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Given that the Scirocco uses a Golf platform and the Fabia is a Polo there's very little chance they'll be a straight swap.

Seems early for clutch wear, however a mechanical failure seems most likely, in any event the gearbox will have to come out and be repaired and probably at least one of the clutch packs will need replacing as well.

It absolutely does not have to be done at the dealer but you will need an independent specialist, Mr Clutch will not do under any circumstances. You don't mention vehicle mileage which is much more useful than age when determining if parts are worn out.

I don't carry any spares other than the wheel and some bulbs, I haven't had a car break down since my Cavalier FWD stripped its cambelt back in the 90's and coasted to a halt ten miles from home, missus picked me up and dropped me back the next day with a new belt which I changed by the roadside and drove it home. I maintain my stuff properly and I only buy things I know will be reliable.

I'm simply pointing how ridiculous and irrelevant what you're saying is, you really can't stop yourself and it's not the first time either. This is not a general discussion forum about vintage cars, PSV's or HGV's, my advice is confined to Fabias only. They're not words to live by, they're words to fix your Fabia by!

Except you're forgetting this thread is about the spare tyre found in the boot of a 2008 Fabia 1.2, apparently the date code on that tyre was from 2007! 😱 It's completely ridiculous, my brand new spare is from 2001, it's correctly inflated too, guess what I'm gonna do if I get a flat, I'm gonna fit it and carry on driving!

Everything else is hair-splitting, UV is SO dominant, let's NOT consider quantum tunneling in a dielectric medium, changing entropy states and probabilistic statistical techniques on an unrealistic timeline. Let's stop talking rubbish and concentrate on stuff that actually happens, not stuff that might happen. As any good salesman will tell you, you just have to create doubt in the mind of the mark to sell them something they MIGHT need, and that my friends is bullsh!t.

UV is the dominant factor in tyre aging, if the outer tyre wall is visually ok then the inner definitely will be because it's in the dark its entire life, the spare even more so.

A wobble like that suggest TRE or console bush.

Sounds like utter nonsense to me, controls boost better only in the febrile mind of a non-technical teenaged spotty person. The simplification of the vacuum circuit is all well and good as long as it's plugged up and blanked off properly and not leaking air anywhere. You need to check it's been done properly.

Just a simple heads up, tyre age is used as a SALES tool by fast fit centres so you can safely ignore that nonsense. The MOT insists that the tyres are each visually inspected during the test for roadworthiness, if the tyres pass the MOT then they are roadworthy. Age does not make a tyre unsafe unless it has visibly deteriorated. This safety police rubbish is becoming VERY tiresome (😄) indeed, it does NOT constitute best advice, it's just saying something for the sake of speaking, it's pompous and pointless and it just muddies the thread. This tyre age crap is a recent phenomenon since mindless tyre fitters became aware of the EU date code moulded into the side.

Wow, who knew a political slogan could be so expensive!

We really have taken back control, worth every penny, no matter what the cost!

Replace the master cylinder.

I just bet the mechanic used the wrong type of bearing press and damaged it during fitting.

Here we go again, did someone call the HGV/PSV safety police into this small hatchback thread? 🐽

I think that'll be just fine, the boxes themselves are very strong so overhang not an issue.

EVERY modern car has a rev limiter as part of the engine management system, they have done since the 1980's with the advent of mapped electronic ignition and injection systems, the spark is cut in the case of petrol engines and fuel is cut in diesels. You may not have found yours yet because it's so far past peak power. Edit: Peak power is at 5300 rpm after which it falls off a cliff because the turbo loses boost, rev limiter is probably at about 6500 rpm on a small 4 cylinder engine like that.

It already has a rev limiter, all modern cars do.

Not you, a courier, try Parcelforce 48, good value for money.

I don't always want to be the one to state the bleedin' obvious but why don't you just pay a courier to pick it up and deliver it back to you?

If it's the same bloody size as the rest of the tyres on the car what is the point of this thread? Seriously.

No, you're right, it isn't technically an emulsion, it just looks like one. Luckily this is still a self-help group for fixing cars and best advice is still to get that nine year old brake fluid changed and find out why the level was so low.

Old brake fluid will have absorbed lots of water, brake fluid and water emulsion is more compressible than fresh brake fluid and reduces efficiency. Now do be careful where you stick that placebo.

Who cares how old the tyre is, it's been sitting in the boot in the pitch black its entire life, it'll be like new.