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I can't make my mind up about the roof, maybe it's because the spoiler is still yellow. It certainly sets the car apart though, and I bet you're pleased with it:orb_cool: I'm loving the vent and gear stick gaiter surround though. If they were available in a chrome finish then they would definitely be popular, as I've always thought it's a bit risky to paint the interior as it can be prone to knocks and chips would really show on the inside. It'd certainly think about getting them.

I like those badges:cool: They look especially good on the black, but not sure what they would like like on another colour

LOL - that picture has been taken from the Rear parking sensor fitting guide here, and the cable ties are there to hold the sensor wires snuggly to the inside of the rear bumper. There are good pictures of the rear bumper removal to give you a better idea

By sliding do you mean oversteer (rear end sliding and causing the car to step out at the back) or understeer (front end sliding and not turning in)? There is a school of thought that says you should always put the best tread on the rear, to make the car tend to understeer before it oversteers as this is considered easier to deal with by most drivers and is more gentle and predictable. Did you alter the tyre pressures when you swapped the front and rears? The problem is you've changed a few things all at once so pin pointing the problem may be a a process of elimination. The easiest (and no cost) first option is to swap the tyres back and see.

I know how you feel, I'm just going to have to grow to like my stupid dancing men interior:eek:

Hi golfboy you need to use the search, it's very good. Plus some people on here will ritually sacrifice a kitten if a question is asked without doing s simple search first I found these useful threads on the first 2 pages of results here, here, here and here Should be plenty to go on there:cool:

Hmmm. Me too, my squeak has returned, and after a whole journey without it, it is really annoying. It might be that the cork has dropped out (as it did seem to cure it) or, like Kablam, I am really stupid or I have a 'special' squeak. Piccies would be good, anyone?

Well done, I bid last minute as well, but not enough LOL. Sorry my bid meant you paying more. happy fitting:thumbup:

Fab job there:thumbup: I was thinking about doing this so did a search and up this popped. I'm going to fit some puddle lights in the bottom of the front doors of my 1.4 16v elegance, running them off the red door warning lights, by getting some more red warning lights and swapping the lenses out with the estate compartment lenses (an exact match, just different colour plastic) and now i know what i can do with the spare red lenses. Ooh red feet:cool:

Fantastic guide this My dash squeak has gone thanks to the clever positioning of a shaped to fit cork in just the place suggested. I'd never have known where to start without this guide:thumbup:

Don't buy the halfords own brand. I had a set and they bent even though they were not overloaded!

That'll be when the thermostat opened, and all that cold water from the radiator flooded in, it's pretty chilly on a morning now;)

And it does wonders for the handling when loaded, what with all that weight behind the rearwheels, and no increase in wheelbase:doh: Mine handles like a jelly on supermarket trolley wheels when the boot is loaded, but I have come to it from an Audi A3 2.0FSi sport, so I might be being a tad harsh

They haven't had a bean out of me bar the purchase price, they are doing it all free of charge, or I'm going legal. A big advantage to being a lawyer, is they believe you when you say "you have 14 days to rectify the fault, or I'm commencing court proceedings forthwith";)

Took my 2001 Fabia 1.4 16v elegance Combi to them for 40k service and cambelt and water pump change, as they undercut the local VW independents on price (must have been a slow time and they need the business, the VW independent proclaimed). They did a few extras on the car at the same time, all thrown into the price, and i can't fault their service. The parts dept was also very helpful (once i got the part numbers from here:thumbup:) and even waited around for me when i got stuck in the rush hour trying to get to them before they pushed off. All round pretty good, and if they are still pricing keenly I will get them to change the discs and pads when they are due.

Phew that kitten nearly lost one of it's nine:rofl: Don't worry mate, my typing is worse than yours, and you should see my handwritting:eek:

And cruise control is best on diesel's because of all that torque I had it in my 56 Octavia 2.0TDi elegance estate doing 10,000+ motorway miles in a year and loved it. I really miss it now, and it's already on the wish list (shhhh, don't tell SWMBO) Mind you, I also miss the wine bottle holders in the door pockets, the self dimming rear view mirror, the fantastic factory fitted stereo and Cd changer ................... But on the other hand, heated seats are pretty unmissable once you have had them as well, especially now the early mornings are getting colder (once you get over the initial "OMFG I've wet myself reaction" )

