nickguzzi

I have not done a Skoda, but I have done quite a few other transverse cars. Some are relatively easy, others a real pain. You can't see anything without major dismantling. Some, you even have difficulty getting the belt onto the pulley because irremovable things are in the way. I'm not going to be doing mine, I can get a price similar to Rustynuts, using genuine parts. Unless you have a reasonable level of skills, experience and tools, and no physical fitness issues because you are bent over double for a long time (my problem), I would think very carefully before taking what is a potentially expensive step.

Yes^^^^ The specs for rear suspension settings were changed because of this. If you go to a decent place the alignment rig will be online and use the later settings. Once the tyres have sawtoothing, you usually need to swop wheels end to end. It tends to stay if you leave the wheel as they are.

I presume you walked away from that. Although it may be worth looking into further. An ex BR site in central Leicester was contaminated with heavy metals, and "n" number of lorry loads of special clay was put on the site before construction started. Not a membrane as I would have describe it. But not the sort of thing you'd have to worry about sticking a garden fork through, unlike my mates radon shield. It could be that the over burden is naturally high in arsenic. Pellegrino fizzy water has or had about 4x the rda of uranium. No wonder it brightens you up. Good luck.

My house is built below sea level. As are many in Fenland. When we moved in the insurance co sent a letter asking about flood risk. We got a covering letter from the Middle Level Commissioners to the effect they had it all under control and "our" bit had not been inundated since the 17th century. MLC is in charge of all flood control via the maintenance of canals, dykes and sluices. We have to pay a levy per acre annually. Ours is £10.

Yup, but its fashionable in certain quarters to rubbish anything LandRover ish, as per the recent anti Evoque thread and the me too ers. I doubt any of them have ever sat in one, let alone driven one off road. They are good, bloody good, but the were "designed" by some footballers missus and shaped so people with the right amount of cash would buy them. I might not buy one (no cash), but I would hang onto one if it was given.

Its a life style choice. The inference from the picture is you can go where you like, especially where other people can't. I'd rather that - I might actually use the facility - than the folk you see with a big merc and a dual axle caravan, who spent at least 2x the cost of a disco. Just as well we're not all the same.

Only driven a 70's one - in the seventies. It was so definitely NOT, repeat NOT a sports car, or even sporty as any European would understand. More like a 4 wheeled Harley, without the refinement. The window not winding all the way down on the new one is going to be a mega problem. Can you properly cruise n pose without dangling your arm? They may have improved the interior which was so plasticky, the old one made a Datsan 120Y feel plush. I presume they have the Modular V8, not too difficult to get 500hp, so at least you'd get your money's worth tax wise. I'd get which ever depreciates least and flog it and get a proper road legal Manx Norton - http://www.stevetonkinclassics.com/ About the same £££££££££. For the least tarted up version.

And very nice it looks too. Pallets are the trickle down wonder of the industrialised world/global economy. Useful raw materials delivered to your door for free, as a by product. Collected from any industrial estate for the asking. Unfortunately, semi rural Norfolk is a fairly low income place so there is competition for them, and the ones available are often stuck in the middle of a very muddy field. I used to live in south Leicestershire. There are LOTS of horsey folk. Round the corner was a livery stable, the girls would do the poo pick every day. Each week would yield an Octavia sized pile. Help yourself - Pleeeze! We thought our bit of Norfolk would be rather different. When we came for a look round we didn't see a single nag. Only huge prairies of cabbages and sugar beet, or orchards, mainly derelict. It turns out there are quite a few horses. They mainly produce stable muck ie with lots of straw mixed in, which is even better for me. It works as a "brown" to mix with the copious amount of grass clippings + its own included nitrogen starter. Its all just bagged up at the side of the road. There is a slightly bigger operation which has a big pile - free to take away, but it needs a trailer. I NEED a trailer. My compost bins are made of old wriggly tin. All about 3' high. 8'x8' for the first, 8'x6' for the intermediate, and 4'x8 for the finished stuff. Bin 1 gets pretty hot. Turning takes a bit of effort and time, and it usually needs a fair bit of water, which I try to provide, if you know what I mean. We produce prodigious amounts of clippings, in high summer they are a real pain. but mixing with stable straw rots them down very quickly. As soon as wew have that dark brown crubly texture it goes into the next bin for the worms. Compared to Lubenham, we don't have many slugs. They actually were pretty useful on the compost there. They could slime their way around, turning kitchen peelings into mollusc manure. This was a bit of a break through, as they seemed to stay there, laying their eggs in the heap and staying away from my salad.

Almost rural Norfolk, 4 bed detached, detached garaged 1/2 acre. In the £300 region, but there were a few burglaries a few years ago. The "up to £1,000,000" is to cover rebuilding. Which will include site clearance, restoration of services, damage to adjacent properties and all that sort of stuff, not just the cost of building a house. I suppose you could cause a gas explosion and blow up half the street. Plus it makes it sound like your getting a good deal. Unfortunately, they won't write you out a cheque for that amount, its "just in case".

Well they are too stupid for their shirt aren't they? The neighbour has got down to 4 brown ones like in your pic. They are decent layers, all last week when I was looking after them there was four every morning. She also has some fancy black and white ones, useless critters, I don't think they have laid an egg yet. Last time I was looking after them, one of the really stupid ones escaped, refused to go back in, just ran about (like a headless chicken) if I tried to catch it. One morning - I was amazed the fox didn't get it - it was limping and ended up visiting the big black pot. Despite they hens producing up to six a day in high season, I still think they are out of pocket. As a purely fiscal arrangement, it nonsense, but she likes having them. Anyway, Good luck.

