to the rear of the wheel calliper from the back and you will see the lever the handbrake cable attaches to. See REF 2 in the picture Spray a little WD40 around the point it enters the calliper (don't go mad you don't want it soaking the pads!) Then wiggle the arm until it frees up. Do the same to the other side and the handbrake should free up.

Got a CK3100 mounted to the spare switch cover by the ABS switch. Parrot do a wiring kit so it's all plug and play. A little pricey but works well and you get regular firmware updates to support new phones that you program using a laptop over Bluetooth.

You can get a pack of 8 from Halfords for a few quid.

Had the same problem on mine & a workmates car has just done the same. There is a blockage in the gas circuit that stops the compressor starting fully. As a result the cooling fan is disabled, so at standstill the gas overheats and gets blown out the pressure release valve on the compressor. Mine had to have the compressor replaced. Warranty fortunately!

Mines miles out at least 10mpg on a 56 plate It's funny how the trip computer panics near the end of a tank. Arrive at work shows 70 miles to empty, car in the car park all day not moved, get in the car to go home it shows 50! There's a leak somewhere!

The fans don't come one at all. We have 2 VRSs here (company cars) the other car starts the fans as soon as the aircon button is pressed. It does look like a PRV on the pump. It only vents in small bursts when the car is stationary & the aircon has been on for a while. If i'm moving so there is a reasonable airflow through the radiator things are fine. The car has never overheated so i assume there is more that on controll point for the radiator fans. Back to the dealer! Thanks for your comments. Nick

Somethings up! It's the first time i've really used the air conditioning. When i stopped in traffic that were bursts of vapour from under the bonnet! It sounded like the noise a soda stream makes when a bottle is fully gassed. It seems to be coming fom the air con pump maybe a pressure relief valve? If i switch off the air con it stops. The air con radiator is too hot to touch but the cooling fans are off. Fuses are all ok so when do the fans kick in? Anyone else had this? Nick.

A trip to the dealer for me then. By brand new vRS does this. It's bloody irritating! Been sat in a compound too long i guess & the caliper has seized up.

No problems at all. The plasma is now 2 years old and is as good as when i bought it. The screen has various methods to stop burn such as contrast limit, image moving (the whole image moves a pixel so every 5 mins. You don't even notice it). Obvously the real killer is a bright static image. The PC has a screen saver when i'm in Windows & the MCE desktop is a nice pale blue with low contrast text. Before you buy a screen, go to a shop that has them all on display and look at the pictures. LCD technology is getting better but still doesn't have the contrast of plasma. If you are going to use the screen for pc use, resolution is very important. My plasma is 848 x 576 pixels natively and although it does a good job of scaling down 1024 x 786, a higher res screen would be better. Or you could always wait for the new laser projection screens. A DLP style projection with an RGB laser light source. pricing expected to be lower that plasma for a much better image! Toys....

MCE is pretty good although it's not as stable as my old TiVo, but then that's windows for you. I've got it setup in the front room on a 42" plasma hooked into my digital amp and it's very good. It's great for viewing photos, if you rip your music collection, Media player will find & sort the artwork for you. My CD collection is now archived in the attic! The TV picture quality is very good from a freeview digital card. The remote can be a little slow to respond and the music collection index is also a little slow. You can also Beta test Vista Media centre, but you need a beast of a machine to run it on though. Mine it a 3.2Gig P4 1.5 Gig Ram, 200 Gig Sata striped Raid in a silverstone LC03 case. Vista would be better on a faster machine!!!! My personal preference would be one of the new THX TiVos from the US. It does it all and is bulletproof! Not available in the uk though. D'oh! so for now it will have to be MCE If you are building from scratch, MCE is fussy about both graphics and TV cards so check before you buy. There are TV cards that will switch on the pc to performa recording then shut them down aftwerwards. (Not within MCE though) The evesham box looks nice! Bit pricey though. One thing to check about the resolution side is what aspect the LCD will take from a DVI or VGA port. My Panasonic screen accepts & scales 640 X 480 & 1024 x 768 via VGA but is a widescreen display! You really have to mess around with the screen scalinf & sizing to get the image to display correctly. Nick

Really for those from the darkside! VW "*******s" AD - Google Video Makes me laugh every time i watch it! Nick.

Volkswagen Renamed Skoda?

Just been offered one as a company car! Quick economical & cheap for tax Lovely! I've been active on the forum for the family C-Max for ages. Forums are without doubt the best place for learning & sharing knowledge. Over on FFOC there are lots of knowledgeable owners + few insiders from Ford, Hopefully there are a few from Skoda here. Very usefull chaps!!! Nick