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Has anyone had problems with the front assist? Ours quite often doesn't work and a notification appears at start up to say it isn't working. Unsure what the problem is and whether it's an easy fix or not.

No, they list the 190 TSI under 2.0 Litre Petrol Engine. 190 TDI option is in the 2.0 Litre Diesel Engine section and available as a SE L, Sport Line and Edition, but not Scout.

I see that DtD are listing the 190 TDI DSG engine as an option for the SEL, Sport Line and Edition models, but there is no information on the Skoda.co.uk website (yes, I know everyone's opinion of the website / Skoda UK), but just wondered if anyone knew when official specifications would be released.

It's too early to say with any degree of accuracy or certainty. The Cameron government refused to allow for any pre-planning for Brexit, meaning that we are having to start from scratch. Firstly, I think access to the 'single market' is an irrelevance (the price of entry is too high). We can trade on WTO rules or come to an arrangement with Europe that provides access to markets with restrictions on immigration. Our substantial trade deficit (nearly £30B with Germany alone) makes their access to our markets (tariff and restriction free) more important and provides a substantial bargaining tool on our side. Trade agreements with the likes of the US will be quick and easily done. TTIP is on the verge of collapse and with 27 countries all having their own vested interests trying to secure the best deal for themselves individually, there is little chance anything meaningful being concluded any time soon (and that applies to our agreement with the EU too - it will be a prolonged and tortured affair, so we best not expend too much energy on it). That is our great advantage moving forward, with only ourselves to consider and being the 5th and probably soon to be the 4th largest economy in the World, every country out there wants to trade with us and hence trade deals will be concluded swiftly. We do need to shift our focus on growing trade with countries outside the EU as our membership of the EU has been a barrier to opening up new markets and trading opportunities. And for the avoidance of doubt (though why there should have been any, I have no idea) I voted leave in the June referendum and did so for none of the reasons postured by the lazy Remain MP's. Simply, I recognised a long time ago that the EU project would fail for one simple reason: a union without a single government and treasury will not work. It won't ever be able to implement that as it would have to be put to the people via referendums and they would all vote no. So it is simply a matter of time before it fails and as a consequence we are better out. Further, its lack of accountability, high cost to run and disparate political views across the continent have doomed it to malaise, inefficiency, ineffectiveness and failure to grasp what is in the interest of the people of Europe or to provide proper protection to its people. It has been a leftie/liberal folly that will cost the people of Europe dearly when it ultimately fails.

For a small moment I thought you'd emerged from your bunker and seen the light, but later posts confirm you're still in denial.

Got a call from a VW dealer yesterday to say they were running an invitation only Dealer Event this week in which they've got to sell at least 97 cars (no idea where 97 came from). Anyway, as we're approaching the time when we'll change one or both of our older cars and the Tiguan has been one of those that we had considered, I have said that we would go along. Now the question is; has anyone gone to one of these events and genuinely got a 'cracking' deal? Better than using DtD, Orangewheels, Broadspeed, Carwow or Car File, etc.? Interested in any feedback.

Keep living in hope, but I think you will be disappointed!

A cut price Q7 maybe?

Possibly, but Button is known for being good with the sponsors and doing PR and Williams might need more of that to secure more funding to make the car more competitive.

It's not too difficult though it helps if you have small hands! Access is via some pull off covers in the inner wheel arches, though it is still a bit fiddly. Some people have moved the battery slightly on the near side to make it easier.

It hasn't dawned on you that we have a 'meritocracy' - Labour are completely unable to provide a government that is competent, therefore the Conservatives must govern. https://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-economic-inequality-uk - agreed that this is a comprehensively un-biased report! Keep drinking your socialist champagne and believing in the un-believable - one day your dream might come true.