Ok then Colin, why don't you lock don't the thread? It got off on the wrong foot and the idea was poorly presented. If you want to make changes well fine, its your forum and your dime. If you want members opinions, just ask. Don't do this sideways stuff. Some on here write as if the rest of us are too stupid to work out it costs to run this site. It also cost me and the others who contribute 100's of replies to technical questions. I spent years acquiring such knowledge as I have, or researching again on the internet because someone can't be bothered to do it themselves, as well as the time taken to understand the not always clear questions and type in an reply. I do this voluntarily, for nothing. I don't want anything for it - knowledge is the only thing you can give away and still have.

Well, chooks leave me divided. Love the fresh eggs, especially poached on toast made from fresh home made bread. Not so keen on the ****-a-doodle doing at 3am in the summer. The Hen house looks good as does the fence. Do you have predators? Our growing season is just about to start. Have the spuds chitting (red Duke of Yprk again, really excellent flavour last year, Lady Crystal a nice very early and Anya to try because they look like Pink Fir which didn't do so well last year) and the winter sowings of garlic, onions, broad beans and peas are all sprouting well. A muntjak deer took the neighbours broad beans on Sunday, we at least have a dyke to protect us from them. We have a nice day promised today, so I'm out finishing off the raised beds and preparing the seed bed. The pot grown Bramley which we bought tail end of last year will hopefully go in soon too, if we can finally agree on exactly where.

Totally agree with Ken. There are the same small group of names which will likely chip in with an answer. Several of them are, like me, non joiners. As so many mention how valuable the advice on here is, how much value do people like me or Ken add? I have zero interests in stickers or meets.

Glad your better.

All these brand names, quite a few owned by a larger conglomerate, produce a large range of pads. You really need to check out exactly what you are being offered.

At least we have done away with the Dart tag. Have to make space somehow!

Add to that Swiss and Austrian Vignette. There are also variousnational and city "Green" low pollution/congestion charge type stickers, I have a German Umweltplakette. There are no doubt others. All of these are intended to be permanently glued to the screen.

Never seen it, but sounds a bit like that Aardman animations series. Conversation Pieces on Ch4. Liked that.

Not at all, it makes it cheaper. But there is a world of difference between a plastic bearing and a plastic bearing cage. A roller or ball bearing* has to have the cage work as part of the bearing, keeping the rolling elements apart and stopping them from skiddiing, scuffing or, particularly in the case of roller types from skewing. If the cage get worn or damaged, then failure is not far away. I'm not a fan, and they are banned on my bike because it has turned out some gear oils can have incompatibility problems. They "should" be adequately durable. Provided they are specced and fitted correctly. This is how totally erroneous internet stories get spread, a quick skim down a thread, notice some "fact", which then gets repeated as gospel, and we're off. Just re-read the thread, the initial error was a plastic gear. How far will that run? * There used to be crowded rolling element bearings - no cage at all. Vincent big ends or old Jag (Moss gearboxes) layshafts spring to mind as particularly horrid examples I worked on.

Range Rovers started to move away from their initial design brief before the P38 even. The emphasis moved to higher speeds and luxury from then on, albeit with excellent off road capability with the correct tyres. They will do remarkably well off road with std tyres if you allow the electronics to do the tricky bits. If you live in the country side, you get to see plenty of LR product, from the battered and creaky series, through the also battered Defenders, with a dog in the back. To the made up Twisted Defenders the holiday homers like to have and as many Freelanders and Rangies as you like. Driving down the A149 the other day there was a line of about 10 cars, 7 of them the Rover name in either Range or Land form. No, not a rally.

Any recent work done? A quick fumble behind the dash? Any other coding changes? If you only noticed because it was brought to your attention by the nice MOT man, it could have been like it for a while. Sorry Bryan, can't put my finger on an obvious or logical reason which has not already been put forward. Hope you get it sorted.

Without people contributing posts and threads, there is no forum. Some of us non Freedom member have made our contribution in kind, offering help to those that ask... and keeping the post count up. This sort of discussion does not sit well, and a forum as clique is not for me.

Many people have had this, it usually turns out to be the rear tyres. They wear to a sawtooth pattern and this causes the noise. Swopping them front to rear confirms the diagnosis. There are a set of revised suspension settings which should reduce the possibility of re-occurance, or at least delay it. Not all places offering the service are the same, even with the same equipment. The guy with the spanners needs experience and expertise and something like a Hunter jig. As mentioned, some tyres are more prone.

It's entirely possible a bottle of Mr Muscle could fix your turbo - if that is the problem. http://www.audi-spor...urbo-vanes.html copied from Lofty's post. The whining sound, very like a wheel bearing, is more likely to be "sawtoothing" on the inner edge of the rear tyres. The original alignment spec has been revised and should minimise its re-occuring. You can swop tyres end to end to see if the noise goes away. Saw toothed tyres continue to make noise with the new settings, if it were mine I'd leave them on the front. A decent specialist alignment place may charge in the £50-80 mark. Somewhere with a Hunter type machine and someone who knows how to use it. Is your investment worth another £100 or so?

A Shark stage1 remap will give you at least 140hp, and it will feel like more. You will be able to put your foot down and overtake traffic that is actually moving. It transforms the car. On a PD the cost is £250 or so. They are in Mansfield so in your neck of the woods. No mechanical work, no second hand stuff from unknown sources, just a satisfyingly robust product that delivers. http://www.sharkperformance.co.uk/selected_map?Skoda-Octavia-II-2004-2008-1.9-TDI-PD-105bhp-Stage1