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Also is it the 140 or 170?

Hi, any interior photos? Thx

Hi, where is this based? Thx

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Oh yes, common practice. They will want to reduce numbers or change the remit of the role and are well withing their rights to do it. It's usually a load of cobblers as a year later they realise that they didn;t really save any money and go back to what they had before but thats what seems to happen all over the place. I went through it three times in three years and on the fourth restructure I told them where to shove it and took the money. Might be a golden opportunity for your FM

They are not xenons, just uprated. They are better than what you have. How much better only you can decide.

The W rating is related to a maximum of 168mph. 149mph would be a V rating as discussed previously in this thread.

Wasn't trying to be patronising, forgive me if your posts did exhibit a certain ignorance to the difference and I just tried to point that out in a way you could see. Looks like I might have failed... W (Which is the speed rating NOT the load rating, thought you understood perfectly the difference :wonder: ) is not excessive, it's a tolerence. It indicates the maximum permitted speed that the tire can sustain for a ten minute endurance without being in danger. If the temparature of the road is higher this is reduced hence the tolerence. The Roomster isn't going to to hit 168mph but some vehicles might and why produce more than one tyre. It may seem silly to you but it makes perfect economic sense to the rest of the world But they are Check My Tyres, Blackcircles, Camskill, and a whole host of other online retailers just for starters. The evidence is there. Very rarely are they more expensive, plenty of example on there. One swipe of the card and you have them in a few days. I went through all this when getting tyres for my fabia and I can also ring up my local fitter who can get me the higher ratings for the same price as the lowers...in fact he doesn't stock the lowers as there is no demand for them. All the cars come fitted with the higher rating tyres because if you fit the lower index your insurance can be void. In your location the winter tyres would be a good call, I probably would as well. I would suggest buying a cheap set of 5x100 wheels from ebay with thinner profiles (Mk4 Golf wheels would be good) and keep them as your winter set with winter tyres on them. Easy swap when you want then. BTW don't forget to tell your insurance about the change of tyres. There is a lot more information on the subject elsewhere Have a look at this. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=why+is+the+tyre+speed+rating+so+high The Honest John thread is really good.

The only differences would be the Fabia is probably heavier. Maybe it's down to wear and tear? What are the differences in the tyres?

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It's amazing how this same topic just keeps coming up. I can't find that letter (Although it is here somewhere) but there must be at least 25 similar threads from the last year.

There HAS been several examples on this forum where warranty work has been refused due to incorrect screenwash. Recommended means they can do what they want about it.

The letter of the law is you can only use the VAG fluid if you want your warranty maintained. If you use any other fluid and there is a problem with the system they can easily turn round and say no. I use the Lidl stuff too. Damn good for the money.

I have had 200k+ out of 4 past Vauxhalls. Look after them and they are like anything else.

Your problem doesn't really exist. Load rating is different to speed rating which is what you seem to be mixing up here. There are 83 and 87 rated tyres that also have a v speed rating as well as a w speed rating (BTW these ratings are more relative to temparature than load/speed hence the seemingly high tolerenaces in the quoted rating figures. You get speed and weight ratings because people can relate to them rather than a temp rating which people can't appreciate). Either way they are all quite available and the cheapest and most available happens to be the 205/45/16 87w probably because it is produced in the greatest numbers for other applications. So why bother about trying to find inferior rated tyres because the higher rated tyres are cheaper and more available? Is that a definition of madness? Also the 205/45 tyre is fine in the snow as long as you have the right ones fitted. The Falken 912's did me proud in February when we had the bad snow, far better than similar size tyres I had fitted to the Fabia which should prove that the size is not as relevent as is made out but the compund, and pattern is. Although thinner, specifically winter tyres are the best format, realistically you can cope just fine with a good set of all rounders in this country.

No. You can get BOVs for tdi's but you need a labomtomy to justify having one. Here is a post I wrote on the Saab Forum when ask about fitting it to a 1.9 CDTI "In your petrol engine your turbo is spinning at say 100k revs.... suddenly your throttle closes, and turbo is still spinning due to inertia... consequently the air has nowhere to go because the thottle plate is shut... so the dump valve opens and allows this air to escape to the atmosphere(or back into the air box if a recirc is fitted)... this has the benfit of allowing the turbo to keep spinning in a partial vacuum for a longer period of time, and therefore takes less time to get back up to speed after you reapply the throttle.. On a diesel engine it isn't required because there is no throttle body (Not like you get in a petrol), so the air doesn't get trapped like it does on a petrol engine.... in fact the excess air actually reduces the emmissions output from the engine and also has a mild intercooling effect on the combustion chambers You can get electronically actuated valves for the cdti but TBH the only thing you will get out of it is a Noise and it might actually adversly effect the performance. A DV cannot increase performance. There is nothing for it to do other than go PSCHTTTTTTTT and unless it's perfectly actuated and it gets it spot on it will loose you boost pressure. The boost pressure is generally highest on a diesel when the accelerator is on the floor and the engine is as max power, just before a gear change. If a dump valve is set to relieve the pressure just below max boost, it will sound similar to that on a petrol engine, but it will be dumping air while the engine is on power, not when the accelerator has just been released. All it can do is make the turbo less efficient. The wastegate tries to control the boost pressure and that will just increase the exhaust back pressure if the pressure is being dumped by a dump valve. Now also figure in the fact the fact the cdti turbo is a VNT and this works works by adjusting the gas throat section at the inlet of the turbine wheel in order to optimize turbine power with the required flow velocity. At low engine speed and small gas flow, the turbocharger reduces the throat section, increasing turbine power and boost pressure. At full engine speed and high gas flow, the VNT increases the throat section, avoiding turbocharger overspeed and maintaining the booster pressure required by the engine. How do you think sticking a remote control hole (Which is what the valve is really) in the system will effect this? It will defeat the object totally and all it will do is work against it. I would really like to see a dyno run of a standard car and the one fitted with a DV back to back. I think the run with the valve would show early boost loss and spikes where the VNT is struggling to compensate. The only way it could be perceived to increase performance is if you mapped around it which is pointless because you might as well have just mapped a standard engine"

I don't know what the problem is. These are not high load tyres and from what I have seen the norm is 87w and therefore these have the availability and are cheaper. The Bridgestones are not that bad but I have never found them that good at anything in particular. See here for suitable alternatives; My tyres 205 45 16 or here www.blackcircles.com I would specifically recommend the Falken Ziex ZE-912 which will tick all your boxes and at £65 a corner fitted are somewhat of a bargin

It came with both.

Good thread although there are loads more threads than that some going into far more detail. OP - Search is your friend. I know they are there, I must have posted in hundreds of them.

That could be arranged if your local enough

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Why? I get TSI performance with more torque and 50mpg. All this with no making the passangers sick or chewing my tyres up like a PD does

Ahh not quite right (See my earlier post). The Croma was the first car to have "Direct injection" fiitted and that is similar in a lot of ways apart from the common rail bit... Magneti Marelli (Owned by the Fiat group) developed the system for passenger cars through the early 90's (Again as per my post) and was finally fitted to the 156 in 1995 Well, almost. In a turn of events almaost british in charecter they were in the finacial poo poo at the time and had to sell the tech to bosch to get it commercially produced at volume.

The W5 Lidl rain repellent is better than the lot of them however none of them are anywhere near as good as these. http://www.piaa.co.uk/wipers/wipers.asp They may be £50 a set but you will never need another set (They will out last the car...)