Slamby

Just turned 37 *sob* At least insurance is cheap...... :S

Nice looking car. He did miss the exhaust though.

This is why you should always have your best tyres on the rear, regardless of whether you have a RARB or not. Understeer's a lots easier to deal with than oversteer. New tyres on front for a front wheel drive car is a complete fallacy*. *nearly typed phallusy then, which would have made me look like a right d*ck.

Quite. PD is a clattery old beast around town. Smaller petrol would be my suggestion too, but if you wanted a runaround, the TDi over the vRS would be what I'd go for I think. I just feel the vRS would be wasted a bit pottering around town in stop-start traffic.

205/40 is closer to the rolling radius of the original 16" wheels. 215/40 is going to give 2.2% extra rolling radius, and marginally bigger sidewalls, so a bit more long-legged, and i guess a bit more comfort. Not sure you'd be able to tell the difference though.

Good work! Looks really good.

They're also open to a bit of haggling apparently, so suck air through your teeth and um and ah a bit when you're next on the phone to them.

Just as an aside, you're asking for trouble sooner or later if you rag it from cold frequently. Better to keep the revs lowish until everything's up to temp. Hope you find out what your problem is, and get it sorted.

Console bushes? Droplinks? Could be all sorts of stuff. Mine clunked going over speed bumps, and the console bushes were worn. Does the front of the car feel a bit vague/squidgy? Didn't quite feel right with mine until the bushes were done, and then it tightened up nicely.

Twisting the nozzle usually works for me too. Not had this problem at all with the Fabia though.

There's more wind resistance to overcome at 70 than 50. I would expect better mpg at 50 in 5th than 70 in 6th.

+3 for Bosch Aerotwin. Wiperblades' service has always been top notch too. Haven't been on that long, but fitting was easy, and they look and sound good, with a good sweeping action. Whether they last or not, time will tell.

Nope, it's not practical or sensible; the arse end will overtake the front, and that's bad news. Fit four or just keep the summer tyres on (I'm an advocate of winter tyres though). You don't want vastly different levels of grip front to rear.

UK speedos are usually anywhere between 5-10% overestimating, so it's not really an issue on that front. Speedo will be more accurate if anything. As long as the speedo doesn't say he's going slower than he really is, it's not an issue. Is borderline and risky though. Sat Nav's the way to check of course! Whether he'll have rubbing etc is another matter......

+2 - Pathetic effort really.

Must admit I've not had the Traction intervene on me yet, but then I guess everyone will think I drive like Mr Magoo!

I have exactly this same problem. Fitted my nice new Bosch Aero wipers, tested the wash jets, and realised they're not pointing at the screen. No problem, I thought, and went to get a trusty pin. On close inspection though, nothing is adjustable. New ones from the stealers are about £1.50 each, apparently, so I will get them when I go to pick up a rear wiper, which is dealer only by the looks of things.

Not a lot I don't think. It's only a vacuum host to activate the EGR under various circumstances. I'm fairly sure it'll come on sooner or later. Either that or the bulb thingy's blown, or someone's already disabled the warning light. Dunno.

See my below reply to mikejay as to why people do it.

I've done it to stop my Bacon Lettuce & Tomato stutter, and it's totally cured what was quite an annoyance for me. I also don't like the idea of hot sooty exhaust gases going back into my engine, and mixing with the hot oily air from the CCV in the meantime. Gains in performance are probably not measurable, but that's not really the point of doing the mod for most people.

It will. Can take a few miles before it comes on, but it will, if you've plugged it properly.

Dunno is the short answer. I'm living with the light on mine at the moment, and after a while you don't notice it very much. I don't think it can be permanently turned off by VAGCOM (but I'm not 100% on this), so it would need to be mapped out by someone who usually does remaps for more power etc. Best bet is to talk to Shark/P-Torque/whoever does remapping that's near you. No idea what it's cost just to get rid of the light. Let me know if you find out, as I'd be interested to hear.

5.5mm or 6mm ball bearing. You can then re-attach the hose, and no-one will know it's been done*, and you don't have a hose dangling in your engine bay with a golf tee etc in it. *Apart from the engine warning light that comes on. Which can be mapped out if you want.

You may well be right, I'm no expert on insurance. All I know is the gits will use any excuse not to pay out.

Welcome to the club, and glad you've got a car you enjoy. One reason to be bothered about whether it's been mapped or not is insurance. Scenario: You have a ding, insurance check the car over, find it's been mapped, which invalidates your insurance as you didn't declare it. They don't pay out; you're screwed. "I didn't know" isn't going to be a defence that would work, I don't think. Check out the part of this site re diagnostics, to see if someone nearby has VW diagnostics, and as already been mentioned, monitor the boost pressure. Best to find out one way or another, as you need to inform your insurance, and maybe alter your driving style to take into account the map.