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@MijIsTired Well, FWIW, one friend of mine (4'11") had a Skoda CitiGo, which was replaced with a Fabia 4.

Which description makes me think of the already mentioned "YingTong Ditchfinder" or its relative the "Woosung Dark Horse". A mate of mine bought a Vauxhall Omega 3.0 (close relative of a Holden Commodore) with one Woosung on a rear corner. The first time he needed out of a tight turn with the tyre on the inside he accelerated and it it broke traction. Said tyre was ever after known as the "Woosung Dark Spin".

I was told the exact opposite to that; sipes are there to increase the rate at which water is moved to the main circumferential grooves or out of the sides of the tread.

Well, in the UK these are AKA "YongTong Ditchfinders"

I think that's the % efficiency that they can achieve from the HB on their rolling road. The failure notice should state something like "H/B efficiency 10% - Fail" if that's what they mean. Once we know that, we can make more useful suggestions.

I've told you that you have all the information you need, and where, but apparently that's not good enough: I have to read it from 400 miles away, and without dismantling your car at all. Blocked for idiocy above and beyond...

@jimmyjazzz You've got the other 3 (or 4) wheels though. If this is typical of your (lack of) observation, then I'm pleased you live 400 miles away...

How many times!? The full size information, and the part number, are literally cast (alloy) or stamped (steel) into the wheels!

Well, there's this chemical called "DiHydrogen Oxide"...

How did they determine this?

So why did the annual mileage of this car drop so dramatically after someone spent out on a cambelt change?

Either buy something that will do one marque, say VAG, well, or buy a generic tool that will only do engine faults and possibly not all of them.

Yes and no. It is true that VAG would have you believe that this sort of oil consumption is "normal", but a poor oil consumption would be more like 0.5l between services.

Change your tyre supplier then. That is so much male bovine faeces.

How long is a piece of string?

It will be, sight unseen. Trim level? Particularly does it have plain heater, vanilla a/c or full Climatronic? Also, does it have sunroof or not? Possible sources of water ingress and methods of drying the interior vary depending on these items.

N suffix, with original central instrument pod. Anyway, the serious point was, at that time I hung out with mechanics, and the usual conversation regarding BLMC cars (and light vans up to Sherpa) was, "Has it warmed up yet?" "Dave, do you know where 'engine hot' on this car is?" <Dave replies> "Cheers mate; better take it for a run up the bypass then." (this meaning about 2 miles in town and 10 at NSL).

I'd say no, because that sort of "CAI" doesn't work better than an Octavia airbox on anything.

One of my friends had an M*n*, and the temperature indicator on that only just climbed out of the blue, even in Summer.

Could you find us a car tyre in any of your quoted sizes with a maximum recommended pressure of 47PSI or above?

I recently saw an Audi A6 "Allroad" which had been slammed to the weeds and murdered out. The result was even more weird than the car the keeper started with.

I presumed that the pushrods in question are monometallic, but the slack adjusters are always steel, If so, then you have bimetallic bearing faces at both ends of the intake pushrods.

It's technically illegal but a good garage can do an undetectable DPFectomy sure.

ISTR that some Skoda OHV engines have a mixture of steel and aluminium tappets.

@mday I think I am in agreement with you. I'll note that I have had complaints from my sister about my going down a motorway sliproad at a signposted 40mph limit, reaching the 70mph board, and using my Octavia's midrange torque to join the carriageway at 70mph.