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You will be saying you want a discount for putting summer tyres on in summer next.
That's a good idea - double discount!
This post was a little tongue in cheek but trying to raise a valid point.
By trying to apply the logic insurers use to arrive at a premium, if I make my car safer in winter and less valuable, then by their own rules, the premium should be less.
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More of an issue with std l@k Xenons. New beam motor is £35 for std halogen lamp. Would get them checked professionally as they are not cheap units to replace. The spindle worm roller in the motor on one of my std lamps was badly worn and would not move properly in both directions. Sounds like they failed down as a fault has been detected.
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I have just put my winter wheels / Conti Winter Contacts on again after 9 months in the shed. Then it got me thinking that insurance companies should actually be giving a discount if you declare you have switched to winter tyres. I am aware, from other threads, that some companies are still trying to charge more.
Think about it.
1/ Your reducing your risk of an accident by being able to stop quicker or take evasive action, with the additional grip.
2/ Chances are, your winter wheels are smaller and less attractive than what you normally drive around on. So it is less attractive to thieves.
Makes perfect sense to me... :wonder:
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In the Czech Republic and many other countries in Europe it is law to have winter tyres fitted from November to spring. You'd be a complete idiot not too, regardless of law. Driving around at -20 on snow/ice is no problem.
The minimum legal winter tyre depth in CZ is 4mm. However there is no such law in the UK so 1.6mm is the only legal requirement. Either way, an almost illegal (in CZ) set of winter tyres are going to be better than a brand new set of Summers below 0 degrees. The compound starts to come into it's own below 7 degress, but quickly become too soft over 15 degrees.
Hence almost illegal winter tyres from Germany being imported to the UK, where TBH, knowledge of winter tyres is very limited. Many will be duped into buying the worn winter tyres because on the face of it, they look a good buy due to UK minimum tyre depth laws.
My in-laws keep the winters in the barn during summer and typically get 3 winters use before needing to replaced them.
This youtube video gives a good explanation, by Continental incidently.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=clSC7APitaQ
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No it was a Silver one, but i think ive seen the one you mentioned.I'll try and find a photo and put it in my album
Used to see the Red one most days when I worked in High Street Kensington a couple of years ago. Be interesting to see if it's the same one.
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Wonder what shows its won? I must try the 24v upgrade too.
Crufts, probably, good show for dogs.
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5 years ago I sold an original Renault 5 Turbo 2 mid-engined one of only 23 left in the country for £11,000 to a bloke from california
Wow that is a rare car. Wasn't Red with a TUR80 style No plate was it?? :wonder:
I concurr with the "keep the Octy" vote btw.
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Sounds like you need to get the throttle body recalibrated. This should really be done when cleaning the throttle body, if you have disconnected it to do the clean up.
Also try disconnecting the MAF, then car should run on defaults, the ESP light will stay on but it should run better.
Regarding the 17704 code , do you have a green coolant sensor? They was a factory recall back in the day IIRC.
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Ok, had this for a week or so now, so time for a mini review, ignoring the gamey bit.
Official Specs HERE
General look and feel:
Compares well to colleagues HTC Desire's and Galaxy S phones. A bit on the heavy side (170g), due to the gamepad. Speed is well upto par. Played Tron 2010 no problems with Mobo Player. Flash works without slowdown's. Very good quality 5MP camera, but no zoom of any sort. Works well in bad light too, with bright LED flash.
Build quality is very good, back feels a little plasticky if I must complain. Got 3x screen protectors off Ebay for 99p ...
Comes with Micro USB Charger, 8GB Class 6 MicroSD card and a set of headphones. No video/HDMI out.
Battery Life:
Getting 2 days. I do run Advanced Task Killer and turn off the Data connection when not using it. The phone is not possible to root with Gingerbreak so unless I do the official bootloader hack (which invalidates the warranty), then I can't run Adblock and use Titanium Backup to remove bloatware. Not the phones fault, apparently there are no exploits for 2.3.3 (yet?).
Reliability.
Not crashed once despite me hammering it. Decided on Skyfire as the best browser for speed and size. Dolphin HD runs great but not keen on the anonymous stats gathering. Using K9 for mail as before.
Games.
Ok , have to mention this. It's probably so cheap because it hasn't taken off as a gamepad phone but you get 11 free : Bruce Lee, EA NFS Shift and Hot Pursuit, Fifa 2010, Dead Space, Battle Commander 2, The Sims 3, Tetris, Star Battlalion, Crash Bandicoot PS1 and Gameloft Asphalt 6. Some you have to download, via Wifi.
Summary
£200 sim free, found it cheaper (actually got it for £190 as get cashback through work) but locked to network and sold out.
I would say you'd have a hard job to find a faster, better phone for less right now. CPW still selling it at £499 which it is certainly not worth in light of the competition.
The gamey bit is a bonus if you need to past some time when your stuck at trains stations etc.
