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washing car, and noticed a slight dent/crease on the roof at the front level with the rear view mirror and one on the side of the roof. Cars been stood outside house a fortnight whilst weve been away.
Guarantee its been caused by the teenage kids next door playing football outside my gaff, but I cant prove anything.
Just wondered how accessible the underside of the roof is and how to get at it, was thinking of the removing sunglasses holder as the dent is directly above then I could get one of these companies to tap it out.
Any ideas?
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Seller has no feedback. Dodgier than a dodgy thing.
I recently saw my old 2008 A4 for sale on an ebay add, the photo had been taken outside my house by me but someone online had used the photo as a false ebay add (I had posted photo ages back I cant even remember where online), I know it wasnt my old car they were selling.
Unrelated
Colleague recently handed lease 57 plate A3 back he had had from new with 107,000 miles - went direct to the auction with this mileage. About a month later I was looking for a car for my misus on autotrader, colleagues old A3 car was advertised by a small trader same reg number everything, now on 42,000 miles on at £15995. 65 thousand mile haircut even though the add claimed full service history. Trading standards are now investigating.
Some very dodgy characters out there.
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I know someone who has the TSI 122 engine in a scirocco and raves about it even compared to a 2 litre turbo diesel audi A3 which is the other car in the same household. Very punchy by all accounts.
Definately the better option if funds allow.
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Just do an advanced driving course then you won't find youself having to brake as hard, just look a bit further in front of you. regards Monkster.
I generally try and avoid braking hard and anticipate traffic to save fuel.
I'm not sure if this helps but my 08 vRS brakes are brilliant. I had a Cavalier Turbo with upgraded 4 pots and I think this stops almost as good as that did. It took me a while to get use to them as they bite quite hard quite quick, the missus almost did an emergency stop the first time she drove it. Maybe go for a full disc and pad change, pads/discs may have crap on them that doesn't bother the car on normal braking?
Rough idea of price and mintex are pretty good. Obviously each to their own, I'm just going on previous experience.
cheers will have a look into it.
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tbh hard to say, cambelts roughly 4 years or 80K miles but something like a clutch/brakes depends on how its been driven.
I've taken mine from 76k to 86K in 7 months with only front tyres (£250) and an oil and filter change (£60) and a failed front wiper arm (£53) and rear washer and aircon re-gas (£80 combined).
Get one with full mot, full dealer service history, with good tyres (full set of decent brand is expensive) and a recent cambelt change and you probably wont go far wrong though theres always a chance something lurks round the corner, its the luck of the draw.
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I recently switched to using Tesco Momentum 99 in our Yeti 1.2 DSG, and have gone from averaging 43mpg with Tesco 95 to averaging 48mpg with Momentum 99. For an extra 5p per litre, it saves money and uses less fuel. On my 6000 miles per year, I'll save around £60 (1p per mile).
Just need to watch out for Tesco gradually pushing the price differential up.....
Its an absolute deal in tescos batley, west yorks, 136p a litre for momentum (before any 5p vouchers off), local to me the shell v power stuff is about 10 p more than this in price and v power is 9-10p dearer than shell regular unleaded.
£5 saving a tank before any vouchers is definately worth having at prices these days.
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ouch sorry to hear - that these things do happen though not any easier to take at the time.
there are smart repair firms such as sprint finish that can do a really good job, I've had the rear quarter sprayed after someone caught mine in a petrol station, it was about £100 and you would never know the finish is spot on. Dents can be pushed out by smart repairers (usually £80-£100 a panel), if they can get to the back of the panel, that inner hatch liner is a bugger to get off though 1001 clips at awkward angles, I think sprint finish will subcontract the dent side if it can be pushed out or choose to use filler. If the paint on the hatch isnt broken and the back of the panel can be got at it should be a lot cheaper.
I think even a smart repair is going to cost £250 quid plus for that lot doing properly.
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Just posted in other brake thread but prob as useful in here too: http://www.apbrakediscs.co.uk/front-brembo-brake-discs-vw-golf-v-2-0i-16v-tfsi-gti-04-to-10-08.html
Brembo front discs on offer, think free delivery too, at least it was a couple of weeks back.
Thanks Chris
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Thanks for the replies, the brakes are very average in an emergency stop (or pulling up sharp from speed), they would be fine on a car with 100bhp, not good with 200bhp and potential 149mph on tap.
In a panic moment, the abs kicks in I would say very early, but then I can sense what feels like 'big' gaps in the pulses as though the brakes are being let off too long.
Car done 85K now, previous owner put nasty cheap tyres on and before that it was company owned, chances are could be cheap discs to go with the unipart pads and a long overdue brake fluid change.
OEM front pads and discs and fluid sounds like a good starting point.
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Wondered if anyone can suggest possible problems with my brakes on the VRS . In general use they are perfectly ok and inital bike feels quite powerful, but I havent got a massive amount of faith in them in an emergency.
Initial bite is quite sharp (over servoed?), they are fine in normal use. Its when pressing on or an emegency, they need a really firm press of the pedal from motorway speeds, and if slamming on the brakes the abs seems to kick in very early with quite big pulses through the pedal that feel plain wrong. My last audis brakes were different class.
Car recently passed its MOT with no advisories, the front pads have about 1cm of pad material left and are Unipart (I didnt put these on). The rear brake pads say brembo and have about 0.5 mm left. The front tyres are newish michelin pilot sport 3's.
I cant find any record of a brake fluid change and the car is an 06 plate, so this could be the first option????, but I think something else could be amiss.