You know you want to:thumbup: You can pretend you're in a black R32 or S3 then:rofl: There's a good fitting guide in the Octavia 1 forum to follow (I can't do a search at the mo as I am at work at the mo and the bandwidth is toooo slow), and the instructions with them are suprisingly easy to follow. My tips are: Don't do it in high winds (you end up with them sicking to themselves, and a crease when you can eventually get them apart:mad:). Make some tracing paper blanks of the trims and try these for fit first so you can see where you need to start and what edges should run where. (I didn't, and of course the second time around on the other side of the car fitting was much easier) Make sure the door is absolutely clean (including the back side of the pillar where the vinyls wrap round), after you have removed the rubber trims as there is an amazing amount of grot hidden under them. Try and use something such as masking tape to hold the wrapped around edges onto the backside of the pillar, because they try and unstick themselves if you don't.

Hi all My 2001 1.4 16v Fabia Elegance Combi (estate) pulls/steers to the left and I wonder if anybody has any suggestions. The tracking has been done, and all four wheels have been balanced (in the three weeks that i have owned it, and it has done it for all that time) When I drive the steering wheel moves just off centre to the left and then holds that position. I have tested it on a non cambered surface with the clutch in and it still does exactly the same, so it can't be camber or torque effect. I can't say how long it has done it before that, but I do know that the car failed it's first MOT before they sold it to me with two broken rear springs, so they replaced them. They never coughed to this, but the VOSA website is great for finding stuff out. It is going back to the dealers who sold it to me (again) to fix, along with the (still) not functioning air-con (all FOC i add - one of the advantages of "dropping" into conversation with them the fact that I am lawyer). They are citroen dealers and I'm not convinced they know their stuff, so any suggestions would be great.

Nice to see the boys in blue are well behaved where you are as well

Have you not heard of the famous volcanic beauty of the Dearne Valley? Of course, it could have been the glow of the furnace from Corus' steelworks:rofl:

Just under three years ago I spent many miles (10,000+) alternating between an Octavia 2.0TDi elegance estate and an Audi A3 2.0 FSi sport over a six month period. They both had the same six speed box, and my observations were that the TDi was much more suited to motorway cruising at sensible speeds, with good mid range pull for lane changing/overtaking and was surprisingly nippy around town, However the FSi was fantastic for pure pedal to the metal power, but the price in fuel economy was really high compared to the TDi when driven in a similar manner. The diesel was definitely noiser in a less pleasing way, but at motorway speeds this wasn't an issue. After about six months I ended up with the Audi 2.0 FSi all the time, and it was only then that I noticed that I kept getting pulled away from on the motorway by Audi A3 2.0TDi's. Obviously these were two quite different cars, but the engines are essentially the same as in the octavia range now, but if i had to make the choice now after this experience I would definitley go for the 2.0 TDi engine, as despite the rattle on start up and the slight increase in noise, in reality it is marginally more powerful than the FSi (according to some stats I've seen) and the clincher is the mid range torque which means the pick up in virtually any gear makes it so much more responsive in all traffic situations. There is also the economy bonus as well. I'm a great believer in chosing a car by the powertrain up, and then seeing what other items come into play, because no matter how a car looks or what toys are in it, you still have to drive it at the end of the day. That being said I am currently driving a 1.4 16v Fabia at the moment due to having no no claims bonus because of a decade of company insurance LOL That's my tuppence worth anyhow

:stupid: what's that got to do with big pigeons?

Thanks for that, I'm hoping that is the case, as we can negotiate a reduction in the price already paid (ie I get a refund of at least half the charge for a dealers to remove the entire dash and fit the sensor) and then I get a sensor for c. £30.00 and then follow the excellent guide on here and hope that cures the air con. That's one plan at least.

I freed the seal from the top of the door first (by simply pulling down on it) and then worked down the B pillar side of the door so i had something to get hold of to pull it from the door. I didn't fully pull out the inner seal (the one with the fake felt appearance) from the door where the window goes in as i found the rubber seal could be freed without doing so (using the same method of working from the top down). If it is really stiff you could try using a bit of neat washing up liquid as a lubricant between the seal and the door frame to help it free up, and I certainly needed to use this to get the rubber seal back into position in the door (with a handy pair of hands belonging to my son pulling the window hard back into the other seal). It also helps to move the window up and down as you free and replace the seals, as this can get things moving if road muck and time have set the seals in place.