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Hi the part no you have is correct. Mine ends B though.
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Thanks for the offer there, Modra. :yes: BTW, what is the OE part number of the motor?
Will have a look when home this eve.
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+1 for linkage spindles. Happened on mine recently. I replaced the motor anyway as had ordered a new one and got a good linkage from a breaker, as with limited tools I could not free the spindle. Have a spare motor should you need one...
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83 Astra 1300s
85 Cavalier 1800 SRI @ 19 yrs
88 Toyota Celica ST162
86 Opel Manta GTE Coupe
90 VW Passat GT
92 Citroen ZX Volcane
78 Rover SD1 V8 (78k miles!)
88 Audi 90 20v
94 Nissan Primera 2.0
95 Impreza Turbo UK Wagon
99 Rover 420 GSD
89 BMW 320 Convertible
06 Focus ST2
07 Octavia VRS PD
01 Octavia 4x4 and 01 Civic 1600 Exec
Favourite was the ST. Worst the Citroen.
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Where is it located?
Under the dash below the steering wheel cowl, there is a sound proofing / trim. Remove it carefully - it's tricky to replace. The switch sits on the brake pedal. They are known to go but usually take out the brake lights, which mine didn't. Mine rattled, ten quid for a new one.
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This might sound daft, but have you had your brake light switch checked, or is there a code for it...??
It is dual circuit (lights/ECU) and will kill the revs sporadically if playing up...
Skoda Dealer will check coilpacks FOC and replace if genuine faulty variety fitted. Had mine confirmed ok on recent oil change. I had already checked them as was having similiar problems to you which ... turned out to be a faulty brake light switch....
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Worn / warped discs? Would be felt more on a light brake application.
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I think the Play is pretty similar innards to the Arc/Ray but with the addition of the slide out PS keypad thingy...is that right?
I think so. Having had the thing running for a day now, I am really impressed with it. In terms of battery life, it was on since I got it yesterday morning on about 70% charge, I downloaded about 2gb over my home LAN wifi (all the free games, files on my media server etc) and played games for about an hour and by 11pm it started complaining the battery was at 15%.
Unfortunately no way to root it without doing a boot loader flash as it runs Android 2.3.3 but found on my previous 2.1 based phone that Advanced Task Killer, set to Autokill every hour, yielded a 30% improvement in battery life.
Great phone. I think the Ray is slightly more up spec and thinner but was another £80, sim free.
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Just taken delivery of a Xperia Play today. Android 2.3.3 and 1ghz CPU. £200 outright purchase sim free. Comes with 7 free Playstation games too... Perhaps a little on the bulky side in terms of thickness. Very quick compared to my old phone though. HD Video in next update...
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I'am looking for the carbon dash surround that goes around the rear windscreen heater ect. and the radio, i got one from a vrs but it doesn't fit due to my heater controls being knobs :p can anyone point me in the right direction
Think Milotec do one for A/C not climate control - try superskoda.com. Someone else on here recently seemed to have a good result with film too.
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Kwik fit sent me some £20 off vouchers for winter tyres and a reminder to get them refitted, as bought mine about this time last year. As have them on spare wheels, I went in to enquire about getting the nitrogen fill topped up and they confirmed 25% off. Paid £394 for 205/55/16 Conti TS830 last year and found them excellent on the 4x4.
Didn't have a good experience with Mytires delivery company, DPD, last year, hence the local Kwik Fit purchase.
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Remember someone following me home on a busy country lane one night with badly fitted aftermarket HID's. No possibility of overtaking to get away from the annoying glare which was giving me a headache, even with a dipped mirror. After 5 miles, I felt like stopping the guy and sticking his head into one of them, so he could see better, of course.
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Glance read this today. Agree, not particularly well researched although the BX 16Valve is a bit of a rare beast as I believe the engine wasn't designed to run on unleaded. My dad had the 8 valve BX Gti back when I was just learning ... I got the keys to the Citroen Visa 1100 RE only though ... :'(
Although not all hatches, the Cavalier Gsi / Peugoet 405 Mi16 / Sierra 4x4 and Audi Coupe 20v would have been a better match for this car, possibly in a different article...
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hello all
id like some HID's for my vas but never had any before so not sure what I'm looking for
Aren't aftermarket HID's becoming next illegal next year? Discussed before here LINKY
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At the risk of sounding a bit like a Wings employee (which I am not), had a 10k oil change service done there last week for less than the cost at a local independent and very happy with the service. Warranry coil packs checked (mine are R's so no issue). Dropped off and picked up from work on time in a Fabia Vrs (nice) and they gave mine a good clean up too. They do seem to change front desk staff every time I go in there, but the MasterTech I normally speak to (Paul) is always very helpful.
Sorry newbie with wiper problem
in Skoda Octavia Mk I (1996-2004)
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Sounds like your wiper linkage is about to cease up. There have been a few posts about how to fix recently. Welcome to another 4x4 owner BTW