You do read non-socialist media and polling reports? Such as: http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/ Khan victory analysis: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/05/how-sadiq-khan-won-london-mayoral-election "He would, he repeatedly declared, be “the most pro-business mayor ever”. Milibandite policies such as the 50p tax rate and the “mansion tax” were disowned. In a defining interview with the Mail on Sunday a week after his selection, Khan ruthlessly distanced himself from Corbyn, condemning his failure to sing the national anthem and presciently warning of Labour’s “anti-Jewish” image. He went on to make just two public appearances with his party's leader and was listed in the “hostile” group of MPs." Burnham's political carrier is striking for it's general lack of success. Mid Staffs NHS scandal, Liverpool pathway, two failed leadership bids, pro unlimited migration, known as 'flip-flopping Burnham' and failing to distance himself of the whitewash that was the antisemitism enquiry won't go down well with Manchester's large Jewish community. He should have run for Liverpool, but doubt he would have stood a chance up against Joe Anderson. Labour have lost Scotland, are likely to loose seats to UKIP in the northern heartlands and boundary changes will reduce their chances further. If any of that, along with Jezer as leader, makes you think Labour have any chance of victory in a general election then you are as deluded as all those Labour members who have signed up thinking they can make a difference. The big increase in hard left membership only serves to ensure that the Conservatives get an easy ride at the next two or even three elections. (It is also almost impossible to know how many of the new Labour members are actually Tory or others just mischief making). With poverty decreasing under the coalition and the Tory government, a lot of people are realising that Labour policy is committed to keeping people poor as that is the only way they can hang on to their support. Labour know that with aspiration and improved living standards, voters generally move to the centre right. Blair saw that and reaped the electoral benefit by moving the party to the right. The lurch to the left under Corbyn demonstrates they have not learnt anything and whilst they self destruct as a serious political party they do the country a severe disservice by not providing any form of sensible, reasoned political opposition to the government. I suspect that, almost beyond anything else, will be remembered by the electorate the next time they vote in a GE. But please don't let my comments distract you from the unalloyed joy of being part of the great 'Labour Implosion'. Though stuffing your fingers in your ears and whistling loudly is probably more pleasurable than watching Labour's future unfold for all you 'champagne socialists'.

That's hilarious! You do read what you post, don't you? Labour are the Dodo, or perhaps the Norwegian Blue parrot, of British politics - just hope you're pleased with what your £3 or £25 Labour Poll Tax has bought you. I'd be surprised if Manchester voted 'flip-flop' Burnham for mayor (he is a Scouser after all). And Khan only got voted in by completely disowning Corbyn (and let's just see what a mess he makes of the London Mayoral position). The next two elections are in the bag, the third will depend on whether the public's memory for the Labour catastrophe and the shameful ignoring of the economic mess and immigration issues they started has passed. Either way, Corbyn, MacDonald and Watson (scum) will have long gone.

Government borrowing costs dipped again today (0.58% for 10 year bond yield) so there's no sign borrowing is about to become more expensive. As for the railways and hospitals, etc., unfortunately, the unions continue to campaign against modernisation in working practices resulting in more inefficiencies and greater costs, reducing funds for investment. And sadly, Corbyn supports the measures of his paymasters. Talking of Labour and democracy in the same sentence is a complete joke - Labour are not interested in democracy only government by diktat, controlled from the centre. I do hope you lefties are enjoying watching Corbyn destroy the Labour party and ensure it's un-electable for the foreseeable future. I know I am, though in truth I think the self-centred navel gazing is a disgrace. Governments need strong opposition to ensure sound policy, but Labour's infighting and slow but inevitable self-destruction does not do them, their supporters or the country as a whole any good whatsoever. Hopefully May will hold a general election just as soon as she's pressed the Article 50 button, so that the Tory 16% lead can be translated into 100 or so seat majority.

Unlikely. Next VAT move is likely to be down if anywhere, not up. The national debt has been accruing for centuries and basically never gets paid off. As long as the UK looks credit worthy (which we do), no one really gives a hoot how much we borrow. Jezer C seems keen to borrow even more to re-nationalise the railways, keep out private sector involvement in the NHS and whole myriad of other hair brained socialist nonsense (likewise Owen 'I'm more left wing than Jezer' Smith).

Well seeing as Hilary has Obama speaking out against Trump on her behalf, the rest of the world should be able to sleep easy, after all Obama is a very effective campaigning voice, just look how his intervention for the Remainers in our EU referendum went down . . . . . . . . . . . hang on a minute . . . . . . . . . . . we voted leave! Looks like the Trump haters should start to seriously worry, if not panic!

