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1 I am not saying all degreed people are idiots , i apologise to you if i gave that impression . My own personal experiences and dealings with most of the ones i have met, have left me more than unimpressed. 2 The decision to merge was taken at group level so our management had no say in the matter. 3 Your very correct in saying higher education does not solve all problems,but, the right type of education will 4 The Sainsburys scenario is here and now , so many youngsters have degrees they have been devalued and the only work thier degree gets them is shelf stacking

Sorry i have to disagree with you on this one . I worked for a very successful company staffed and managed by people promoted from within , only the MD and QC managers were degreed people, the rest of us just contributed experience, enthusiasm and energy , when we started in 1982 the workforce numbered around 80 , in 3 years we had grown to 500, in 6 years it was over 1000 , we dominated our markets with an 80% market share we were the biggest in our field , then in line with other medical companies we merged with a Canadian company , they in turn brought in thier own rules such as "only degreed staff could hold positions of authority" , the thinking behind this was these type of people had proved they could learn , people with experience and demonstrated ability no longer counted. Over the next 3 years all the managers were replaced by degreed people who didnt have the faintest idea , to cover thier cockups they started a blame culture and sacked the people who actually new what they were doing ,and then brought in yet more "quality" degreed people , To cover the ensuing drop in profits cost cutting measures were started , these looked good on paper and at meetings, but, actually only decreased efficiency , so they started down the route of volountary redundancy . All the experienced staff then bolted out of the door with big payouts , i was one of them , when i left in 2000 we were no longer the market leaders , we had a 20% market share and our competitors dominated, the company was sold off to asset strippers in 2007 . The company in question was not a little one , the turnover was measured in £ Billions and was part of a group that employed 200,000 worldwide Anyone who can read and write can get 90% of the degrees available out there, only the Maths ,sciences , law and technical degrees are real ,they are held by genuinely clever , intelligent and valuble people , the rest of them can be found stacking shelves and manning the checkouts in my local Sainsburys . As an employer i would want people who KNOW what they are doing , not someone who maybe able to work it out eventually .

I have a 06 hatch and i bought my dog guard from Halfords , it just clamps under the headrests and extends sideways , no rattles plus its not big and bulky and takes no room from the boot at all. It succesfully keeps a very active Springer Spaniel firmly in its place.

Dont worry the MAfia will sort it - Ya do wanna give us a loan DONTCHA

This really is the problem , Unis charge far too much for a very poor quality service , my son did a 4 year teaching degree at Chester uni but the actual amount of tuition time was 3-4 hours a week , the course could easily have been condensed to 2 years and therefore half the cost + the info taught was useless in the real world , he learned more on teaching practice from qualified teachers .

I laughed at this as it could be me talking , i have exactly the same problem , but the infuriating thing for me is that i have a very occasional Bong from my Octy which changes the display , by the time i have got my glasses on its changed back again so i never know what it was telling me .

He should not have been charged anything , tell him to read the vosa thread . SUK refunded the cost of an earlier injector replacement and changed them all FOC

Nah it was coloured paint

Unless you like cleaning wheels DONT do it , white wheels are a pain to keep white due to brake dust

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Googled the problem and main theme on high mileage cars appears to be MAF / EGR related

I agree this sounds more electrical than mechanical

God help whoever buys that . I once owned an all white Manta GTE with the white wheels , it looked brilliant when clean but keeping it that way was MEGA hard work , dead bugs and brake dust were the bane of my life , i cleaned and polished that car more than all my others put together , never again will i look at a white car in the same way .

Was the lumpy idle in evidence before any of this work ?

Bl**dy bikers will drive over anything

Sounds like cam timing not set correctly , take it back to the garage that did the work for you tell them your not happy

Colour is a personal thing , i think a sporting saloon needs a bold colour, white/black/grey just blend in with all the other cars and vans , red/race blue / yellow /new green stand out and show off the Octys shape / lines and stance better , green may be a bit OTT for this size car i would need to see one in the flesh . As someone else said Vrs's are not that common so Race Blue as popular as it is , is still a rare sight , i think i have seen a total of about 10 blue ones in the last 12 months in Chester and North Wales. I would love a yellow one but SWMBO would kill me .

Its going to be a looong week

This sounds very similar to what happened on mine , problem turned out to be failing injector AND exhaust sensor

Its a digital tuning box , i used one by a different manufacturer on a Seat toledo tdi and did 60k with no problems , BUT , the Seat did not have a DPF , if it had i suspect i would have had problems because with the power came black smoke(soot) , the unit had an adjuster to cut this down but it always smoked more than std . Personally i would get a remap on your CR , long term it would work out cheaper than a new DPF .

A dog guard and boot liner This greatly improved the handling by stoppping a rather stupid Springer Spaniel from trying to share the drivers seat with me

Dont worry , mine was bought private and the injectors have just been replaced FOC , just contact Dan at SUK

Nah , i bought mine at 4 years old and 19000 , has now done 35k with no dpf issues and lots of very short journeys , low mileage and age dont always mean problems , its how its been driven and looked after .

Just had the injectors and loom replaced FOC on both my sons leon fr and my octy vrs at their respective agents ,they are even going to pay me for the injector i have already had replaced , both cars running well with no DPF issues at the moment . I originally contacted Simon Ackroyd who set all this up for me and everything went smoothly and was well organised , BIG well done to him . Thanks to jfarhead and the others on this forum for the info that triggered all this . Been running the Octy for a few days now and have seen the highest numbers ever on the mpg readout , cruising 55 -60 its reading 68mpg avg , highest i ever saw before was 56mpg , car also feels smoother with more low down grunt , i will put my Shark map back on at weekend and see how it feels .