Any ideas before I book it in the main dealers and will they even have a clue or just swap pads/discs and fluid out at great expense?
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mixed bag of results but momentum works for me so far, as another poster said never had any issues with supermarket fuel either diesel or petrol so for me its a no brainer at the moment - my car aint fussy either way so I'll continue to save myself a few quid - have been regularly using the 5p voucher, that saves a few quid for starters and momentum is also about 6p a litre cheaper than v power.
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I know they say supermarket fuel is rubbish but this stuff makes my 06 plate VRS so much nicer to drive, it feels noticeably torquier with much more zing in the drive and i reckon about 10% more miles to a tank 340 versus 305ish on regular unleaded. Coming after a tank of standard tesco 95 ive really noticed the difference and swear it even performs better than shell super unleaded (98 ron?).
Highly reccommend this stuff on a pre-fl VRS.
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Hi, I hope someone can advise as need to change my car soon. I have had a Renault Clio from new and it has served me well but I really like the Octavia. I used enjoy driving my mate’s 2004 1.9tdi Octavia Mk2 taxi until it gave up at 383 thousand miles. I want an Octavia for my private use, not for a taxi and I only do about ten thousand gentle miles a year. I cannot afford a brand new one but was thinking maybe a 08 1.6 fsi petrol would be a good choice. Could I ask if there are any issues with this engine and are there any known expensive maintenance surprises likely to crop up over time? Or maybe someone could recommend a different one. I am open to suggestions but I have my mind set on an Octavia. Thanks in advance.
its a solid car, i think its a cam chain not belt too on the 1.6 so shouldnt be any expensive belt changes in 2012. The turbo petrols are better drives I am sure, but youre getting the same car - my missus has a 1.4fsi petrol golf - basically the same car as octaiva and it drives really well compared to anything- bit sluggish if you want to get a move on but right enough just going with the flow .
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through my employers have been offered a VRS 170 CR standard spec with metallic paint at a very good price.
Rough ideal what would this 61 plate be worth 3 years down the line (2014) with 30K miles, I figured about 10 thousand pounds do you reckon it could be worth more given a new model will be out then?
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cheers for the replies feel a bit more confident now
, got a repairer booked for a week on saturday. £100 plus vat for this and a shopping trolley dent on the wifes car door.blank - near huddersfield, live in brighouse.
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hi folks
some numpty sat on my bonnet, put a big dint in it (no it wasnt me!) Will this sort of thing come out with a smart repair I know the smaller stuff usually does??, the paint looks ok. Its annoying me too much to leave it. Anyone recommended for fixing this sort of thing in the west yorkshire area?
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Great price! Where was this?
local place in bradford. said they were an exchange as a favour for a mate who bought the wrong size online. That or fallen off back of a lorry!
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my sister has 3 bengals, one of them a tom pulled a double duvet downstairs and nicked her father in laws false teeth out of a cup by the bed when the inlaws were staying over, they turned up under the sofa downstairs!
As a house cat i would get two unless you are in all day to keep each other company, as they do seem to crave attention more than a british shorthair which is a lot more chilled or a moggie which you can just let out.
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Blue, no other choice!
though that black estate looks mighty fine kelvin.
Red is for italia...
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popped in local tyre place last week was sick of waiting for the uniroyals from camskill to arrive had been over 3 weeks on order....
'after two fronts for a VRS, 225/40/18'
'only ones I've got in are michelin they'll be too expensive for you'
'How much???'
'£120 each fitted'
'which michelin?'
'michelin mate, do you want to see them.......
PS3's £120 each fitted on 18" alloys, result.
There my good luck ended, someone in a nissan
scraped my rear bumper tonight in a petrol station, luckily for me a kind lady witnessed this whilst I was inside paying, otherwise he wasnt owning up and would have let me drive off. :no: -
Just use the same details i gave at the top of page 4. Paypal them with what colour and a delivery address and they will sort it. Will get a closing date from them soon
Cheers Chrispy. Just sent them payment etc.
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Is this gb still on?, please put me down for one in titanium if it is.
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I've just come from the last 7 years driving vag diesels to a petrol vrs having opted out of a co-car scheme.
The fuel economy takes a bit of getting used to, certainly on mine which is an 06 plate. My 2 litre CR audi diesel was doing 450 to a tank (costing roughly £70) driving foot to the floor, driving semi-sensible my petrol VRS struggles to get over 310 miles to a tank of super unleaded (£75) although its quite good on a motorway run 37mpg. The most I have ever seen out of a tank on the vrs is 450 miles driving sedately on the motorway all day.
I think I will be back to diesel next, the thing is, this petrol car is actually really exciting where the diesels have been more relaxing but ultimately a bit boring - I didnt realise that at the time but I do now.
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Been debating the 3 tires mentioned above.
225/40/18 i've decided to opt for the Uniroyal Rainsport 2 @ £110 per tyre.
Thats a good price fitted. I've just ordered 4 of the uniroyals as my vrs is currently running on nankangs(awful tyre), the uniroyals are £88.80 each from camskill website online, delivery is about a tenner....£355 plus delivery and I will have to get them fitted.
scraped my rear bumper tonight in a petrol station, luckily for me a kind lady witnessed this whilst I was inside paying, otherwise he wasnt owning up and would have let me drive off. :no:
REAR SCREEN WASHER Failure
in Skoda Octavia Mk II (2004 - 2013)
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my rear washer has gone again, only used it about 3 times since last fix at dealer, second time it had been in for it in 6 months. boot hatch liner wet at the bottom. Getting a bit sick of this now.