Discounts of 20% are not that unusual and can be as high as 25% or more on some of the bigger Audi's (A6, A7, etc.). Occasionally, DtD have a limited number of vehicles a dealer is trying to offload, so they come pre-specified and a limited range of colours and specs., but I've seen 35% off A7's. That's a lot of car for mid-spec A4 money.

Not quite sure you understand the basics at work here. Wages rise from mid 2014 to mid 2015 by over 3% and inflation over the same period drops 2% to 0%. I don't think it is wrong to state that 3% wage rises at a time of 0% inflation is 'well ahead', but if you have another measure over the same time then please enlighten us all. CPI generally overstates inflation, so the +3% could be +2.5% or even + 2% inflation , thereby making the the wage growth much higher.

A more sensible article (despite it coming from the Guardian) is this one https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/16/uk-unemployment-10-year-low-wage-growth-edges-up which shows over the past 18 months wage growth running well ahead of inflation. Ask three different economic 'experts' for their opinion and you'll get four different answers. "Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge. "--Lao Tzu, 6th Century BC Chinese Poet "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." --Nils Bohr, Nobel laureate in Physics

The chances of the BofE reducing interest rates has receded significantly as a result of the growth figures. Carney has shown an impressive lack of ability to forecast anything with great accuracy, demonstrating neatly that a monkey could his job with ease! Quite a few of the property funds have re-opened as the initial rush to withdraw funds stopped almost as quickly as it had started. There is no sign of any reduction in disposable income, rather the opposite as wage increases have been generally quite a way ahead of inflation.

You rather miss the point. Osbourne said that the effects of a possible Brexit were being felt BEFORE the vote, the figures show there were no effects. The naysayers from the likes of the IMF, government and opposition front benches, the bankers and 'economic experts' with their sandwich board 'The End is Nigh If You Vote Leave' messages have shown that they weren't and aren't in touch with reality.

The trouble with that argument is that before the Referendum, Osbourne said he would have to have an emergency budget straight after the leave vote. In other words the effects would be felt immediately. A week before referendum day, for example, he told us that ‘The economic uncertainty that the ‘Leave’ campaign carelessly insist won’t be caused is already being seen.’ Like nearly all Remainers and the 'experts' (in what? one might ask) he forecast (wrongly) that the Referendum was leading to uncertainty that would affect growth before the vote and send us in to a downward spiral as soon as we voted leave. The growth figures show this to be untrue. House sales also point to confidence way in excess of that predicted. Whilst it is still early days, the effects predicted by the experts have failed to materialise. Yes, we still haven't pressed the Article 50 button, but the hyperbole before the vote all pointed to an instant effect of a leave vote.

Looks like the Remain doom mongers got it wrong (yet again) with their cries about the economy: ONS chief economist Joe Grice said: "Continued strong growth across services, particularly in retailing, reinforced by healthy growth in the manufacture of cars and pharmaceuticals, boosted output in the second quarter. "Any uncertainties in the run-up to the referendum seem to have had a limited effect. Very few respondents to ONS surveys cited such uncertainties as negatively impacting their businesses." Manufacturing output grew at 2.1% in the quarter, which was its "best gain since 1999", said Neil Wilson, an analyst at ETX Capital. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36903164 In addition: GlaxoSmithKline is to invest £275m to expand its UK manufacturing sites, saying the country remains "an attractive location" despite Brexit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36901027

Unfortunately I do - they rank well below the USA. And in having the most universities in the top 500 we're forth behind Germany and China. Most degree students here work in jobs that don't require a degree. Indeed, I seem to remember Blair pointing towards the level of students in India that were degree educated before embarking on his misplaced belief that 50% of students should go to university. It may well be the case that India, as a proportion, has more university educated students, but a good many of those are taking your phone calls when you dial your utility providers. Hardly a good example for justifying the massive increase in government expenditure and the debt burdens that students graduate with (a good proportion of which will never be paid back). We simply have too many universities chasing too few students and the quality of teaching reflects that.

Unfortunately we have too many mediocre universities chasing to few students. The sector needs to shrink by 25% or so and standards need to be raised. Hopefully a withdrawal of foreign students will speed up that process. Research grants follow talent and expertise, as long as we still have that, we will still get the research grants, Brexit or not.