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You might want to consider Connoly's Leather Hide Food. Connolys are the acknowledged experts on everything to do with leather seats and what they don't know, isn't worth knowing ! Bob.

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They are quite cheep, but you should try a pet-shop as your local garage probably won't have them in stock.... Bob.

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Well I rather like the idea of fitting a fine-spray nozzle to fire used engine oil out of the rear washer aimed at the windscreen of the occasional very annoying toe-rag in the car behind who considers it necessary to drive within a foot of my back bumper. A quick squirt of oil and a simultaneous lead foot on the accelerator should do the trick. It would take months (if ever) for the unlucky toe-rag to get his/her windscreen in good shape again, and chances are that they would never tailgate anyone again for the rest of their lives. Bob.

Ah, talking of blanket statements being incorrect............ ! As there appears to be so many different approaches to this thorny subject, I would suggest that before anybody drives another car under the DOC part of their insurance policy, they check the wording on their insurance certificate, or even better puts in a phone call to their insurance company to confirm their status. Getting it wrong can be very expensive in terms of fines, points, car seizures etc. Bob.

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Try these for alternatives.... http://www.craigsplates.com/accessories/index.php?page=browse&category=67 Bob.

Not incorrect Stoofa, but certainly there are exceptions as you have shown. However, the standard policy is perfectly clear on this as the following wording in my policy shows: "DRIVING OTHER CARS. WHEN DRIVING OTHER CARS COVER IS LIMITED TO THIRD PARTY ONLY. DAMAGE TO THE CAR YOU ARE DRIVING UNDER THIS EXTENSION IS NOT COVERED BY YOUR POLICY" I don't doubt that your policy contains a different clause permitting you to drive other vehicles which are not insured while enjoying comprehensive cover, but you will almost certainly be paying heavily for this benefit through your increased insurance premium. What you have there is an amended version of a Traders' Policy and they don't come cheap. What I was referring to was a normal, standard, average policy and anyone doubting that would be well advised to check out their own policy first before driving another vehicle in the mistaken belief that they were comprehensively insured. Agreed, see above This is supported by the line: "When driving other cars, cover is limited to THIRD PARTY ONLY" (i.e. not THEFT) Bob.

No it isn't. There is no way a reputable car rental company would allow you to drive one of their cars on a 3rd party insurance only basis; the potential risk would be far too great. By taking out CDW you are simply removing the cost of the excess charge applied in the event of a claim. No, you are only required to pay out the cost of the excess charge, which can be very high, but which varies from company to company. Not true. It depends entirely on how often you rent cars. My last trip to the USA (on business) involved 2 mini-van rentals per day for 20 days per month over 8 weeks, which made for a total of over 80 separate rentals. (Just to clarify - 2 groups of people hence two cars, but I was paying the bill for both cars..) The cost of CDW would have been immense if taken out for every rental and it was well worth risking having to pay out the total cost of $500 excess which would have been charged (by National Car Rental - a major rental company..) had I needed to make a claim. (I didn't!) If you only rent a car once every pancake day then it is probably re-assuring to pay for CDW. (But imo still not necessary.) As for Theft Waiver, this usually applies to your belongings being stolen from the vehicle after a break-in (as opposed to the cost of replacing the vehicle if it has been stolen) and is just as un-necessary as personal injury insurance. Both of these items are covered by your travel insurance, and in the event of a claim relating to either of these, you can only make one claim off ONE insurance company for each event. You won't be paid out twice by two different companies for the same incident. Read the small print. HaHaHaHa. So funny. Bob.

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Unless you happen to be driving in Moscow, where it is illegal to drive a dirty car. Marvellous. They haven't quite mastered the art of making toilet paper yet, but they have a law like this! Bob.

This thread seems to have dried up...! Are these stickers available to buy yet? Any more info? Bob.

Here is the link to Craigsplates who I can recommend for number plates. This link is for German plates, so type in your reg number to get an idea of what it would look like. This link is for The German Number Plate Co: http://www.german-nu...com/platemaker/ This link is for CraigsPlates: http://www.craigsplates.co.uk/index.html Contact them for info on Cz. plates, they are very helpful and have great knowledge re: number plates. You have to specify "show plates" as the font is illegal for UK use. If you do have them made up, (They cost £30) you should use the stickys to attach them which are sold by Craigsplates, and keep the UK plates which you have now in the boot in case (or rather when) you get stopped by Plod. (And for when it's MoT time..!) Bob.

Is that a robot who has just eaten a heavily-spiced meal in a French restaurant?

If you have comprehensive insurance ( the word 'fully' is unneccesary as it can't be anything else) then you are only insured 3rd party to drive other vehicles provided the other vehicle is also insured. When you rent a hire car it is already insured for you but you can take out additional cover to avoid a high excess in the event of an accident (which can be as much as the first £600 of any claim}. Further cover can be taken out to include passenger injuries and theft from the vehicle. When renting a car in the USA, the cost of insurance waivers can be higher than the cost of the car rental. There are circumstances when it makes sense to not take out any additional insurance costs; for example, if you rent cars regularly you can save so much money by not doing so but you have to weigh this against the cost of paying an excess in the event of a claim. Also, check out the terms and conditions of your credit or debit cards. If you use an American Express card then it covers your insurance waivers free of charge. No, you don't need to phone Privilege. Keep them out of it. Use the insurance provided with the car rental. Believe me, the car rental company won't allow you to drive off in an un-insured car! Car insurance? .... It's a minefield!

Thanks for your advice but there are no water leaks into the cabin. The damp is caused by the area in which I live, which is on the north-west coast about 100 metres from the sea! Bob.

Moggy, what type of stores sell large bags of silica gel? Bob.

Hi Gaz, when I bought my Fabia I couldn't get comfortable behind the wheel. I had been used to bigger cars, and there just wasn't enough leg-room in the Fabia. I wanted the driver's seat moved back and as I don't carry passengers in the rear I didn't think it would be a problem especially as the seat runners are already drilled and I thought that it was just a simple procedure to drillout the floor to match the two rearmost (unused) holes in the seat runners. Boy was I wrong. Skoda main dealers and independents refused to touch it for fear of contravening Health & Safety regs. Modern-day Gestapo "experts" whose purpose on this earth consists of saying "You can't do that," and getting paid for it. After trawling every garage and workshop I could find, all with the same answer, "NO - YOU CAN'T DO THAT" I stumbled across a tiny garage which specialized in converting car controls for disabled drivers. It took him about 10 mins. to do the job for me and he refused any payment. I now have the extra 2" of leg-room which has transformed the driving position for me. So, there you go - find a garage specializing in disabled driver coversions. Bob.

As the thread title says.........does anyone know of an effective way to dehumidify the air in the cabin, which can be left in the car? No mains-units please for obvious reasons! Bob.

Before ABS we did something known as "cadence braking" where you pumped the brake pedal very hard and fast to prevent the wheels locking up. As for your comment re: nanny state drivers...............I agree with you 100%. Bob.

Cheers ric & national, your explanations make sense.... Bob.

Moggy, if that was the case wouldn't it show up as a fault on the computer diagnosis? Bob.