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My daughter has a 20 plate fabia and there is also a 21 plate polo in the family so I have direct comparison, drive wise there is no difference, the polo cabin and entertainment system is nicer the question would be is it worth the additional cost.

It does seem high for the work required, Finding a workshop you can trust implicitly is so important I have used the same one for years I'm not sure what I would do if the owner decided to retire.

Hi this may seem a silly question but did you have the rear windows down but the front windows up or only open a small amount? if we do this then you do get a real air pressure sensation and noise in the car, it could be something as simple as this. this sensation does increase with speed so fits the above 35 mph you said.

You can probably adjust that in the settings I changed ours so all doors unlock on one click of the remote so I'm sure you can adjust yours if settings aren't as you like.. I can back from stansted yesterday after a break in Portugal I drove below speed limit due to the bad weather and car reported 55 mpg on the trip (80 odd miles) not bad for a 150hp 1.5 petrol.

I swapped from a 2009 diesel 1.9 pd mk2 to a petrol mk3 2020 last August it is very much a nicer car and fuel economy is nearly as good as the diesel especially on a longer run. One difference I have noticed is the fuel tank is smaller than in the mk2 so it seems to need fuel more often but you are not putting as much in with each fill. Not had to spend any money on anything re parts in 6 months so can't help re prices.

Possibly in the 20th century but not in recent times especially since covid not finding many three year old cars in the 3k bracket. I paid circa 14k for a 2020 plate 1.5 petrol with 40k miles on it last year so 4 years old, new list price was 26 27k

Not done it recently but I had a Seat dealer that was much closer to home than skoda dealer were more than happy to service and indeed change the cam belt on my diesel mk 2 octavia. They were happy to honour the seat fixed price which was a tenner cheaper than skoda at the time as I remember. They were a family owned dealership at the time.

Hi thanks for the files much apricated, I just need to get a working sd card reader and I will be able to update the car. Regards Roger.

Hi, we got a fabia colour edition for our daughter could somebody send me the update to stop the audio crackle please image of current radio software below. gmail is [email protected] Much appreciated in advance Regards Roger.

This is what I have done to my daughters 9n polo ( as well as a line of mastic along the joint between the two halves of the light) vw polos of a certain age seem to suffer with condensation in the rear lights.

Hi, exposing rubber based belts to used engine oil wont do them any good, if it were mine I probably would change it if a mechanic I trusted had said it was sensible to do so. but the final decision is yours.

Hi, its a manual, I hope the op gets his issues sorted out tbh. There seems to be less threads etc about the 1.5 so I wonder if the issue has been fixed on the majority of cars.

Hi, I have just got (Friday) a 1.5 act petrol 4 years old 40 k miles only been out a couple of times both the wife and I driving and i haven't noticed any kangerooing very smooth car to drive. it also feels like it can put a shift on compared to the old 19 pd it replaced on a few days experience I am very pleased with it. The stop start also seems to work exactly as it should no idea on fuel economy yet.

A final reply to my own thread the mk 2 went to wbac today with 145k on it still going strong but turbo vane overboost limp mode was getting more frequent there were also a couple of other thing needing doing from the last mot. What finally prompted the sale was having to pay £12.50 to visit my son who lives in London. In its place is a 2020 mk 3 petrol in lovely race blue. Good luck all Regards Roger.

Our seat belt warning used to come on intermittently and I can confirm it can be turned off vcds I got our trusted independent to do it years ago I have never forgotten to wear the seat belt either.

If you have a multimeter and know how to use it start the car and see what voltage you have at the battery you should be able to work out if the alternator is charging or not.

You may have found it easier and less hassle to have someone turn the seatbelt warning off via the software its what I did when ours did this.

Have you checked the 3rd brake light ? if enough leds fail it will throw the bulb out warning. As above a bulb about to blow can be enough to trigger the warning.

What about just running it and topping up the coolant as necessary ? if it has worked for 40k so far for you why not just carry on doing what you are doing.

My car was bought new in june 09 and nearly all the leds had gone, enough to put the bulb warning light on. I replaced the lamp about a year ago.

I did mine and it is straightforward to do, I bought a set of trim removal tools on ebay and some spare trim clips as I had read it is difficult to do without breaking some of them this did turn out to be the case.

The thing to also consider is what percent of cambelt failures were actually a failure of the tensioner.

I have found vinegar can clean up an old set of wiper blades enough to extend their life

As above I have changed a number of bulbs never had to have any realignment all ways passed mot no issues.

The timing belt itself is only part of the issue, many "cambelt" failures are actually tensioner failures. My car is now 12 years old if I still have it in a few years I may well take the calculated risk not to get the belt done again as the car will have little value if the belt did break. I also believe that the pd engines are harder on belts due to their design.