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At the moment I have 62k out of all 4 pads on my estate. Was told the average life was 40k and can be doubled or halved depending on driving style. Asked garage to check them at service in Sept and they were confident of at least another year out of discs and pads so looks like over 80k on mine too. I'd suggest the ESP and brake bias is why the rears are going first.

I see a mountain where once there was a mole hill. If you look hard enough you'll find fault. I'd have told you to get a new multi meter, 0.1 V down means its at 99.2% of optimum and if it starts just leave it alone.

Is spider not suggesting that after its been left idling for 20 minutes the interior of his car is still cold. To be expected in a diesel due to no load on the engine. As others have said, turn on and drive off. It'll soon heat up

Perhaps he is, but if it gets the scout some free advertising then thats good. He does make some good points in his column at times, but his TV work is dummed down so low its embarassing at times (which he has commented on in the paper)

Well he did put it into his top cars of 2009, so I think he may have got a bit more realistic these days. Perhaps credit crunch clarkson or something "If we bought cars using nothing but our heads, we’d all have VW Golfs but this is more rounded and capable, says Jeremy Clarkson" "But if you apply the cold steel of logic to your choice of car, it is absolutely impossible to come up with anything better." hmmmm Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Clarkson's top 12 cars of 2009 review | Driving - Times Online

oh well some people are too quick. At least we all agree its a shock, and i pulled all the relevant quotes in one go.

Shock news. Clarkson actually likes the new Scout... "Pound for pound the best family car you can buy" "But if you apply the cold steel of logic to your choice of car, it is absolutely impossible to come up with anything better." "Just £18,750 for a comfortable, spacious, well made four-wheel-drive estate car is truly extraordinary value for money." Good stuff Jeremy Clarkson Skoda Octavia Scout 1.8 TSI review | Driving - Times Online

:iagree: Nationwide are still run for your benefit, so no big profit margin required. Best of all their credit cards are amongst the fairest in the market, esp re overseas charges and forex rates, and order of paying balances (highest to lowest rather than lowest to highest which everyone else does, ie if you withdraw some cash in an emergency on your credit card, it runs interest but if you pay it back into the account the payment goes to that item first, compared to HBoS etc where it goes to the interest free items first!!!!! so you have to clear your statement before you stop getting charged interest even on an interest free offer. rant over

devere hotels have a 2 for 1 offer? Mottram hall in cheshire is nice.

Thats good news. I would service it at least annually depending on your mileage. I've mine on variable, but thats cause I do 20k miles a year, and so on variable i get between 16 and 20k miles between services, so about 11 months between services. I wouldn't want to go 2 years without it being on the ramp even if I was doing 10k a year I'd probably get it checked over annually. Enjoy

In reference to your earlier posts. There will always be one-off issues, quite possibly arising due to dodgy maintenance. I see the Passat is more popular as a fleet car than the octavia, so we all know how well people treat a company car compared to one they might actually have to keep for 3-5 years! Enjoy your new toy. I've the same model, has it had the cambelt changed - it's due at 4 years old or 80k miles - just slightly concerning he didn't mention that in terms of maintenance.

And might just make it "cool" to have a skoda. Doubt it though

Indeed, mine actually went down on renewal when I said I had 3 points and also increased the annual mileage to 20k a year. All very odd. Guess they reckon I'll drive a bit slower, which I do. Re comments of sticking to 30/40 in these limits, I find my cruise control very useful and use it most days when I've several miles of these limits to go through.

It's always a tricky one to give a new dog a home so quickly, but if you are thinking about the best interests of the grey being rescued then I am sure you will pass the "suitability" test....

our sympathies are with you at these difficult times. I've given our hound a big hug tonight

The Roof Box Company: sales and hire of bike racks car rack bike carrier bike rack, Thule roof boxes, Atera, Autoform, Kamei and Karrite roofboxes, roof bars, bike carriers, snow chains and other car and travel accessories Thats where I got my thule bars, feet and aero bars when I had my superb The box either has feet that are upside down T shaped to fit into the aero bars or go all the way round the bars.

It's highlighted Yellow on the map To the North where it is derilict land now sits new student flats

Well it's all a bit funny Autocar and Autoexpress also do the yeti v Qashqai comparison Autocar came up with Quashqai and Autoexpress with the Yeti. Autoexpress praised yeti for the class leading cabin quality, car like composure and price. Also being more economical (by more than £200 a year, lower tax and lower servicing and insurance over the nissan) seemed to have swung it as the car to buy with your own money. Whatcar seemed to have managed to contradict themselves quite wonderfully, but I guess if the yeti is giving away £2,500 it should buy you some more refinement.

It's not quite on the high street though is it. It's a good 10 minute walk from george square so can't see too many drunk folk trying to find a yeti. Personally I can't see the point, surely you check the opening times before you travel, but it does get them some publicity. Anything they can do to improve the customer experience has to be applauded.

O2 seem pretty reasonable around glasgow area. Even have a call centre here which made switching easier, and a choice of tarrifs which they then only offer you the one based on what your line tests say your line can support. Stops you paying for something you can't use which I thought was good. Last provider I only got to speak to someone that didn't have a pre prepared card in another country when I was leaving them.

Will they not miss it? I thought you were into Skoda's, or will and VAG car do...

more pictures here Skoda Superb Combi for Frankfurt - iMOTOR looks good but is the 3.6v6 really 360bhp?????

Henrys in Glasgow has a silver yeti on its forecourt. Looked rather good, and better in the flesh than some photos

They've probably just done away with any padding in it so it isn't cushioned.

The 1.9tdi is cheaper, more economical and has reasonable performance for everyday driving. The 1.9tdi doesn't have a dpf. At the time I was looking there was nearly a £1,000 difference in price between a 1.9 and 2.0 tdi, so went for the 1.9tdi. It's also at least one group lower in the insurance stakes, and slightly cheaper in road tax. So basically you have to decide if you want a more expensive more sophisticated engine or something rather more agricultural. Maybe try to have a test drive in a 1.9 and then a 2.0. The one thing I do notice is that at motorway speeds the 1.9 (5 speed) suffers a fairly quickly decreasing fuel economy as speed rises. Anything say at 70 and it's down to 50mpg, whereas sit at 60 and you'll get 60+mpg. Mine has never been below 45mpg for a tank though, and thats a 60:40 mix of town/Aroad