Machpoint005

Think yourself lucky it was a minor problem, and put the expense down to experience. It could have cost you thousands - but it didn't. Don't patronise the offending business again.

Oh no, not zero point energy again. Without going back over previous threads, could I suggest a short study course on the laws of thermodynamics?

Having bought diesel at over £1.50 a litre (yes it was on a motorway) within living memory, I don't much care if it costs £1.17 or £1.07 at the moment, it is cheap anyway,

^^ Wot he said. I test drove a Superb DSG 170 three years ago, ended up buying an Octy DSG 140 and 50k miles later I haven't regretted it for an instant. Why faff about with a left foot pedal when the car can do the job itself far more quickly, and knows what gear it wants before you have even decided.

If you had a collision and were talking to a passenger in the car, your attention was still distracted at the vital moment, though, wasn't it? I agree that it would be much more difficult to prove the point.

If you have a collision and you were on the phone via Bluetooth, your attention was still distracted at the vital moment.

Shame you didn't complete the job, then -- 'How it's ran' isn't past tense, it's gobbledegook -- 'How it is ran'??? Meanwhile back on topic, don't blame GPs for doing the best they can with at least one arm bureaucratically tied behind their backs. Unless you are qualified in medicine, of course --- six years at Uni and medical school, two years as a house officer (F1 then F2), then specialist GP training and CPD. No, I am not a doctor.

The Memsahib had a base model Rapid as a courtesy car when there were niggles with her new Octy 3. Received wisdom is that it is a really nice middle-sized car, and the Octy is better, but then a Elegance spec with big wheels, Kessy and lots of other goodies was bound to be, wasn't it?! My take on it was that the Rapid was a bit gutless with its funny little petrol engine.

A heavy something placed on the passenger seat? Temperature sensor playing up, and telling you it might freeze? Low fuel warning because you are parked on a steep slope?

Must admit I was wondering how under-bonnet lining made any difference to the noise level in the cabin. Makes a difference to an observer outside (eg in the car park) as it cuts down some of the diesel clatter.

I'm right with you, but while so many people are buying the Mail/Express/Sun I think we will find ourselves in the minority of vociferous opinion. The tax avoidance scandal needs sorting, but there are squillions of quidsworth of unclaimed benefits in the system, and you never hear anything about those!

If it hadn't been for trade unions over the last century, business owners would still think it acceptable to kill or maim employees because the risk is part of the job. Employees are other people's sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. It is not acceptable to expose them to unnecessary risks in order for somebody else to make a profit.

In the arts, obviously! :sun:

Given the demographic in Bradford it is inevitable that many of the bad drivers have ethnic connections well outside Yorkshire. That doesn't mean there is any correlation at all between ethnicity and driving ability.

By your lights, 5mph is boring, but it is still a speed.

You are right -- I was over-compensating and stand corrected. In fact you counted them twice each, which was perfectly correct.

This doesn't do maths, only arithmetic.

Mine is brilliant (HTC Desire and MY12 FL Octy II)

You're intending to break the law, is what you are. I don't disagree with some of your sentiments. but the TVLA takes your money then gives it to the BBC.

How on earth can you measure speed without maths? If you can't measure speed, then what's the point?

I think you have counted pages 55 and 155 twice?

I can't imagine that it's impossible to find one in the UK!

An over-noisy little car just sounds silly, especially pootling about town at legal speeds. IMHO.

I've been running Windows 8.1 since upgrading from an early version of 8. I don't understand what all the fuss is about, and managed to adapt quite readily from Windows 98 on my previous machine. I do have a touch screen laptop, which is particularly good for reading pdf documents. I won't be "upgrading" to Windows 10 anytime soon.

It's fine. My Mark 1 Octy covered 125,00 miles in five years, on extended service interval. It was a low power model (1.9D 90PS) but it often went over 30,000 miles between services. The oil looked like gritty treacle but the car never missed a beat. My Mark 2 CR "only" manages 18,000 between oil changes but so far, so good (53,000).