unclerichy

Your post reminded me to check mine as it's not been used since 2019. When I last put it away I sprayed white lithium grease around the rotation mechanism and after some gently wiggling today it came loose whilst I held the handle fully out. I've dowsed it with lithium grease again and that's made it much easier to move and it drops straight away when the handle is pulled. I used to use the grease for the caravan as it's non-sticky and doesn't attract dirt. Hope you get it sorted and as @leolito says - lube it now and again.

I can confirm same for the hatchback too (without dropping the seats) 🙂

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My car is 10 years old and is just as chilly as when I bought it. It's never been re-gassed and I have it on all the time (unless the windows are open).

27mpg? My average since new is only 27.7 (though that's skewed a bit by caravanning some years ago) 🤓

Buys 'magnetic' brown. Complains when things are attracted to it 😄

I last used Rainworth (when they were named Bickertons) at Hillsborough about 7 years ago when I had a service plan and wouldn't bother with them again. I use an independent at the back of Meadowhall named Auto Tecnic and they have looked after three of my cars for about 16 years now. I wouldn't go anywhere else.

I saw the same one parked at a spot on Sheffield canal last year. They have a page on Facebook but couldn't tell you what it's called mind...

I had a CR170 DSG for 3 years before I got my 280 and towed the same caravan with both. The 280 definitely has more get up and go 😃 In day to day driving I think part of the perception is down to the dumbass decision to make the accelerator pedal non-linear and for the DSG to change up too early (all for 'eco' reasons I presume) so it can feel like you're in granny mode as it's never quite in the sweet spot for power. Sport mode sorts that out but then it's a bit too vicious for day to day driving.

Thank you. I found the exact location that the original was taken (thanks to Google street view). I'd post it here but fear that my sheer animal magnetism would disrupt some Briskodian marriages 🤓

I've just got back from an 800 mile round trip to Scotland to recreate a photo from 30 years ago that my late wife took. Sadly I had nobody to take it for me this time so there was a bit of leaping into place after starting the self timer. I used ACC in anger for the first time and it worked a treat on the way up on Sunday and most of the way back - I disabled it on the busy bits of the M1. Apart from when it mis-detected something as another vehicle and braked hard at 70mph. Which was nice 🫨 37mpg up. 40mpg back.

The only indicator on my 2016 model is the high beam/auto high beam symbol which I seem to recall is blue. The dial you refer to isn't much use as it doesn't light up the appropriate symbol when the lights are on - it just lights up the whole thing as I noticed when I manually changed it from auto to main beam the other day. It was foggy and I wanted to make sure that I had headlights and not just sidelights.

Mine's a 10 year old car and I started on Tesco 99 until I switched to Costco 97 RON when my daughter got a CostCo card a few years ago (and my local Tesco often ran out of 99 for some reason). There's the occasional top up with regular if I'm in the middle of nowhere (usually Liverpool...) and I want to top up for the trip home.

No problems on my Superb but my daughter's previous car (a Ford Ka+) was drinking screenwash like no tomorrow. It turned out to be a split hose between the reservoir and the pump. If you've not already done so then look under the car for obvious signs - on hers it trickled down between the bumper and the wheel arch liner.

In for a minor service and MOT this morning which it passed with the usual advisories about corrosion on the rear springs. It's 10 years old now and is a gnat's under 45000 miles. With the wheel refurb and road tax I've dropped just shy of a grand on it this month 😬