Jonesy92

Due to unfortunate circumstances with my TSI, I've been given a 1.2MPI Rapid as a courtesy car. It's not too bad a bad lump overall, but there a few points to consider. FIrst of all, whilst it's the cheapest of all the engines, it will cost you some £95 more per year to tax than the 86PS 1.2TSI, and will offer slightly poorer fuel economy. I expected it to be gutless too, but it really does haul the Rapid around OK and could easily be worse at climbing hills as you might otherwise expect. The downside is that it's a bit of a rough old lump and screams all through the rev range and it will sit quite high cruising at 60/70mph, to the extent that it does get rather intrusive and annoying. I don't really get why anybody would buy the car with the MPI when for a marginally bigger outlay you can enjoy the excellent and far superior TSI engine.

The Sat Nav itself on the Amundsen is rubbish as far as sat navs go. Handy to have nonetheless, but I got mine purely for the DAB - once you've had DAB, you realise how rubbish FM is. What's also nice are all the media capabilities that go with it, such as an SD card slot and whatnot. Ideally, I wouldn't bother getting the Amundsen but separately buy a Columbus unit.... the problem is, I haven't a clue whether all the wiring will be correct, so perhaps get the Amundsen, then maybe think about upgrading to the Columbus later on, which has a few more capabilities.

Yeah, they're supposed to. I had some on my old Felicia and they worked well on that, but I think on the Rapid they pull the seal away from the window such that it seems to make it worse. :|

Haha no, at least I don't think so. Police came and breathalysed us but I had a bit of a skinful the night before and started to brick it a bit, but luckily it read nil. Yeah I'm all well and good really cheers. Hmm, as far as I'm aware they've committed to repairing it, but I'll be scrutinising it as I don't think I'd like to be shunted again if the back end isn't up to taking the force. Also, I quite fancy a 1.4 TSI, but beggars can't be choosers

Yeah, I thought it was a bit mad repairing it rather than writing it off, but I suppose I'm better off money-wise if they repair it. I was fine really, the lady who went into the back of us was a bit worse for wear. Unfortunately for me, I've been given a new Corsa as a courtesy car and it's a vile little car (not being ungrateful though!). I hate everything about it, but needs must. That report also said that the car wasn't in a roadworthy state, yet I'd been driving it about for 3 weeks before they even took a look at it.

Stanley Skoda is in the car hospital after being violated in the rear end! Market Value of £11k, nearly £6k to put right :wonder: Gutted, but all will be well (I hope!).

Got some Team Heko ones on mine and they definitely look the part - good quality also. However, because they pull the seal away from the windscreen, I seemed to notice a considerable increase in wind noise, which was a bit annoying, but hey they look handsome!

dirty second hand

must to save

Some are. I was paid a day rate, so I would get the same every day regardless of what I delivered/collected. My round was about 200 miles all round. I left with a full load and most days brought a full load of pallets back from industrial estate collections. Hence, after about £80 per day in diesel, and about £20 per day for insurance/van hire, I came away with about £50 take home per day for a 14 hour shift and have never been so stressed in all my life. Had the daily workload been halved, it wouldve been a decent job.

disgruntled binmen, who

ARGHGHGHGHGHGHGHOGHEGOHWEARGAOWERHGOREVNSKVWBKPQG!$~%!!!!!!!!!!!! Tapping the indicator stalk is the easiest thing in the World. It takes so little effort, burns so little energy and requires an absolute minimum in cognitive effort, so why people use them so bloody inoften!?

I worked (very briefly) for CityLink on a self-employed basis. There was that much work piled on us that I would leave anything, anywhere. I would lob boxes over tall garden fences, leave some items in plain public view, occasionally signing for things myself just to get rid of em. There was simply no time to fanny on knocking on various neighbours doors if a customer wasn't home. If I didn't get rid of something that day, it would be there again the next day... and the next day... and the next day. Often my van was that full, I'd trample on top of other parcels to find what I was looking for, crushing boxes, lobbing things about mindlessly. I found myself driving like a lunatic, and all just to try and get home at a reasonable time, which never happened anyway. Occasionally, I would 'card' deliveries on the scanner that I didn't have time to do, if there were even slightly out of the way. Needless to say, most of these courier companies are the same and I lasted a month at CityLink before the stupidly long shifts and p*ss-poor take-home pay made me throw in the towel, albeit on good terms with everybody (including my boss(Yup, my boss - even though I was self-employed, I answered to a boss who outsourced to CityLink)).

What with all this throttle-by-wire gadgetry these days, I think that if you have your foot down far enough, then the computer assumes you're after brisk acceleration and will not tell you to change up until later. It's when you feather the throttle and aren't accelerating too harshly (or cruising) that the computer seems to suggest early (or due) gearchanges, which I've always done anyway. This is what I gather, anyway.

Hullo folks, Just selling these on behalf of my Mum who bought these for her 2003 Fabia (which she has now just sold): Mintex discs and pads (front), 'F1 Automotive' O/S/F coil spring and also 4x Bosch spark plugs for the AQW 1.4 MPI petrol engine. All these items are brand new and still in the original packaging. £50 o.v.n.o - plus P&P. Cheers, JJ