Gammyleg

Breakers yard? or do they no longer exist.

I am grateful at least that they didn't attempt to "reach out" to me.

My theory of what happened is that someone inadvertently switched on some or all of the redundant cameras which were still set to record speeds in excess of what had previously been the prescribed 50mph. Presumably this automatically generated the NIP process, but I guess at some point not long thereafter someone noticed that rather than the usual 2 or 3 reprobates per hour caught going too fast, suddenly that number jumped to 1000+, at which point the binge watching of box sets was put on hold and some poor sap was forced to leave home and go into the office to sort it out.

Neither, although that would have been my next course of action. Having spent the last few days trying to convince myself ( and others ) as to the inconsistencies in the 'evidence' on offer, I'd rather just draw a line under the whole episode and move on. I suspect my letter was only one of many ( 00's or 000's ) they have had to send out regarding this matter..

Where it states "incomplete" I see WRONG.

Well Well Well. This was waiting for me when I got home. Make of it what you will.🤣 I

Would be worth checking the shocks for leaks etc. That was the root cause of my uneven tyre wear I believe.

Well I've run on these tyres for a further 10,000 miles and the rumble still persists so not able to 'wear through' the uneven tread depth/scalloping problem. It may have reduced slightly over time but as I drive it every day it's difficult to tell - the other half could never hear it, even when at it's noisiest...wimmin! Anyhoo, I'm down to the low tread markers now so have just invested in two new Dunlop Sport Maxx replacements. 60,000 miles ago ( July 2020 ) these cost me £207 for the pair, today it's cost me £273, and that was after a lot of hard searching. That's inflation for you, cheers Liz.

All I want is a photo of my car at the start of the alleged speeding offence and one at the end of it. Shouldn't be too hard to provide surely. The two photos that they have provided are not within the speed restricted zone, one is marked 'Entry' and one is marked 'Exit' which is clearly NOT THE CASE!!

There are 3 cameras within the roadworks area. One at the very start, one about 3 miles further along and the final one about 1 mile before the end. Definitely. The 'National Speed Limit Applies' signage is no more than 100 yards past the end of the roadworks section. The next ( redundant ) speed camera is about 2 miles further along from that.

I am unsure whether I did or didn't. How am I able challenge this charge if the information supplied by the Police does not clearly show to the location of the alleged incident. It's like them posting a picture of a broken window alongside a picture of a bloke standing 20 yards away holding a hammer. Doesn't mean he broke the window just that he was in the area at the time. I'm happy to take the rap for this if I were given access to the relevant evidence to show it is correct, up to now this has not been forthcoming. All I've got is a statement saying I was driving @ 58mph and here is a picture of your car somewhere close to where that allegedly happened.

My point exactly Me too

My query relates to the images shown on the NIP. Both the entry & exit images show my car on what appears to be a fully open 3 lane + hard shoulder carriageway. The solid white line between the hard shoulder & lane 1 is clearly visible and my car is travelling in lane 1. The 3no average speed cameras are situated within the roadworks section. This section of carriageway has a continuous concrete barrier sitting on the hatched lines between lane 1 & lane 2, with live traffic using lanes 2 & 3, therefore none of the images shown on the NIP were taken within the roadworks section. Once out of the roadworks, the national speed limit returns once more. After exiting the roadworks section there are a further 3no average speed cameras which were operational when the roadworks extended the full distance between junctions, however the roadworks section was shortened about 6 weeks ago and these remaining cameras are now marked/signed as being NOT IN USE. I believe a combination of two of these redundant cameras were used to create the images on the NIP. So my question is, should the images on the NIP show the exact camera images taken as part of the average speed calculation, or can the Police just post a couple of random pictures of my car on a different section of motorway just to prove I was in the vicinity at about that time? I'm waiting a few more days before I query this with the Police in the hope that they've posted the wrong photos and would have to resubmit the correct ones. This would take them past their 14d time limit from the time of the offence to the issue the NIP.

Looks like they've got a box of old stickers they're trying to get rid of without checking the contents thereof.

I just had a NIP delivered for doing 58mph through 50mph roadworks on the M20. Not 100% convinced this was correct, I logged onto the Police website to get the full details and images from the cameras. The images ( both entry & exit ) seem to show my car outside of the roadworks area, ie on open 3 lanes + hardshoulder rather than within the restricted 2 lane section of roadworks. Surely the average speed camera image 1 (entry ) should be a picture of my car when it passes the first monitoring camera and image 2 ( exit ) should show a picture of my car when passing the second monitoring camera. Hope that makes sense.

I'd stick to investigating the clutch & gearbox issues first. I hate to think what electrical tech would need to be amended/upgraded/swapped-out/rewired/coded to go from a 1.6 to a 2ltr engine. I found changing the battery painful enough.

Fitted Sachs to mine just before Christmas. Simple enough job with no need for spring compressors. Happy with the performance so far.

The summer/winter formulation theory is interesting and something I haven't thought about. Summertime travel is easier here as well, noticeably less traffic about on my commute. Commute has been the same every day/week/month/year. Apart from an occasional trip to the supermarket it's 2 x 50 motorway miles Mon-Fri, 1 x 65 motorway on Saturday & 1 x 65 motorway on Sunday. No winter tyres and fill up once a week at same Tesco station.

Agreed. But why it should stop once the engine is warmed up is odd.

I must admit to have been checking my fuel consumption regularly over the last 30 years ( not when I had a company car & fuel card though), and as you mentioned I never noticed much of a difference when driving a petrol car only diesel.

I'm guessing that if you're now on your second box and the problem has come back, means the design flaw ( whatever that is ), was never addressed by Skoda.

This is the same as mine, the left hand side of the glove box door seems to have distorted slightly and I believe that the l/h latch pin no longer aligns with the hole on the glove box. Can you confirm that your replacement door now sits flush with the box? Neither of the latch pins on my door are sticking, the l/h side just doesn't engage with the hole.

Just updated my spreadsheet ( kept for for expenses as well as general interest ) of MPG since owning the car. Interesting that it shows a marked difference between spring/summer and autumn/winter motoring. Total distance covered 60,955 miles with 1062 gallons of diesel ( Tesco ). Pretty much same journeys every day, MPG's calculated as a rolling average of 4no tankfulls.

My experience also. Never had a belt go south, only the tensioner or the water pump.

Changed both rear shocks just before Christmas, was easy enough considering it was the first bit of proper spannering I've done in about 20 years. The only fiddly bit was getting access to the upper mounting nut which is partially hidden behind the inner wheelarch plastic shroud. The shroud is pliable enough to leave insitu rather than taking it off. Total cost was £138.00 for shocks, cones and sleeves, however the sleeves were way too small and I ended up re-using the old ones after cleaning them up.