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wilbert77

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  1. My son has his heart set on a Monte Carlo 1.2TSI as his first car. He has a budget of £5k so I guess he is looking at 12 to 14 models depending on condition and mileage. Are the any major issues that we should be aware of prior to viewing them or is it just standard 2nd hand car checklist stuff?
  2. I will check the battery but I've never had any warnings with the stop start etc and the engine cranks over strong and fires up quickly.
  3. Nothing more than the odd puddle and pothole on farm tracks.
  4. So over the past couple of weeks I have been hit with a series of electrical faults and niggles which may or may not be connected. The eclectic mirrors can no longer be adjusted or heated. The windows are behaving very erratically or not at all and the radio has a mind of its own too. Driving down the motorway on the way to a wedding the front passenger window decided to fully open for no reason then refuse to go back up for about 20 seconds whilst me and the wife are frantically trying to close it whilst her hair is blowing all over the place. This happened 4 times and it didn't seem to matter whether I used the switch in the drivers door or the one in the passenger door, neither seemed very responsive. I ended up pressing the window lock button in hope that it would stop this happening and so far it has but I now can't get the window lock button to turn off and now my drivers window is hit and miss to whether it will go up or down. On to the radio... I had the touchscreen replaced about 12 months ago just before it ran out of warranty but now it is back to having a mind of its own constantly changing radio station or skipping tracks when being played from my phone via Bluetooth and then randomly muting the sound. Fair to say that at present there is little driving pleasure to be had from the Scout. Any help or suggestions greatly received.
  5. So both wing mirrors have stopped working both in the motorised adjustment and the heating function. I have had a look through the manual and cant see which fuse they are on. Does anyone know which fuse it is to save me a job of going through every fuse to see if anything has blown. If its not the fuse are the multi function switches known to break? I had a gold a few years ago and this was a common fault. As far as I know everything else is working as it should.
  6. Mine does exactly the same. I've had the DSG box and Haldex clutch service but it makes zero difference. Still randomly bangs and judders then the rest of the time it is smooth. Not sure if I would have another Skoda, its not a bad car just slow and a bit dull to drive quickly but it is my workhorse and does that ok.
  7. Don't labour a new engine or sit at a constant speed / revs for a long period. Drive it as normal as you can from day one once it is up to temp and don't be afraid to accelerate hard and take the revs up to the limiter. You want the high spots on the bore, piston, bearings etc to wear. Personally and from experience I would say that the timing of the first oil change is what you want to focus on. Diesels take longer to free up as they don't rev as high and the fuel is also a good lubricant.
  8. I would trade my diesel scout in for a petrol scout if they did one or a Superb scout with a petrol engine would be even better.
  9. 420 to 460 miles per tank is my average from a 2.0tdi 184 DSG Scout. A mixture of driving but still not great when on a long motorway run. Anything above 70 and the MPG plummets to below 40 mpg
  10. Yes but I wasn't pressing the accelerator at all just letting the car creep forward in drive on tick over. Normally when releasing the brake pedal they stay on for a second or two to stop it rolling back and then the car starts to move. This time as soon as I released he pedal the car lunged forward at pace. The brake pedal felt solid when pressed but felt like there was no servo. I have had several automatic cars and many manual ones. Never experienced anything like this in over 23 years of driving and well over 400k miles. I was literally 1 inch from going through the garage door. It was the same when I put it in reverse, fast set off with no accelerator and then minimal braking. After that the car has been fine with normal setting off
  11. I know that brakes are not at their best after a wash but I was pressing the brake pedal with everything I had and I only just stopped, never had this issue before after washing it or driving through 1 foot of flood water. What made the car lurch forward? It was almost like the accelerator being stuck full on. lets not forget the car only need to move 6 feet yet as soon as I released the hand brake and my foot off the pedal it shot forward and I had next to zero braking. Similar to ABS in the snow but without the pedal pulsing.
  12. The other day I had washed my car and did a bit of work on my motorbikes. When I went to move the car and park it up against the garage door I had a scary moment. I started the car, put it into drive and let my foot of the brake pedal so the car would crawl forward on its own the 6 or 7 foot it needed to go to the garage door. it didn't quite work that way the car lurched forward and I jumped on the brake pedal but it was like I had zero brake power like there was no servo. Anyway I just stopped the car before it hit the garage door. A little shocked I put it in reverse and it did the same again!!! so very gingerly I put in drive and it was fine. did this 6 or 7 times with no further issue. Obviously my first trip in the car was a bit nervy but all appears fine now. Has anyone else had issues like this? I occasionally get a noisy jerky set off when reversing out of my drive which I believe is a "characteristic" of the car.
  13. I have a 15 plate scout with the DSG box. I have owned it since August and get 40 to 45 mpg out of it on a mixture of routes and conditions and have done 7000 miles in that time. Drive it hard and I can get low to mid teen mpg over a 30 mile trip. Drive it very gently and I can get 55 mpg. The ride is fairly comfortable and handling is not bad but its no sports car. Performance is average but the engine feels a bit overworked and runs out of shove quickly when driven hard. The seats are comfy and the interior trim is generally ok but some of the materials being a bit cheap and flimsy. I use mine for fishing and shooting and it works ok off road but I wouldn't like to try it on much more than muddy fields and farm tracks. Boot space is ok but getting big loads in to and out of it can be difficult due to the shape and the step up from the floor to boot opening. It suits my needs and budget well and I get on with it much better than the Volvo XC70 it replaced.
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